KSR - 2026-02-11- KSR - Hour 2

Episode Date: February 11, 2026

Matt, Ryan, Drew, and Shannon talk Olympics, the KSR/UK airplane seating chart, and take your calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's all I did during research, yeah, on Western Michigan All-Stars. That's not the name. But yeah, Western Michigan. I want to see how you do. Okay. I think you are probably not going to be good at it. No, I'm awful at it. But, you know, maybe somebody just gets lucky in Winston.

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So my man, he's from Norway. Everybody good at the Olympics from Norway. A video went viral the guy I was talking about yesterday. Remember the guy I talked about who looks like a train going up the mountain? They shut, like that video went viral yesterday. Because he just dominates. That is insane the amount of cardio you'd have to have to do that. I mean, I would have a heart attack. Crazy that guy. And you heard it at first here on KSA? We did. Right. Okay. So some guy, I think it was a scheme, cross-country scheme. Comes in third, wins the bronze. The Norwegian TV station interviews it.

And they say, hey, man, congratulations. How do you feel about getting the bronze? And he talks about it for like two seconds, and then he just goes, well, actually, this has been the worst week of my life. Because I made a mistake and fumbled a woman who was the gold medal of my life, which I thought was. pretty strong thing to say. He said, I cheated on my girlfriend, and she broke up with me,

and so it has been miserable. I'm glad I won the bronze, but ultimately I'm sad because I cheated on my girlfriend and ruined a great relationship. Strong play by this guy. Yeah, it was. Yes, it was. I mean, strong play. Just throws his infidelity out to the world.

Nobody asked him, hey man. Nobody knew about it. What you've been doing? You've been faithful to your lady? He just throws it out there and just says, hey, I've been cheating. I couldn't believe it, Drew. I can't believe he would bring that embarrassment onto him, but also onto his girlfriend. I mean, let's be real.

The whole world was Googling who's this guy's girlfriend. And I'm sure people in Norway are like, come on, forgiving. I think it was a pretty poor decision on his part. What do you make? Very poor. I mean, I don't know them, but getting cheated on probably wasn't the best feeling for her. Probably a little humiliating. And now he's just going to go tell the whole world she's going through that.

I mean, the world. Let me get on the Olympic stage and tell everyone what I did you that you're dealing with right now. Yeah, and he made it about him. Yeah. He was like, oh, I screwed up. And I mean, it's fine. He probably did screw up. He probably does have regrets.

But I can't imagine that leads her to taking him back. There's another side of this, I wonder. So I saw they dated for three months. Is there any part of her that's like this random that will not leave me alone? But they only dated for three months? They dated for three months. She's like, why is this random dude? I didn't even like that much.

Still talking about me on global television. Oh, I didn't know. To me, there's like extreme sides here. She's like, please leave me alone and stop bringing this up. I'm not interested in you. I don't care what happened. We're not a thing. Oh, you think she was like...

Three months in that very long. You think she was kind of like, it's good, man. It's fine. Please quit talking about it. This gave me a reason to get out of it. And if you're going to cheat on her in three months, how much did you really love her? That's a good point. You weren't with there for 30 years, dude.

You weren't there for three months. You couldn't even get through three months. I'm getting a lot of crazy on his end. Yeah. Well, clearly, bringing that up in the, I mean, this was like, this would be like, I don't know, Drake May being interviewed at the, this is this guy's Super Bowl, right? I mean, if you're a cross-country skier, I can't imagine there's something better than the Olympics. This is his Super Bowl, and he lost, but it would be like interviewing Drake May at the Super Bowl,

and he's like, yeah, by the way, I lost this game, but I also lost. lost my woman. And that was, and you go, Drake, geez. He calls her the love of his life. You just can't think that that move, saying that at that time, was the right idea to try to win her back. Could it be, though, Norwegian culture is different. Could be.

We get on the big stage. We got to profess our love for somebody I cheated on. She'll take me back today. My favorite comment was somebody wrote in my Twitter replies, there's Norway this works. I love it I like this You all giggled

All three of you You giggle You giggle Don't act like you need a giggle But if Ryan made that joke You would crush him If I would If I were the woman too

I would say You know what I'm into guys who can win gold Sorry I'm not into guys who win bronze Oh you think she should just go With the guy who got gold Yeah

Like you know bronze Yeah I don't know with silver What a loser You see that finish guy Over that got the gold That's who I want That's who I want

At least give me some sterling silver. I think that's fair. I'm also seeing, according to ESPN, he just told her that he cheated this week. So it kind of feels like I got caught, and I'm just trying to do it. He didn't tell her on TV, though. No, but this is all new to her. Okay. So he's trying to do damage control?

I think he's really bad at his damage control. I don't know either party, but I don't think that was the move. It also doesn't help him in the future with other relationships now that everybody, the world knows her. Yeah, now the world knows he's a cheater. Yeah, good luck trying to jump on 10. now, buddy. Yeah. All right.

Next thing. I have maybe my favorite sport of the Olympics. Everybody knows short track speed skating, right? Like they go around and it's like four of them and then they'll fall and they'll go into the wall and the pads. That's all exciting. But last night, again, on the peacock, the way I get on peacock and just look for a sport, I don't know and turn that on.

And they had mixed team short track speed skating. So it's men and women, but they also will do just men and just women. But it's a relay. Like think about the track, the 4x100 or whatever. But they don't have a baton, okay? So the way they hand off from one to the other person is they just like tag them. But in order to make them go faster, they push them by the butt. Okay?

So they have to start from a stationary position? No. So the thing is they're going around the track. And they're going at big speeds. So whoever you're going to tag can't just be standing there without moving. Yeah. So they skate around the inside. And then when it becomes the right time, they go right in front of you and you hit them on the butt and push them.

Okay. So at any given time, it's chaos. Yeah. There are the four people on the inside. Then there are the outside. Then there are the four people going next on the inside. people are just crossing back and forth, hitting each other on the butt, and pushing, and it's wild. It's hard to know any given point who is the real racer, because there's just chaos throughout the whole thing, and I found it fascinating.

They're like, it seems like there's like 20 people on each team. It just goes on and on, and then at some point they'll be like, that's it. The butt hits are huge. Like, they push them so fast, and I love it. It's my, again, when I tell you to watch something, I'm not just saying it for my health. Go watch the mixed team relay and watch these people. It's wild. Sounds like the chaos is what makes it enjoyable to watch.

It's, yes, and then the butt pushes. I'm a big. The butt pushes, like you don't see a lot of encouraging of butt pushes in other sports. A lot of butt push. I think it's good. It's good teamwork. We all get winded or have moments in our day where it's like, man, I just need to. quick butt push and I can get through this.

Like you said, other sports. It is a butt tag. No, there's no other sport where. What they should call it, but tear. Yeah, there's no point where, you know, Ellie Day, Cruz is running. Matt McLean just comes and pushes him in the butt. Like, they don't do that.

I'm thinking about Saturday Gainesville. Let's say it's high game, three minutes left, and Reese Potter just comes into Colin Chandler, just a quick shove and gets him down for a fast break. You need that butt push. I guess you do have it in football, though. Push. You got the tush push.

Yeah, there we go. It's kind of like a tush push, but on skates. I like it. Good team. We all need a little boost to a friend or a teammate. And then sometimes people just fall. So like during the race last night I saw one. There's four teams.

Somebody butt pushed, pushed the end of the other guy. They all go flying into the wall. And then it's a question of who can get up first. Yes. Because they still, the top two move on. And then they're all mad at each other. They're like, you pushed into me. And they get angry at each other all the time.

It's very fun. Is butt pushing a skill? Like when they go to the gym, are they bench pressing? And like, you think they got to practice it? They have to practice. have to practice it. Anyway, big fan of the mixed team relay. Who's next, Shannon?

Joe. Joe, go ahead, Joe. Hey, Matt, two things. One, if Chicago Pope invites Villanova and Kentucky Pope to play the Vatican next year, I would only hope that Shannon would do him the respect of opening the Twitter app and letting him send one tweet from Sister Jean. Oh, yeah, Sister Jean could respond about the game. I agree.

Although she's dead now, right? She does. She can twig. Wi-Fi in heaven. Yeah, that's true. I appreciate the call. It's it? One second.

One second. Go ahead, Joe. You there? Yeah. The next time, and you guys joked about on Monday, that you'd want to do a challenge or put Ryan through something, I know the three requirements to be a bush at the halftime show. And Ryan's got the first two down easy. One, be between five, seven, and six foot. Perfect.

Easy. Easy. Athletic build. Athletic build. I see it. Okay. Check. The third thing is they were required to be able to stand with a 50-pound costume for five hours.

Could you stand with a 50-pound costume for five hours to be a sugar cane bush? No, I can't. We should try. We should try. We should try. Ryan, a 50-pound weight to do the show with for at least two hours. He just has to stand on this stage for five hours straight. That's a no for me, dog.

That's a lot. My goodness. Why did they have to do five hours? Seems like they could have gotten in costume. It's probably hard to sit down. But it was a 15-minute performance. Five hours seems to look extreme. Were they ready, four and a half hours before they went out there?

Well, they might have had a dress rehearsal. Okay. We would have helped you, Ryan. We would have butt pushed you through it if you needed to get through the two-and-half-hour mark. 859-28027. Who's next? Stephen. Am I healthier now as I'm getting older in my UK fandom or am I just no longer a fanatic by its true sense?

I grew up listening to K. Wood in the stripping room. And what? In the what do you say? You listen to K. Wood in the stripping room? What does that mean? Yes, sir. Tobacco stripping room. So tobacco stripping.

Okay. That could have a lot of meetings. I didn't know what I didn't know what you meant. It'd be hard to dance to Kewood. Didn't know where he was going with that. Yes. I skipped school after the Leitner Law, actually for a few days. Yeah.

I drove my U.S. teammates, who happened to be all former, I mean, fellow cats fans. We wore blue all around campus. We just had to wear a red. I believe you on your credentials. Are you asking me the fact that you're not as obsessive as you were when you younger, does that make you less of a fan? Is that where you're asking me? Yes. Now I, on a nine- No, you're just, you're grown-up now.

Yeah, you're- I don't care if I don't base my life around it, but does that mean I'm not a fan-a- Do you still watch every game? I watch every game except for the nine-clock games, with that we lose. Well, now that makes you old if you won't stay up for the nine-clock games. But in general, no. you are still a very big fan. People, I appreciate the call.

People grow older and their fandom changes. I think in general, people's fandom is at the highest at like two points in their life. One is when they are young, middle school to like high school. Then when you get in college, people are still into it, but they have like fun lives. And then I think when you're like 25, 24, I think people then get really obsessive again. And then there comes a point, like, I mean, I guess it's when you have kids. You know, they're pooping all over the place. And so you have to, like, you have to deal with that.

And that takes your priority. And then I think people get obsessive again when they get older because they've got less stuff to do. And so I think it kind of goes through phases, don't you? Yeah, life comes from. You get busy. Things happen. It's hard to lock in on every game. Probably different reasons for each person.

I mean, my friends, I think about my friends that are not in this business. For some of them, they have not been as big of fans recently. But then I have a couple where their kids are now about to go to college, and they're almost becoming bigger fans again because they've got more time, right? I have friends my age that they don't even know who Kentucky's playing. If they knew it would make a point to watch the game, a lot of times they just can't keep up with it anymore. Yeah.

Well, they should get them like a magnet schedule. It says the battery's about to die. Is this plugged in? Well, I'm going to do it during the commercial break. I was waiting for the commercial break. You still got 30%. So you didn't plug it in. Didn't plug it in yet.

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Kentucky Sports Radio. One person on text machine writes the short track speed skating relays are what my husband and I live for during the Olympics' absolute violent chaos, says Shannon and Barbara. It really is. People falling everywhere. It is. It is It is awesome.

So you got to see it. Like if you click on the peacock, it'll say mixed team relays, you have to fast forward because they do all these heats. So you have to fast forward like an hour in, and then you'll see it. You know, and then track and field the relays that have the baton. But this is much wild. Swimming, they touch the wall. Much wilder.

Smacking the butt's a different element. It's not just a smack. First of all, I don't smack it. They don't just come up and like, they don't just go pop. It's a push. It's like to give leverage. and get them going. A little shake and bake.

My family's been locked in on Quad God. Like Quad God. Last night. Figure skater. Yep. Ilya Malinden. I think you have to say his name. He's absolutely incredible.

I mean, he looks like a Game of Thrones villain. Did you see he skipped practice? Yeah. Just didn't come to practice. He's like Alan Iverson. We're talking about practice in the Olympics. They get ice time to practice. Everybody does it.

He just doesn't come. So everybody's like, is he okay? Shows up for the event. No practice kills it. And a few days ago, he had an amazing run, great score, and he was like, that was 50% effort. And, like, his publicist came out, we want to be clear. He gives 100% effort. But he was like, that was my half best.

Well, you know, he's trying to. He did a backflip and landed on one skate. How do you? What? The backflip was wild. What? It was wild. The whole thing, he's good.

I've enjoyed this Olympics. There's something about the beauty of the snow and the skiing and, like, everybody, you know, except for the fact Jake Paul has been involved. Everything else has been great. Have you seen any snoop dog stuff yet? Oh, he's been everywhere. There's multiple snoops in Italy. He goes to all of it, and he enjoys it.

All right, Field of 68 literally just put out their new bracket predictions. Here's what they have for us. Us is a sixth seed. We would play UCLA in the first round, and then Purdue in the second round in Philadelphia. I don't like that Purdue storyline, because we're just going to get made fun of for that exhibition win if it doesn't go well. Yeah, get them out of here. Yeah, I don't want to play Purdue. I don't think Purdue's as good as we all thought that we were going to the season, but I don't want to play them again.

Let me read you the cities where the first, because we're going to go. Okay. First and second round, we're going because, Shannon, we might not have another weekend, so we're going to enjoy that one. Here are our choices. You tell me which one you would like to go to the most. Okay. Which one would you like to go to the least? Buffalo, Tampa, Philadelphia, St. Louis, San Diego,

Oklahoma City and Portland. That's where it is this year. Well, I'm eliminating Buffalo first. Buffalo. But Buffalo is one of the closest. Actually, not that far. You think it's far. It's really not that far.

I'm taking that one off the table. It could be an awful wintery mess. Gone. Okay. No Buffalo. What else? I like St. Louis. That's relatively close.

He just wants the one that's close. All he cares about is the drive. Okay. We've had good experience. Last time we were in St. Louis, we had a good experience there at the SEC tournament. I think the last time we were in St. Louis, we won the SEC tournament. And then we went there. No, it was Kansas City in the NCAA.

Okay, go ahead. I've really never done anything in Oklahoma City. Except staying. Yeah, you've been to the Honda Hotel. And you've done a TV show there. We slept with the light on all night. And a Thunder game. I would argue you've done a lot in Oklahoma City.

And we've been to Oklahoma City twice. We went to the Thunder one time. I thought that was not the same time we stayed at the haunted hotel. We've been twice. Twice. Okay. Yeah. And then, so which one's your best?

Tampa, St. Louis. You just like Tampa because that's where you know all those people. What about you? Buffalo, immediate first pick. Buffalo's your first pick? Yeah. Easy drive. I miss my community.

I miss my fellow Bill's fans. Great blue cheese there. I thought we had good blue cheese. I thought I had blue cheese figured out. They got another level of blue cheese going on there. Their blue cheese is like the real thing. Hard to go back to regular blue cheese when you've had Buffalo. Buffalo Blue.

So Buffalo's my top pick. I'm feeling love with Buffalo when you guys were up there. So what's your least one? Portland. Portland. Portland's a long way away. Shannon, what about you? I'd rather go anywhere but Philadelphia.

So that's last on the lead. Why don't you like Philadelphia? There's nothing redeemable about Philadelphia. Nothing redeemable about Philadelphia at all? I hate the Eagles. I hate like everything about their sports teams. I hate the Phillies. I hate it ECW.

Cheezed. You hated ECW? That feels harsh. UCW sucked. So what's your pick? Well, okay. I'm going to give you number two and number one. Number two would be Buffalo.

I've never been there before, so I'd be right with Buffalo. Number one is Tampa where it's warm. Let's go where it's warm. Amen. All right, so mine, it's interesting. My number one would be Philadelphia. Really? The arena is a little far away.

That stinks, but I like Philadelphia. It's pretty much a walkable city from a lot of it, except we wouldn't be able to walk to the arena. But I like it. And I just think there's a lot. It's fun. Good food. A lot of Kentucky fans there in Philadelphia.

So I think I would enjoy that. I would also like Buffalo. I mean, Portland would be the worst because it's so far away. San Diego, I mean, we'd have to fly, but eye heart, I think, would pay for it. And it's beautiful there. And that's a big city. I've only been to one time that I would enjoy. San Diego is number one on my bucket list.

just this time around get a little close to a due date I probably shouldn't be in California at that moment so something drivable would be better for my circumstances Also Greenville South Carolina is one but we ain't going to get to go there because Duke and Carolina will be there

So we won't end up there All three you guys kind of put Buffalo pretty high on your list and I made them dead last Well so we could end up at any of those lots of And a drive to Oklahoma City I know you would have fun with driving through the Ozarks Come on you know last one

Philadelphia we had to do our post-game show out in the parking lot and we got kicked out of that place it was awesome they had all those fans stand that was great so uh in terms of kentucky fans st louis would probably have the most yeah is is philadelphia a second though good thing about philly is that whole area can get there easily dc new york new york we'll hop on a train and be there we've had great luck in st louis 718 won the championship in st louis yeah what problem is illinois and kansas will probably get st louis over us so i don't know 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. Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio. 859-280-2287. A lot of butt songs today. Yes, well, that was a good... It was a good topic.

It was a good topic. 772-754. Another person reminds me, Philadelphia, probably has a lot going on with the America. It's 250th anniversary of America. us, so that's probably, they've got a lot of stuff going on there, I would think. I've been there a bunch. I like Philadelphia a lot.

I agree with Shannon. They're sports fans are the worst, but as a city, I've had a lot of fun. They probably won't be at the games. You still have to breathe the same air. Cheastack is overrated. It's not that great. I like cheesecake. I'm going to disagree with that.

One person writes, Matt, after all you all talked about over the years about the Epstein list, are you now good to say that you were wrong saying there wasn't a lot more to it? Yeah, I'll say that. I think I underestimated how much was being hidden. I don't think how, like, we're going to do an interrupted podcast this week about that, me and Billy. I've been shocked. I've been shocked about two things. I've been shocked how many people knew him.

Like we talked about that yesterday. Like how many people from all different walks of life, like all different, like politicians, bankers there hasn't been like the Hollywood celebrities everybody acted like would be on there but just how many business people world leaders members of Trump's cabinet

I mean it's just and then I'm surprised that so many of these people are not like losing their jobs right even I don't understand like has Trump not firing these people like how are you leaving how are these like there's like banks

that still have these people in charge. There's a guy from Ohio State. There's a guy from Ohio. Like, how are they all still keeping their job? He's not just any guy. He's high on the list of what was going on. They have some explaining to do it. They're in positions of power.

And it seems like there's different tiers. They're the people that, like, knew him and interacted with him, but you don't know. And maybe even did things that were whatever, but we don't know that they did the illegal things. it looks to me like maybe Clinton and Trump and some of those people are in that list

but then there are people who are there are alleged to have done awful things and like I don't know how those people are keeping their jobs or at least being suspect I don't know and then I really don't understand the well we're not charging anybody else this is over

that seems crazy to me I sent you all an email yeah so a listener sent me an email that's in the files that is written from someone who is saying, I'm at the Kentucky Speedway for this NASCAR race. This is too Epstein and is like, what do you need or something? So that means they were saying, like, I'm in the motor coat, like, acted like they were in, like, a big part of the Kentucky Speedway, like, at the race, which those are probably

like Kentucky dignitaries, right? So you got to go, well, who is that? You know, we looked at the date. It was like 2013 race. Who was at the 2013 race? Like, I don't know. Like, that's somebody. They're in, that email, that's in there.

That person is admitting they're in Kentucky at that time. They're in Kentucky, at the Kentucky Speedway. It's in a, like, in one of the suites. I mean, and the name is redacted. I don't understand why the names are redacted. Why do they do that? Redact the victims, but I don't understand. Just because you're in there doesn't mean you're necessarily guilty.

but like what is the reason for redacting and I don't understand and Thomas Massey from Northern Kentucky is like taking the lead on saying you know and he's the guy from California and him I give those guys a lot of credit there like getting the lead of it all and one's a Republican one's a Democrat I believe right

yeah so anyway I it's I will I will admit Shannon was right there was a lot more to it than I thought there would be I thought it would probably be a lot of nothing and I think it's more than nothing But like the sort of names people thought Like it's gonna have these Hollywood celebrity I haven't seen any of those

It is crazy that they're just straight up saying Yeah nothing really happened We're just not gonna do anything Like we're all a bunch of idiots Yeah well It surprised me I think that's fair to say Who's next?

Freebird Freebird go ahead Freebird Hey guys I apologize to you Matt With the late question But yesterday I listened to the segment About the question about that Alabama transfer

That they let place Yes I guess I'm asking from an attorney standpoint, can there be any pullback from the games that he played that can be a waste off? So the NCAA has said, yeah, so the NCAA has, so for the Alabama guys now not eligible. Right. And that was an appeals court. Well, if the district court said it, I don't know if the appeals court's ruled yet. But the NCAA has said they will consider the games that he didn't play, essentially.

So I don't know what that means they're going to do about the five games he did play. I'm going to act like Alabama didn't play them? I don't really know. They lost two of the five. They went three and two. So I don't know that it'll really, sir, I don't really know if it'll affect Alabama either way. Because they went three and two, which is kind of how they've been all year, you know. So I don't really know to answer your question.

I don't think there's been an official ruling from the NCAA as to how they're going to treat it. Just more bizarre stuff, man. Appreciate the call. It is. I think that was, if you're the NCAA, you've got to be happy about that ruling. Because that's now going to make it where everybody, the thing they've been worried about, like, are you going to have guys from the NBA coming? It looks like that's not going to happen.

So it's probably for people who don't want to see college basketball descend into chaos, it was a good ruling. And also it would be interesting to see what, because the original judge, the Alabama booster said he was eligible, kind of shows that booster might have been, a little buys, you know? I just feel like there has to be consequences for playing a guys not eligible. Can we just, all right, can we go get Yannis for five games and pretend it didn't happen? I mean, they knew what they were doing when they did it and did it anyway blatantly.

They can't just be like, oh, well, let's move on. There has to be some kind of consequences for playing an eligible player. If one of those teams they beat, one of those. But what would your consequence be? Would you say they're 0 and 5 in the games they play? I mean, something has to happen. You can't just be like, well, they tried and it didn't work because then everyone else would be like, well, let's just start playing anybody. and then a few games, if they're going to do anything about it.

I would think those three teams that they beat while he was playing, if they're on the bubble. Well, I think who was one of them? One of the teams Alabama beat, the coach came out and said, did they, Alabama beat A&M? Auburn's definitely one of them. I think one of the coaches said, like, we should get.

They beat A&M. So they beat A&M. And A&M's coach is like, look, man, we're competing for the SEC title. that's not fair. What if we don't win the SEC by one game? Can they just go get one of their former players for five games? Then be like, oh, then we're sorry. I mean, if the NCAA says it doesn't affect Alabama, that's one thing,

but what about the teams they beat? Right, those three teams they beat with him playing. So they beat Auburn, I guess it was, let's see, who else, A&M and Missouri. Yeah, so Auburn, A&M, Missouri all lost. All three of those teams are NCAA tournament teams. Sure. So do you count those losses?

against their NCAA tournament resume? It's interesting how the selection committee is going to handle all that. I don't know. That'll be interesting to see. Who's next? Scott. Scott, go ahead, Scott. What's up, MJ, first time, a long time.

Who are? What's up? I wanted to bring this up while Pope's kind of hot, and BYU is cooled off a little bit. And I'm a season ticket holder, room for Pope. But we haven't really talked about how awesome BYU's done without Pope. They've been ranked.

both years. They are getting stud recruits. They got more tournament wins without Mark Pope than with Mark Pope. Do you think he was a product of having a good set up there? Well, I think, so first of all, BYU, while A.J. DeBonce is great.

Haven't been quite as awesome as people think. I mean, they have not beaten, they've only, I think, beaten one good team this year. So they've lost a lot. When they play good teams, they tend to not only lose. It seems like they get destroyed. To your greater point, though, they've clearly done well as a program. I think the biggest reason is when they hired that guy from Phoenix,

this booster decided to inject $50 million. And I don't think Mark Pope got that. Now, maybe that's because Mark Pope couldn't connect with that booster. So maybe part of our questions of, does Mark Pope know how to do the NIL era? you can look at what's happened at BYU and ask that question because as soon as he left,

BYU became a massive NIL program. But as far as the on-the-court, I don't know that they've been that much better. I mean, they won, what, one game in the tournament last year, and then this year they've been good, but every time they played- It's a sweet-16, I think. Made it sweet-16, but that's how far we made it, too, right?

So the year before they got upset, I think, by Duquesne, when Pope was there. Because we were with all the decain people in Pittsburgh. So I appreciate the call. It's a fair question. I don't know that we know the answer yet one way or the other. But it is fair to say that as soon as he left, their NIL took off. And it didn't take off when he was there.

It could also be the case. We have the same complaint, not getting stars here. Maybe it's not that the money wasn't there. It's just he wasn't recruiting the AJ DeBonses and the top, top, top of the line, or at least not able to get him. Also, they're not going anywhere. We have to get into that church, but they have so much money, and they're putting so much in basketball right now.

Their atmosphere looks like one of the best in the country for every single game. They have figured it out. A lot of it's just paying, but they're not going anywhere. It's just a one-off or two-year here. We're all saving for something, but what if you could save four the number for something? Well, we want to reach your savings goals faster, and with a high-y-yield savings account at UK Federal Credit, and you get 4% APY.

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John Wait. You get me in the car and you get me singing this, no matter what I may say. What? I have my own version of this song. I ain't kissing your grandma. What? What's going on? What does that mean?

That's how I used to sing it. You used to sing. I ain't kissing your grandma. Yeah. Kissing your grandma at all. Is that what you do? It fits. Why do you, why did you say that?

Because I think that thought that's what they used to say. No, I don't know. I just made it out. I used to just. You would sing that like what age are we talking? This last year? Probably last week. Told you that brain.

Here comes the chorus again. Give it to us, Ryan. Do your verse. I ain't kissing your. your grandma. Keep going. Watch it all that was it. So you just ended it right there.

Yeah, I was it. I ain't kissing your grandma. Kissing her. Since she got old. And gray. No matter what. There you go, Shad. You're going to have written your.

You are absolutely ridiculous. And looking forward to people getting to hear that on the podcast without the music. A. 280 2287 pickum contest remember starts at seven really need to get here at 630 to get all your picks in and all that but but you know as long as they're all in before the game at seven and then like we'll also have a second thing at half time so you'll do one set of picks at the beginning and then we add picks at half time of the twist don't in a twist it's not a twist I just told you what it was so like it's not a surprise we will do you'll have two sets of picks and then we'll grade them and somebody will walk out of here a thousand dollars richard which will buy you under today's prices at least one dinner and that'll be not here especially on wingtons here it'll be very tell listen it's wings day you couldn't ask for a better thing Mario put up this post yesterday who would you rather sit next to on an airplane right so he did this thing about

airplanes this is kids like this and then the choices were so I'll read you the rose those of you that haven't seen the graphic. First row is middle seat between Bob and Jamestown and Ryan. Forget it. I'm not even taking that seat. I'd run out the window. That is eighth. I am not picking a seat.

There were people who wrote that that was their top choice. Those people are insane. Middle seat, first of all, Bob and Jamestown's not little. Secondly, the two of them would not shut up. Yeah, I'm exing that one also. Second was next to Shannon on an aisle. with Mark Pope at the window. Everything would be beautiful and special for 12 hours.

I think that would be good. I don't know what Shannon and Mark Pope would talk about. I think Shannon's the kind of guy who would sit next to Mark Pope and put on his headphones and not speak to it. It's going to be a quiet ride right there. I think Shannon would not converse with Mark Pope. I would talk to. All right, third was window seat next to Corey Price, and I didn't know who that other person was. It's Ray Davis.

That's Ray Davis. Well, Corey's very quiet. Yeah, that's a... But Corey could tell you all the history. of UK basketball. And you get a view. And you get a window seat, right. Fourth, row four, me and Cal, and you're in the middle of us. For 12 hours, no way. I love both you guys, but you guys would not shut up. But I will say this. You want the most gossip and you want the most tea? That's your thing. Because we would sit down and there'd be a lot of animosity.

But after an hour or two, we'd feel like we had to talk. And then we'd start telling old stories. Yeah, could both you guys really... Because we have some great stories from 2010 to 2020. So I actually think, I mean, objectively, that would be... You'd learn a lot. And Cal, especially once he gets about a few hours, he'll say anything. Like, he'll just start talking. And Cal could probably tell you stuff that would blow your mind.

Yeah, that's the second one I'm eliminating. Could both you guys like to hear yourself talk? And for 12 hours, I would not get any rest. But you know us. But if you were a stranger... But you're assuming Cal is going to be friendly. I don't think that would be a cordial seat. Also, be funny if it's awkward for 12 hours.

12 hours. Next is, clearly the party seat is row five. Willie at the window, drew in the middle, and then five. Yeah, who needs leg room? We're having fun. That'd be fun. But the problem is, by hour eight, y'all'd be hammered. Yeah, a lot of bathroom trips.

And there'd be a lot of peen, and there'd be a lot of, like, leaning on each other. And you have to sit next to Billy. He's right across the aisle. I was wondering if this includes. the airport bar before we board the plane. Because you're a runaway winner. Without a question, if you like to party, that's the biggest one. Number six, probably the nicest one.

Billy, Mario, middle seat, then window open. You would get Mario. Mario couldn't be nicer. They would be friendly. Problem is by the end, Billy would have pitched you like seven ideas and giving you business cards and you'd have hard. But that would be probably the most pleasant. See, I would say about like hour two, Mario and Billy would just fall asleep on each other's

head. They would fall asleep on each other's shoulders. That's true. Number seven is Will Levis. Is that Zach Calzata? Calsada. And you'd be in the middle. Get your money right, Garrett.

Well, Garrett's in the back row. I'd say he needs to get his money right. I think if you're... Group seven. I think if you're a football fan, you would enjoy that. I think the only one Mario screwed up on is the one next to the twins. They don't really talk. They don't talk.

And I don't really know that they would be very... I like them a lot. I'm not sure how friendly they would be. They just squint at you the whole time. They just, yeah, they just squint. They probably wouldn't speak the whole time. So if it were me, I'd want to sit between me and Cal. Of course you would.

Shocking. You want to sit behind you two blowhards and listen to you for 12 hours. If I wanted to sleep, I'd choose the Billy Mario row. If I wanted to party, I'd choose the Willie Drew roll. And I also could be talked into Shannon and Mark Pope, except for Bob and Jamestown still going to try to talk to me, even though I'm five seats over. So that's where I am.

What about you? Okay. Lost in all this is we've got to think about 12 hours sitting in that seat. That's why I'm taking number eight by the twins. I got an aisle and aisle and they don't talk. I can't have my peace and quiet. So you don't want to talk. But you would try to talk to them.

I know you. There's no way you wouldn't try to communicate. For the first 20, 25, 30 minutes to the next 11 and a half hours, I'm watching my phone, playing games. But I can also be talked into seat number six. Shannon, what about you? Well, I jokingly said on the pre-show. like to sit by myself. But in all seriousness, I would probably sit by the twins just because of what Ryan said. They'd be quiet. And you're close to the restroom. Drew, I assume you'd sit by yourself.

I'm sitting by Willie, and I don't care who's next one. We're having fun. There's a good chance they have to land the plane, take us off, and then you all finish the rest of the flight. Drew and Willie together. I've already done that with Willie, not on a plane, but we're a good time. There are very few people associated with UK sports that if you put them in a duo wouldn't end up more hammered than Drew and Willie. Can we just go sit with a pilot? Is that an option? I'd rather do that. So I like it.

It just depends on what you want. Yep. I think that was, I think the only one that wasn't great was the football one just, but there are people who are UK football fans that might like it. Court physical therapy. If you are in pain, go to court. They'll work on you and they'll make it where you exercise, all that energy. Get yourself back in shape with court physical therapy.

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