KSR - 2025-08-15- KSR - Hour 1

Episode Date: August 15, 2025

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you get a free Kroger gift card. That's pretty exciting, right? First, 250 people who get a flu shot. Not only will you not get a flu, you will get a gift card from Kroger, Kentucky Association of Health plans right here in the Healthy Horizons Pavilion in the South Wing B. I was navigating this place trying to find it earlier. I got here and look at what we see when we got here. We've got people a big crowd. I said look there won't be places for people to sit. They came anyway, which is very nice. We got this young guy right here who's got a Ryan Lemon shirt. He came up to me within seconds of me walking up here and made me feel old. He said, I said, I've been listening to you since I was six years old. That hurts. That hurts. Yeah.

Now, he does say he 17, although you can pass for 28. I'm not going to lie to you. But nevertheless, we got Kentucky Joe. Don't sing to anybody, but it's nice to see you. Too late. He already did. Oh, you did? Yeah.

And then I'm sure that one guy is going to show up at some point during the show. But Drew Franklin, Shannon, the dude, great to be out here at the state fair again. It is my Super Bowl out here. As you know, I love the Kentucky State Fair. I come every year. I'm going to be out here four times this year tomorrow night for Blue Oyster Colt. Oh, Blue Oyster Colt. Yeah.

Same guys, the original? Well, no, I think two of them might be. Okay. Sunday is the big country music, or not festival, but the 90s show with like Sandy Kershaw, Colin Ray, Aaron Tippin, the guy who wants spot at you at the gym. Do you think you'll remember? No. All right.

And then we got some other shows coming up next week, too, so I'll be out here a lot, looking forward to it. And you love, like, all the dips and all that stuff, too, right? Yeah, you go and you get the pretzels and you dip your prudsel in there where everybody else has dipped it in. Red Barn, Biscuits, I see. This is your kind of. If Shannon the dude were to, like, have his heaven, this is it. This is where it is. When I die, just bury me underneath of the Fair and Expo Center.

Is that really what you are? Yeah, just put me right here. Put a little tombstone. All right, what about you? Well, it's funny. He says that because the longest time I thought Shannon was, like, just a troll that lived at the fair. Because the first time I met Shannon was at the fair. Then, like, a year past, I didn't see him again until we did another show at the fair.

And for a while, I just knew Shannon has always had the fair. You know, like when I retire, I want to be a carney. I can just bark at people in the midway. Yeah. Well, I think that's, to be honest with you, I think that's a goal you could achieve. Yeah, I think I could do that. I think if you work. I don't know what the pay is.

I think if you work towards that, Shannon, you have the skills. You could, you two could be a card. You've always got to have a fallback plan. You do. Well, we got a lot of stuff to get to today. I actually wanted to start with something I don't do a lot, which is actually talk about another show or podcast, which is the Matt Norlander College basketball podcast. The reason I want to talk about it is he. had as his guest, Mark Pope. It went 70 minutes yesterday. Actually, I recommend for folks that you

listen to it. It was interesting to listen to Mark Pope with him. He was different than he was on this show in a different way. It is clear to me, Drew, that Mark Pope and Matt Norlander are friends. If you listen to it, it's clear. Norlander, there's like two people in college basketball media that I think were friends with Mark Pope before he got here. And that would be Matt Norlander and Jeff Goodman. And I think when those two guys say something about him, I tend to listen a little bit more because I know they know him. And you can hear listening to this podcast that Matt Norlander in here,

he are like, they're talking about Miles Davis together and clearly so they know that the other one likes Miles Davis. But he said a number of things, and I encourage you to listen, but I also just want to rattle through him, rattle through some of the highlights because I think they're important for people who are Kentucky fans to know about Mark Pope. So are you ready for some of these? Very ready.

Let's get started. He was asked by Matt Norlander to grade last year's season, grade how he thought they would do. I'm always interested when coaches are asked this because they won't give themselves an A unless they're just a jerk, right? Yeah. But some of them will give themselves like an F. He said solid B, B minus. He said, I'd give myself a B B minus.

He said, ultimately, I didn't succeed because the success here is winning the national championship. But he gave himself a B B B. Minesis. I think he's a hard grader. I would have said A minus for me, probably, maybe lost a few games during the season. I think they shouldn't have lost. But he also won eight games against top 15 teams, which is more than any college basketball team ever in the history of college basketball. But he gave himself a B. B. months. Yeah, I feel like it's a pretty honest assessment. I would have gone a little higher as a fan of

Pope, but I guess he's punishing himself. The SEC standings, you know, they hope to never be that low again. You're not in the SEC tournament by the weekend when Pope knows how important that is to the fans. So I think that would be about right. Also, I had some great wins in that regular season. Yeah, I think I would probably give him a B plus considering how quickly he threw everything together and how he made that team gel the way they did. I think that he did a great job. Yeah, I think he's hard. on himself, I would have said A minus. Now, I thought this was interesting. Matt and Orlando said, what was the high point of the season? What game were you the happiest? What game were you the saddest? For the saddest, he picked Ohio State up in Madison Square Garden, where we got beat by

20. He said Madison Square Garden is next to him, next to Rupp Arena, the most important gym in the country to him, and he thought it was embarrassing the performance they gave, and he was very concerned. What was interesting is he said the best moment of the year, I wouldn't guess this, but we were there, was in Seattle and the comeback against Gonzaga. That was a great point. He said when Jackson, when they lost both Kirk Creesa and Lamont Butler and were still able to come back and win on what essentially amounted to Gonzaga's home court, he said that was the first moment he thought, oh wow, this team could be special. Yeah, and if I remember correctly, it wasn't just bouncing back from losing injuries. They completely changed up their defense.

in that second half. Maybe it was like a one-three-one zone, I think, that might have cooled Gonzaga off when they were completely hot in the first half. So I could see why he'd be proud of that game. I would probably lean Duke in that moment where he tells go get two hands on Cooper Flats. Yeah, he mentioned Duke. He said that Duke was exciting, but, you know, it was also their first game with freshmen. He thought that the Gonzaga game was a game where he thought, okay, this is a team that can do something. Yeah, I thought that, you know, Kentucky is going to get blown out. Kirk Creesa goes down with the injury, then they come back and win. And that right there, was the moment where I knew that this team had a lot of fight. And we saw that multiple times throughout the season, but that was really the first time that we saw it. He then went player by player talking about the team this year, who he thought would be good, et cetera.

And he said that he believes Drew Otega Owe will be the best defender in America this year. Said he thinks Otega Owe will be the best defender in America. I thought he was a good defender last year. By the end of the year, I thought he was really good. Do you think best defender in America is plausible? That's really how I praise. I'm excited about a big jump.

In the Combine, I know it's a Wednesday afternoon and a scrimmage in Chicago, but O'Way looked like such a good defender up there as in those pre-draft scrimmages and we eventually pulled out of the draft. But the few times he was in those five-on-fives, he looked like a completely different defender. And I thought, oh, is he going to bring that back to Lexington for the next year? And it sounds like that's going to be a big part of his game. I like that when he's talking about Jaden Quaintance, of course. Norlander really

Norlander pushed him in a way like I wouldn't feel comfortable because I don't know Mark like that he clearly did so he wouldn't let Mark evade questions and he'd say you didn't answer my question things I would say to maybe Mark Stoops he said to and maybe we'll

get there one day but he did it and with Jayton's he going to come back and he didn't want to answer and then finally Mark said he will not play every game this year Shannon but he certainly thought he would play a decent amount of games. He made it sound like we're talking Christmas-E, which is kind of what we thought, but it was interesting to hear from me. Yeah, I'm good with that.

I would rather have him in February and March than I would, November, December. So if he needs to take a couple of months to rest up and get, you know, his injury healed entirely, then I'm good with that. He did look good at the Dirt Bowl, though. That dog, I mean, he has some great hang time. Well, he said in terms of that this three weeks are his most important three weeks, of his whole process of recovery, so he thought he would know more in three weeks. And he's the first one back on campus as they started making their way back from vacation. I'm with you, though. That was the moment you could tell Norlander was comfortable because he just interrupted Pope.

Like, no, no, come on, give me a month. Yeah, he was like, answer my question, son. Like, he was very, very specific. Then I thought this was interesting about Jane Quains, because I don't really know anything about him beyond that he's really good at basketball. Pope says, because Pope's apparently pretty good at chess. Like not great, but pretty good at chess. He said Jaden Quatance is up 5-1 against him on chess.

He says, now, I don't play chess, but I do know enough about chess to know you've got to be pretty smart to do it. So I kind of like Drew, a dude, if he's up 5 to 1 on a grown man on chess, we might actually, he might be like a really smart player. Yeah, we know how bright Pope is, probably highest IQ in that building. But if your star player that's projected lottery pick just wants to hang out and be nerds together, That's going to be nothing but good things. I like that he has that attitude and he's a bright kid.

Apparently he's a much better chess player than a driver, though. He can't pass his driver's test. He cannot pass. And Pope confirmed did not pass the driver's test. Apparently it wasn't close because he ran over a cone, which is not what you want to do on your driver's test. He's driving like that kid's walking. Like sometimes you fall down.

All right. Then he was asked about schedule. He said every single year he wants Kentucky to have the hardest schedule in college basketball. I can't tell you how much I love that because Cal played pretty hard schedules but then whined about it the whole time. I loved Pope saying this is Kentucky. We should play the hardest schedule in college basketball every year. And last year it was ridiculously hard. It was the third hardest in the country and he was talking like how disappointed he was that it was only the third hardest.

Like second, third best isn't good enough for him. He wants to be the best at everything, have the hardest schedule, play the best teams. You're Kentucky basketball. You shouldn't be afraid of anybody. and I think you need to be battle-tested going into March. And if you've already played the best teams on the regular season, you're ready to go. Go for it. Yeah.

Just some other little personality things I thought fans would think is interesting. They asked him about why he was the number 41. And for those of you with religious backgrounds, he gave an answer that was like two minutes all about the Bible. He was like, no, the water flooded for 40 days, and then it was the 41st day. that he was able to get off the flood. He said, Moses, when they left or got to the prophecy, whatever was day 41, Jesus was on earth for 40 days, and then God called him back home on day 41.

He said that for him 41, he literally mentioned, my mom would have loved it. He mentioned like six things from the Bible, all of which were on the 41st day, and that's why, and then he said Kobe Brea, which not quite as same as the same as the Bible. the Bible, but Kobe Brea was picked 41st in the draft, and his first win at Kentucky was by 41 points. Yeah, I still think Kylie probably just gave it to him.

Here you go, man. Welcome to the last year. Yeah. I mean, you think all that's safe. I think he's had 30 years to put that together back in back and said, okay. I still think he rolled in. Kyle's like, here you go, man. Welcome.

I mean, that's usually the way it works. Like, I play baseball. I was just 20 because, you know, 20. You're suggesting none of that was the reason. That's a great answer. Nice and polished. I'm just thinking he's transferred in. Petino's telling him to run.

Kiteley's like, here's your journey. I think Mark Pope wanted. I think it was because of Noah, Moses. Yeah, well, what were they? They just gave him two. I don't know. You were to figure out something else. He also, all right, one more answer I loved.

He was asked about the portal. And, you know, what do most coaches say about the portal? What do they say? Wham! Yeah. I don't like it. It's not good. Me, me, me, me, me, me.

What does Mark Pope say? He said, I love the portal. He said this is the best time to coach college basketball in history because it's unique. You don't know what's going to happen. And I feel like I have a chance to beat everybody else at it because nobody knows what to do. See, that is what a creative person thinks. There's like a market inefficiency. How do I beat it and then take advantage of it?

I love it. I've sat here and listened to coaches in all sports, complain the whole thing's falling apart. He said, look, are there things I do differently? sure, but this is the most exciting time to coach, and I'd rather be coaching now than any other time. That's what you want, Shannon. If you're going to have a coach for the future, they can't sit there and wait for a time that the is gone.

It's adapt or die, right? The portal's not going anywhere. So whether or not you like it, you have to figure out how can you get ahead of it. And Mark Pope, I think, does a better job than anybody at that. And it helps when you're at Kentucky. Let's be real. Now, last thing, and I actually, just as a human,

found this interesting, he was asked, what is the worst part of the job? what's the worst part of being the coach at Kentucky? I thought this is a really interesting answer. He said the worst part is kind of also the best part. He said, but once you're the coach at Kentucky, you essentially become public property. He was like, your life becomes public property. The state kind of owns you in a way.

And he said, that's just taking some me getting used to. He's like, I don't hate it, but it also makes it to where you kind of are no longer yourself, your public property. I think that's a fascinating thing to say, and I get it. Yeah, I mean, he's very aware of the position it holds and all that comes with it. I think when he first got here, even though he had been through it as a player, you know, back before we had phones taking a picture everywhere, when there was that phase of every restaurant, you know, it's getting reported where he's sitting. I think there's a moment where he's thinking, my goodness, what is this job that I've gotten into.

The thing that I think he does so well, maybe better than any coach, is how accessible he is. I agree. And approachable, you know what I mean? You can go up and you can just talk to him, and he would talk with you and take a picture, whatever you want. And the last thing, just for the record, he probably wouldn't like me highlighting this. But when I said this about a week ago, I got a lot of angry messages from people. A lot of you all, not you all here, you all are wonderful, but some of the people listening got a little angry messages at me for saying this.

He quoted, he said the exact same answer. Matt Lorner-Lander said, if you could have dinner with anybody alive, who would you say? And he said Barack Obama. I'm just saying don't get mad at me, stinking liberal. He said our coach also said Barack Obama, Drew, so I'm not the only one that would have said that as an answer. I wondered if that would stick with you and if you'd bring it up on the show today. It stood out to me that doesn't like blue cheese. That was one of my big takeaway.

Dude, I love blue cheese. What's wrong with blue cheese? Oh, actually, another one that stood out to me because you don't hear a coach admit this, is Norlander asks him how much he reads, how many podcasts consumes if he's on social media. He said all the time. He said, yeah, I'm on it a lot. A lot of coaches, even though we know they are, they pretend they're not. to not hear it. He admitted that. I thought that was really interesting. They asked for, they asked him, do you follow what the media says in college basketball and local Kentucky

media what they said? And he said, I follow it all. I appreciate it. He's being honest. All these coaches do it and then say they don't. He acknowledged that he did. And I thought that was cool. So I highly recommend that interview. It's called like I on college basketball, but it's 70 minutes with Pope and I think it was really good. We are here at the state. Fair with the Kentucky Association of Health Plans in Louisville. It's a beautiful day. Great Kentucky crowd taking over the city of Louisville. I'm going to tell you what we almost had happened today.

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Sometimes I don't. It's like, you know. It's like everything. It's like roulette. Well, they're right there. I feel like this is. time it's right here and i could go crogering after that that's right that's right it's perfect for me i get flu shots and i like going to crogers so this is my kind of party it's uh it's a it's a great

combination 859 2807 great crowd here i always like to do this um look and see what's at the fair let's go throughout our uh throughout our show here today i'll read you things happening today at the state fair and you could tell me if you want going on right now i hate i don't want you to leave this but I would understand if you did. Going on right now is the something to crow about contest right over there. Like a crow calling contest? I don't know. That's what I'm asking you.

What do you think the something to crow about contest? Like I don't, people don't own crows, right? Like they just fly and show up in your yard. Remember Harvey would tell you they would bring you like jewelry and watches and stuff. Yeah, they would steal from other people. They were thieves. Thieves of the animal kingdom. That's what I think it is.

I think it's a collection of stolen goods. They bring them in here and, you know, sell them to get the heat off their back. I was trying to think about what something to crow about festival would be. Is it people like impersonating crows? I would think so. Or crowing about something? Okay, can you, does anybody know how to do a crow call? We got a poodle over here.

Yeah, I got your poodle if you need a poodle. I don't know about a crow though. Yeah, I don't know if you have crow in you. Well, I'd be, if anybody goes to something to crow about contest, let me know what it is. I'd be interested to... I think you're going to eat some crow when the Reds don't make the playoffs. All right, well, you brought this up. I wasn't going to do.

You're welcome. The Braves won. Yeah, we're hot. Hotest team in baseball. I wasn't going to talk about them until the second hour because some people are like, hey, you talk about the Reds too much and we don't have that many Reds fans. With that said, we're only a half game back now. You're welcome.

You're welcome. Thank you very much. We are a half game back. The summer of L.E. Now, we play the best team in baseball that's won 12 straight games. So things are against us. But I'm going to go ahead and tell you, if we. Don't get swept.

Even if we just win one game this weekend, I'm good. If we win two on Monday, I'm coming in like, I don't know. With the George Webbberger in your hand. Yeah, that's right. Like, you know, pants off. Like, I'm excited. Oh, wow. That has to late quickly.

We don't need all that. We don't need to go to HR over the Reds. But, I mean, I'm going to be excited. This is good. This is also kind of exciting. They said because I've been so excited, They've invited me on September the 5th, and I am inviting you two to come with me if you promise to wear Reds gear. So this is what I'm going to say.

I'm not going to tell you what it is yet. Do you promise to on September 5th wear Reds gear? Let me check my calendar here. I just need a yes or a no answer. I'll wear my Doug Flynn shirt. Okay. You will wear Red's gear on September the 5th. Now you want to hear what we're going to do.

What are we going to do? They've invited me to come on the field prior to the. the game to watch batting practice. Oh. So we can stand right there next to Ellie. And by the way, September the 5th is not a little game. They play the Mets that night. Who's who they're going against? Like, this is a big game and they're going to need our help.

That's right. Let me get a couple of cuts in before the game. The Ellie's going to need our tips here before the game. So are you in? Let's go. I'm all in on that. That sounds like a lot of fun. Drew?

Last time you made me wear Red's gear to a Reds game. I did more harm than good. I don't know if you want me done that. We won't have you doing the match game. Yeah, no, I just, we're invited us. Okay, I'll dust off the Doug Flynn shirt. They've invited us, so I think, so September 5th, it's just a few days before I go to South Africa, we are going to go.

It's the last home game I'll get to go to all year, so that's part of it. I'm looking forward to it. Sounds like a lot of fun. All right, 859-280, 2287. I was on Greg McElroy and Colcublick right before I came here. I was actually walking, trying to find this place while on the phone. Those guys, of course, nobody knows the essence. SEC better than those two guys, two of the biggest announcers that do SEC football.

Cole Kublich said, what do you think Kentucky's going to do this year record-wise? I said five and seven. He said, you're too pessimistic. You guys are making a bowl this year. Oh, there we go. That made me feel good. And then Greg McElroy said, I think Kentucky is the hardest team to predict in all of college football this year. He said, if you all win four, it wouldn't shot me.

If you won eight, it wouldn't shock me. Well, that would shock me. And he said all of the SEC, the coaches, et cetera, have no idea what to think about Kentucky because they'd think they could be really good or really bad, and nobody is really sure. I thought both of those were interesting comments. Yeah, especially the mystery part.

We're all a little down because how last year went, but they have 50 new players, unless you're at every single practice and even doing that, it'd be hard to know how they're going to look when you finally get out on the field during a few weeks. And Cole Kublich is a big offensive line guys because that's what he cares about. He said he's heard Kentucky's offensive line. This was his words, old school good for Kentucky.

So that made me feel better. I'm not going to lie. We'll take a break. We'll be right back. This is Kentucky Sports Radio. Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio here live at Kentucky State Fair. Kentucky Association of Health Plans.

You can get your flu shot and you get a free Kroger gift card. Stay healthy and protect yourself here at the Kentucky State Fair. the Kentucky State Fair with the Kentucky Association of Health Plans. 859-280-2287. I'm going to go to the phones. One person writes, Matt, I heard you on McElroy and Cole Kublich. Another thing I like that they said is they think Kentucky's culture is back and that they're hearing people in the SEC say they think it'll be better.

I was glad to hear that too. You know, they talk to coaches and people around staffs. I thought that was good news. That's something that's been clear. Even in the media got to go to two practices, anytime you talk to a player, It's not just some speaks and messaging that the program wants those guys to get out. They're all holding each other accountable. You can see it if you're around there at all.

Well, Burson writes, I'd like to know from each of you, what would be more surprising to you, Kentucky winning only three games or Kentucky winning seven games, which would be more shocking? We've all kind of predicted four, five, or six, which is more shocking, three or seven. For me, I think three would be more shocking because I've already predicted six. So that just means they just need one more. So I can see there being a path to seven. Three, I don't think there's any way it's that bad. Four maybe, but not that bad.

Yeah, I'd be surprised if it's three. I think they're going to take, they'll steal one from somebody. So I would say three, seven. I mean, okay, you want to make the case for seven. The case for seven is you beat Vandy, you beat Auburn, and you win two of the whole, then you win two of your either Florida, Tennessee, Texas, is Ole Miss at Louisville.

Not crazy. Yeah, and I think seven's more likely than three, two. They're going to win an SEC game. I'm looking at Ed Vandy. I know it's there, and they've won two out of three, but the league's hopefully caught up to Pavia now. They know who he is. I think Tennessee might not be all that they're hyped up to be,

and then you have Florida coming to Lexington in November. I think any of those games, you can count them getting one of them. There was a clip that was going around on social media of an Old Miss podcast saying that the Kentucky game was the most important game of the Lane Kiffin tenure that if like that that if he does not win that game a lot of fans will start to be uh to question look back at last year I mean you know it could happen it could happen this year where it's at least a close game in the fourth quarter you have a chance they got worse and you got better and you beat them there last year so just a simple generic look at the game says you

should be in it should be who's up first Mike is up first Mike go ahead Mike. Hey guys, how are you all this morning? Doing good. A question for you, if Stake Kentucky goes 2 and 10 this year and they decide to part ways with Stoose, how much of an impact is the allocation of money

between football and basketball going to impact their ability to hire an established coach? Yeah, I mean, that's what's hard, is because, I appreciate the call, because Mitch has taken the position that we're not going to know how much of the revs share goes to football, how much goes to basketball. I have a fundamental disagree with him on that,

but he articulated his position. Because we don't know that, it's going to be hard to know when they go out and get a coach, whether or not the money had anything to do with it. How are you going to even know? Because we don't even know what the money is. Right. Yeah, it's hard to know. You know, it's going to have a big impact. You just, like you said, none of us will know about it. Yeah. So I don't know. He did, what, what's the Pope thing? He asked Pope, who's roster costs more, yours or or Rick Petinos and Pope said

something like in anything I do against Petino I'm beating him love that which I thought was interesting because he most people think Petino's roster costs more than anyone in college basketball I know Pope was kind of kidding but he was also kind of

insinuating ours cost more than that yeah he's being playful with Petino but he also answered the question somewhat indirectly but he did not say you know, you think if he didn't want the message out there that spent a lot, he'd easily put that on Rick. Like, oh, Rick spent the most by far. He's Rick, but now he, Pope took that one.

It's interesting. You know, if you're sitting there building a roster, there's an argument that you want to put out there that we pay the most. There's also an argument that if you put out there, we pay the most, you're going to get asked for the most. You know what I mean? So, like, it can kind of go either way. You know, there's, it's like when you're hiring someone.

On the one hand, if you have a really competitive salary, you want to say, we have a really competitive salary. But you also don't want to make it to where you could have gotten somebody for $100,000 and they charge you $150,000 because you said you pay $150,000. You know what I mean? Makes sense. I don't know what you want to do then. I think it does help you get to the table, though. If you're one of the top spenders, at least get you in the mix and on lists,

then get you down to the final stages so you can work it out on the paperwork. Yeah. So I don't know. Who's up next? Judy is up next. Judy, go ahead, Judy. Hey, I just didn't listen to the 70-minute podcast with Hope, and I have not done my research yet,

but they said that Kentucky's winning eight of the 15 top teams. That was this year, but there were two other teams that have done it the past. I haven't not researched that yet, and you all let me know about them. But we don't talk about them, right? Like if we were one of them, we'll just act like the other people don't exist. There's no reason to give those other teams credit, right? I love it.

Yes, I agree. Facts are optional. That's right. That's right. You all have a great time. It's fair. All right. Appreciate the call.

What's your favorite food? them to eat at the fair? Usually the pork chop from the Kentucky pork producers. That's right over there. Yeah, that's usually what we do after the show. You want to grab one after the show today? Yeah, I love good. They know I ever have seats, but I'd love to go over there.

What about you? Something got to be deep fried. Probably deep fried Oreos. Maybe deep fried, really anything deep fried, especially sweet. They've added a few new things, including like a hot Cheetos corn dog, where they roll the corn dog and hot Cheeto, like crushed up hot Cheetos. They roll the cornedos. Corn dog and Cheetos?

And hot Cheetos. I don't like corn dogs, but I do like hot Cheetos, so I could see how that would be pretty good. It sounds good to me. I think I may have to try that one. I think corn dogs are kind of gross. Hey, Rick, did you get your wine that I bought you last week? Or did Shannon leave it in his car? No, Shannon personally handed it to me earlier this morning.

There you go. So when are you going to, when are you going to treat yourself to the wine? It's a nice bottle, so I hope you do it in something. a special moment? Well, I'm going to take it home and put it in my wine fridge so it chills to the correct temperature. And I'll probably... What is the correct temperature?

What is the correct temperature? Well, it's a red wine, so for me it's 55 degrees. 55 degrees. 55 degrees for red. That was only about 95 degrees in my car last night. I was still in there, so... It's good for the grapes. The grapes like it to be hot and then really cold.

So I hope you enjoy it. And when you, when you sip on... it, Rick. I hope you think about how much, what a great job you do for us when we're out on remote. Well, I really appreciate that, Matt. Of course. Sorry, who's next, Rick? Got Charlie up next. Charlie, go ahead, Charlie. Hey, Matt. First time, long time. Who are? What's up? You were talking about the Little League World Series yesterday? Yes. My predictions were good. My predictions are Japan won,

12 to nothing, South Carolina one, 13 to nothing, South Dakota one. Like there's the- Chapolome? Well, the Little League World Series actually issued a statement right after you. You think I'm joking. The Little League World Series issued a statement at like 1 p.m. saying, please don't bet on Little League Baseball. I was like, did you listen to my draft king's ad?

Homeland Security on line one again. Yeah, but go ahead, sir. Well, back in 1971, I was on the first team from Kentucky to represent the state in the Little League World Series. And a former red beat us. Where was that? Gardenside Little League in Lexington. Well, congratulations.

Did you all win the Little League World Series? No, no. Lloyd McClendon was a pitcher from Gary, Indiana, played for the Red. They signed him as a 12-year-old to be their catcher. That's not true. Five foot eight and twelve-year-old. Hang on just a second. Sir, sir, I might have to stay.

Sir, I might have to stop you. The Reds did not sign a 12-year-old to be their catcher. First of all, I think that violates child labor laws. When he was 12 years old, that the Reds had signed him to be their catcher. He was 5'8-8-12-year-old. No, they did not. The Reds did not sign a 12-year-old to be their catcher. Sir, that can't be true.

Any team would do it. Okay, okay. had him, I don't know, in their farm league as a 12-year-old. I just don't. He was single-layer. Listen, I believe. Okay, here's what I'd believe. I'd believe the Reds saw him play.

Yeah, maybe he had a scout there. I do not believe they signed a 12-year-old to be their catcher. That's, I'm almost certain that's against the law. Well, okay, we're 12 years old. That was what was going around the camp that the Reds had. Oh, I had to be true. I understand. Just like you were told there was a ghost in the cabin next to you.

Now that I can believe, sir. But anyway, he was five for five. Hit five home runs, tied Bullfow's record for a little league player. Last time I saw him, he was coaching the American League All-Star team. Well, cool. All right, well, thank you. Appreciate the congratulations on being the first one. You look up.

I can't find anything about that. Is this like a make a wish situation? I don't think so. No, I mean, I actually have heard of Lloyd McClendon. I think he did end up playing in the majors. Yeah, he did with the pirates and the reds. Yeah, I think he was actually a pretty good player. But I do not believe he was signed as a 12-year-old.

Although I do like the confidence with which he said it. And this is what's great about people. He said it with confidence. And then I said, well, that's what, and then he was like, well, that's what people were saying at the time. I haven't had a hard time believing him in five for five with five home run. Oh, it's right here, hitting five homers and five swings at age 12. Now, that's cool. Yeah.

So he had five swings, five home runs. What it says. It doesn't not say he had a contract at the age of 12. He pitched against the Yankees. Did not say that. I do love that he came in, though, so strong. So, draft kings, no, do not bet on the Little League World Series. But you can bet on UFC 319.

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Well, first of all, there was a man. I'm not going to point out which one he was because I don't know if he wants me to. But there was a man who just came over here and showed us a video that he visited Duke University, my law school alma mater. And he walked to the front sign. By the way, I've walked through that gate hundreds of times. He walked through the front sign in his Kentucky gear and Kentucky shorts and then proceeded to pee on the Duke sign. Can't be doing that.

He did it, though. He got away with it. In broad daylight, let's add. How long ago was that? How long ago? That's what I was going to say. Yeah. Be careful of the statute of limitations.

I don't know, like, what the penalty is for that, but it wouldn't be worth it for me. Who could it be? Could it be the guy screaming statue of limitations? I think in the video, he's wearing a Tyrese maxi jersey, so it puts you with in the last. So it was Tyrese maxi that did it, not him. Six years. I would keep that video. You're right next to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.

Don't, don't airdrop that. Make sure you keep that one to yourself. That haircut wouldn't give it away. Let's quickly talk about yesterday. They announced BBN United. Oh, great tournament. Great round robin. No, no, no.

This is the fan thing. Oh, okay. It's proof of their marketing. This is the fan thing. So if you didn't see the fan, this is the fan, like, experience, right? So you can, you can join this and you can become, you know, you can join these various things. So here's what they are. They have Cats Club that's $100 a year. Club Blue is $320 a year. Select is $750 a year. Premier is $1,400 a year. And Elite is $2,600 a year.

You get various things. I'll read you just, let's say, the $750. one. Let me tell you what you get. Which of these would you want? Sure. A welcome pack and two annual merchandise boxes. No. All access behind the scenes content. That'd be cool. Okay. Invite to open practice. That's cool. I like that.

A virtual facility tour. No. I like that they couldn't bother you. I can't actually go in there. Here's what I don't understand about the virtual facilities tour. You're already there. Yeah, why can't I just go to the practice? Yeah.

Are they just going to make you walk out? Like you're already there. So if you're already at the facility, are you telling me I can't see the facility, Drew, and I'm already there? Open up a couple of doors. You're right, yeah, you're right there. You get member voting.

You get to vote. Vote on what? I don't know. You vote people out of the club. Yeah. Get out of BB and United. I thought that was kind of funny. You get to vote, but I have no idea what you would vote on.

Yeah, I don't know about that one yet. Big Blue Math, I like this. You get early access to bit blue white game tickets. Early access. How much are those tickets? But not the tickets. But not the tickets. You get access.

If I'm paying that kind of money, I should get the tickets. I kind of agree with you. You get to be in the sweepstakes for Big Blue Madness tickets. Now, correct me if I'm wrong. Isn't everyone in the sweepstakes for Big Blue Madness tickets? Yes. I thought so. And then finally, you get to be part of expanded sweepstakes.

I don't even know what that means. I don't either. So, like, two of the things that you mentioned, the open practice and one of the thing, I would be interested in, behind-the-scenes stuff. Other than that, I don't know. On the $1,400 a year one, you also get a virtual meet-and-grreet with the players. Oh, I get to Zoom with Jayton. No, no, no, but it's not basketball football.

It's another tier-up for basketball football players. That's like probably a swimmer. This is basketball or football not guaranteed. Oh, I get to talk to like a bowler, someone on the rifle team. But via Zoom. Oh, wow. After you zoom the facility tour. And how much I got to pay for that?

That's $1,400 a year. Now, if you get up to $2,600 a year, then you get a basketball. Oh, okay. I got to pay $1,200 more just to be able to talk to a football player. You're going to get Reese Potter. You're not selling me on this very well. No, okay, so look, I'm seeing this, I'm giving it a hard time. I think this is important, Drew, but I also think, again, nobody asked me my opinion.

This is pretty expensive stuff. I mean, the first tier is $100, but all you get at $100 is, quote, exclusive perks, but it doesn't even say what they are. And then everything I just read you starts at $320 a year. I mean, that's really expensive. I think they're going to have to give a little bit more to people. To me, of all those things they say, the open practice is kind of the coolest one of all of them, to be honest. It is, but, well, there's two types of people that are going to join the club.

They're the people who just want to give the money. Maybe they live out of town. Sure, I get a T-shirt, whatever. Here's a thousand bucks. I just want us to be good. They'll get them regardless. But that's a pretty underwhelming list of experiences for the other people. people that are signing up to get something in return.

I mean, call me crazy, but I would rather take my $320 and buy a ticket to a game than spend it on that. I think you've got to, I mean, I think fans want to support it. But I sit here and look at the fans here. I just, I just want Kentucky to not forget about the average fan. Like this whole $750 a year, that's nice. but the heart of Big Blue Nation are people that come to the state fair

to watch a random radio show on a Friday. And I just worry, we keep moving farther and farther away from that to get to this group of virtual meet and greets or virtual tours. This is why Big Blue Nation is great. We just can't get away from that, even though I know we need to raise money,

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