KSR - 2025-06-24- KSR - Hour 1

Episode Date: June 24, 2025

Matt, Ryan, Drew, and Shannon talk basketball shooting instructors, creeks, Beach Boys, and take your calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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it's like walking into an oven. Very, very hot. It's today like when it's supposed to be the worst. Like all this week, it's supposed to be 96 degrees every day. Yeah, it's just brutal. You walked here today? No, I just meant when I walked outside of my house. It was absolutely brutal.

Plus, they've got all that concrete, you know, building the amphitheater. And like, they start exactly at 8 a.m. I guess they have some contract. They can't start because 8 a.m. It's just, you know. That's fine. I'm just saying that's how I know. That's become my alarm, Drew, is when they start the concrete churner.

Did I see they scheduled their first big concert? Yeah, the Beach Boys. Yeah, there you go. Clark's Publishan shop phone line, first of all, is 859-280-2020. We're not open yet, but we will. A Vision Auto Glass Text Machine, 772-745254 in this edition, sponsor about T.J. Smith, Law, is called T.J. I'm making pay. Now, Shannon, they scheduled the first concert for the amphitheater,

and it's the Beach Boys. And maybe I got a different set of nests. news last week. But I believe that guy died, didn't he last week? Well, he hasn't been in the band in years. So it's really one guy that's the original member. So who is the only, what Beach Boy is left? Mike Love, I think, is the guy that's left.

Okay. And what about the other boys? The other boys, I think, are retired or maybe have passed on. So how long do they get to be the Beach Boys? If there are no more Beach Boys. It's great question. You always have to drop the S. Yeah, I think it's a little.

as long as there's one. Many of the other ones, I guess, become Beach Boys. But as long as one were there originally. I'm probably going to be wrong about this. I think five. So there were five. I might be wrong. Let me look at that.

All right. So let me go through it. Because there are a few bands that do this. How much of Leonard Skinner is still alive? Any? I don't think there's it. Maybe one. Maybe.

So Leonard Skinner may just go in perpetuity. Yeah. I think that's going to be a legacy band. What about the, we're all dead and gone. They'll still be. Okay. What about the one that sings?

what do you call it, Journey. Oh. Because they don't have even the lead singer. Is there anyone from Journey left? Yeah, they still got a couple of dudes, I think, left in the band. So I don't, so to me, and this is just me, when the lead singer goes, I think the group should change the name. No, wait a minute now. There are exceptions.

Like who? ACDC. That's true. I do like the second guy. Yeah. I actually like the second guy more than I like the first guy. Bond Scott. Yeah.

All right. Who else? other exceptions? Van Halen? Yeah, Van Halen did it. Van Halen did it. That's a good one. Well, I'm just saying when I saw the same announcement you did, they're like, we're opening up the concert, we're opening up the amphitheater with the Beach Boys. And I said, I thought to myself, I just feel like I just mourned that guy. Yeah. How's he already back? It's a tribute show. So it's, it's the actual Beach Boys. Are you going to be out there surfing USA in your backyard? Since it's the opening, it'll be kind of cool.

Yeah. What if John Stamos is there? That would be cool. That's true. Does he perform? Sometimes he tours with him. John Stamos? Yeah.

He's the drums or something, doesn't he with him? Yeah, I don't know that he'll be on this tour, but he does sometimes. Okay, well, that would be, I don't know, though. Do I want to, am I excited? Like, I was like, that'll be cool. But if you told me John Stamos was in the next room, I'm not sure I'd be, like, running over there to get there. No, but it kind of just become a cover band, even though he's, have one guy with it. Well, they're covering their own songs.

Yeah. Well, let me just say they played at Bourbon and Beyond last year, and I didn't care that it wasn't any original guys. They sounded great. So I would say if you're going for the music itself, it's well worth going. Okay. So there you go. So I think it's August 23rd Beach Boys at the new extremely nice amphitheater, which while it's far along, if it's got to be open the 23rd, I'm just telling you looking at it. They need to hurry. They better be working double time. all I'm saying. Got to get ready for that big debut.

That's a good get for the first concert. Can I ask you what the park is besides amphitheater and massive playground? Is there, what else is supposed to be there? There's a walking trail where you can look at the creek. But when you say walking trail, is it just walking what used to be the Rupp parking lot? I suppose. Because it's, I mean, listen, I do, I am praising the amphitheat. I think it's going to be great.

but as a park it's not that much space right I mean you do live next to the world's tiniest park in Louisville parks don't have to have you know it doesn't need a roller coaster or anything it's true little space to hang if you're talking about park

to playground ratio it feels like they went pretty heavy on the playground somebody's already annoyed by the kids in this backyard because the playground have you seen how big the playground is it feels like the playground is it feels like the playground is as big as the amphitheater.

I really thought when they were building it, that's going to be a big water park. It was so big, that big slide. It looks to me to just be a playground. Yeah. I don't know how many swings they think kids need. The other thing is how many kids are just roaming around downtown looking for a playground. You know, like Drew said, you know, the stream, the trees, park benches. I haven't seen the stream.

You keep saying of stream. Where's the stream? McConnell's trace, the McConnell's Creek that goes all the way through that side of town and out. But does the creek go by Ruppercrow? arena? I think it does. Where? Underground. It's like underground. It's underground. We're digging it up. So we're digging up a creek. I think so. It's covered for too long. Really? And then it surfaces. Are you just making that up? No, then it surfaces like out of the old Frankfurt Pike and it comes up. You're saying that like you're confident. You're telling me they're resurfaced like a creek is coming out of the ground. I think that's the focal point of this whole park is. So where is it? I don't see it. Maybe that's what they're doing all the construction trying to find it. We have to uncover it. It's been covered for long. But I mean, they're opening in two months. I don't, I haven't seen the

great reveal. Right before they cut their ribbon. They're like, look, Matt, this creek, it's been here for centuries. I mean, maybe I'm missing it. Why did we cover it up in the first place? Yeah, why do we cover it? Good point. I have no idea. And do creeks work if they're not, if they're covered up with concrete? They're flowing under the ground and they're caverns. So you're saying there was always a creek on you. Did it not mess with the structure of the they'll have a good answer We've worked around it All right, well, I'm excited to see the creek

And the playground Unless you can uncover a creek drew in two months I'm gonna be skeptical that on opening That creek is gonna be there It's just beneath the surface Town branch, right? Town branch, that's what it's called, it's name of the park All right, that's fine

You're gonna see it soon, it's gonna blow your mind I'm excited about it Now I'm telling another thing I'm excited about Shannon When I saw this video, I thought of you What's it? Because, you know, over the years, I can't remember what the guy's name is. But do you remember that we had a guy who called the show who said that he could,

he could shoot better than everybody? And he could teach our team to free throw shoot. Do you remember this? Yeah, yeah. Do you remember this guy? I did the free throw shooting thing. Remember? That was terrible.

Now, do we remember what his name was? Didn't he coach you, Shannon? And he'd give you a coaching lesson. I did that video, and I was making all those shots. And then we got to the thing, and I actually missed them all. I can't remember his name, though, but I know he were talking about. Okay. So here's the reason I say this.

I'm on Instagram last night. And I see a video from Mark Stoops, or Mark Pope, come up. And it looks to be Mark Pope when he coached BYU. Yeah. But he's speaking to a group of high school coaches. Okay. Okay. And he's speaking to a group of high school coaches and he's talking about shooting.

And in the video, he basically says, hey, when I am out recruiting people, people. I don't look for kids that don't have good shooting mechanics. If you don't have good shooting mechanics, I don't want you. That's essentially what he says. Now, he was like, if you have a minor problem that I think I can fix, I will. But if you can't, if you don't have good shooting mechanics, I can't have you because I can't teach you shooting mechanics because you've probably already shot so much the bad ones are ingrained in. That's basically what he said. Okay. All right.

I don't see anything controversial about that. Just so you can, the video is at 90, the number 90 percent hoops, Instagram account. Okay. It's actually an interesting video about Mark talking about his philosophy when he's looking at players. But he's telling this group of high school coaches, you guys need to teach your kids shooting mechanics because we don't have time in college. Okay. Yeah. He's being very nice about it, et cetera.

But this is what I like. And let me just say, because these people might even be listening. and I'm not trying to mock you, but I guess I'm trying to mock you. So the first comment, I'm looking at the comments. Yeah. The first comment, Shannon, is from a guy named Matt Jones. Uh-oh.

Not you, though. Not me. He has a site Matt Jones Hoops Training. There's too many Matt Jones is out there. Okay. So you're like, oh, where's Matt Jones Hoops Training? It's in Lexington, Kentucky. No, it's not.

Did you know there was a Matt Jones that trained people about hoops in Lexington? I did not. I had no idea. Here is his comment. This is classic college basketball coach talk, not willing to develop shooting and rely on recruiting. We'll pay assistance and players millions, but we won't pay for a shooting coach and we won't a lot time for shooting development. So very dismissive from Matt Jones hoops training. And I'm thinking, wow, Matt Jones Hoops Training has a lot of positive thoughts about himself, right?

Oh, but he has nothing compared to the next comment. Oh, my. The next commenter whose name is something Rambo. I'm not going to say his first name because I'm not trying to call the guy out. But his last name is Rambo. All right. He might or might not be an assistant coach at a coach at a school in Kentucky. Oh, another.

Perhaps. Perhaps. Rambo. Here's what Rambo says. Now, I want you to think, Shanda, this is what I knew you would like. Okay. Rambo responds to Matt Jones Hoops training saying, you know, Pope's too busy making money than he is to teach people to shoot. Here's what Rambo says.

Yep. I volunteered to help Mark Pope with shooting last summer for free. He said he wasn't interested in they don't mess with shooting instruction. I'm sure. you and I can handle that. Give us 20 minutes to evaluate the players and I can change their entire shot. I love the confidence of people. Rambo writes this video and says give me 20 minutes. That's all I needs. And Rambo can change their entire shot. Now, I don't know why this perturbed me, Shannon. Yeah. But I think it's because Mark Pope, who by all accounts,

seems to be pretty good at the shooting thing, right? And pretty smart at basketball. And Matt Jones Hoops Training and Rambo comment that give them 20 minutes and they'll change everything. So my argument, Shannon, is why don't Matt Jones Hoops Training and Rambo, why aren't they the coach of the Thunder? Well, they tried to be, but nobody will, they offered their services for free. For free. Free. Don't even need a contract.

So I want you to think about Mark Pope Woll. walking down the street, and Rambo walks up. And he goes, 20 minutes, just give me 20 minutes, and I'll have your whole team making all the shots. What would you do? Run. 20 minutes, I'll have Otago away in the first round. I'll fix the hits.

20 minutes. That's pretty quick. See, like the jump shot whisperer? That's pretty impressive. What are you showing me? That's the guy that was my trainer. I found his name. That's not Rambo.

No, no, no, no. That's Lee. You were asking, What's the guy? Lee. That's right. Lee. He had his little booklet, this pamphlet.

He had his booklet. Yeah. But remember Lee's thing was he called in an expected Cal to take up his offer. I just wish I had. A lot of people say, oh, Matt's a little arrogant. He's what I wish I had half the self-confidence to think I could walk up to a college coach and say, I can fix all of your shooting problems for 20 minutes. Can you imagine Ryan having that level of.

self-confidence. No, because if it was that easy, there'd be Steph Curry's on every team, every girl across the country. It's not that easy. And a guy, especially like Pope, that eats, breathes basketball. Rambo is an assistant coach for a place in Kentucky. I'm following them this season. See, how they're shooting percentages. And Drew, I expect them not to miss one shot. I expect them to light it up the entire time. They've got Rambo. What else do they need? I would actually like to see Pope say, all right, 20 minutes on the clock. That's a video I would sign up for you.

We live stream. Pope goes, okay, Rambo. Let's go. You got 20 minutes. They have a buzzer go off. He has to leave the gym as soon as the buzzer goes off. Here's Amari Williams. You got 20 minutes.

Rambo go. I mean, what are Rambo's credentials? Like, what has Rambo died? He has it on his thing. I don't want to call the guy out because he has it on his credentials. And he's coached. He's coached at the high school level and a little bit of assistant at college. And Matt Jones Shooting School is a real thing.

I don't know what Matt Jones Hoops Training does, except he's in Lexington, shares my name and is in basketball, and I hadn't heard of him. I haven't heard of him. I think we should take Ryan to Matt Jones Hoops training and see if Ryan. No, no, here's what I want. Rambo, if you can teach anybody, may I introduce you to Billy R Sports. All right? He shoots and his legs sports.

out and go opposite directions when he shoots. You give it, you got 20 minutes. I expect to see him light it up. Light it up. Yes, we're going to take a break. 859-280-2287. We're also going to have you call in from one of the five counties if you want to host us, that and some basketball updates KS.

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make it go so it's going to come this way I don't know what I'm talking about I thought it already existed around Rupp we just had to pull back some some shrubs yeah it's underground how do you know this yeah and it comes out there by Goodfellas and it goes down to McConnell's

so where explain to me in relation to Manchester Music Hall where it is. Across the street. Okay. So towards Rupp? Well, no, towards Goodfellows. You can see it down there. But that's not even close to the park.

But it goes underground and goes to the park. Okay. So that didn't have. It's underneath you. Have you ever been to Mammoth Cave? I have. So it's like that, but smaller. So how are people going to walk around the creek if it's invisible? They're going to make it visible. And that's going to happen in the next two months.

I have no idea what I'm talking about. I just know that there's a body of water underneath Rupp Arena. I'm skeptical. All right. So you looked up Matt Jones Hoops training. I mean, it's legit. How do you know it's legit? He's got a website.

Well, then it must be legit if it has a website. Okay, so it's in Lexington. You or Matt Jones with a website just start once. Good point. No one said I'm legit. I'm a stupid liberal. Go ahead. He services in Lexington, Louisville, and Cincinnati.

Okay. But for $130, you can get a 90-minute Zoom call where he breaks down three of your games, cuts the films up, gives you some coaching. I can't go to the grocery for $130. That's true. That seems relatively cheap for 90 minutes. What's his qualifications? He was a head coach.

It looks like of a foreign team, Velaznia. Okay. Head of Valiznia. He's a young guy. Okay. Worked out with Dexter Dennis, Trey Jameson. He's Dexter Dennis. He said that, Shannon, like we would all know Dexter Dennis.

Says he's with the Dallas Mavericks. Dexter Dexter Dexter. You ever heard of Dexter Dennis, Mario? Haven't heard of Dexter Dennis. Trey Jameson with the New Orleans Pelicans. Okay. And Angelo Allegra with the Charlotte Hornets. The best shooters in the game right there.

I would think, I'm just saying, I looked at the text machine. I would think if you taught Hoops Training in Lexington, I would have seen, like, someone listening to this show would have, would have, would have known. Now, Rambo, I haven't gotten any comments if anybody knows Rambo either. I haven't either. So I am, I am, you know. I'm for these guys. I just don't think they should be telling Mark Pope

that they can teach shooting better than him. That's what offended me. Not having a small business, not trying to make, but like the idea that you would look at a video of Mark Pope and be like, this is what's wrong with coaches. And me, Rambo, I know what's right. I've completely flipped. This is Kentucky's team.

I think Pope should once a week a fan, start with Rambo, start with Matt Jones, whoever, someone off the street gets 20 minutes to contribute what they think they can offer to Kentucky basketball. It's the state's team. Let the state coach him up. Let everybody come in and coach him up. All right. Fair enough. The draft

is tomorrow, which is crazy to me. It's crazy to me to think that the NBA draft is tomorrow. Couple interesting things to go on. First of all, Cooper flag goes number one. Do you think he's going to be a star? Yes. He thinks he's going to be a star. I think he's going to be a star. I think he's going to be a star. None of you care that

he fell down at the end of games. Does any of that matter? You think any of that'll matter? No, he's still got a skill set that's going to make him a star someday in the NBA. Does it seem weird to you that the number two and potentially number three picks are guys who didn't even make the tournament? Yeah. And they were on the same team. Is that not strange a little bit? Does that make you at all worried that like Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey didn't make the tournament, even though they were on the same time? It is bizarre. They had a really bad loss early in the year or two. I can't think of the team. Harper looks more of a sure thing than Bailey

in my little bit of expertise if there's any expertise at all. So let's talk about Ace Bailey. Refuses to work out for any team. Yep. Has done no interviews. He wants money to do interviews. He says in order to interview with the team, Shannon,

he requires you to pay the money. You should call up Rambo. And he is like management team are just people who've never done this before. So he's got like Mario as his manager. Red flag? There's another player's dad as his manager. Red flag?

If I'm an NBA general manager, I am staying far away from a guy like that. I mean, that has all the red flags. Absolutely it does. Right? I mean, this is definitely like, I mean, I am shocked this dude could go in the top five. First of all, how good can he be? They didn't make the tournament. And secondly, you won't even interview with the team?

That's weird, a little strange. this day and age. I think it's, I would be very hesitant to pick him. He's already slipping in the mock drafts. Yeah. If you can't be bothered to interview with me, then why would I have any interest in you as a player? Totally agree. All right. Con Cinepple, the other little white guy on Duke. You like him? I can't believe he's projected where he is now. Some people say go number four. Yeah. Bailey has fallen and Cinnipple has climbed up to probably top five. D.J. Edgum is being projected number three. Another guy that missed the tournament. Yeah. But I mean, But I can see why people, I mean, he's that athletic.

Oh, no, he looks great. But with Cinnipple, I mean, he was very good at Duke. It'll probably work out. But to be projected where he's projected is pretty wild to me. It's pretty high for Con Cinepple. Also, Reed Shepard went third last year. That's true. And I never thought that would happen either.

Some guys that are on our radar from things. Do you think Walter Clayton Jr., they projected him like 25th to 30th? He's going to be good, isn't he? He's got the skill set that succeeds in the NBA. I just can't see him failing, Shannon. He's too good. I understand. He's little and maybe he won't be.

But he's not going to fail that kid, is he? He feels like a guy that's perfect for the NBA. And you know, there's a team that could use him and pick him up. So I don't see him going that far down in the first year. All right. What about the guy for Auburn that can't jump? Johnny Bruny. That video destroyed him.

It's got him going in the second round. He's another one, though. Do you think he can play in the league? I honestly would have. thought to that video. Normally the combine stuff, it's all an overreaction. That one video where he barely can jump over a piece of paper, I think will cost him a job. Yeah. Back in the 80s, he'd been a first round lottery pick probably. His game, the way he plays, but not anymore. I still feel like, though, there's got to be something he could do. Well, he, watch, he or Amari

with the Knicks. The Knicks are kind of looking for that type of player, and that could be Amari could steal his spot if he's still on the board. Well, I'm excited for the draft. It goes, I think there's a lot of guys that are interesting. There's a lot of dudes kind of in the middle that could end up being really good. Any chance Kobe Brea sneaks in the end of the first round? I'll be rooting for it. I'll watch every minute of the draft. I just love the draft and all the nonsense that comes with it, but I don't think he will. Yeah, I don't think he will either. He could go early in the second round. Yes. But I don't think he's going to go into first round. We'll see. I still would. If I had to pick at the end of the first round, I'm picking Walter Clayton,

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All right. It seems like people are showing me where it is. I don't know if I buy it, but... Apparently, it's there now. Maybe you just can't see it from your house. So one person writes, Matt, in the old days, when you would park at Rupp's garage, there was a place you could go up next to and you could hear the creek going by. It had a sign. Really? Did you know that? No. I had no idea about that. See, we're learning about history today. All right. So Thursday, we do the show on the road. KSR comes to you. We are, it has to be one of these five counties. Spencer, Shelby, Wayne Hancock, Rowland. Yep. Has to be one of those five. Again, the rules are you can, you can say your house, you could say a place of business, although you can't invite. a crap. Like we would just have to sit there.

Yes. It can be like a community center. It can be anything in these five counties. You just can't like invite if you have a business. You can't like advertise it for your business. Right. Okay. But it has to be one of these five counties. First two we've done have been great success. They have. These have been, they've been awesome so far. And we've gotten to see the state. Mario comes to your house. It's very exciting. We play bad girls pinball. But you have to make the, we play bad girls pinball. You have to make the case for why we should come to your house. Shannon, go ahead and open it up.

859-280-2287. He'll take your calls, get everybody on. But if you are in, Spencer, Shelby, Wayne, Hancock, and Rowland County, the phone is now open for you to call and make your case in the first six people that get through, assuming we have six in those counties, we will do. And I think we've never been to Hancock or Spencer, so a couple newbies in there. All right. So somebody wrote me, Drew, and asked for.

an update because we have like this big time UK basketball recruit on campus right now. They kind of ask for like an update on where we are in basketball recruiting for next year. I kind of rely on you for this a little bit. I know you've been on vacation. But can you give people an update? Are we like going for the top 10 guys? And if so, where is? Definitely.

Pope just had a good advantage being out in Colorado with Team USA. I think there was like nine people Kentucky's offered that were out there with Marino. Owen Johnson. So Pope got a head start there. But the guy on campus is Kenny from Newport, Kentucky. Tay Kinney landed last night. He's here through Wednesday. I think he's the third rank point guard in the class. Top 20 player,

15-ish. Pretty much, it seems like he's down to Kentucky and Louisville. Might give Louisville a slight edge today. This is just kind of... So Louisville has the slight edge. A lot of guessing right now with him, but it seems those two are by far the ones he's considering the most. Maybe a little

bit of a Louisville lean, because he's already visited there, but he just started his Kentucky visit last night. And his name is Tay Kinney. Yes. Taylin. He placed for overtime. You've been talking about this kid for a long time. So tell people what he, like you. Like, you've been talking about him for a long, long time. I've watched him since he was in middle school. And we should like him because he's been to KS Bar and Grill. When he played for Newport, they played in the Sweet 16. And the whole team came and had a pregame meal, or maybe the post game meal, like KS Bar and Grill, left Newport to go play like Drew said, overtime elite. And I think he's going to play with somebody else maybe

different even this year. How good are we talking? like if we're ranking sort of Kentucky Kentucky high school kids of recent years, how good are we talking? I'd say he's pretty comparable to Jasper Johnson. Jasper's probably a better shooter, but they both kind of play that same off guard, point guard position.

So that's kind of a good comparison. They're ranked about the same two in their classes. All right, what about him? What besides him? What are we looking at? We have the other player out of Kentucky Stokes, who's like number one, everything next year. Probably another more of a long shot.

he's got offers from everywhere on the planet. He's originally from Louisville. He's another one that's gone off and played school. But why wouldn't he, why wouldn't he play here? I'm not saying he wouldn't. I mean, Kentucky's in the mix, recruiting him hard. But he's as good as Kenny is. We want him. Stokes is maybe one of those generational guys.

Is it Ty Stokes? Yeah, Tyron. Tyron, Kenny and Tyron Stokes. And where does Tyron Stokes play? Oh, what is he? California. Yeah, he's one of the... But he's like Drew say he's originally from Louisville.

Why do you say it's a long shot? I mean, we're Kentucky. We're not extremely long shot, but I mean, just because he left the state right away. I mean, they're in with him, but it's early his recruitment. He's got everybody wanting him. He's one of those, the guy guys. He's number one in the class. Number one.

What about the rest of the time? Like, is it clear he's, Pope is going after these times? Oh, absolutely, all over him. With Kenny and some of the other point guards they're looking at, you run into a little bit of an issue that if Jalen Lowe is a stud, he's probably not leaving. I mean, he has two years left. So you want to recruit point guards, but the plan originally was

that was ever senior this year, and that all completely changed. it's why Lewis left. So you're having to recruit these point guards, including Kenny, but also there's like, well, how good is Jalen Lowe going to be the next two seasons? Yeah, I would love to have Jalen Lowe as a two year. But I did like the video UK did where guys came into practice and they showed what time they came in. I did too. Jail Lowe was the first one.

First one. I like your point guard being the first one. It came in 50 minutes before practice. I like when the point guard's the first one to come in. And they come in, they would clap. What were they saying? Like two weeks, the second week, two weeks? Is that the kind of thing they got to do when they come into the gym?

They got to clap and do their little thing? Yeah, so I think that's good. I'm excited. It's so obvious Pope's messaging is out there with them, though. I mean, everything is number nine, number nine. Understand the assignment. We're starting to get interviews, Aberdeen and Dubarte yesterday. It's the Pope's, he is working that into their brains if they didn't already bring it.

All right. We got six people on the line. We did not get a call from Round County or Wayne County. Wow. So Monticello and Moorhead, you know, little disappointed. I thought Moorhead would be a good contender. Yes. But that's okay.

We've got one from all the others. So let's go through here. Steve, make your case in Hancock County. Hello, Matt. What's up? We have Nathan Nelson from Hancock County. We have Tyler Cratcher from Hancock County. I think you all know those two guys well.

And we need prayers for Tyler Cratcher's family, if you don't mind. Yes. Oh, 60, one of the newest bands, one of the hottest bands. Okay, I got all that. Where do you want us to do the show? I don't need the, we got to know where you want the show to be. We have the beach house secured at Basswood Park, and our judge is all about it, and he's ready for y'all to come and have your show.

It's called what the, I don't know what that is, though. I don't know what that is, the beach house. It's our county park, and we have a big lake, and the beach house is, it has internet and everything, and it would be a great place for you to have your show. It's a beautiful area. The beach house at a park in Hancock County. Sounds good. Run by a Louisville fan.

That's tougher. But, all right. Hang on, Steve. The judge is the Louisville fan. Yeah, but just, that's a lot of poison injected in the bloodstream. But I still, hang on. We'll see. That could still win.

All right, hang on. McKenzie is in Shelby County. Go ahead, McKenzie. Hey, Matt. This is McKenzie. I'm actually in Lawrenceburg, but I'm, calling for my father-in-law who is in Shelby County. He's got a 35-acre farm for the past like 15 plus years. He's raised and hand-fed and done exotic animals. He's got everything from

camels to kangaroos to cabby bears to a sloth, antedater, foxes, African deer. He's got everything. And recently, within the past year, he's opened it to the public. on the weekends. It's like the only thing in this area where you can walk up to these animals and like hand feed them that are like supposed to be in the wild. It's really cool. Let me ask you a question. Is this legal?

Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. He's got insurance. He's got insurance. Okay. Does he know we would, does he know we would be coming? Yeah, yeah. I cleared it with him last night.

He's super excited. He's a, he's also an auctioneering. Shelbyville. I do like that. McKenzie, that's, hang on. I'm going to put you on hold right there. That's how the Zika got out. People like that.

All right. 35 acre farm with exotic animals. Micah is in Shelby County. Go ahead, Micah. Hey guys. This is Micah. I'm just inviting you to our house in Persimmon Ridge subdivision on the golf course. And nothing super fancy, but we'd love to have you and fix lunch for you afterwards.

I got a smoker with pulled pork. and all the fixings that you would want. And we also have a side business that we do at farmers markets and other craft fairs. It's a dessert, sweet layers bakery, and it would not be like we wouldn't be advertising it, but we would have some cakes for your red velvet, Italian cream or carrot cake or whatever. All right, Mike, I like that. Persimmon Ridge and lots of food and cake. Hang on, Micah, right there.

So that's a nice golf course, cake, food, and et cetera. Let's go to Peggy in Shelby County. Peggy, what do you got? Good morning, guys. I have a conference room at the civic center here in Shelbyville. All right. We would feed you a light breakfast and whatever kind of drinks you want. Yeah.

And I always wanted to get you guys to Shelbyville. and I'm a lifetime UK fan and I listen to you guys every day All right, Peggy, I appreciate him. I'll put you on hold. I like she says light breakfast. Don't be expected some kind of big breakfast, Drew. Light breakfast.

Yeah, still planning on having lunch. We're not going to completely kill you. This is a continental business. We're not getting your omelets here. I think of pastries and some coffee. Get a Pop-Tart and a muffin. That's right. Cole is in Spencer County.

Cole, go ahead, Cole. All right. I sold my house and had to move back to my mom. It's a cool little spot. It overlooks the youth stallions football field. If you want to come, come. If you don't, don't, I'll buy you some dairy queen. They do have good breakfast.

Wow. That's the heck of a sales pitch. Hey on, Cole, I like it. Take it or leave it. You know what? If you want to come, come. If you don't. I'll buy you breakfast.

Don't. Wow. His day's going to go on regardless if we show home. Let me tell you something. Spencer County needs to use that as their tourism slogan. You know what? If you want to come, fine. That's kind of how I feel about Spencer County, being a neighboring county of mine.

You don't want to come? No skill. My back. Don't want to come. And there's a dairy queen. More dairy queen for me if you don't. I want to go watch youth football and eat my dairy queen. Who cares?

It does Sven. Not impressed at all. All right, Danny. Hey, I don't know. I don't know how I'm going to follow that, Matt. But I'm going to my brother who often calls it. He often calls him Sully from Shelby County. He's actually, he's a lawyer.

He's stuck in Newcastle family court right now, but I'm currently texting with him. So all the approval has been done. Okay. What is it? He sent me his pitch, and lawyers like to use a lot of words. I'll get through as fast as I can. But UK grad, he went to UK law school, everyday listeners since 2012. He's been to a few remotes and scrambles.

I took too many free gummies at the Lexington Scramble last year. Oh, I think I know this guy. Okay, yes. He's been in the same house in Shelbyville for 20 years. He's got four kids, two are at the University of Kentucky. He's got two at home. He has a dog named Rup, who he will keep completely away from you, so you don't have to touch him and he won't touch you.

He said, I'm not sure what a mommy squami is, but I think my wife of 26 years is one. I don't know. He's got a little pool. He's got a pool behind us, he's got a little pool behind his house where you can set up. And he's probably, let's cut you off right there. Because the things are going on. So hang on right there.

All right. So you've got the house with the pool. They'll put the kids in the dog up. They've got the mom's house, take it or leave it. You got the beach house in Hancock County. You got a 35-acre farm with animals. You got Persimmon Ridge with food and the smoker. And you got Peggy in her conference room and her light breakfast.

everyone gets to eliminate one. I'll start with you, Ryan. Which one are you eliminating? I guess I'll eliminate the guys like come if you don't care if you come. I don't care if you don't. Oh, wow. I think he would have survived Shannon's. Shannon I think probably liked that.

Sorry, Cole. Ryan says he doesn't like your attitude. I actually thought that was a funny call. Cole already hung up. I think he knew that things weren't going to go. Okay, all right. Mario, I'll let you eliminate one. Which one?

There you go. Hancock County. Hancock County. You don't want the beach house. I don't know too much. I don't know too much about it. Okay, well, that would be a reason to go. But okay, all right, Hancock County, go. I'll go next.

I'm going to, I've been to Persimmon Ridge a number of times, so I appreciate the offer, Micah, but I'm going to say no, I'm Presum and Ridge. So, Drew, you get to eliminate either the 35-acre farm with all the crazy stuff, Peggy and her conference room and light breakfast, or Danny, his UK law kids dog housepool. I love Peggy, but the conference room,

It'll just feel like any other show we've done at a nice established business. I want to see someone's home. I want to get a little bit weird. So I'm going to eliminate the comfort of the conference room. All right. Shannon, it all comes down to you. They got a 35-acre farm with all kinds of crazy animals that we could visit. Or you could visit this guy with his buddy.

Is his in-law school, or is practicing in-law right now. Got a house and a pool, kind of a more normal setup. Which one's it going to be? all six callers, there's one that immediately stood out, and it's the guy that has all the farm animals. So, Danny signed up against you. I got to let you go about process of elimination. You get to go hang out with llamas

and zebras and camels. Get McKinney's contact information. Tell him Ryan will be in contact. And we're going to go see crazy animals in Shelby Cat. I was so secretly hoping that would be it. Just the fact of animals and you at a show, I think it's going to... Just I'm going to tell you this, McKinney Men's Kinsey. Keep those things

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Yeah. One person writes, Matt, I think these calls are very indicative of the counties themselves. Shelby County has more people, various options. Spencer County doesn't care whether you come or not, and Hancock County didn't have its plan totally together, but seems nice. I was secretly kind of hoping for Spencer County or Hancock County because we've never been, but there was just one winner in those calls. I'm a little disappointed. I'm going to say in Rowan and Wankham County. Those are two of the places we've done a lot of shows, a lot of people, I'm just at this point, we didn't get one of the six calls from one of those places to at least give us an option. Because I was sitting there thinking, you know, it would have been a hall to go to Wayne

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Aaron Judge, hit a home run. First inning. First inning. Like hit it to the moon. But the Reds get the win. We have a guy, a pitcher who's got really long hair. Yeah. His name is Barlow.

Have you seen that guy? Pitch against Cardinals on Saturday and got him out of a tough jam. My friend says he looks like a singer in like a dirty 80s band. He calls him, I don't know, am I allowed to say that word? He calls him on the radio. I think you can say that word. He calls him Scuzz Bucket. Yeah.

I don't think that's one of the seven words. Is that a word you could say? Yeah, I think he was fun. He calls him Scuzz Bucket. Why? I don't know, but he struck out Judge Stanton, Chisham, and Volpey back to back to back to back. when there was difficult situation. So it was exciting.

Do you have any regret about giving up those tickets? No, I got a lot of money. I'm going to watch the Chase Burns guy in his first game. The rookie guy pitched tonight. I'll probably leave like halfway through because I got to drive all the way back to Louisville tonight. But I'll go, I want to be there to watch the guy kind of throw his first endings. Well, Lidolo threw a good game last night, gave up that home run to judge and then did pretty well after that, didn't he? So it is kind of, you know, are you feeling it, Summer Valley?

No. It's back on. giving it one more week and you'll be back off. Yeah. I'm in. There were a lot of people there, though. Oh, I bet. Did you, I mean?

Yankee fans? When Judge hit the home run, it was loud. Was it? Yeah, you can. But, I mean, he's also kind of larger than life. It also occurred to me last night how the Yankees uniforms, the road ones, are kind of gross. They get gray and sweaty and dumpy. Like, have you ever looked it?

It looks like a thick material. Yeah. And you can see. see their sweat stains through like their home uniforms the pinstripes are unbelievable but those road uniforms yeah it looks like they've been working on the side of the road and then just decided to go in they're kind of disgusting like you don't want to wear a uniform that shows your pit stains who's just wearing gray anyway just all the options you're just going full gray I mean you're the Yankees why do you have to wear like you can see what they all have

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