KSR - 2026-01-14- KSR - Hour 1

Episode Date: January 14, 2026

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Welcome, everyone on Kentucky Sports Radio Wednesday, January the 14th. I'm Matt Jones here in Lexington, Kentucky on a rainy day. Normally we would be at the bar on Wednesday for Wingsday, but we're not today because all of our bosses are in town. People are looking nervous, except Mario, who didn't know they were here. You can give a shout to Clark's puppet shop full line 859-280-2287. A Vision Auto Glass Text Machine 772-774-2524. In this edition, sponsored by the T.J. Smith Law Office, if you call T.J., he'll make them pay. Yeah, all that this is like everyone in I heart is here, except like the now.

National press. I don't know why. But everybody's in town on this rainy day. They're all sitting in a room over there. They glared at us when we walked in. Nobody said a word to us when we walked down. I know. But we all go to lunch today. So this could be the day we all get fired. No one made eye contact with me. They'll get me a day late because they're coming to a little tomorrow. So you'll go. Oh, so you'll get fired. Okay. Do you want us to tell you? Yeah. Do you want to know? No, I just want to be surprised. I want to show up you guys just not be here. All right. Fair enough. Some of us dressed appropriately for meeting with our bosses today.

Some of us. You're talking about Mario wearing sweatpants? Those are like designer pants. Oh, those are designer pants. Well, then I'm good. First of all, how can you say you're dressed appropriate? You're wearing a skin-tight workout t-shirt. Nike pull-over, very nicely dressed.

How's that appropriate? Drew's wearing a sweater. I'll give him. You are wearing a too tight. It's not tight. It's very loose fitting. It's very nice. Snug.

Why do you think that's If you're buying it again, I'd go up a size No, it's, well, it's better than the hoodie than Sweepants somebody has on today. But this is my normal thing. You dressed worse than usual today. No, I dressed better. I had on sweatpants yesterday. 8.59-280-2287. I do want to note, I was listening,

Shannon, to you all in the pre-show, and you were talking about handshakes or whatever. Yes. I do want to put in a vote for I'm very anti people who who shake hands hard. And as a matter of fact, I go, I'll go further. I think when someone tries to shake your hand and they get a big grip, they're overcompensating for something.

And I tend to find. I'm being dead serious. Unless the, if someone shakes my hand with a hard grip and doesn't smile, now when people smile, sometimes that just means they might be like a good old country boy. But if somebody gives me a stern look. and a stern handshake, 93% chance I wouldn't like that person. I'm a hard handshaker, though. That's what I was saying.

Yeah, but you, but you smile. And you're also overcompensating because you think people, like, well, you think people think you're not strong and you're trying to show them you are. I know you, Shannon. Like it's, but when people like, when people like try to break your hand, I'm like, you are the worst. You're somebody who's trying way too hard. Does fist bump them?

Well, now, I mean, that's the best thing. that happened from COVID. Yeah. I, for the most part, I only fist bump people. Now you had that awkward moment where you don't know you. Are we fist bumping? I'm okay. Then I'll just walk away from it.

I'm wrong every time. Yeah. It's been almost seven years, six years. I'm wrong every time. I think that should have been a universal agreement with COVID. I mean, we talked about this during COVID. Handshaking is gross. You don't know where that hand's been.

Sure. It could have been on their junk using the restroom. It could have been in their hair. It could have been on the floor. their nose. Okay. Could have been in their nose. Their whole hand.

Their finger. Okay. Knuckle deep at least. I mean, there's no reason for me to touch your grimy, you know, people go crazy about feet. But your feet are usually covered up. Yeah, they're protected. Your hand is out there touching things, slaughtering on things.

I don't need to touch it. When's the last time you think we wiped this down? Never. Here my both hands sitting on it right now. I thought that was a real bug. Right there. I came in. I actually jumped when I saw that. But I'm,

so the fist bump to me makes the most sense of anything in the world. Yeah, I love fist bumping. I wish that was universal. I agree with you on the handshake, but I was taught at young age to give a firm handshake, but there's a level of your trying hard. It is. Firm and like I'm trying to break your hand as a meeting is different. Now, Grant you, when you get a limp one like Mario's, then that one's hard because Mario like, Mario is like a king going to kiss my hand.

We know some limp handshakers. That's bad. That's why I think you just stay away from the handshake. And if these bosses try to handshake, I'm just going to say, no, thank you. The worst for me is when we're going for a shake and I accidentally get caught with a limpy one, like you've got my fingers bad angle for me. I almost want to ask for a redo. Like, can we back up and reset?

Who was the politician or the reporter that I shook his finger? The guy from the New York Times, Jonathan Miller. I went for a handshake. He gave me his finger. Yeah, you got the rare finger shake. You kind of gave him a finger pull. That was in Iowa. Yeah, he's like a big, not Jonathan Miller, Jonathan, no, whatever's name is.

Well, it's the worst handshake I've ever had. Yeah, he's with the New York Times. 859, 2802287. One more thing. I think, you know how sometimes you'll hear something and like you had never heard it and you hear it the first time and then you like notice it a lot. So you're like, you know what I mean? Like you'll hear about something.

you go, I didn't know that. Just quickly. Tuesday night, I was driving looking for something to eat. Okay? I ended up out there in Palomar. Yeah. Unbeknownst to me. What?

About a hottest place in... First of all, when did they build? When did they build like 700 buildings out there? Everything's out there now. I remember you used to cross Herodsburg Road and Man of War, and it was just nothing until you got to, I don't know, Herodsburg. It's just nothing. Now, all of a sudden, there is like, they have built the Taj Mahal across the street from there.

When did that happen? I think they're moving our Capitol building to that area. When did that happen? I don't even remember the beginning of that construction. And it's over and everything is open. Three of my very good friends live in that area and they're constantly sending pictures of the new restaurants. I'm like, I should have moved out there. It's something new every week.

You talk about if you don't go to a part of town and you go, what happened? that area passed man of war on palomar i didn't there used to there used to be like one ramsies out there yeah that was it down the little down in the little gulley still there we were at the fountains but it's even big past the fountains so so the fountains that's what it's called yep so i pulled in there i ended up eating at a place there but i saw there was a public's right okay i've been listening to people talk about publics for a decade oh you got to go to publics got to publics they got new sandwiches they got public public public public so shoo-you like i want to to go eat sushi into Publix. But they

got a bar. Who hangs out at a bar at a grocery store? Nevertheless. I've done. I talked to Hubby last night. He watched the UK Bellarmine game at a bar at Publix. So I was like, you know what? I'm out here. I'm just going to go to Publix. So I walked into Publix. Huge.

Very bright. I think that's the secret. I think that's why people like it so much. No, I do. I think that's why they like it. Yeah. So bright. they feel happy when they're there. They're like, oh, there's some of this life. But it's just a grocery store.

Yeah. They have the same things. It's not even like a health food store. It's just it's groceries. And then they have like sandwiches. They have a taco bar. Whatever. So I spend 20 minutes walking around the publics, learn about publics.

And I thought to myself, if I lived out here, Shannon, and if I went to grocery stores. Yeah. Like normal people. Might go to the public's. Right? Seems like good points. You get your grocery watch the day.

Now, I remember. How long as public existed? 20 years? It's been in Kentucky for a couple years. Big in Florida. Never thought about it. Go in Tuesday night. Wake up, or excuse me, go in Monday night.

Wake up Tuesday morning. Get on my phone. You know that building, that shopping center right next to where I live in Louisville? Yeah. Turn it into a Publix. Oh, wow. It's following you. I had never, Shannon, been in there.

And that Mid-City Mall is now becoming a public. Baxter's Theater is going to be a public? Baxter Theater's closed already. They're going to turn that into a public. That whole building is being torn down and they're building a public's and then a shopping center with six shops. So like six storefront. This is actually perfect for you because you can go to your skyline and then you can go grocery shopping for later. It's great.

They're saving the skyline. See, I was worried about the skyline. Saving the skyline, saving the Honey Brothers, saving the bookstore. But the rest of it becomes a public. So here, never thought about going to Publix. Now there'll be one right out my door. And I'm excited because I enjoyed it. The bright lights, the big city, going to a pub.

Yeah, you're a PubSub. That's the big thing. It is. There was a long line at the Publix for Pub Subs. It's always long. What makes it so good? Why is it so good? I'm not going to stand in line for one, so I can answer the questions.

They loaded up with a lot of ingredients. I've had a few, usually in Florida. A little walk from the beach. What makes it different than any sub shop? I just remember what I've got. Mario, you're from Florida. You eat them a lot. Do you have the answer?

The ones I got were very big, didn't cost very much is what I would say. I mean, they'd really load them up. Like a chicken tender sub, like a fried chicken. But I mean, I can get that anywhere. It just tastes better, though. Okay.

All right. Maybe it was the lights. I'm with you. Like, you can get a sub anywhere. Okay. There's literally in that shopping center, Shannon, a subway. If you put a subway next to a subway sub next to a pub sub are not going to look the same.

Okay. All right. Well, anyway, so now there's a Publix that's basically going to be in my house. And I will say this, Shannon, you know that. How in the world is it, whatever they're going to do? The traffic. Yeah. It's a two-lane road in and out.

How are you going to have a public thing? You're going to need a bigger parking lot, too. Parking lot's already huge. They need a bigger one for Publix, though. People go crazy. But I mean, I can't build a bigger parking lot. It's surrounded by cemetery. Well, dig them up.

Which gets me to the, then do we get to the point there, but everybody just gets rid of cemetery? For a Publix. For a Publix. I'm not saying it's popular, but I could see the argument being made. Is your Oldsmobile still in the backyard? You can move it and charge for parking. Yes.

We don't talk about it, but it's been sitting there for 17 years, and it's still there. And Publix may have to pay me to go. There you go. Is Larry finally no there? Okay. Can you hush? 859-280-2287. Text machine is 772-745.

254. Jalen Lowe is going to be out for the year. We knew that. But we find out yesterday that we have a new starting lineup. Cam Williams starting, not a big surprise, but Yellovich named starter over Mo Diabate, at least according to Jack Pilgrim. I was very surprised by that. Diabate benched for Yelovich. Are you surprised? I am surprised. I've wanted to. I've wanted to. I've wanted to. I've wanted to. I've been surprised. I've wanted to. to see more Yelovich for a long time. Even go back to beginning the season, I'm picking him as my MVP trying to will it to existence. But now that it's actually happening, I'm a little confused. I guess he's just so disappointed in Diabate, because Yelovich, before Mississippi State, hasn't played much at all.

He didn't play at all. Against Missouri or Alabama. So, yes, I'm glad he's finally playing. I've wanted it for a long time, but I'm confused that he goes from the end of the bench to just, all right, you're starting now. But, I mean, the lineup roulette continues for Kentucky. Two things that the thing tells me. Number one, Mark Pope still doesn't know what to do with this team.

You can't have a guy that did not play for two games and then he starts two games later. Like, that doesn't make any sense. If he was good enough to start, why didn't he play two games ago? But be that as a man, he's starting. Number two, it's clear he's not happy with Mo Diabate. There's no way you bench Mo Diabate, who was supposed to be the leader of your team for a guy who hadn't played two games ago unless you're mad at him. Tells me too he's going back to the offense that he wants to run with that stretch four guy.

You can shoot down the corner because Diabate is not that guy. They had to play different with Diabate in there. Yelovich gives him the offense, the lineup that I think he wants to try to play with. Now, do you think it's the right decision? I think so. And as we've said, you know, we're not in the locker room, but if you're watching the game on TV, you see a Diabate jawing with someone. Something's off there.

Three straight games where people at the game have told me Diabate's been fighting with some. Yeah, it's not speculating. You can see it with your eyeballs at this point. So as excited as I am for the offense to change up a little bit and bring Yelovich in, I think overall this says more about Diabate and how Pope feels about him and using the bench as a tool. But remember, when Brandon Garrison got benched, he played his best game the very next time out. So hopefully this is well received. Well, and it may also be with Jalen Lowe out.

You've got to generate offense how you can at this point. And you think Yelovich gives us a better chance to generate offense. We all agree they're better with Cam Williams on the floor. So you put Cam at the three, Yelovich at the four and try to be going to just generate some sort of offense. O'A, Aberdeen, Williams, Yelovich, and Moreno. Not a starting lineup anybody would have imagined at the beginning of year. Not at all. But that's what it is.

Here we go. And I think Oway will end up playing a lot of point. Oway is the team right now in my eyes. The way he started SEC play was in 2020 and 2020 in three games. I mean, it's all him right now. he's got to keep that going. 859-280-2287. If I'm supposed to get something else in a public,

let me, apparently that's going to become part of my life now. So I'm going to go. Oh, you'll stay taking your own bag. Take it in. I'm not going to take it. They asked me to join a team.

A team. Well, I mean, I bought the soda, and they were like, so did I bought light bulbs. And they were like, well,

if you sign up for this, you get $5 off. And it was like a code. And it was just too much. I don't want to be part of your group. But if it's, but if it's going to be next door to me, then I may have to become part of their group.

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One person who writes, Matt, stupid, I was raised to do firm handshakes by my grandpa and dad because they show you're strong. Well, I'm sure your grandpa and dad were fine people, but who cares what they think? Like, it's just, I mean, I mean, like it's the only thing where we've we've told society a you get you should touch someone generally speaking we don't think people should just go around touching each other and secondly like you don't just go up to someone just start shaking them some people like to shake but we have this idea that I'm gonna break it because you know some people get I think get off on

hurting you that's the point there's firm like I'm I'm giving some respect here nice firm handshake and there's I'm squeezing and trying to like win a a handshake content. No, you're trying to do hard. Just shake my hand. Actually fist upon me. One person writes, Matt, I've seen you in that building before the Mid City Mall. Are you going to miss the theater? Yeah, I have a lot of memories in that.

I mean, I've, listen, I've lived there almost 20 years just to give you a few of that theater. That theater. I've probably seen 200 movies in that theater. Wow. Gone. Isn't that where you did your marathons? Yes, well, one of the places, yes, the grocery store back when I would go, that's where I went. The library there. I've done multiple ESPN shows in the library where my internet would go out and I would have nowhere else to go and they'd put me in a room in that little library.

There's a jazzercise studio. Now, I never jazzercise, but I would walk by and I'm like, you know, people still jazzercise. Who knew? You didn't do it one time. Come on. It's just us. No. You did hot yoga.

You didn't think about it. I'll do hot yoga, but I, well, the jazzercise is like a different era. People aren't really jazzercising now. When I, remember when I hurt my wrist, when I went through the window? Yes. I ran into the doctor's office there with bloody arm coming down. There's a little doctor then. I ran in there and I go help and they were like, we can't help.

It's a doctor's off. What? Well, guess what? Public isn't going to be going to help you either. I'm running into public. You get a band. maybe. So all those places you didn't mention they're all going to be gone. If they're

not already gone, they're all going to be gone. And there's a comedy. And there used to be a comedy place. The comedy caravan. That's right. When I first moved to Louisville, I saw Greg Fitzsimmons there. I saw Bill Burr there. Yeah. That's heard of that. I didn't know it was right there. Well, it's not there anymore. It's gone. Yeah. It's, it's gone. One person writes, Matt, the thing that's good about Publix is Boar's Head Beef. What does that mean?

they have that yeah it's just everywhere a brand of meat you can get that's not exclusive to it's not yeah it's not yeah it's not yeah well i mean so that's not that i mean if you can get it anywhere yeah publics is famous for like buy one get one free like that's that i've heard of other places doing that too that's why don't what they're known for they're kind of gives it these i think i do an ad for that for cornbread hemp yeah bogo bogo they've got it they've got a lots of them maybe it's what it is okay right right Roscoe. Go ahead, Roscoe. Hey, guys. A couple quick questions. One real fast, and then the other one. Well, first of all, how is compensation structured to college athletes? Did they just get like a lump sum?

Let's pretend you've got a Shadden's shot type of player right now. And that's going on. Depends. They're all different. Some people get paid. Some people get paid. Some people get get paid all up front. What I've heard had started to happen this season, at least in football, is that they would not give the last payment until after the bowl game to make sure that people played in the bowl game. Because you may have seen this year, very few people opted out. And what I've heard is that part of it was they made it to where the last payment did not come until after the bowl game. Now, the problem with that is there's a couple programs that apparently didn't pay their last payments. And now that hurt them with with, with, uh,

you know, with future players, et cetera. But in general, I don't think they pay them up front. I think they pay them out in sums over time. And more and more, it looks like schools are making the last payment after the season ends. I think they ought to pay per game or something like that. But, hey, one other quick question. How come the call-in line you all don't advertise it as 280-0 cats instead of 2287? I'll hang up and listen.

I don't think I knew it was 28-0. Oh, yeah. It is. Really? Yeah. Yeah. But a lot of people can't find C-A-T-S on their phone. Well, do people still have the letters?

Yeah, they're still there. I used to write in parentheses, cats, when I was writing the number. I vaguely remember that we used to do that, but then they stopped telling me to do it. So 859-2-80 Cats? Yeah. It's 2287, yeah.

That'll be easier to remember. Because every time I go on vacation, when I come back, I have to write the numbers down to remember. 8-9-2-80 cats. Maybe longer. All right. 859-9-9-2-8-8-8-8-8. 2-80-0 cats.

You open a whole new world. I know. Now I have to remember six numbers. And I already know 859. So really, it's now all about the 280-0. You got it. Let's go to Adam. Go ahead, Adam.

Hey, what's up? What's up? And, you know, pretty much the entire basketball season, but this team will go as far as Jalen Lowe. Yes. Now that he's out, let me offer a silver lining. Okay. You know, let's say that he, you know, has a surgery.

he can come back fully healthy next season. By playing Jasper Johnson at the point guard one, now maybe he won't transfer out. And then you can start low and Jasper Johnson at the one and the two next year. And that kind of helps with kind of our law and recruiting. If you can get those two guys back, fully experienced. Love that view. I think that's a great positive view.

appreciate the call, which is you do enough now to get Jasper Johnson time to where he want to come back. You know, Jalen Lowe's dad insinuated to Jack Pilgrim last night that Jalen Lowe would like to come back, but he also seemed to insinuate that he wasn't sure that U.K. would want him back. I don't know what that's about. That'll probably play out over the course of the year. But either way, you're right.

Now, my expectations for the team have changed. I'd be interested in what you all have. I came into this year thinking we could win the national championship. I after the Purdue games thought we'd certainly make the 5 and 4. Now I'm like, let's make the tournament and then let's just hope we get a good draw. That's kind of where I am. Where are you? Exactly where I am.

And it's awful that our expectations for Kentucky basketball is just get in the tournament. I think that's where I am, though, because if I'm being realistic. Now, we can evaluate at the end of the year, Drew, whether that was acceptable enough. But for right now, I think that's just where I am. I'm the same. There's not a game on the schedule where I'm going to wake up that day and we're winning tonight. I agree. Maybe Ole Miss at home.

Not a game on the schedule. Not a single game on the schedule. And it stinks for at that point. I mean, unless they go on an amazing run, I'm going to be disappointed in this. I'm not changing my bar. But at this point, just getting the tournaments, we have a hope of having some magic. I'm counting the wins. I think it takes seven wins for us to make the tournament in our last 15 games.

So every time we get one. Scratch it off the list. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying this is acceptable. I'm just saying it's the reality of where we are right now. Because we didn't recruit a backup point guard. So we are where we are. We'll take a break. Be right back.

KSR. T.J. Smith, personal injury attorney. Call T.J. He'll make them pay. Now, more of Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Here's Matt Jones. Probably my number one guilty pleasure song here, Shannon. Even still, I shouldn't like this song. I remember when it first came out.

You still love this song. Shouldn't like it, but I do. It's my shot song. I'm supposed to be taking. a shot of alcohol right now. Every time it comes on, no matter where I am. I forgot about that. Yeah, I do like it.

Carly Jepson, what are you going to do? What are we having to her? She's still around? Just making money on this song. No kidding. 859-28027. Some people on the text machine shanam making fun of me. Yeah.

Matt, you bought light bulbs. Who did you hire to put them in? That's a good line. That's good. It's not nice. I bought them and I put them in and now my house is much brighter. One person says Publix will also do a seafood. boil right there for you to take home. You just pick out the seafood and they will boil it there.

That sounds amazing. You like a seafood bowl? I mean, I don't know that I've had. You never had one? Like a shrimp oil? I might have. But that sounds good. Well, they'll, anything they'll do for me right there. I'm four. It's pretty cool. I have hot water at home though. I can boil. Yeah. You ever boiled? I have boiled. An egg. That's about it. One person writes, Matt, I respect your opinion on things. So I'm asking this nicely. It's always a tough start to the sentence. I think you've lived in that place now for almost 20 years. You could have bought it by now.

Why do you still rent? It's a fair question because he's never in 20 years raised the rent. Which is pretty cool. Pretty good. That's a good landlord. One time. Yeah, it's a great landlord. So I'm still paying what I paid in 2006.

Grandfathered in. Go to charts and see. I mean, if I told you. what that place was, you'd be, I mean, you know what it is. You'd be shocked. What do you think? Well, I'm not even there that often. I don't ever leave.

I don't ever leave because like, why would I? It's like, it's cheaper than a storage unit. He could get five times as much. Five times what I pay. Yes. And he always is like, you're a good rent. So no. And the person, well, I won't get it.

But like, yeah, he could get five times. But so that's why I don't. Plus, I feel like I'm not going to be a good homeowner. What? You're buying light bulbs. That's good. Well, is Mario going to be moving chairs into your kitchen? I mean, it's like you got obstacles working against you here.

I feel like there's a lot of work that goes with it. It's a pain. It is a thing. And I just won't do a great job with. What's the update of the Mario, your apartment disaster? I put it back. He's going to rework on it. To try to make it.

What do you think about the game tonight? Are you confident, not confident? What's the spread? Three, I believe. We're four and a half. I said it was going to be three and a half. That seems like about right. Are you confident?

I don't know if confidence is the word. They haven't won yet in the SEC. Well, their best player, his status will decide my confidence. The three games that they lost are the three games he didn't play. So they're a different team without him. And he's doubtful tonight. Without him, I feel better. I mean, I want him to be good.

If he shows up, we don't need doubt. The thing is he needs to get himself to where there's no doubt. and then he can play this weekend. And they're cheating. We already said Lowe's out, and Quains is out. They're kind of dragging this long. Is he in or out?

Do you know or do you know? Just go ahead and say. Deed and Thomas, he's very good. It gets like 17 a game. He's their point guard. He's the reason they're 0 and 3 right now and doubtful tonight. That makes me feel better with him unlikely to go. Yeah, both teams, their point guard is the one

that they thought were going to be their driving force and we've lost ours and they've lost theirs for several games. So to answer your question, am I confident? I'm not. I'm not confident. but we need to win. Yes. I mean, this is a big one.

This is just like the Missouri game, Mississippi State. This is a big one. You need this one. Two and two is not ideal. You'd like to be three and one. But you'll take two and two because then you can go steal one somewhere. Sure. But if you want to keep on the track to get in the tournament and feel good,

the other thing is if you lose this game, folks, we will be in last place in the SEC. Yeah. Because they are in last and they're the only team that's lost. So if you lose, then they have the tiebreaker on you. You will be in last place in the SEC. I know we focus on getting on the big tournament. Not everybody cares about Nashville. But yesterday I'm talking to Tyler, and we're talking about booking Wednesday already.

I can't do this. I need to see the weekend of the SEC tournament. We can't go in on Wednesday. But the chances are we're going to play on Wednesday. I know. I mean, if we're not. Let's get some wins. But we also maybe we turn it around and maybe this,

maybe benching Diabate and having just low being gone, forcing them to go back to the old offense. Ryan, maybe it works. Maybe. It worked the second half against Mississippi State. It did. The offense looked better and it's looked in weeks. So maybe, you know, maybe that's what it takes.

Sometimes, you know, what was the year Patrick Ewing got hurt? Patrick Ewing's one of the 40 best players of all time. He gets hurt. The Knicks have to completely change the way they play because he's hurt. Then they got to the championship. Right? Larry Johnson and them because they just I'm reaching.

Pope used to be a Nick. I'll hope you here. We're walking right into it. Jaylon Lowe's been to New York. All of those things could maybe that happens. Let's go to Steve. Go ahead, Steve. Hey guys. Circling back to potential lineups,

here's one I'd like to see. O'Way, Aberdeen, Johnson, Malachi, and Williams. I think that gets us off to a lot better start in the beginning of games. You might see that lineup, by the way. Sure. I mean, that's a lineup that I, I mean, it's the four starters and then Johnson instead of

Yellovich. I could easily see that being a lineup that you get in some games. Yeah, and I think you bring Chandler and Noah off the bench for the smalls. And, you know, we have to look at, JQ is not going to be a focal point this year, I don't think. you know, it's going to be tough for him to catch up, I think. But, you know, then we got Garrison. He's playing a little bit better now, Yellovich.

So, yeah, I like that start the lineup. I love to see that to start games. Yeah, I don't know if they, I appreciate the call. I mean, I don't know if they'll start with that, but I think it makes sense. Quaintance is out again. Are you, like, where are we on Quaintance? We do. Do we all think he's going to play again?

Yeah, I've never. And Ryan, don't answer. I heard you Saturday, but go ahead. Not even 1% of me has had like the Shaden Sharp. He'll sit-out thing. Not all year. He's had the right attitude. But that was before we're starting to hear swelling.

If the knee is flaring up stuff, that does make me worry a little bit. But I don't think we're going to have any him stepping away to protect the draft. I think he still needs to play a little bit more to secure his spot. So I think we'll see him again, but I do worry if that thing's going to keep swelling up, how much we'll see him again. You play him, and if it swells up, it may be something. When he plays one game, sits two. Plays one game, sits two. If that need's going to swell up.

Go ahead. Go ahead. Be who you were in the pregame show. Go ahead and be Mr. Negative. I'm not going to jump at you. People didn't like that jumped at you last time. Go ahead. Well, I didn't even take that side.

I'd said that's the conspiracy theorist that maybe he is to that point where he may. You don't just say that, though. You say it because you believe. I don't believe it. That's the open forum. We're discussing it on Kentucky Sports Radio. All right. Open forum.

Let's go to We didn't get your prediction though Let's go to Oh gosh What Is it that bad Just go to Bob and James He's been on from the beginning

Go ahead Great call Bob Maybe your best one yet Bob come on Bob Do you believe an extra terrestrial Yeah That's what we need

Yes we do No first of all We do not I believe, I do not. Okay, okay. Okay, now let me tell you, this Saturday in Belbrook, Ohio, that's east of date in about 10 miles, it's easy to get to. You go up to 75, take 675 east. At the Belbrook, Ohio Public Library, they're hosting Ray Samanski, a 40-year employee of Wright Patterson.

Now, I don't know, you know, usually. classified material you can't be talking about it but he's having a public library in belbrook where did you hear this bob like just out of curiosity how do you no i've got reservations but the library is sponsoring it but they're doing it in a church across the street oh they're in the church okay so they're in the church across the street from the library in belbrook from the library how did you find out about this event mad I have contacts all over. I mean, I'm not. Anyway.

So you think this highly classified document that it proves there's aliens is going to be debuted in the church across the street from the library in Belbrook, Ohio, down the road from Dayton? Ray Samasky, a 40-year retired employee is going to reveal stories about the Wright Patterson. At the church? aliens from the library I can say all the secrets of Wright Patterson Air Force Base

now that's where Project Blue Book is headquarter yeah of course it is I've got any open seats Matt let me tell you another thing all right so where the hooks and rewards I used to work on the railroad dark

Shannon and North State I didn't know you appreciate the call Shannon listen to this story A North Dayton A car's pumping shop You ever been to a Clark's pumping shop?

You remember Mike Schmidt? I don't know. His dad has a drive-in restaurant in North Dayton called Jack Drive-in. Well, it was close to the Air Force Base. You could get perfect icy mornings. You can get coffee, a sandwich.

It's all there. Clark's puppet shop. Okay. Anyway, no, it's a drive-in-off. Everyday food and essential items at Clark's Puppet Shop. Go to Bluegrass Clark's Puppet Shop. Return, refresh, refuel, Clark's Puppet Shop. They do have stuff from Roswell.

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I'm going to be pretty upset. Yeah, we can do that. Somebody suggests during the break. What do you think, Drew, send Mario with Bob to the alien thing on Saturday? I was offering right there on the spot. I said, I mean, extra room you got it? You think Mario, a Mario Bob road trip. where Mario could like show what Bob is life behind the scenes.

Do we want to know? And then Mario, I mean, could go to the alien thing. Think even bigger, though. What if there is breaking news and Mario's there and he's the only reporter? And he's the only reporter. All right. So let's put this up to a popular vote. Would you like us to send Mario with Bob and James?

I'll tell you what. where could we post a you do it on Twitter. Would you like Mario to go with Bob and Jamestown? Yes or no. Mario, if it gets 80% of the vote, you're going. 80%.

I'm not going to make it 50-50. 80%, then we'll send you, assuming Bob will take you. I'll let you drive separately. I don't know if I'll get in. 95% and Bob gets in Mario's new car. Mario's new car and Bob. 80%.

So go ahead and post that, Drew. If we get an 80%, percent yes, Mario, we will send you to the church across the street from the library down the road from Dayton. That's the Saturday. That's this Saturday. I want to get the city right. Bob said he had an extra ticket.

He said he RSP. Yeah. You can watch the Tennessee game with them too. That game's at noon. Games at noon. Yeah. You all could go to a sports bar. There you go.

You and Bob. Yeah. I won't make you ride with Bob. I wouldn't wish that. on anyone. But sending you, I think, Ryan, I think it's great content. Yeah. And plus we get people could find, because a lot of people don't even know what Bob looks like. True. This would be a good chance. And I don't have to be around him. Well, he's, he's got me excited to know that. 80%. It'll be up to the fans. Vote on Drew's, uh, Twitter. 859280, cats. Uh, Cincinnati

is going to be basketball tonight against Colorado. You probably don't care normally. Who cares? Cincinnati and Colorado, Shannon, not a game anybody's going to care about. But the Cincinnati students have said they're going to come to the game with bags on their head, the whole student section. Because they're so upset about the Cincinnati coach. Now, Cincinnati fans are begging them not to because they say it's a bad look. The Cincinnati students are saying we're doing it anyway. Some people are saying the University of Cincinnati should ban bags from coming into the game?

What do you make? What should happen here tonight, Shannon, at Baggate at Cincinnati's basketball? My understanding is they have a clear bag policy. So if you're a Cincinnati fan, do you just put the clear bag on your head? I mean, you can still see your face. That kind of defeats the purpose, but the sentiment's still there. Clear bag. Like a psychopat.

I don't think we need casualties there. The leader of the students actually claims they're going to do it. Well, apparently somebody showed up at his coaches show last night with a bag over their head. That kind of sparked this movement. That was Monday. Monday. But the students, they've put out a whole thing saying they're going to do it. Your Cincinnati basketball, by the way.

How about some self-awareness? They've been good, though. You're not that good. Well, they've been to the final four. They were a number one team in America. They were the favorites to win the national championship until Kenyon broke his leg. That's right. Didn't Kirk Cresa transfer to Cincinnati? He's there now. And Darbyshire there with him? Well, wasn't C.J. Frederick there? He was. I don't think he's still there.

Yeah, Darby Shire is also there. He and Creasa left together. So if you, if it was our student section, Ryan, would you get up, give up and give an impassion plea not to do it? Yes, I probably would. I don't think it's a good look. Not a good look at all. You got a home game and your fans are. turning on your coach with still a lot of basketball left. I wonder if more people will come to support the team knowing this is going to happen. Could be? Because I would think a Cincinnati Colorado basketball game is normally not going to get a huge crowd. Maybe it gets more of one tonight. You say it's not a good look.

It might be an improvement for some of these people. Don't say it. You're trying to suggest people in Cincinnati are not attractive. No, not everybody, but some of them, I said. Mark A. Anthony, go ahead. Shannon, Matthew, what did Mario do to you to make you want to send him to Dayton? I just think it would be good content. I think seeing Bob in the alien, he'll meet so many weirdos, and like, I just think it would be, it would be great.

You will sire that young man on hanging out with old white men for good and all, and I'm an old white man. I don't think he hangs out with an old white man now, but, yes, it's right. Listen, as much as you may or may not want this, Jasper Johnson has got to play at the point a lot. I agree. We have no choice because when you put Denzel on the ball, you are a net loser. And so he has got to play the point.

He's got to play a lot. And I think he'll do. I think he's up to it. He wants to try to do what he needs to do. But whether or not he can, develop his skills well enough to carry him through. It remains to be seen, but you have no choice but they'll let him try. I agree. Mark, I'm with you. I appreciate the call. I think he's got to play, especially with

low out. That's the only way to get the ball. With 57 minutes remaining on the poll, 519 votes are in. Should Mario go to Bellbrook, Ohio, to learn about ghosts and aliens with Bob and Jamestown. Yes. 95%. Oh, you're going on. No. Five percent.

Who are the 5%? Mario voted for the vote. No, I know they are. They're the ladies of KSR Facebook page who feel sorry for Mario and don't want him to have to do it. Like my mom would have voted no. Don't make Mario do that.

Mario voted. So that's another no. Okay, wait a minute. There's some late moving votes 94-6. 559 votes in. We're still above the threshold. Oh, we're at 94. 94 is still a huge amount. But there's still time.

I don't want to prejudge. There's still some counties that come in. There's a dump vote coming in Fulton County, Georgia later. I don't even think this is a bad thing. I think you should be excited. Yeah. How many people get the chance to hang out with Bob and Jamestown, Mario? Not that many people.

And you can learn about this is top secrets. It is classified information. This has never been released. You could witness history. Maybe we, I'd like, I'm trying to think who I can get to go with you. Me, I'm volunteering. Is it during the Tuesday game show Saturday? That's right.

I can do it from there. Oh my goodness. In all honesty, if you want to go and do the post game show from the alien convention in Belbrook, Ohio. What time is this thing? I don't know. I will, I will support that completely. I think people would want to hear about Tennessee on Saturday.

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