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Now here's Matt Jones. Welcome back. Hour number two, Kentucky Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. The text machine is 772-774-5-254 here at the KS bar. Tomorrow we were supposed to be in Lebanon for a remote, but we are removing that to probably next week, so we will check your online. We might be here at the bar. We might not, but we will not be doing that.

So just keep that on your schedule. Ryan, we are getting ready for the start of football season. Kentucky and Toledo. We'll probably spend a lot of time tomorrow previewing that game. I did have one question for you. All right. Okay. We talked about this yesterday about football,

but a little basketball question because I got a lot of response when I saw it. Okay. We often talk about who should be in the rafters, who shouldn't be in the rafters, and that's a long conversation we don't have to get into. But the question that I saw posed online is, let's start with like Petino Air, to now, and let's remember that Mashburn and Delk have been put in the rafters.

Okay, their end. What is the order of Kentucky players that should go in the rafters from now forward from that era, and where would you stop it? Okay, so what is the order and where would you stop it? So here was my answer to the question. And by the way, I'm doing order not necessarily in timeline. I'm doing in the who deserves it the most, okay? So I had Anthony Davis first.

I'm going to say, and this is controversial, but I think the numbers back me up. I'm going to say Keith Bogans second. Then I'm going to say John Wall, and then I'm going to say Tashon Prince. Those are the four. And then those four are definite. Like, you got to do it. And then I'll hear a case four, and I'm probably, willing to consent and put up as a fifth Oscar because he was national player of the year.

And we don't have a lot of people who've been national player of the year. But then I'm probably stopping, all right? If I were to restart after Oscar, I think, again, if you look at the numbers and the achievements, you probably have to go Willie next. and then next for me would probably be Antoine Walker and then I would kind of stop again and then I definitely probably wouldn't go past that but I'm probably stopping after Oscar

but I think Osperger's kind of a debate but I think because he was national player that you kind of have to do it but that's mine do you disagree or agree or disagree with any of those people or the way the order I'm definitely on board with you those top four Prince Boggins Wall and Anthony Davis

I think they're their locks. But you're right about that 96 team. Maybe one of the top two teams we've ever had. But Tony Delks up. That's it. There's got to be somebody else, I think, from that team. But maybe that's who it is. Maybe that team.

I mean, think about the 2015 team. Right now, there's a good chance. There'll be no one from that team that ends up in the rafters. That that team was 38-1, and we might never have one person in the rafters from that team. And if they do, it's Willie, who's. When we talk about that team, probably the most forgotten, because people think of the twins and Carl and even Devin Booker and Ulyss, and Willie would probably be the one with the best credentials.

The 2015 team and the 98 national championship team. There's not to be anybody. I'm trying to get somebody from 98. But who are you going to put up? I mean, who you're putting up from the 98 team? I mean, Jeff Shepard won the MVP, but he was not even the best player on the team for most of the year. Right. So I don't really think that.

I was going to say Turner. I think he's got two rings. Turner would probably be the guy, but does it feel like Wayne Turner? It doesn't. Is a rafters guy? If you went there and looked at the rafters, you would real quick, because I think a lot of people. Well, there's a lot of people that should be up there. I would probably include him just to have someone from that 98 team.

I'd probably go Turner. Do you agree with my order of the first people? Yeah, I don't think Oscar and Willie or any debate, though. They're high on my list. So when you said it's controversial, I don't think Willie and Oscar it should be any question. So you would go, do you agree with my order? Would you go Davis first?

I feel like there should be someone before Davis, but I can't think of anyone. So I guess so. Well, I mean, Davis is arguably the first or second best player in history of the school, so I'm fine putting him first. I was just working a little more chronologically, but no one is close enough. If you're doing it chronologically, then Tayshan is next. If you're doing chronologically. Like if you're doing it in time, I think Tayshan is next, then Bogans, then Wal, then Davis.

I think part of the problem is they should have already had a lot of these already up, and now I've got to play a little catch-up. Feels like Tayshan should already be up, and Bogans. Tashon and Bogans, at this point, it's been 20 years since those guys played, and to me, those guys should both be in the rafter. It's been forever since they've retired one with Tony Dulk, the last one 10 years ago, whatever it was. We just put, no, I don't even think it was that long ago. We just did Tony.

It's been about, it was a while ago. It was a while ago because we were doing the show at a McDonald's. So don't, so then why not? So do we all agree, not worth, but chronologically. Tayshan should be next? Yes. And should have been done a long time ago. I know they have their rule about Hall of Fame plus X amount of years,

but change the damn rule. Who cares? You need to get some names up there that deserve it. It's been too long. And they just inducted Bogan's into the UK Hall of Fame. So his clock didn't start until. later so those are two guys that probably should have already been done wait until they're 80 i mean put them up there and let them enjoy it's another thing we should do it while people who loved and

and like watch these guys while they're here to celebrate them i'm not saying like tachshan and bogan's fans are dying off i'm in that core group so hopefully not but but i do think like do it like imagine davis fresh off of NBA retirement where he's still a superstar coming back you do it then have a moment i mean that's much better than doing it when he's 60 I agree with you. Like, wouldn't it be awesome to now that he's retiring, bring John Wall in this year? It would be a great time. It would be a great time.

Like, he's finishing his career and on his kind of swan song, comes in and gets it in the rafters. That'd be great. But I don't think you can do Wall until you do Prince and Boggins. I know we're doing Patino on, but back of your point, you know, Mike Pratt, Melvin Turpin probably should have been retired. They both passed before it ever happened. That's not right. They should honor these guys a little quicker, a little sooner,

or why they're still able to appreciate it with their family. Is Rex up there? No. No, and that's a tough one because, like, there's a really good argument for Rex, but I actually think Rex's argument is weaker than the four guys we just mentioned. As good as Rex is, and I'm fine with Rex being up. I think Prince Bogan's Wall and Davis actually have a better argument than Rex. I agree.

Don't you agree? Rex has got a good argument, but not better than our top four. And, you know, they've got that weird rule where you have to be here for, four years and they've got to change that. That's got to be changed. That's got to be. The four years rule has got to be changed or it just becomes a joke in some ways. Like if we don't, if we don't start having Prince and Bogan's are probably the last four-year

guys that will ever go up there. Probably right. Wouldn't you say? Unless they do. They're the only, because even like Oscar was a four-year guy, but he wasn't four years here. So I don't think, I just, you're going to have to change that rule because that'll just, then we'll never have anybody. They're already so backed up.

I just pull up the list with dates. This is crazy. It looks like there's been two in 25 years, Mike Pratt and Tony Dirk. We've joked about it. It's not a Hall of Fame. It's ridiculous, but I don't have that. But with all the tradition and players, how have there been two in 25 years? Well, I mean, I can tell you exactly what happened,

which is while it was awesome to put up the unforgettable, there was a worry by people after C.M. Newton, that he got caught up in the moment and did it, and they wanted to make sure people didn't get caught up in the moment. anymore, which I actually kind of agree with, but I don't think we're getting caught up in the moment to put Tayshon Prince in 25 years after he played here, right? He is, in my opinion, even maybe the next one, maybe more so later than Anthony Day just because it's been too long.

It's been so long. Yeah, 859, 280, 2287. Who's up next? Miles. Miles. Go ahead, Miles. I just wanted to wish you happy both day, Matt. and this is Miles from

from Danville. Oh, hey Miles, thank you very much. You're a wonderful kid and I look forward to seeing you here again. Yes. And

a happy birthday to you. How sweet is that. Happy book day to you. Happy book day to you. Happy book day. dear bat drone happy birthday to you

and it's very sweet of you miles thank you very much you don't know how much i appreciate that yeah and and uh and i also wanted to say that it was good to see wine yesterday yeah i saw miles yesterday were you down there miles thank you very much i appreciate your call you were down there i was in danville yesterday and he pulled up on the side of the street and i got Talk to Miles a little bit. What are you doing walking the streets of Danville? Well, you know, we just kind of, at Executrain, we go to the businesses. So we were doing a little sales calling down in Danville yesterday.

I saw, by the way, your outfit for that television shoot. You looked very professional. It was a nice slimming shirt and like you were wearing khakis. Have my hair all done? I mean, I looked like a movie star. Yeah, that didn't stick out. But I think everything else, like I was, I thought you really looked like a guy who could be on television. Yeah, I think so, too.

I think Hollywood's probably calling. Probably had a couple of missed calls from them already. That's very nice of Miles. By the way, also a guy came in here a minute ago and gave me a birthday present. This is a 1975 Dan Isle Kentucky Colonels card. Wow. Which was very nice. I said, hey, man, like that might be worth some money.

He goes, I got two. And I said, well, okay. So that's cool, isn't it? Very cool. Look at those socks they used to wear for the colonels. We're pretty close to getting back to those shorts if we're not already there. Did Dan Issel, did he look the same from 18 to 65? He did.

Because he's like 24 or 25 in this picture, and he looks like he could be 40, but then he still kind of looks 40 now. So I feel like Dan Issel just kind of, did he just come out of the womb being 40? Maybe. Maybe he's stuck on 40, just like you. I'm not accepting 40. Dan did the same thing you did. He edited his Facebook.

Here's for Tinder? Yeah. Are you saying Dan? Back in the day. You say Dan was on. When he played going to City City with the ABA. Change his age. Couldn't get it back.

That happens to everybody. Who's next? Jacob. Jacob. Go ahead, Jacob. Hey, Matt. Happy birthday. Thank you.

I just wanted to say two things. One, I think that about the Kentucky football team, I think that their schedule is going to reveal really how resilient they are. I think if they come out of the gate hot, get the first three, and then they can endure the month of October with going to South Carolina, you know, having to play Texas, having to play Georgia, they can endure that and then come back into, you know, November

and be able to kind of start over again and really get going there. Then I think that they have a real shot at making a bowl. well yeah i mean you've just given them you've given if you say that they win their first three games i mean they play old miss in their second game if they win the old miss game heck yeah my expectations changed true they win the old miss game i'm like yes we're going to a bowl and watch out people like watch out texas i mean come on the old miss game sir if you win that then yes i agree with you yeah yeah i think i think they have a real shot to do that you know i'm i'm giving them a lot of hope there.

Secondly, I think that the Summer Valley may be dead. Oh, it's over. Yeah, Summer Ellie ended. It ended last night. It ended when Marte Bunted, but it got the dirt thrown on its grave last night. You know, it got swept by the Dodgers. The Mets swept the Phillies. That couldn't have gone worse.

The Mets won every game by a lot. The Reds were kind of not really in any of those games. And so, yeah, it ended, but it was fun. I enjoyed it. We got to add a hitter. We got to get Terry Francona to let Ellie steal, and he hadn't hit a home run since, like, early June. So they got to unleash the beast there.

Yeah, for sure. But, yeah, it was fun while it lasted, but I think it got us up to football season, so I'm thankful for that. All right, well, I appreciate it, sir. 859-280-2287. Let me tell you about Cornbread Hemp. They're going to be our sponsors of Thursday night football,

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Text machine is 772-7-4-7-4-7-4-1-15-4. One person writes, Matt. What about Ray Jean Rondo? I don't think he's there with our other guys that we've mentioned. I mean, his two years here were okay, not superstar. He became a superstar after he went to the NBA. I would agree with that. I don't think Rondo's up there.

I think he's been, you, I think he's been, He was a very good player at UK, but just look at the class of dudes he was with with Ramelle and Joe. Ramele and Joe have a better case during their time at Kentucky than Rondo does. So, like, the reason you put Rondo in is for what happened afterwards, and that's not the reason, Drew, that I think you would put him in. Yeah, for the guys that did most of their best basketball in the league, I think you have to be pretty special, like Shea with the MVP or the number one picks, Carl, Wall, but like a Booker or Rondo or guys who were stars but didn't do as much as

UK. I don't think they make the cut. And that argument, that's why it's a good argument for Oscar and for Willie. What they did here is up there with some of the greats of all time, the accolades and things that they did here. Yeah. One person writes, Matt, I know I'm old school, but when somebody who's only been here one year should not be in the rafters.

Well, you're going to have change your mind on that. Or else we're never going to have anybody up there unless you change. unless you change your mind on that. Yeah, like you said, you just had that Dan Essel card. Nobody's ever going to break that record because all the good players will never be here that long to even attempt to get close to that record. Yeah, that's my view on it. And I kind of don't understand how folks can think otherwise.

Well, in this world, if anyone's good enough to be up there in a season, they're not going to stay. Right. So it just leave it as is. Don't do anything. We're never going to have a four-year player that's that spectacular. Those go to the league. Yeah, 859, 2,80, 2,80.

2287. Who's up next? Freebird. Go ahead, Freebird. Hey, hi. Hey, what a great call from Miles. Yeah, he almost made me cry a little bit. I met Miles yesterday. Just a super human being. We all should strive to be more like Miles. Good singer, too. Good singer. Oh, man, that kind of made my day. I got some scoop. Well, let's hear it.

Oh, Jagger Burton. Oh, football scoop. He's 6'5, 300. 25 pounds is 9% body fat. Actually, I know what people are being in each one long time of hair. And he said Caledo is kind of weak on defense, and we are going to just pound them. Appreciate it for you, but thanks with the phone call. You're the one that's talking about that.

They should be bigger, better, stronger up front, and that's where they can just dominate this game. And first, I don't know how accurate as 9% body fat is, but if you look at a picture of Jagger last year and this year, There has been, it's very obvious he put in the work in the offseason. Yes, he did. We got to get him snapping the ball well, and he's working on that as much as he should. And what have you heard about that? Well, someone just called in and said he had scooped that Jagger has 9% body fat. Dude, that dude with 9% body fat might be the biggest person on the planet.

Yeah, and he heard through Jagger that they don't fear Toledo's defense, and they plan on pounding it right at him. Well, I don't know if we need Jagger out here telling everybody that. It's a big caller. I mean, we're getting medical records here. We're getting the game plan and call the day. Well, good. Hey, I'll take it.

If it ends up being the case, 8-59-280-2287, who's up next? Patricia. Patricia. Patricia, go ahead, Patricia. Hey, happy birthday, Matt Jones. Thank you very much. I have a question. I'm a first-time caller.

Who are? I've seen on Facebook that the price of the Purdue Gate is $472 for nosebleed seats. I've heard that as well. So I was wanting, what I was wondering is, I was going, we go every year and I was wondering, I'm taking my grandson to his birthday, I was just wondering what your thought on the prices was. I think it is inevitable, Ryan, that you're going to be expensive, especially for a game against the number one team. I know it's just an exhibition game, but it is Purdue.

It is a lot of excitement about this upcoming season, the upcoming team. So the price is going to be high, I think, all year, Drew. Yeah, I mean, that was a little eye-opening on that number, but it doesn't shock me. We've never had a situation like this where you have the national championship favorite as your first opponent, even if the game doesn't matter. You're seeing them in October. That's a pretty unique world we're in.

I think the combination of it being the first game, the combination of it being the first number one team, I think the combination of all that is going to make it to where you are going to have, you're going to have very expensive tickets. That stinks that it's that expensive for people, but I think it's just inevitable. We're going on November 21st. I think it's a Loyola game.

Yes. And you think they won't be very high. be much. Oh, they'll be, you'll be able to get those fine. Yeah, and those won't be too bad. I appreciate the call. But that Purdue game, you know, I mean, how many times is the number one team in America come?

I know it's an exhibition game, but when's the last time Purdue's been in Rupp Arena? I mean, all of those things. Purdue fans are going to want to come. They're not that far away. I mean, if Kentucky was playing an exhibition game at Purdue, a lot of our fans would try to go to getting there. So that game is going to be, even though it's an exhibition, would not shot me if that's one of the most expensive games of the season.

I mean, you're seeing our team for the first time ever with no tune-up. I mean, we'll get madness. But other than that, it's number one versus our first look at our own players. And you mentioned the Purdue fans. They're coming. There was talking the spring that we might steal their star player. Kentucky's a curse word there right now. I mean, he ended up staying home.

But there was some buzz that Kentucky was trying to get him. So there's even a little bad blood there just coming out of the last transfer portal season. So I think it's going to be a crazy environment in there. You know, we saw the U.K. basketball tickets really became scarce last year. You know, usually the last couple years of cow, we always had a bunch of tickets to give away. There were a lot of empty seats. As last year progressed. Yeah, there were much fewer tickets to give away last year than there were at other times.

And I think that's going to continue to be the case. But I get that they're – but she's right. The prices for that Purdue game online are crazy. Now, I think they'll come down, Drew, but they're still pretty crazy. I mean, if you're a Purdue fan, you're not in the SEC. When do you get to go to a game in Rupp Arena? That's true. And you're a couple hours away.

That's a really good point. If you're a Purdue basketball fan, when are you going to have the number one team in the country? Rarely. And going to Rupp. And it's keenly. And it's your first time looking at them. Yeah, that's a really good point. I mean, you throw all that together.

you could see how it would end up being what it is. Think if we had the number one team one year and we opened at a place we never go like Cameron Indoor for an exhibition. Kentucky fans would pay God knows what to make that trip, even though it is an exhibition. And Purdue, they never get talked about as the best fan bases, but they have a rabid group. They're loyal. That year that I worked for CBS and I had to cover the Big Ten, which was brutal, that year I went to like six Purdue games. and they get a loud arena that gets people into it. 859-2-80-22-87.

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859-2-80-2287. The text machine is 772-75-25-4 here at the KS Bar and Grill. folks eating the burgers. You like the new burger there? It seems to get good reviews with the seared and all that. People have asked me, what's the best thing we've added? I say those tater kegs and the smash burgers. Those are the two best things we've added.

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Ryan, do you know what Burning Man is? Burning Man? Anybody here to know what Burning Man is? I was at the Sacramento, California Airport this weekend. It was all Burning Man. So Burning Man is like this thing where like, I don't want to say hippies, although because some of them end up being really rich people. It started as hippies.

I think it was hippies. Let's go out in the desert. Let's listen to music. Let's have our little hippie commune. And then like everything in the world, it kind of got corporatized. And now people pull up these crazy tents and they'll have, you know, it can actually get really rich and like there's just a lot of stuff going on. But it's in the desert.

So sometimes things happen. And they get there and all of a sudden a windstorm hits the desert. I don't know if you've seen the videos, but there are like everybody just gets pelted with sand and with dirt. And they've just got stuff everywhere and falling on every. everybody, and it looks miserable. I have friends that have gone and go. I have friends that go regularly.

You don't get cell service there. In some places there's Wi-Fi, but you kind of go off the grid. But if you watch the videos, it looks like the most miserable place on Earth. Have you seen any of it? Yeah, and I mean, where I just was, it was like Burning Man and people all around us, and they're a different breed. They're out there to do whatever they do out. Yeah, they do.

A lot of them, I think, do drugs. One of their domes. One of their domes. I don't think we say the name on radio, but it collapsed. But they build for like a month, like three weeks or whatever. Communities. And then the wind knocked them all down. And it just, Shannon, it feels like of all of us, you'd be the person most likely to do that.

Does it look like something appealing to you? Maybe like one time, but not every year. I love music festivals. That's even extreme for me. Is it really? I would do it maybe one time just to experience it and then probably never do it again. Yeah, I'd go. You'd go?

I'll do just about anything once. That's what I was saying. One time. Yeah, I'll do it one time. But don't ask me to go again with you next year. My problem with doing anything like that, any sort of camping, any sort of, is that, like, I need to take a shower. And it doesn't look like there's anywhere to take a shower there. And I don't know that you can, I mean, there are some people who have.

Those people don't value showers. But I do. I do. I need to, I'm going to need to clean myself if I'm out in the dust. all the lake. But these, look at the videos, Ryan.

I think you would hate it more than anyone. There, I have absolutely zero interest in participating in anything like that. I can't meet these people build these things. They're hoping that a sandstorm comes on and they all get covered in sand and get dirty. They're not hoping. I mean, I think they're very much not hoping that it happens,

but it does happen and then they have to deal with it. But no, I would not argue that they are hoping that it happens. I'm a hard pass. All right, let's do quick. Let's do the football. picks for tonight's game.

All right. Are you ready? I'm going to tell you who's playing. These are, this is opening night of college football. You tell me who's going to win at 5.30. The first game of the new college football season that's not week zero, Boise State gets on their Bronco and they go all the way to Tampa to South Florida. Who you got?

I'm starting with an upset. South Florida defends home field tonight. What are you got? The Bush Hamden's fight on. Boise State. I'm picking them. I'm going to go Boise State, although this will be a good game. Ohio goes to Rutgers.

Who you got? I guess I'll go Rutgers, because I have no idea about either one of them. I'm sorry, Shannon, Boise State, South Florida. Get it. Oh, South Florida. All right. I'm going to take, you're going, so two people with South Florida. I'm going to go Rutgers, Shannon.

I got Rutgers as well. Rutgers. Drew. Lafayette plays Bowling Green. Drew, Bowling Green. That's a high school game. Lafayette Generals and a bowling green purple. here in town.

I don't think this is a high school game. I don't think this is a high school game. I think these are the colleges Lafayette and Bowling Green. I don't say I like the bowling green purples in that game over Lafayette. I'll take Bowling Green anyway and say, what do you think, Shannon? I don't know anything about either one of these teams. Give me Bowling Green, though. East Carolina against NC State.

Battle of the state of North Carolina, Shannon. East Carolina. I'm going to go NC State. What are you got? What was our guy that used to call from East Carolina with our little Carolina Steve I'm going East Carolina in honor of Carolina Steve

I'm with the Wolfpack All right The Battle of Joe Biden Delaware State and Delaware Who you got Is he flipping the coin I don't know I think I don't know if he's going to make it

I'll go with the blue hens since we brought him up earlier this week I go say KSR curse reverse blue hands I'm going to take the blue hands who you got shit Is that Delaware or is that Delaware state this I think that's Delaware I don't know what Delaware state is Give me Delaware State then. Okay.

The battle of, well, nothing. Central Arkansas and Missouri. We get to see one of our, well, we actually don't play Missouri, so we get to see an SEC for team. I think Missouri just because they're SEC. Missouri. I think Missouri is a 36 and a half-point favorite. I'm going Missouri.

Oh, they're up to 36.5. I feel like they'll get it. And then Miami of Ohio and Wisconsin. Wisconsin. Wisconsin. DeKale Crowdes makes his debut at Wisconsin. That's right. Is DeKale at Wisconsin?

He is. Will he get on the field? Yeah, he's going to get on the field. So I'm going to pick Wisconsin. The old Kentucky, Hawaii, Wisconsin route in football. He went from Kentucky to Hawaii to Wisconsin. Yep. Where they're direct flights.

Yeah, I think he's got some good flower miles, whatever he did that. I'm going with Wisconsin. All right, and then the big game tonight, Nebraska and Cincinnati. Nebraska's a six and a half-point favorite. Dane Key makes his debut as captain. Ryan Lemon is going to husk his course. to the game tonight? What do you got? Dane Key, not only starts, no, he's a captain, scores his first. Nebraska touchdown.

They win, they cover. Nebraska starts the beginning of a great season. I didn't need that mental image, Matt, but Nebraska wins, and if I can do it, I'm going to bet. He lives by himself. What do you think has been happening? I know, and I just didn't need to see it in my head. It's still there. It's like a teenager. I'm going to bet Dane anytime touchdown tonight. I don't know the odds.

Oh, Dane any time touchdown. I'm sure Draft Kings will have that. I'm going to hop on there after the show. Shannon? We'll go along with that. Give me a Nebraska to win, big. I don't know if you all saw. They're playing this game in Kansas City, and I don't know what happened.

They painted the Cincinnati sidelines, and it looks really good. They painted their colors, and then it looks like the Nebraska side lines was painted by a third grader with stencils. It looks awful. That's a bad sign. Cincinnati pulls the upset. Oh, no. Based on the paint job. Based on the ice cream paint job in the end zone, I'm going to say Cincinnati.

makes the Huskers cry. Unbelievable. I don't really know why they're playing this in Arrowhead Stadium, but Nebraska is expected to have a big season. It starts tonight. Cincinnati, Ohio. You just want to sing your song. That's exactly right.

Summer of Liennes, but the summer of the bearer cats. Who's the coach there? You're walking to skyline tonight, aren't you? Oh, that's former Kentucky coach. I mean, former Louisville coach. Yeah, it's Scott's Tots. Scott's Tots is a call. Okay, I flip.

I'm going Nebraska. I forgot. I cannot pick Scott Satterfield. Remember, he was the guy who told us to stop talking to trash. Yeah, he's at Cincinnati. Hey, you're out. I'm taking Nebraska. Never mind.

Who's next? The truth. Oh, my goodness. Wait a minute. On my birthday, I get the truth. I haven't heard from the truth in two years. Truth. How are you?

How you doing, Matt Jones? I'm just set back in Indiana, looking up and getting ready for Saturday. The Hoosier Nation is ready for football season. But, man, I called you. I know it was your birthday. I thought I just called you and I appreciate. I'll be listening to you sometime. I like what you've been doing in politics,

but you've just been on the DL about the Hoosier Nation. The Hoosier Nation. Well, because the Hoosier Nation, you know you all still stink, truth. Like, you still, you buy all these players. You still can't win. I mean, you're stuck. The team is stuck in the 80s. I love the truth, but I hope you know the Hoosiers are the opposite of the truth.

They're the falsehood. But, man, let me throw you. I got two sleeper for college football this year, and you might disagree. I like Alabama. Oh, you're going to go out on a limb. You like Alabama this year. Sleeper pick. I got Alabama and Clemson going to the national campus.

Oh, wow. Going out on a limb. Well, I appreciate that. Truth. Were you excited when Indiana made the playoff last year? You had to love that. I did, but I was excited when they told Mike Whitton get on the Greyhound going to Sacramento. That was a great day when I ran Witten out of town.

How's your health, truth? I haven't gotten to talk to you in a while. I've been doing good, Matt. I'm doing a lot for the young people in Henderson, Kentucky, and all this stuff. And I always, but, Ben, let me throw something else on you. One day I'm going to have, you need to have a bet about the greatest general of, in Washington, D.C. I don't like to put my buddy down.

What general do you like? It's only one his name is Donald J. Trump. Oh, wait a minute. Truth, hang on. You're a Trump fan. Yes, sir. Wow. Okay. Well, that goes to show. We all have our weaknesses, but that's

all right, Truth. I'm still glad to hear from you. You know why I like Donald Trump? Why do you like him? Two reasons. I like what he's done for Israel and him and Bob Knight, good friend. And I hollered you late at you. All right.

There you go. I appreciate the call. He likes Donald Trump because of Israel and Bobby Knight. Well, you know, everybody has there. Didn't see that coming today. You like, lady like J.C. Pinnett and you got picked up by J.C. Penny and you got a big dog. You know, a lot of people, if you're a newer listener to this show,

you may not remember the truth because the truth was many years ago that was back you know 2011 12 13 but he would call we was in better health then and he would yell and scream and it was it was quite entertaining so it's nice to hear him still doing well it's like hearing from a ghost it's really it really is the highlight of the day there are people like the truth that sometimes i sit and think like i hope he's still doing well or still alive because like i don't know that i would have heard. So that really makes it. That was a nice birthday gift to get to hear from the truth. I haven't heard from him forever. Colin to wish you a happy birthday. Didn't see it coming though. He was a Trump fan. That kind of surprised me. That part I can see. Like he's kind of the,

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willie collie Stein's jersey retired Appreciate the call. Yes, I could. I think he's got a long way to wait, as we talked about earlier, but yes, I could. What do you? Some people brought up Chuck Hayes. He's not in the conversation with these other guys. I really, I mean, I love Chuck Hayes, but he's not near conversation with Willie even, and Oscar even.

No, well, no, I mean, to get to Chuck Hayes, you'd have to go through all of all those other people first to get there. I think I said, like we talked about, the dilemma is, what do you do with the 96 team and the 98 team and the 2015 team? There's got to be some representation. Well, why don't you know, just put this the team up there? Why not? I mean, just say like the 20, you know, the 98 team is up there. The 96 team is up there. Because there's a difference between individual and team awards, and I don't know that you have to have a particular team in order to do that.

Or to exorner a particular player from a team in order to. We already have the title banners, so that kind of covers that. much you want to just get him too bad. So that's why I just think this is an individual award. You know, another guy name that just didn't get mentioned at all that probably should get mentioned is Jody Meeks. True. I mean, he holds the scoring. Like, I don't know how I did not mention him, but he probably should be mentioned.

You kind of forget him. You know, go straight from the tubby guys to the cow guys. He kind of gets stuck there in the middle. I'll give you one. What do you do is Aaron Harrison up there? His career, no, but there's not going to be a tournament run like that. No, there's not, but he's not up there. But he.

If they finished the job, you probably have to be up there. That's an interesting question. If they had finished the job when you make all those shots, I mean, I don't know, is Keith Smart up in Indiana? They should name the building after him at Indiana. Yeah, that's interesting. I would not think that you would do that, but that is a... I put him above Chuck, though, even though,

even though Chuck's probably a little more beloved, that run will never be matched. Yeah, who's next? Joe. Joe, go ahead, Joe. Hey, happy birthday, Matt Jones. I was passing the stadiums last night and saw people filing in, didn't know what event it was. Like, Tailgate looked like 40, 50, white dudes older and us in black t-shirts,

so I figured, I took a guess. It turns out it was 9-inch nails. So, question for the forum. Did you know they were still touring? How many songs are there? Can you name? and do you think that modern-day rock stars have learned about pre-nups and how they work so you don't have to be touring when you're 60, 70, 80?

Yeah, I appreciate the call. Shannon, that's a you, that's a you question. I knew they were still touring. They played it louder than life just a couple of years ago. But, yeah, a lot of these bands, they just, I don't know if they have to do it financially or they just, that's all they know, so they continue to do it. I think some people live off the entertainment, right? Or like they want, like some people can't, you can't give that.

that juice up. And some people just say you get into music because you like to play music and you want to keep playing music, right? Yeah. Or you've always lived on the road. You can't just sit at home because all you've ever known is getting up and going. Yeah. That's it. Yeah.

When you were doing that all the way back in your, you know, early 20s. What else are you going to do? What else are you going to do? That's all you know. You're going to plant flowers. I mean, there comes a point that, like, you got a lot of people want to do what they want to do. And obviously it works. I mean, we went to see, you know, Deft Leopard, one of my childhood groups.

They were old guys out there. But I still, I still wanted to see. perform. So it's obviously people still, there's an audience for that. Yes. 859-280-2287. So let's go over the next few hours. I do think, by the way, they might announce, the NFL might announce our podcast here later today. If they do, do me a favor and be really excited and subscribe to it. Don't do it yet, though. Wait, because, like, I wasn't probably supposed to say that sentence, but you know what? You guys have followed us all the way through it, so that's it. That's it. Saturday, of course, the game starts at noon, or 1245.

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