KSR - 2025-08-18- KSR - Hour 1

Episode Date: August 18, 2025

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This is the OG scramble. This was the first KSR golf scramble we did, was in Louisville, and now they've branched out all over the place. Yeah, this is fun. Got a good early crowd here to hear the show. Some first-timers asked if it's okay to listen. So absolutely get in here. Yeah, this is part of the event.

This is usually one that there's like 15 or 20 groups that play every year, but I already see some new faces. Everybody, join me right now. It's happy birthday for Ryan Lemon, who is today is his birthday. Happy birthday, buddy. Happy birthday to Ryan. How old are you again? 55. 59.

59 years old. Big 6-0 is coming up. This one's hitting me. I'm telling you, this one hit the hit me. We got to do something for your 60th birthday. Yeah. What's a good old person thing to do? And roll him into a nursing home.

Yeah. You know, all the great athletes are born on August 18th. Kenny Walker, Willie Colley Stein, and myself, all August 18th. You all have a lot in common. Shannon, where would be a good place? Like, what's a good old person vacation? Like when you're thinking- Oh, a vacation? Yeah, for like that we could go for his 60th birthday.

Where do old people go in mass? Hmm. A casino on the Mississippi River. That would be a good one. Branson, Missouri. Yeah, Branson Missouri. Branson Missouri. Rentf Row Valley.

We can go to Rip Pro Valley That's close Branson Missouri is a good call That feels like go see Ronnie Millsap That feels like something we could do Where else is a good old person I would say Alaskan cruise But we've already done that

So yeah go see the Washington Monument We've already done that Yeah Are you excited to be moving towards 60? I'm telling you man This birthday probably has hit me harder than any birthday I've ever had Because I think next up is 60

I mean, you're right. How in the hell did I turn 50? How am I almost 60 years old? I don't feel 60. I sure don't look 60. I look like I'm 24 years old. I don't act 60. Let me put it.

I don't know how you feel. Only you know that. You certainly do not act 60. I think that's totally fair. You act younger than almost everyone on this show. I mean, I don't think you look 60 either. I mean, so yeah, I get it. I mean, most 60-year-olds don't do donut contests.

and things like that. I think the new hair helps a little bit. You definitely, the new hair certainly helps you. I just, I am, I think 60 is different, though, I will say. It is. When I mean, when I was a kid, the idea of being 60, I mean, you're already playing in the funeral. And for Ryan, it doesn't feel, I agree, Drew, it doesn't feel like he's that old. You don't look a day past, like 55.

I think you're doing, you're doing well. The 50th birthday, you guys, you came out to my party. It was like more of a celebration. This 60th one next year, this is going to hurt. We need to do something. We need to do something fun for you. You can think about what you'd like to do, and then I'll alter it into a version that's acceptable.

And we'll do something for your 60th birthday. How's that? You know, I started with you when I was 44. 44 about to turn 45. Wow. I started with you. Yeah, that's crazy. You know what?

We had my friend hubby, his birthday was this weekend, and I was saying, you know, it is August the 18th. All right, so we fast forward. I will be in South Africa when this happens, so we're going to celebrate it before. But I'm going to celebrate September 10th. What would actually happen in the middle of September? The 20th anniversary of KSR is a month away. I mean, I started the website KSR 20 years ago in September.

Wow. I started this radio show 15 years ago in October, and it's kind of crazy to think that we've gone this fall. It is really, it's kind of, because it was the 20th anniversary, because it was Hubby's birthday who helped me start it, I kind of have been reflecting on that. It's crazy, Drew, to think 20 years. You've been with me for 17 years. I mean, it's crazy to think it's been like that. Yeah, and I'm sure when you were, had Hubby draft up that beautiful blog 20 years ago, you knew exactly the radio show and everything that comes with it.

Yeah, well, anyway, so thanks to everybody for coming out here. we I want to talk about this can be a little bit of UK football today but I have to say one thing and I want your honest opinion of was this a bad decision or not from me this weekend. All right. You know where I live in the highlands, right? Yes. So I made a decision during the day Saturday I went for a walk. I walked from my house, Shannon, to the waterson and back.

That's a pretty long walk. That's a good walk. Yeah, it was like 18,000 steps. So pretty long walk. Wow. Did it before it got crazy hot, but it was still hot. So I'm tired the rest of the day. Fast forward at Saturday night.

Now, you've got to understand the circumstances. Saturday night, about 10.30 at night. You know, that area of Louisville, you all live here. You know, that's kind of like people are going, well, is it getting too much crime? Is it too much traffic on Saturday nights? Because kids have been getting fights in front of the Taco Bell and all that. There's a place that's got.

been extremely popular, which is like, what do you call those things, Drew, the Boba teas? Yeah. You know what I'm talking about? You drink them, and they've got little things in there that burst. Poppers. Yeah. So that place has gotten really popular. It's down the street, all right?

So I, like 1030 was thinking, I want something to drink, but I don't want to drink soda because I don't want to stay up all night, right? So I walk down to the, to just get like a lemonade. Okay. A lot of people, but it's mostly kids, you know, people out to party, right? Okay. But yet there's this family, there's like five families sitting in the back, you know, probably middle-aged, right? They have kids.

And these kids range from three to seven or eight. Now, Shannon, I would start by saying it's 10.30 at night. Put your kids to bed. Right? I'm not, I mean, you can have your kids out, but just for the record, it's 10.30 at night. And it's in a place where you know there are bars and everybody's, like, party. They're sitting in the back and joining themselves doing what middle-aged parents do when they're out of the house, I guess just being happy. But they have just decided that because this is a public place, they're just going to let their kids run walking.

So there are six to seven, three to nine-year-olds running around the restaurant. Okay? I see immediately this is not a situation I like, right? I understand. But you know what? I want one of these little boba teas and stuff. So I get it. I sit down and I think every man in here, you know the scream I'm about to talk about

when like a three or four year old does that blood curdling scream. I see you all shaking your head. I can't do it, but you know what I'm talking about that. Not crying like the happy blood curdling scream. Okay. This kid, she's running around and her friends are chasing her and she's doing that scream. Does everybody know what I'm talking about? Oh, yeah.

It's like a shriek. Yeah, it is a shriek. It is, I would argue, next to a Dennis drill, it's the worst sound on earth. Is a little kid's shriek. That's fair. It is. Yep, it's fair. She's doing it, and like nobody's stopping her, right?

I think they just think, hey, the collective is here. We'll let our kids run around, and they'll do blood-curdling trills. And when she does it, then her friends start doing it. So now there's multiple kids with blood curtailing trills. I get my drink. I sit at the table. Now, I'm by myself, but there are people all around me. There's like a couple making out in the corner.

There's all these people everywhere. It is the island. Exactly. I expect that. I'm used to that. These two kids get to my table, and it's almost like they've looked at me and said, this is the person we're going to bother. They start chasing each other in a circle around my table.

Screaming. And like every time they yell, the other one just yells more. Yeah. And I'm looking around, Shannon, going, where's mom? Where's their parents? And everyone around me is agreeing. Like, are you going to stop this? It's 10.30 at night.

You're in the Highlands. Your kids are screaming like they're being abducted, and they're chasing each other around. And you can't even see them where you're sitting over there. So I wait about a couple minutes, Drew, and I'm like, all right, should I say something? Uh-oh. Here comes Uncle Matt. This is the ending I've been rooting for. Uncle Matt, getting ready to step to the plate.

I can't do it anymore. When I say 15 shrills, it's 15 shrills, 15 shrill. Finally, I just walk over there to the group of parents. I don't know who's who's kid. And I just go, I don't want to be rude, but. I'm about to be rude. Can someone keep these kids? kids from at least running around and screaming over here, can you at least bring them to you

and do it? Nothing wrong with that? No, nothing wrong with that. That's what I'm asking you. They looked at me, they gave me that snotty look, and they were like, yeah, and then they get them, and you know what? Then they leave, and everything's fine. Yeah. So there's my question. Am I, because when I came back, there was kind of like a mini applause in my session. But I could tell that the 10 parents thought, and there might even be a listener of this show. Heck, maybe one of them's in here right now. Did I do the wrong thing? You represented the whole group.

They're a little scared to step up and do. You did what they wanted to do. You need somebody like you in your group that is not afraid to step up and talk to. But is it rude to look at people and go, get your kids out of our faces. Be a responsible parent. Yes. Noah, you did the right thing, absolutely. Okay, but if you're a parent, if someone,

someone had done that with you when you had a little kid, I feel like you would have gotten mad. Actually, I was trying to put myself in that position. If I was the parent, I'd be embarrassed that I didn't even realize my kid was running around like that. Like maybe I'm so engulf with my friends and talking. I'm embarrassed to know that my son is over here causing a ruckus. It was literally, you could have heard it. In St. Matthews, they were screaming so loud. They had to have heard it.

Well, as the story was building, I thought you were going to tell me that you stress the kids. I was really rooting for that. I don't think you talked to other people's kids. Yeah, I was rooting for that chaos. But I'd say this is a step down below from that, so you did the right thing. So you think, you don't think, because part of me fell bad. I was upset. Let me also be clear.

I was upset because the Reds had just blown that game. So that was, that added to the frustration. The Reds had just blown that game Saturday night. That's exactly right. Ellie threw the ball in the dirt. He should have held it. But Pagong cannot walk the first two guys in the ninth inning. Like, you can't be doing that stuff, says Andy Bich.

I was already upset about that. I understand. And then this kid, blood-curdling. I see a version of what you just described all the time. It's like where parents just go out in public, they dump their kids off and just let them have free reign of the entire area. They act like the restaurant is a kid's zoo. Right. Like, oh, I can just drop them off at daycare here and do it.

Plus, it's 10.30 at night. I mean, yeah, why are they out at 10.30 on a Saturday night? All right. So I'm glad to hear you all back me up on that. We got you. Saturday was a U.K. football. scrimmage. It was the second UK football scrimmage. We're going to talk in the next segment about Cutter Bowler who played well. I have intentionally gotten no hopes up this year about being good

or whatever. But when I was out, I was all over Louisville this weekend. I've been here for like three or four straight days. I was all over Louisville. Everywhere I went that I saw someone who knew me, they asked me how are we going to be at basketball? Not one person has asked me in in the last three or four days about football. We are 13 days, 12 days away from kickoff. Do you think our fan base has any excitement, Ryan, for football? Any. I really don't, because when they do ask you about it, it's like, are we going to get three wins?

Are we going to get four wins? Like, there's no optimism at all. But is there even excitement? I know there's no optimism. Drew, do you even think people are excited that in 12 days we are kicking off? Not nearly as much as it usually is at this point. I mean, you have your people that have already gone out and put their tents down, which that isn't even huge numbers. That's like a social thing more than it is.

But your core audience is excited just because it's here. But overall, I think just the unknown, people are just kind of waiting to see what it is before they get too fired up about whatever is going to roll out there. It feels like fans have just already accepted that it's going to be a bad season. But if they were to come out, and let's say blow out Toledo, and let's say pull off a win over Ole Miss somehow, some way, I think the fan base would jump right back on as quickly as they jumped off. What is weird to me is even when we've been bad over the years, and we've been doing this show long enough that we've been bad going into many years, people always were into at least the season starting.

I just have not felt that this year. I walked up here, passed about two people, first two questions. I think we're going to go to the Final Four, think we're going to the National Championship. I think a combination of how excited people are about Mark Pope, how people are excited about the basketball team and how bad the football team feels like it's going to be has made it to where there's the least excitement

around football I can think of maybe since Joker's second year. But I don't even know if it was like that quiet then. I really don't. Some of those bad teams, it's guys you'd followed for several years. There's a connection. I mean, with 50 new players,

I bet most fans would fail a test about the roster right now. It's just that this is such a unique year. There's so many other. unknowns where guys have come from completely different levels how many of you how many of you here if you're being honest because we've got probably 20 people sitting in here right now how many of you you think you could name six of the starters on offense and defense not one person and these are clearly UK fans there not one person raise their hand for those of you play

nobody knows what to be excited about that I think says says a lot right there and that to me is a failure from the UK marketing folks and even getting people. We all know Kausata. We know Shiaj Pete. Yep. But then the rest of the team, I don't know. We'll take a break. Be right back.

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Yeah. That's for your backyard. That's not for Bobo T. All right. Bobo T is not the place to let your kids get energy. Here, if we want to get to the reason what I said about the football, we open up the phones, 859, 28027, Topics Football, Rick tells me no call. Cricket.

That's another thing. Like, I am, I just. I've never seen it like this. Let me ask you a question that would have been insane to ask even just two years ago. Will the stadium be full for the first game? I'm curious to see what that hole looks like. I mean, a noon game, usually you've got to want it to get out there

and set your tailgate up and really have to make a morning out of it. I'm interested to see just getting out there of what the excitement is day of around the stadium at like 11 a.m. an hour before they kick off. I'm pretty worried about it, to be honest. We're opening for breakfast that morning. It'll be the first week with KS. Bar. I feel like things will go well because of that. But usually we get a pretty good hint of what it's going to look like at the stadium with how it looks like at the bar before.

Historically, that first game has either been sold out or close. Do you think that's going to be hot? Do you think that's going to happen? See, I'm on the boat that there'll be a good crowd, but it won't be full because, like Drew said, the noon start, the apathy that has been. built up over the last couple of years, people just aren't excited. So there'll be a good crowd, but I don't think it's going to be packed. Isn't that also Labor Day weekend? Yeah, three-day weekend.

So maybe a lot of people going out of town for Labor Day weekend, I think it's probably going to be. Play's in it to it too. Not quite full. Okay, so what can Kentucky do in that game to win everybody over? Like, is this one of those things that if they go win by 21 points, considering it's now down to an eight-and-a-half line? Is that the way, Drew, for everybody to go?

go, okay, I'm back on board. I think they'd get a lot of people excited. I think winning at all, this is a game, just get out of there. I hope there's not a negativity if they do win by a touchdown. This is not an easy week-one opponent where you used to have a bigger point spread there in a game you don't have sweat out. So if they were to win it by three touchdowns, I think that would be very exciting. And then you got Ole Miss the next game.

If you're like Chanon said earlier, we're going to, Ole Miss is going to be full. Yeah, I think so. Unless we lose, Ole Miss will be full. It's Ole Miss. They're going to bring a lot of people here. I mean, that's going to be their first game of the year that really matters. So they're going to bring a lot of people here. They haven't been here. I think they played here what?

They played during COVID, but nobody could come. So I think it's probably been, has it been since they had DK. METCAFs since they were here? I think they were here that year, but I think that's the last time they were here. SEC Nation will be at that game, too. I don't know how much that adds to the excitement. Oh, it adds a lot. A lot of people want to see sexy Paul Thompson.

That might get people out a little earlier. And it's dry salad with nothing on it. You know, it feels weird to say that the first game of the season is a statement game, but I kind of feel like for our fan base, it is. Like, you've got to show us. So let's see what you can do against a decent game. Well, let me give you a piece of good news. Cutter Bowley apparently looked magnificent again in the scrimmage.

So much so that Mark Stoops kind of led his offensive talk with the second string quarterback. This is now two scrimmages in a row. He's played well. If you talk to people in practice, if you talk to people around the program, they will all tell you, Cutter has outplayed Calzada this fall or this summer. Now, Calzada is going to start, in part because you paid a lot of money to get him here, right? But Mark's story said he thinks the Kentucky quarterback room is in a better position now than they've been in in years too deep.

You know, the starter isn't necessarily as good as it's, but this is the, best backup Kentucky's had. Is there any chance the backup at some point becomes the starter? I mean, everything you hear is that he has taken leaps and bound progression. Yeah, you know, I'll go back to what the guy told me that knows a lot more football I do. And he said, Cutter will be the starter by the end of the year. And he said, even at the first game, even if Zach starts,

Cutter will be on the field. Like, they plan on playing him, I think. But we hear that every year and they never play that guy. Like we always hear they're going to put the backup on the field, and then that never happens. I think if they do it, is it going to be a switch? Do you know what I mean? Like the idea of rotating both, I feel like they say that and that never happens.

You think this will be different? I think they're going to give Cutter a shot. I mean, I really do. You know, they did have Gavin Wimpsett come in in certain situations last year to be the number two guy. I think they want to see what Cutter can do. But when? No, when do you do that? Do you have to be down significantly at halftime to make the switch?

That would be a disaster. What if it's Toledo and you're down about 14 and a half time? The problem is putting the backup in. early in the season, Drew. It's hard to go back to the starter. Unless he just comes in and is terrible. If you're already in game one, give it up on your starter, it's hard to go back to them.

I think they're going to be fine with Calzada. I think if Kentucky's got problems, it won't be a quarterback. Even if he's just a game manager, they're going to run the ball a lot. He doesn't throw many interceptions. If it's not going well, I don't think he'll be the issue. I think it'll be the line wasn't helping him or the defense. We need to be able to run all over Toledo. But also remember, historically, in the first game, Stoops' teams have taken a while to get going.

We've had slow first halves in a lot of Mark Stoop's first games over the year. We'll take a break. Be right back. KSR. Welcome back, Tuggy Sports Radio. 859-2802287. Text machine 772-745-25-4. One person writes, Matt, I'm very excited about football.

Shannon, of all people, has me optimistic. He's always pessimistic, and this year he thinks we go to a bowl. Look at you, Mr. Optimism of that. I haven't heard too many people say six wins, but you know what? I think they can do it. I think there's definitely a path to make that happen. Some things have to go their way, but it can happen. I mean, it's not crazy, but it's also not, although I said that last year,

and it still gets thrown in my face every time. One person writes, Matt, I'm excited. I'm driving in from Iowa for both the week one and week two games. Well, that's a long drive. So if you do that for both of them, Drew, I think you are excited. Just doing it twice. It's going to go turn around and do it again. Maybe I might have to work the next week.

I understand. Yeah, but that's a long drive. Good commitment for the cats. Yeah. Week three against, I will say, if they don't do well in week one or two, tickets will be available for week three against Eastern Michigan. I think that's fair. I got some, before we go to the phone, some news this morning that I think is going to make you two,

Shannon and Ryan mad. Did you hear what the Major League Baseball Commissioner said last night? No. He basically said that he didn't, I mean, he didn't specify. this, but it's certainly what it sounded like. He basically said, we're going to expand, add two more teams, and the American and National League are going away. Oh, no.

He's basically suggesting they would do eight divisions of four teams and base it by geography. And I looked this morning online, and they were showing what the tentative plan would be, and it would be not Beatle 2029, but it would, it actually makes some sense. If you look at the geography, it would put the teams in divisions of four right next to each other.

So you would end up with the two New York teams, Boston and Toronto, in the same division. And you go through and like the Reds would be with Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Detroit. The Cubs would be with the White Sox, Milwaukee, and maybe Minneapolis. And they basically put them in little, and everything, and the two expansion teams would might be Nashville and Charlotte. What do you think about that? What do you think about? And basically, instead of American League, National League, it would just be eastern part of the country versus western part of the country.

Well, with Open League play being what it is, you really don't need the National and American League anymore. You used to have those two separate it. So, I mean, it does make sense. I am a traditionalist when it comes to baseball. I don't like changes, but I can see that making sense. Your Cardinals would be in the West. Basically, you'd have a division of the New York teams, Boston, Toronto, there'd be a division that's like Philly, Baltimore, Washington, Charlotte,

and then it's like Atlanta, Nashville, and the Florida teams. It's like St. Louis, Kansas City, and the Texas teams. So, I mean, if you just look at the geography, it makes sense. Well, the Braves used to be in the N.L. West, and I'm going, like, how does that even make? When I saw it, it looks like the Braves have the easiest thing, because the Braves would have Nashville and then the two teams from Florida. So we don't have to worry about Philadelphia or the Nets. Yeah, it looks like you got the easiest.

What do you think, though, you're Mr. Traditionalist? See, I was kind of on board with it until you just told me who the Cardinals were going to be with. It would be St. Louis, Kansas City, Texas, and Houston. I can't hate that enough. That just boils my blood. Can you take away the rivalry with the Cubs and the Reds? But you can have a new rivalry with Dallas and Houston. Oh, come on.

He still gives a crap about Dallas and Houston. People who live there. I can't believe they're going to take that away from the homeless. Well, I mean, this is still, like, first of all, it's not just about the Cardinals. Yes, it is. They're not taking the Cubs off the schedule. They still play them. They're still playing them.

You're battling them. You know, those games are being so important. Well, now you have Kansas City to be important. I mean, to me, the people that should be the maddest would be like Toronto, because they end up with the Yankees, the Mets, and the Red Sox. That's brutal. That's brutal. I mean, that's like absolutely brutal.

You know, for the Reds, if they ended up with Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Detroit, it doesn't really change much. Like, they probably have a better chance in that division than the one they're in because they miss the Cubs. So I don't know. I can't stand it. I cannot stand that. But I feel like you'd have a big robbery with Houston.

No. Kansas City. Come on. Yeah, Kansas City. Got all the border. That's exactly what you shit of the state. They play that inter-squat, interleet game, whatever they call it. Who cares?

Give me the Cubs and arrest. Well, you better care because that's your big rival now. Boo! Who's up first? I knew you would hate it. That's why I was excited to tell you. Go ahead. Doug is up first.

Doug, go ahead. Doug. Okay, Matt, I'm on one of these that I just cannot get excited about this upcoming football season. And I'm just asking myself, have not been programmed after the last couple of years of Calipari and the last couple of years of stooped where I've had my hawks up so much for the program and just be let down. And now I just refuse to get up for it. Well, I get it.

I appreciate the call. But what I would say to you, Drew, is the games are coming either way. Would you rather look at week one and go, oh, this is going to be terrible? Or would you rather get excited? I have been shocked. My point when I started this was to say, I'm shocked at how little attention it's gotten. I'm shocked at how little people seem to care. With all that said, when we get to that Saturday morning of Kentucky Toledo, I'm going to be pacing the floor hoping we win as much as anybody.

That's not going to change for me. at all. I'm very excited, even though I have a low bar for the season, but for the first 25 years of my life, I got excited for Kentucky football, and they sucked. I just like watching the team. I like going to the games. I like the tailgating, everything that comes with it, and I can't wait to get out there, even though I have no idea what the actual product on the field will look like. Does Colt Kublick and Greg McCublick saying to me when I was on his show Friday said, I think Kentucky makes a bowl. Greg McElroy said that Kentucky in the SEC has the highest swing between potential upside and potential low side of any team in the league?

Does any of that excite you a little bit? Those two guys, I think, know what they're talking about. It does. And even though it's not the most exciting brand of football, I do think the way Stoops is going to go back to how he had success when he first got here, even though it might be a little bit of a bore in some of those games, I think that gives Kentucky their best chance to win, especially with the current makeup of the roster.

So I'm hoping getting back to old school, yeah, the games might be a drag, and it might be 17 to 20. 20, but hopefully you're in just about every game and then you make these rock fights again. One of the things Cole Kublich said to me, and you can hear that interview. It's online, but, I mean, they were interviewing me, but they ended up me kind of interviewing them at the end. Colcublick did say, Ryan, you know, Bush Hamden, he thinks is very creative, very interesting in the way plays, but that last year, 60% of the things that he likes to do, he just couldn't

do because the offensive line was too bad. Do you think that's plausible? I think it's highly plausible, and I think that's why they've, maybe we've switched their offensive philosophy. They're going to try to pound it and run it a lot this year. They feel like they got two running, maybe four running backs back there that can really move the football for him. So I think Hampton's going to, he likes a quarterback. I think that runs.

I think he thinks Calazada can be that guy too. Calzada just can't make a lot of mistakes. He's got to play smart. Well, Hamden likes that offensive line. He said this is going to be one of the great offensive lines. It's going to remind you of the big blue wall. So he's got no excuse this year then. You've got to be careful saying that.

One person writes, Matt, why would you say our roster is any worse than that? it's been the last few years. Well, I think it's probably better than it was last year, but here's the easiest way to measure it. Let's go back seven years. Kentucky's had more draft picks in the last six years than they had had in like the 30 years prior together. I mean, just think about how many people we have in the NFL.

Okay, how many draft picks do we have projected this year? Does anybody know? last year we had two guys get drafted Maxwell Harrison and Dionne Walker this year we have one guy projected Alex Safari that's it so I'm not I mean that doesn't mean you can't

but then now go back years ago we were getting five guys drafted every year Drew which mean on some rosters there were like 15 dudes playing that had NFL futures that's a big difference from having two guys last year one of whom and Dion Walker was kind of given half

effort to, and remember all those guys, Dionne Walker, Maxwell Harris, and Alex Farie on defense, where are the offensive guys? Like, where are the offensive guys that are, we went from having multiple dudes go to the NFL on the offensive line to we don't even have anybody being considered to go on the offensive line. The line is an issue, but defensively you can at least say, and they've had all these draft picks, but none of them were really, we were talking about his draft picks going in the years. Like, did anybody have Drew Phillips starting for the the Giants. Carrington Valentine's showing his

those guys were projected to be picked. I mean, right now, Zion Childers is undrafted. It's probably going to start for the Cowboys. That's true. That is true. Your hope is hard away or a Waller or even a Ty Bryan or a Lubbett guys that have been there can make the jump that several guys have

because many of the draft picks, you can go back to Jamie Davis going into the year. We weren't talking about them as draft picks. You're right about Zion Childress, but Carrington Valentine was projected as a pick. I mean, again, somebody may play their way into it, but going into last year people thought Maxwell Harrison and Dion Walker were getting picked.

This year, there aren't as many of those guys. Who's next, Rick? Jenny is next. Jenny, go ahead, Jenny. Hi, guys. Listen, long-time listener, first-time caller. I have a couple of quick hitters for you here. First of all, Ryan, age is just a number. I'm exactly 10 years older than you are, and I'm still out having a great time.

The guy sitting there. You will feel completely differently about it. when they are your age. So just let them talk and then you remind them about that a few years from now. That's the thing. I've had a two-mile walk this morning, not 17. However, you all have gotten my blood boiling to start the day. Negativity is popular.

Opinions, we all have them. But negativity is popular for clicks and possibly for listeners. This football first fan thinks that it's completely weak to be bailing. on a team you haven't even seen yet. I'm going to use Matt's phrase of correlation versus causation, a number of things. Number one, football, you ask for people to name starters. Stephen hasn't started. Football players will wear helmets.

We have an 85 player roster, 50 new players this year. In basketball, which is Matt, first choice in sports, quite obviously, you have far fewer players. You see them far more gangs. You see them completely. So I think that that is an unfair comparison. I did take notes about things I wanted to say because

you all. I can't go into all the notes. First of all, let me say. And I'm glad you finally brought up his points. Hang on a second. First of all, I brought him up on Friday. I like that you I like everything you said. You take me to task

and there's nothing wrong with that. You did say at Star of the Call, you're a football first fan, which is totally fine, but then you can't criticize me for being a basketball first fan if you're the same way. Although I'm only basketball first because we've been better at that. I want them both to win. But I will say, I liked your call. Thank you for coming in with the fire, and I appreciate you listening. It was not a criticism.

It was a comparison saying there are two sides to every coin. I was getting the other side. Thanks for letting me speak and for you all listening. All right, there you go. Jenny from the block right there. I feel like I just got scolded in school. But no, I'm glad she said all that. And I'm glad to hear that there are people like that, to be honest with you.

That's what we need to know that those people exist. And yeah, she don't know. Honest, she did not mention the starters, though. She said they wear helmets, which is true. But that's why, in my opinion, football has to do an even better job of marketing, because they do wear helmets and because we do not know them. And y'all are just scared. You don't want to say anything. I see the look on your face.

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Should be great today. Ready to get out and play. I played so terribly at the Lexington one. I'm going to try to do a little bit better at this one. One person writes, Matt, Uh, well done getting scolded by an old lady and called week. I just, I said to these guys at this table, if it is a 65 year old woman or older, I'm not going to argue with her. I just can't. I think it's, I think that my mom made that. 65 year old women, 85 year old males, you can probably just say whatever you want to me and

I'll just, I'll just, I'll just take it. He's got to let them cook. Like her, she had a lot more to say. I mean, if you didn't cut her off, she would probably still be talking. No, I know. I think she could have done the show. She had notes, she said. She was trying to get their notes.

I just said we had to go to break. One person writes, Matt, you should feel scolded. Your negativity is too much. You criticize them in tone. How does Tom Leach know the starters if you don't? Well, Tom Leach gets, first of all, I'm in high. I'm going to be able to be in my own. Yeah, come on.

I love Tom Leach. He gets to go to practice. All right, we don't. So that's a big thing. He gets to go watch everybody. So he sees them play. We don't. So that's one way he knows.

Secondly, he's paid by the, university. I love Tom, but the university pays him. They don't pay us. So it's a different kind of thing. I, you know, I love Tom. It's just a different role. He's in an official role. We're in an unofficial role. As far as the negativity, I'm convinced there are people who will blame me no matter what happens. Last year I was blamed for being too positive and they weren't good. Now I'm blamed for being too negative and we don't know what they'll be. It's, it is what it is. That just comes with it. But I think our job is just to say what we think.

It has been hard for me to be positive. Although I will note, I think we're going to win five games. And I think most of our fans even pick numbers drew lower than that. Yeah, I've actually talked myself into a little more Shannon's territory here. Oh, you're in six now. Well, I have a theory. I've eliminated the possibility of five, and it makes sense of my head. But I think it's four.

I think it's four, six, five's impossible, because if they get to the Louisville game and they have five, that's a Mark Stoops wins that, because they can go to a bowl back against the wall. But if they get to the Louisville game, they only have four, I don't think they have as much to play for, and that's a game Mark Stoops doesn't have them up for, and they lose.

So oddly, I think that five's not possible because I think if they're at five going into the Governor's Cup, they'll have enough. So what's your prediction? I'm at five. I've moved to six for that logic. All right. And what are you?

I'm at six. Let's go. Oh, wow. All right, come on. There's room on. I'm the one holdout. Usually you're the one staying on the boat. You're right.

I am. You're in the water. I actually think Kentucky can be significantly better than they were last year and still win five games because of the schedule. I think you can be, I think we will be competitive in nine out of our 12 games. We'll get killed in one of these road games. because we always do. Somebody will just, and then we'll probably get, we'll probably get killed at Georgia. We'll end up like Texas, let's just say we're uncompetitive there.

That's 10. We might be competitive in all the other games. I think we can be a lot better. It's just the schedule's hard. I feel like to get six, you've got to steal one of those home games. Which of those four home games you think they could get? Florida, to me, is the most likely to steal. Just because of where it is on the schedule for them, I think they're, and then, you know,

Tennessee objectively is probably the worst of them. those teams but it's Tennessee and you know I have a mental block when it comes to them or do you the best the best the best way to get to six in my opinion is vandy auburn florida that's the doable that's the best way to get to six that's not insane to say that i think old miss has to be in that too i know it's early but just on the simple fact that you beat them last year with a much worse team whatever Kentucky looks like they're going to be better than that makes it worse to me that makes it harder because because it's you're You know, Lane Kiffin's got the entire offseason.

And for all of his, at times, jerkishness, he's a brilliant offensive mind. And he's got the entire offense to get offseason. And he can't lose twice. His fan base will crush him if he loses to Kentucky again. Who's next? Adam is next. Adam, go ahead, Adam. Hey, guys.

I think six and six, they'm optimistic about it, but you've got to go, I think you have to start three and one, whether it's Ole Miss or at. South Carolina because that stretch at South Carolina at Georgia, Texas, Tennessee. That is brutal. And not to mention that we have two by weeks within the first six weeks of the schedules, we have seven straight games to end the season. I imagine injuries will pile up. You know, depth's going to be tested.

So it's going to be a struggle. But if you can start out three and one and get either old minister, South Carolina, you know, let's do it. Let's get to a bowl. That's the path. I think you're right. I appreciate the call because that stretch. is hard and you're right tough team after tough team with no buy who's next Sean is next

Sean I got 30 seconds go ahead yeah you guys are looking out in the future I'm just an average Kentucky fan here in Texas but to me everything is still about the first game in Toledo I don't know who they are so if Kentucky fumbles a couple balls but still wins the game 7 to 10 I mean, I just think that what does Kentucky have to do to win the hearts and minds against Toledo? Yeah, I don't think you're going to be able to win the hearts and minds against Toledo, although I'm with Drew. Just win. I don't even care how much you win by it. Just win. The Ole Miss game will decide how people look at the team. Whether you win or lose, I think they'll judge it based on that.

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