KSR - 2025-09-4- KSR - Hour 2

Episode Date: September 4, 2025

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And don't forget, you can also, the Kentucky Down Sports, the racetrack is not very far away. It's an exciting day. Mario did his first ad. We got all these folks here and found out that tomorrow at Country Boy, when we do our yearly Country Boy, so Stephen Sackham Souls, is going to come to get and say meet the fans before the first old miss game so uh you can come see sack him tomorrow uh he will be uh he'll be joining us during the game that'll be only the second third player we've had on the show so he had a big first week and gets to celebrate with us at country boy tomorrow if alex affari was the star of the defense souls was like one a he was awesome coming from the edge every every play you look up there's number 35 pressing a quarterback so

I'm excited to get to know him tomorrow. Yeah, he was on the team a year ago, had one sack. But definitely his stock shot straight up last Saturday in a game going in. We knew. Didn't know a lot about the team. We knew some guys would step up, make a name for themselves, and he took big advantage with two strip sacks. A couple things.

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A lot of you did. We've risen up the charts. We were number four in sports this morning. Got a nice letter or not letter. This isn't the Civil War. I got a nice email from Dearest Matthew. you. I got an email from the NFL this morning that said, hey, you're killing it. Way to go. Burr, ber, ber, ber, ber. The second episode is already up. But if you have not, please subscribe.

I want you to listen, but I really want you to subscribe. And then I hope you like it. We did episode two yesterday. It's already up. And it was a lot of fun. Had a lot of fun doing episode two. Last night in bed, I was watching the podcast charts. I'm not normally this guy, but I was watching the main one. I'm always that guy. You know, I got to admit, I was sitting there and I'd say out loud, eat it, Dave Ramsey, by caller daddy. But it was neat to pass all these, not just sports, like podcasts, I know. Like, eat my dust, Tucker Carlson. Is that what you said?

Dateline. I think we passed Dateline, which is close to my heart. So it was neat seeing it climb up there. Thank you, everyone that I hope that happened. It's four on, we're just behind, pardon my take, New Heights, Bill Simmons and us. Wow. On the sports chart. So you could build a Walmart between us and Dave Ramsey.

right now on the main charts. Definitely should build a Walmart. So that's very cool. And I actually genuinely think, I thought the first one was pretty good. I genuinely think the second one's really good. So check it out. Now, that wasn't the biggest story yesterday, though, was not our NFL podcast. Sometimes, you know, the Herald Leader, it's not what it once was,

but sometimes it breaks stories that matter, folks. Yesterday was one of those days that I'm very thankful we have the Lexington Herald Leader because it gave us this headline. Kentucky Nurse Revives Drunk Raccoon Foundin Dumpster. Oh, my goodness. Those are the kind of stories that make me believe in the mainstream media, right? Gets a lot of heat. But who else is going to break drunk Kentucky Nurse revives drunk raccoon found in dumpster?

Local journalism matters. Local. So in Whitesburg, Kentucky, I guess they have a distillery. I didn't even know you could make moonshine. Well, actually I did, but I didn't know they had distilleries in Whitesburg, but they do. And I guess, so the story is a raccoon went into the dumpster at the distillery where they had dumped a bunch of peaches that had been soaked in the moonshine. So I guess to make peach moonshine, they had soaked all these peaches. And then I guess they threw them away and the raccoon ate all the peaches.

and the raccoon ate so many peaches that it drank so much that it, like, killed itself. But this, which is what a way to go if you're in the raccoon community. Poor, poor Stanley, you know, he just ate, was reading his regular peaches. This woman, and what's not in the story is how this woman, like, got with the raccoon. You know what I mean? Like what? How did they meet each other? But the raccoon woman sees the raccoon says, I want to save that raccoon.

First of all, kudos to that woman. That's a different set of personality traits than I have. If I see a raccoon that looks to be dead, I'm just going to let it rest in peace. This woman sees a raccoon that looks to be dead and says, I can do something about this. She goes up to it. There's video on TikTok. She kind of gives it. I don't know.

What do you call it? CPR, right? Yeah. She gives it CPR. I don't know if that included mouth to mouth. They didn't show it, but it said that she gets it going. And then you see the raccoon kind of coming to, looked a little bit like Mario did on her trip to Seattle, where it was like, where it was like, oh, what's happening now, you know?

And next thing you know, it's back to normal. Harold Leader does the story. So people say there's no feel-good journalism anymore. I felt better yesterday. What a, just what a ride for that raccoon, though. I mean, you go back to, I don't know where raccoons live, the raccoon holler. Do the other raccoons even believe you that all this happened? That's true.

What a story he has. I found this peach collection that made me feel great, and I wake up and this woman's giving me mouth to mouth behind the dumpster, and here I am. I guess she wasn't worried about rabies. I mean, I don't know. I just, my grandmother acted like every animal always had rabies. and made me want to stay away from all of them. I think that's why I'm scared of every animal.

But, like, she apparently didn't care because she's all up in the raccoon, making sure everything's going okay. So how many peaches did she eat? I wonder if maybe she had been into the peaches, too. Oh, she, they were like getting together. She just do a tour with tasting? Okay, so there.

She was like, I feel your pain, raccoon. But what a good Samaritan. I can't imagine how many people see a raccoon and just be like, I want to help it. Like, what a good Samaritan. You know, a picture of the raccoon passed out drunk in her front yard. There's not a picture. You can see the video.

There is live video of it happening. I don't think they show them out to mouth, at least in the video that I saw. But there is video of this raccoon struggling, and then she's helping it, and then she cheers. Like, it exists. You can watch it. Now they have this loving relationship, the rest of the raccoon's life. He can come by for dinner every now and then and hang out with the lady that saved his life. Well, good for it.

That's awesome. I'm with you. If I see a dead raccoon, I just saw a dead raccoon. Not much I can do about it. Wouldn't even know the first thing to do. That is a heck of a way to go, going out, eating drunk with getting drunk on peaches. I could see that happening to you one day. I could see giving you eulogy and going, let's not just think about how it ended.

Let's think about actually it ended fittingly. He went out doing what he loves. He went out doing what he loves. That's right. A couple of lines, 859-280, 2287. Who's up next? Chi-Woo is up next. Chi-Woo, how are you?

Hey, Matt. Thanks for taking my call. Man, I appreciate that. Jimmer Arderton, she was a bond girl, made the lovely strawberry fields and quantum of solace. Sounds like you were a fan,

just by the tone of voice. I guess you liked her. Yes, sir. She's been a few other movies, but yeah, strawberry miss miss strawberry fields top notch uh uh jimmer jemma wayland was in uh um uh what is it thrones uh yeah she was in the thrones mini series on hb oh appreciate but hema i mdb page from you chiewee my my uh my concern with the football team um i like the defensive line i think the defensive

line is pretty stout especially against the run i'm worried about the second I don't have much confidence. Well, let's talk about that for a minute. Yeah, I appreciate the call to you, Wood. Secondary, we kind of went into the year going, well, that should be a streak. We got a lot of guys back. And then to the extent the defense had a weakness, it seemed to be the secondary. Do you think these guys, again, a lot of them local, a lot of them returners?

Do you think they can step up against what is a very good Ole Miss receiving court? I have all the confidence in our secondary. I know maybe they didn't look like superstars against Toledo, but they didn't have to against Toledo. I think those guys, those four guys they start out there are talented enough that they can win a lot of games for this team. A couple of them probably end up in the NFL. They're by far the most experienced group.

I mean, we know all the names, we've been watching for a few years, but they've all just been good. A couple of somebody needs, a couple of somebody's need to make a jump this year from what they've been and become special. Like, Jake Hugh Hardaway, I know he had the big interception last week.

has kind of helped out by the pass rush. But he especially being the lead corner now and he needs to take another step forward from what he's been. He's that tall cornerback that Mark Stoops likes. He's a guy that's going to be critical and having a big year. A big play. I'm not taking anything way. Todd Bryant,

a guy that's played since he was a true freshman. He's been fine, but he's another one who'll take another jump forward this season if they're going to really be something. 859-280-2287. Memphis is bringing Cala Perry back to FedEx, FedEx whatever forum. Memphis will play Arkansas in an exhibition game.

I find this fascinating because, you know, the relationship between Kentucky and Arkansas, Kentucky and Cal, clearly not good right now, but I think everybody foresees a time that it will be civil. But, I mean, with Memphis, it looked like it might never be civil. Remember, he put them on probation. He left them. It wasn't like this.

He left them. right after going to the national championship game or a year after going to the national championship game and then they were going to retire's jersey and the city went in so much up and uproar that they decided not to now is it a detente Drew is it Memphis and his cow like mending all fences I guess I was actually watching a clip before I came in here if he was on with gary parish doing an interview about his Memphis days and what was like leaving there By the way, I watched that clip. For those of you that haven't seen it, it's so cow. It is, it is so cow.

Same, same like changing families lives. We all eat. I mean, it would literally, it's been like six months since I've thought a cow, and he has not changed one bit in those six months. He mentioned how Arkansas, he doesn't have the headwinds that he had at his old job. Oh, did he say that again? Nothing's holding him back now at Fayetteville. So good for him.

I'm glad we were such a- What does he mean by that? I'm glad we were such an obstacle that was in his work. What does he mean by a headwind? The fact that, like, what is, I often wonder what he's even talking about. Well, I say that about a lot of things, but that was, that's what he said on. I mean, we literally are spending more money. When they're, we may be spending more money on N.I.L.

than any school in the country. If we're not, we're right there with everybody else. What's he talking about? I guess he likes his chicken money better. We don't have chicken money. I mean, I think what he's talking about is that he and Mitch Barnhart didn't get along. And then maybe he's talking about the fact that maybe he's talking about us.

But like, it's such an excuse. You just sucked the last few years. You just did. You were awesome before that. You sucked the last few years. Like, why not own it? Why can't he take ownership of that? He never will.

And I think that's it. I think he's trying to blame it on a lot of roadblocks. The fans, the administration, the media, whatever, kind of held him back a little bit. Maybe that's what he's talking about. But even though this is an exhibition game, it'll be the biggest Memphis game since he was coached at Memphis. I mean, that place will be packed because he's coming back into town. It's looking like every time, I mean, Duke is now playing an exhibition game against Tennessee. Obviously, we're playing Purdue and Georgetown. It's looking like the days of playing trancy and, you know,

center and all that. It looks like the days of that are gone. Does that make you sad at all? That's probably, looks like that's probably never happening again. It does a little bit because I enjoyed those games against Georgetown, Trancy, Kentucky Wesleyan. So maybe if they played just one against those schools and then one against Purdue or Georgetown, maybe split it up that way, I think I would, I would probably appreciate that more. Mark Pope said we should play four and two are against really good teams and two not. They should let us play four.

Why not? Do you like that idea? It would be better. I mean, I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I would be just excited about Kentucky State or Georgetown. It was cool if those schools get to go to Rupp. but I thought about those games two days before they tipped off. I've been thinking about this Purdue game since it's been announced.

I think this is the way to go. The NCAA obviously doesn't care anymore. You used to have to have a little charity aspect or there was some rule. Now they're like, whatever, just go play each other. Would you retire? Let me ask you a question on retiring Cal's Jersey. I think most people believe, well, we will do it one day. Yeah.

Most people believe we should do it when he's still, you know, there to be there. Would you do it while he was at Arkansas? No. You don't do it when he's at Arkansas. It's like Tubby. You don't do it until he went? What if he left Arkansas and went to a team like, I don't know, St. Johns. Would you do it then?

Nope. Okay. Nope. I think you've got to wait until either he's retired or he's coaching a place like Tubby was at high point. I think you don't. So you would do it at a high point. I think so. If it goes back to Clarion, yeah, bring them.

Claryon, there you go. So a school that's just like no way in competition you would do it. Absolutely. Yeah, you can't bring in a team you're competing against on the floor. And with recruits, not against cows. Wait. Like you said, it'll happen. Give it some time.

Time heals all wounds. It'll happen one day. We'll all celebrate when he does it. But it's years away from now. I agree. You definitely can't do it if he has any kind of team that's competing against you whatsoever on the court in recruiting, in the conference. You don't give him that moment. I was asked by someone on another show.

Is there pressure on Mark to win down there this year? Like it would be bad if he's 0-2 against Cal? I think so. Not a great look, but okay, let's say if it wins the SEC and, you know, you won the Champions Classic and you beat Louisville. I mean, it would stink, but is that the end of the world? If you had told me that we would lose at home to Arkansas pretty substantially, I mean, we're down the whole game. With DJ Wagner shooting out of his mind. Yeah.

And yet our fans never seem to really, like he doesn't get any criticism for it. He had already beaten Duke, Louisville, and we didn't know what at the top. But Florida was the national champion. But, like, if you'd said at the beginning of the year that it happened, I don't think people would have believed you. But because we beat Duke, Louisville, Florida, et cetera, it ended up not Gonzaga. It ended up not making the, you know, the same stuff.

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It is Kentucky Sports Radio. 859-28027 here at the Mint in Bowling Green Draft King Sports Book, Top Golf Swings Suites. a hard thing to say. Top golf swing suites right over there. Looks very cool. That's my favorite game. I say every bar should get this and then I realize KS. Barr doesn't have it, so it's hard for me to say. But the little sliding, what do you call? Shuffleboard. Sliding shuffleboard. I have more fun at that than anything. We should get that at KSbar. I don't know where we'd keep it, but I'd like it. Oh, you one? Like an old sponsor, just go that's right. That's right. I said that recently. The hubby, just go get Matt's free one and we'll put it in the bar.

It's been 15, 10 or 10 years maybe, but the place that makes those in Louisville, what's it called? Stapletons. Is it Stapultons? I think they owe me one. I mean, I'm not holding it against you all, but to show up with an I owe you. I think that was my endorsement one he wanted to time. One person writes, Matt, is the guy in the corner with a cowboy hat, Lane Kiffin in disguise. Uh-huh.

Got the old Miss sweater on. You know what? That kind of looks like Lane Kiffin in disguise, fake mustache. Cowboy hat. Cowboy hat. Are you here trying to scout the game, sir? I think you are. You look like Lane Kiffin.

It's my guy. We talked during the break. What did chat with him. Was it Lane Kiffin? No. Well, he did give some Lane Kiffin' box. But a huge Jared Lorenzen fan. Oh, good.

He bought a Jared Lorenzen practice jersey, and it had Jared's name and number written on it like it's his actual one. He got it for $2 in like a flea market. Oh, it was $2. Very excited. Well, but thank you all. Well, thank you very much for coming. They can't hear you over the radio.

I have to talk to you after the show's over. I got to tell you about we're talking about Jared Lorenzen. Mario, for the first time in his life, watched the Jared Lorenzen highlights driving down here this morning. His name came up, and he's never seen the video. You loved it, didn't you? He was like screaming. He was like, oh, my God, look at him.

Oh, he's huge. Oh, look what he did. He was like, you know, watching it for the first time. He has, in my opinion, The best, I mean, John Wall and him have the best highlight videos. Yeah. And it's in part because, A, you can't believe anybody's moving like that. And then B, that pass where he throws it behind his hand,

which is the most ridiculous thing in the world. And he also drew, he completed it against Georgia. Pass over his head, just bulldozing over a lineman, fighting, throwing it a mile. No one should have played that way, but it did. That highlight will live on forever. That's an amazing. There won't be another one. One person writes, Matt, why should I listen to the new NFL show?

You've bragged about doing no research for your NFL ESPN show. Very good point. But I'll give you two counters. One, I read a book for this one. Oh. The Warren Sharp book, which we quote on the show. And second, it's entertaining even if you don't think we know anything because we, we have fun doing it. But yes,

it's a fair point. But I did read a book for this one. A big book. It was a big it was thick and I read it. A lot of numbers. Color-coded? We didn't know what a lot of that meant. There's a lot of stats in football. They go way beyond our... Called football for nerds? Is that what you're in? Basically, it's called

Warren Sharp football, something like that. Might have a different title. One person writes, Matt, you often said Calhatt didn't have support from the boosters at the end. Is it right? isn't it right that he was operating with headwinds? Maybe a little, but they were created by himself, right?

I mean, you can't, you know, you can't scream at your wife every night and call her names and then go, well, she doesn't love me. Well, maybe because you're acting like a jerk. I mean, the, he did have bad, listen, all of his bad relationships, I'm not going to say they were all parts of it his fault, but there comes a point where when you have a bad, bad relationship with your boss and you have a bad relationship with the boosters and you have a bad relationship with the media and you even have a bad relationship with the fan site that literally

did whatever you wanted for eight or ten years maybe at some point you have to look in the mirror and see what part you had in creating all at some point it's not everyone else's fault drew it might be yours at some point and it's not even just all the main characters just people going and doing their daily job around that building were pretty exhausted at how things were there at the end. Everyone at the end was exhausted. Who's up next, Rick? John is next.

John, go ahead, John. Hey, I got, excuse me, sorry, I have two questions for you. I saw a clip on Andy and Ari today that said, if troops is fired, his bio will be $32 million and due within six weeks. Is that true? Yes, it is true. Mitch Bartonair has many strengths. but a weakness is contract negotiation.

Because most other schools have it to where if you pay for five years, the buyouts do, like Alabama's coach they've talked about. It's not 70 million right at once. It's over a course of years. Mark Stoops' contract, I was told, I didn't realize this for a long time. We're required to pay it all within six months. Terrible negotiation. Six weeks.

The other thing was. Six weeks. Oh, six weeks? Oh, I didn't even know it was six months. weeks. Well, good grief. Yeah, it would be like, it would be immediately. So you pretty much need the money beforehand. And you can't offset it if it gets another job like that. That's the other thing. A lot of contracts you can offset if they go get another job, can't do it if you pay them within six weeks. We lost John the second. That's an important point. By the way, Mitch does many things well, but we gave some ridiculous contracts to Stoops and Cal. 859-2-80-20-87. We will take a break of

be right back. This is Kentucky Sports Radio. Welcome back, Kentucky Sports Radio. 859-2-80-2287. Text Machine 7-2-7-7-4-5-254. Remember tonight, you come watch the game here in Bowling Green at this wonderful at the Mint, right over here off Brownsville Road. And then if you are in Lexington, Mario did the ad. We got $12 buckets of beer.

We got $3 mixed drinks, and then we've got $250 liquor bar and gift Mario did the ad. I don't know how you could miss it. Plus, it's Eagles Cowboys, so let's go ahead and make the pick Eagles or Cowboys tonight in the opening game of the NFL season. Eagles, I don't know. I'm a disgust. I disgust. I am disgusted over Dallas.

I never will pick Dallas to win anything. Why are you disgusted? I grew up a Washington Redskins fan, so I could go anti-Cowboy from the moment I was born. I never ever, though. You always claim to be a Washington fan, and I never hear you talk. about them. You don't like, it's, I've never seen you wear one piece of merchandise. You know, I was a kid

and then the Colts moved to Indianapolis so I became a Colts fan. But you still hate the Cowboys. Still hate the Cowboys. So you gave up your team. Yeah. But you kept your hatred. Hatred for the Cowboys. Like I hate Purdue. Just a certain team think you hate when you're a kid. So you don't cheer for Indiana. We still hate Purdue.

Still hate Purdue. Is that not? That seems odd. To lose the love but keep the hate. No, it's permanent permanent in my brain. All right, fair enough. Who you got? I will be rooting for the star, but not a lot of hope.

I will say they cover the eight and a half. It's a big spread, but Eagles are winning the game. Yeah, I'm going to take the Eagles to win. I think they go back to the Super Bowl, and then they lose in the Super Bowl to the Buffalo Bills. I think this is the year the Buffalo Bills and Josh Allen win a title. Who's your Super Bowl pick? Chiefs.

I mean, I don't know how you can pick against them. probably Chiefs and Eagles. That's the smart pick. So you got the Chiefs win in it? Yep. So you think it's repeat Super Bowl? It hadn't happened a long time. Last repeat Super Bowl was what?

Cowboys' Bills in the early 90s. I think it's all because that young love of Taylor and Kelsey, those two young kids are going to wheel that team to another Super Bowl title. It is his last year, and she might be playing the Super Bowl as the halftime show. So what about you? I have bills getting over the hump. I don't want to be lame and pick the Eagles. They're a big favorite.

I'll say the Lions out of the NFC. Bill's Lions. It's a good pick. But Josh Allen finally gets his ring. I would also say my out of nowhere's pick, nowheres. Out of nowhere pick, if he's healthy, Matthew Stafford, Bill's Rams. That would be my out-of-left field pick that they go to the Super Bowl. 859-28027.

Text machine 772-745254. One person writes, Matt, that buyout can't be true. Tell me how it is that we would owe the money at that moment. because remember Mark Stoops had a lot. Mark Stoops had a lot of leverage and he worked it very well. And he also, I've said this a lot, he has the best agent. Jimmy Sexton, who is the agent to Nick Sabin and like he's the best agent football. He is also, he was Bob Stoop's agent and he is Mark's agent.

Mark might be his lowest client he has in terms of coaches. And I don't mean that as a put down because the guy has like the biggest. coaches in the game, but he has a lot of leverage, and I think Drew that was part of how that happened. Yeah, there's not many agents that a lot of people know and counter their own celebrity, but he's, he's one of them. And I'm sure when he saw Mitch Barnhart across from that table, he was looking at his lips because he's done that many times before.

He knows what to do. I mean, most of these contracts, like remember that when Jimbo Fisher got that deal for $100 million, that was that guy, I think DeBoer at Alabama, who got the $70 million deal. I think that was him. Like he does most of a lot of the big college football deals. I've not heard of a buyout though. It has to be paid within six weeks. That one kind of caught me off guard a little bit.

Have you heard that before? I didn't know that until like a month. The only reason I'm even saying it, I didn't know it until a couple months ago. And then Ari Wasserman and Andy Staples mentioned it yesterday. They're the first people I've heard really talk about it publicly like that because I think it might be buried in some, because I've not even seen it, but they mentioned it yesterday,

and I'd heard that a couple months ago, because I'd always assume, well, you can pay it over time. If anybody else hires him, you can get, no, it's six. I'm told, and I think that's what Ari and Andy, what they report yesterday, it's six weeks. And these guys cover other coaches' contracts. I don't. I'm not looking at other coaches' contracts,

but they talk about how wild this is to have it written that way, but a bad spot Kentucky's in if it gets to that point. Yeah. I want to note one thing that might get kind of lost in the news stuff, but I do think it's interesting if you're like me and you're trying to follow NIL. The commission that is regulating NIL and is like supposed to make sure that if you get an NIL deal, it's actually for a real ad and they're not just paying you to play. You know, a lot of us, myself included, have been skeptical of whether that's going to be weird.

They just released their first report. And out of, I want to say it was something like 300. 185 deals that have been sent to the commission. Now, remember, most players that are playing right now, they got paid before this commission went into place. You've heard us talk about how that's why all these people got so much money this year. Next year it'll be different. But out of the 385 deals, Drew, 140 were declined as being not real deals,

which is like 38% of the deals got declares. for not being real deals and said, no, you can't give it to them. That's interesting to me. I mean, that says like there's some teeth to this. If they're turning down 38% of the deals, that's a lot. And the average deal, well, let's just take a guess. The average deal for a power four player. Now, remember, this is not the money they're getting as part of RevShare.

this is the NIL deal they're getting. Do you know what the average deal is? And presumably now these are not the deals that like KS. Barr is doing with the place. This is a deal that like collectives or big sponsors are doing with players. Take a guess at what the average is. $400,000? I was going to say $20,000. $20,000.

You're much closer. The average deal is only $28,000. So what I think is interesting. about that is it says, A, there are going to be limits on this money thing. I was kind of skeptical that could happen. Now, it's still got to get up held in court. There's still a lot of places. But at least this commission is putting limits on it.

And second, it's not as much money as I think people think. I mean, some of the top guys are going to make crazy amounts of money. But if the average power for player is making $28,000, you know, maybe Kentucky can compete. You know, maybe it's not quite as crazy as everyone just kind of thinks like you who said 400,000 bucks. I thought for sure the number would be a lot. You said they got denied. I was surprised they denied that many.

I thought they would probably just rubber stamp a lot of these deals, but obviously they're really looking into it and trying to keep it from. I thought nothing would get denied. The fact that 37% has gotten denied. That's a lot. That's a lot. You know, that's a lot. I'm surprised, but that needs to happen because I was worried about guys signing deals with a T-shirt company for $5 million,

knowing they're not going to sell a tiny percentage of that in actual T-shirts. It's just getting them to play. So I'm glad they're at least looking at, you know, if it's compared to actual market value and trying to see if it's a real deal. Who's up next? Jake is up next. Jake, go ahead, Jake. Bring the excitement. Hey, morning, Matt.

First-time caller, a long-time listener. Who are? Okay, this is different Jake. But go ahead. Hey, Matt. I actually wanted to continue the theme a little bit of this week regarding the kind of complaints about the Krogerfield atmosphere. But I want to take in a little bit of different direction. So I was watching the Florida State Alabama football game this weekend.

And Florida State has this really cool tradition where Chief Osceola comes out onto the field on a horse with a flaming spear and throws a spear into the ground while the crowd is shouting, Renegade, and doing their Tomahawk chant. So it got me thinking, you know, the state of Kentucky has such a. cool tradition of horse culture where, you know, we breed horses. We obviously raise the horses as well. It's like Kentucky Durbin, Keelan, as such. You know, has the university thought about, you know, having a jockey on a horse lead the team out of the tunnel for like a pregame tradition or, you know, any other kind of

horse homage to bring not only the state culture together, but also rile up the crowd before a game. I just wanted to get a question. Ryan, you've been going those games longer than anybody, or at least longer than anybody. on this show. Have they ever done anything with a horse? I've never seen anything that Kentucky's done with a horse. I know we did our uniforms as a horse one time. I can't remember a horse being involved in anything.

I could see, and I appreciate the call. Drew, I could see having a couple of horses lead the team out with jockeys on them with the flags. You don't like it, Mars. Well, I learned yesterday. I mean, I actually think that seems cool. I mean, maybe they can't do it for logistical reasons, but like, in theory, I could see that being cool. I learned yesterday there's an equestrian easement. They're allowed to just ride them.

That's in downtown. On to the field, if they won. This university can't stop them. You can just take your horse onto the field. It does seem like something obvious where it's supposed to be the horse capital of the world and we don't utilize the horse. I mean, just, okay, just picture for a second. Yeah, but just picture for a second the idea of the team is standing there. We've seen it.

They're, they're backstage. Normally what happens is two cheerleaders or whatever lead with the flags. What if, as the players ran out, it's a little thing, but it was jockeys holding the UK flags, and they lead them running out. Why is that? A full sprint. Why is that crazy? It's not.

I understand, but like, but I do think the callers point about the horse. I can see. We're doing something. We've tried to do that stupid. Rear, with the cat thing. That didn't work. Why not?

Can horses do that? Well, panic? Where's it going to go when it gets in? I mean, there are horses that have been in public. I mean, even better. Let's get a starting gate

and put our players in it. Now, that seems weird. And then they just all run out. I don't know if I like that vision. Okay. Back to the horse then. Back to the horse. Just thinking out loud.

Listen, I'm not saying we have to do it. This is the first I've ever heard of it. was this guy talking, but Ryan, am I crazy that that could be cool? I think it could be cool. You'd have to get like maybe an old, easygoing horse, and you're not going to run out there. No, far up. I mean, like you said, Florida State does it. Clearly, there are horses that can handle it.

They can handle the noise and the excitement and the... I can't imagine. I mean, there are more people at the derby than they're at the game. I feel like they're going to be able to handle, right? I'm in if Mark Stoops rides the horse. I don't want... Mitch Barthardt comes out of the tunnel on the horse. on the horse.

I don't know. To the caller, Jake, I liked your idea. Let me just out of curiosity. How many of you like the idea? Raise your hand. I kind of like it. Yeah, that's, well, only half. What do you all have that's a better idea over here, you pessimists?

A real wildcat. We're trying to do some. The drum, they want to bring the drum back. I hate the drum. 859-28027. Shady Raise, if you need sunglasses, go to Shady Raes. That's yet another company that started here in Kentucky.

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Text machine is 772-774-5-254. I was just saying to him, we're trying, you know, Saturday, we're going to have a lot of people at the bar, and everybody is ordering the burgers because they're good, but like they take a while, so we're bringing in an extra, we're bringing an extra like grills and stuff.

And what we didn't think of those, everybody's already rented a lot of them for the tailgates. So we're like buying them. So then we have to go and cook on it all day Friday to get on grease in there, you know, and get it to where it'll be good. So it's, you just don't think about these things.

Like the restaurant businesses I've learned is the one thing where every day is just a problem. There's no day that is not a problem in that business. The people who I run this, I'm sure know that. Am I right? Every day is a problem of some sort. You got to think about where you're going to put the grilled into once you find it. Like we got, we finally got, when we ran out of tater kegs, I advertised them, then we ran out.

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To piggyback on a guy from yesterday around the third down, they do the blue, white. How about do the Packers fight song instead of going Go-pack-Go, we go-go big blue. You know, we might have to pay some royalties for the song. I think the Packers fight song is kind of cheesy. I'm not going to lie. Now, it works for them because they've had it for so long. But I don't think today, I think if you introduce that song today, a lot of people would look at each other and go, why are we doing this?

You know. Okay. Play and B. How about getting a sound bite of cow going, go? And just loop it, you know, while. No, that one's not. That's not bad. That's kind of funny.

By the way, Waka, Waka Flaka, who does grocery party, is actually coincidentally playing in Lexington the day of the Tennessee Tech game. Just for that can't be a coincidence. I would think they're probably going to bring him to that game, or at least maybe they were until they got rid of the song, but they're bringing it back. If they don't have him just come across the street, that's a day game, and he's at Manchester Music Hall that night.

It's right there in front of you. I hope they've already booked that. Yeah. He seemed to have a good time when he was here the last time. So they've got to bring it back. I mean, they just have to. I don't think there's any doubt in my mind that that's one thing that least with, like I said,

it's the thing we did that nobody else does. Bring it back. What do you think that? I mean, are we sold out Saturday? No. Haven't heard. It's not. Tickets are pretty cheap.

I mean, I get it, but that's odd to me. I mean, this is like, this is a huge game. But it also should showcase to UK where people are on this program. I mean, if you're not sold out for the first big game of the year against Ole Miss on national television, like that should tell you where, if you don't know where your fan base is, like, Drew, that should tell you. And 3.30, that's the sweet spot. That's 3.30 perfect time. You can get a long tailgate in and still have dinner and your night afterwards.

I mean, for years, we didn't get 330 games because it was the one CBS marquee game. We're never in it. Now we're lucky to get in that ABC rotation. You got to enjoy it. You got the number two announcing team. doing it. You got Sean McDonough and Greg McElroy. I mean, that's the number two announcing team behind Herb Street and Fowler. And, you know, if you can't sell that game out, you do need to look in the mirror and go, what is going on? Because that's, I mean, that's not good. Who's next?

Wa is up next. Waugh, what's up? Good morning, gentlemen. Hey, circling back to the horses at the football game. Murray State does it. Texas Tech does it. But take it. Take, a step further have two horses, one jockey in UK blue and white, the other jockey in the visiting team's colors, and of course, they rush across the field, and the UK jockey always wins. Okay, so like the old Louisville and Cincinnati boat race where the Louisville one always wins. Is that what it is? Yeah. I like that.

I'm okay with that. I appreciate the call. I'd like to, I thought when he said two horses, one jockey. I was like, now, that'll be something to see if we could do that. I'll give people's attention. Yeah. Why not just try something, something like that, something different to add to the excitement, the environment at Krogerfield, anything I think would be an addition.

I really like that guy's idea. Okay, so tomorrow we are at Country Boy in Georgetown. We're going to have Steve Sackham Souls joining us to talk. And I'm going to be giving away tickets to the game. I'm going to be giving away 50-yard line. second row tickets from Commonwealth causes to someone there tomorrow. Remember we got folks, we got the bar tonight with an NFL football game. I'm still not to the point where I'm picking Kentucky to win against Ole Miss,

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