KSR

2026-04-15- KSR - Hour 2

43 min
Apr 15, 20263 days ago
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Summary

Hour 2 of Kentucky Sports Radio covers UK basketball recruiting challenges, a controversial zoning board decision on a rehabilitation facility in Chevy Chase, and various sports updates including UK football spring game preparations and WNBA draft news.

Insights
  • Mark Pope's difficulty relating to elite recruits in initial interactions may be hindering UK basketball's ability to land top portal players, despite competitive NIL offers
  • Zoning board decisions significantly impact community perception and political viability, with proximity to schools becoming a focal point for resident opposition despite limited actual regulatory impact
  • Media pressure and persistent questioning can force public officials to take clear positions on controversial issues rather than remaining evasive
  • UK football recruiting under Will Stein is receiving insufficient attention due to basketball portal season dominating fan focus, despite strong defensive and offensive line acquisitions
Trends
Coaching personality and relatability becoming as important as tactical knowledge in elite college basketball recruitingNIL compensation alone insufficient to overcome coaching staff interpersonal dynamics in portal recruitmentCommunity opposition to social services facilities driven by property value concerns rather than facility type or safetyZoning board volunteer positions creating conflicts of interest when board members live in affected neighborhoodsSpring sports game attendance declining due to competing entertainment options and mid-season portal activityCelebrity feuds driven by perceived professional slights rather than substantive disagreementsMovie production using regional cities for filming creating unexpected cultural moments and local economic activity
Topics
UK Basketball Recruiting StrategyMark Pope Coaching EffectivenessNIL Compensation and Player RetentionZoning Board Decision-Making ProcessRehabilitation Facility Community OppositionUK Football Spring Game PromotionWill Stein Recruiting SuccessWNBA Draft and Player RelationshipsPortal Season Impact on RecruitingChevy Chase Neighborhood PoliticsSchool Proximity Zoning RegulationsCelebrity Feuds and Social MediaMovie Production in LexingtonCincinnati Reds Season PerformanceVolunteer Board Member Conflicts of Interest
Companies
University of Kentucky Athletics
Primary focus of discussion regarding basketball recruiting, football spring game, and coaching staff performance
Rivals
Source of recruiting information about Sebastian Ransick visiting UK campus from Colorado
People
Matt Jones
Primary host conducting interviews and discussing UK sports, politics, and local issues
Shannon
Co-host providing analysis and commentary on sports and community issues
Mark Pope
UK basketball coach whose recruiting challenges and interpersonal style with recruits are central discussion topic
Will Stein
UK football coach receiving praise for strong recruiting class despite lack of media attention
Ryan Lemond
Lexington mayor who initially avoided taking position on Chevy Chase rehabilitation facility before being pressed
Julian Edelman
Featured in commercial discussing Blue Square Alliance Against Hate and standing up to antisemitism
Robert Kraft
Referenced by Julian Edelman for his commitment to standing against hate and antisemitism
Paige Bueckers
WNBA number one draft pick whose girlfriend was drafted to same team, creating unique professional dynamic
Aquafina
Starring in movie being filmed in Lexington featuring unusual scenes with costumed performers
Ken Jeong
Co-star in Lexington-filmed movie alongside Aquafina
Tyron Stokes
Top recruit being pursued by UK basketball, representing critical test of Mark Pope's recruiting ability
Rob Wright
Top portal recruit with decision expected imminently, potentially deciding between UK and other programs
Sebastian Ransick
Colorado player visiting UK campus, demonstrating continued recruiting activity
Jack Wright
Wrote two-part article about UK basketball issues including both JMI and Mark Pope coaching concerns
Chelsea Handler
Featured in commercial discussing Blue Square Alliance Against Hate and antisemitism awareness
Quotes
"I think he is, has a hard time relating to young basketball players. I mean, I think once they know him, they really like him, but I think those initial reactions, those initial interactions are awkward."
Matt JonesDiscussing Mark Pope's recruiting challenges
"If the if you if I if it's good enough for a neighborhood, then I think it's good enough for school."
Matt JonesAddressing Chevy Chase rehabilitation facility proximity to schools
"You're going to take away the beat up? I'm going to take away with maybe a brand new, nice looking blue Kia."
Matt JonesDiscussing blue Kia story details
"Will Stein has absolutely crushed it in recruiting. Unfortunately, it's just not getting the attention because everyone's focused on basketball."
Matt JonesPraising UK football recruiting efforts
"I do not think it was because of JMI. I think JMI was an issue for a little bit. I think they've changed a couple of their policies that were hindering."
Matt JonesAddressing JMI's role in recruiting challenges
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Stockton Mortgage, NMLS 8259 Equal Housing Lender, NMLS ConsumerAccess.org. Welcome to Hour 2 of Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Now, here's Matt Jones. Welcome back to Hour 2 of Kentucky Sports Radio 859-280-2287. The text machine is 772-7745-254. Somebody named Jamie Shaw, who is with rivals, says Kentucky has Sebastian Ransick on campus from Colorado. You big fan of his? I got to admit, I don't know who that is or I couldn't have told you who he played for last year. That was another example though of the randomness of the text machine knowing something. Yesterday I got a message Sebastian Ransick is coming tomorrow and that's all it said and the number had never sent a message besides that. So I called our guys and asked them to look into it and they couldn't get confirmation so we let it go. But random number knew. Knew he was coming in. Do you believe, by the way, that now that everything's gone, do you believe the blue Kia story? Let me give you the facts that we know are true. We know that he was on the flight, the person said they were. Yes. And we know that was the time of morning. Yes. And we know that even though other people disputed, he was right that the person left at that time. Do you believe he was in a blue Kia? I can believe it was a blue Kia. I don't believe it was a beat up dirty, bad looking blue Kia. So you're going to take away the beat up? I'm going to take away with maybe a brand new, nice looking blue Kia. I heard sources were going everywhere on the Kia that there was somebody at UK, like an equipment manager that sometimes takes people. Yeah. Because he's not officially employed or something and that that person might drive a blue Kia. And I'm sure it looks nice. He keeps it updated. He's a young college man. Of course, he's going to keep his car clean. But that took on a life of its own. There's no doubt. Because people ran with the narrative. It was a beat up old blue Kia. We didn't know that. I think people just started making that up. I just thought people would think it was like, you know, Shannon, we used to do the, what was it, 973 winky face? Like we would just like if people said things on text machines, we'd laugh and be like, oh, it could be true. Yeah. That that apparently can't do that online. Now everybody's a reporter. So everybody's so yeah, You see something people believe it. But you're like you said, your other information they sent you was that they sent the rent. Somebody sent the ransom thing and that ended up being correct. But a couple of things. KSR golf scramble. We have a few open teams left. Go to WLAP.com and sign up. It is May 29th. Is that right? May 29th is the KSR golf scramble. It is going to be a lot of fun. It's at the UK courses this year. Always one of the most fun days we have, especially the Lexington one. So go to KS, go to WLAP.com, KSR golf scramble. If you Google search it, get your team in. We have a handful. We're over two courses. So we have more teams available this year. So if you've never played, come and enjoy it. And I believe that'll be the first day that Drew is back as well from his, from paternity leave. This looks and it's scramble. I'm so happy they've got it now split up on these two courses. It's a fun day. It's a long day. You get a lot of people with that. And by spreading it, the weights won't be as long as spread out over two courses. So it'll be, should be a lot of fun. Go to WLAP and go ahead and get into the KSR golf scramble. All right, let's, before I go back, let's talk about what happened with the Chevy chase thing. All right. So those of you that missed yesterday, they want to put a rehabilitation facility. It is zoned. The builders of it say it's going to be for eating disorders. But as I understand it, the, the whatever deed, I don't, words that are legal. How would I know that? They don't limit it to it. So right now it will be for eating disorders, but people are worried like they could end up putting other things in there. Right. I think even the city council, they said eating or mental health disorder. Okay. So it's not for alcohol and drugs. No. So it would be eating or mental health. That's how they applied. Well, to me, that's even more okay. But regardless, we yesterday talked about it. Ryan did not want to take a position because like a weasel politician that he is, he tried to get out of it. And then we made him, we stayed on him. That's what the press has to do. Shannon, do these politicians, you got to stay on them. They try to weasel out of it and you got to stay on them. And then he finally came into position. I said, I thought, look, you know, assuming they meet safety and all of these requirements, neighborhoods, the sort of way we do this should spread out over the city. We shouldn't just put these in poor neighborhoods or away from the public. The Chevy Chase meeting, which we had talked about became the Chevy Chase on Matt's text machine meeting. The amount of messages I got, including from people that I think seem to be kind people, but were very angry. Couple common themes. Number one, they wanted me to say that this is right across the street or within a couple hundred feet from a school. That's very important to people. Right. What school is it close to? Is it the Cassidy Elementary School? I don't know what they did. But it was close to a school. Do you know what school it is? Is that Catholic school there? The elementary school Catholic school? Is it Elizabeth Ann Seton? I think so they were there. Like you didn't say that and that's not fair not to say. So I am saying that does not change my opinion. Really at all. If the if you if I if it's good enough for a neighborhood, then I think it's good enough for school. Plus when you can see how many schools there are, you know, you know, like, like sometimes they'll do with gun things. They'll be like if it's so many feet from a school and if you make that big enough, the whole city becomes that. Right. Right. So that doesn't change my calculus much. Does it change yours? No, and I even did a little more research after the show last night to find exactly where this facility is. And it's in that little shopping area like behind what Wheeler's Pharmacy like where there's already businesses where this is going to be located. It's on Duke Road. So they already have a parking lot. Apparently the parking lot is already there. What's next to Wheeler's Pharmacy? Kind of behind it. OK. Yeah. Kind of they're close to that where that Kroger used to be over there and Romney Road. So it's off Romney Road. Are you sure about this? Positive. OK. All right. So you was your argument because they already have commercial facilities. They should be used to foot traffic. Exactly. I think that argument about the push traffic and being an eyesore I think is out the window. OK. Shannon and I had people angry, including friends of mine, like friends of mine going, well, why don't you come live here if you don't? Yeah. They were very easy for us to say we're not living it. So I do live it every day. Now. OK. I mean, you know where I live? Oh, I know. In Louisville. In Louisville. I mean, I live it every day right now in their school. So I went and looked. There's a rehab facility that I didn't even know a halfway house, but also has treatment like two blocks away from my house. I didn't even know. Didn't even know it. And by the way, right across the street from the school. So I'm just saying like it's it's I understand people's hesitation, but y'all aren't the only ones that have ever had to deal with this. So, you know, I my position remains the same. And I do think now they they didn't like the run you called Chevy Chase people hoity toy. Would you like to apologize at the use of the language hoity toy? You are in theory. You don't want your mayor to go. Hey, you people are hoity toy. I think, you know, there it's fair to say they're upper scale, higher income, somewhat. Oh, the top graphic. Don't get away. Oh, good. Well, upper class, higher income. That's just a description. That's an economic description. You could find that in the census. Probably hoity toy. Can't find that in the census. It's a little different. Let's sip and champagne with my pinky out. Yeah, you know, those two. So you're doubling down. Sure, why not? Well, I can already see in 2034 on lex 18, the Chevy Chase precinct has been called against Ryan lemon. You're unanimous against Ryan. Well, so I wish everyone the best. It did pass four to two. They're going to appeal and I don't know who let me ask you who's on these boards. Who gets to decide the six people that decided who are those people? I have no idea. Is it an urban and planning board or is it a city council board? I honestly, I don't know. Are they elected? Are they appointed? Don't know. You're asking good questions. Yeah, I think I told you my buddy ended up on the school board for a year. Yes. And he was like, that'll never happen again. He wasn't even he was elected, right? No, you were appointed. We don't have to go into details, but he ended up on there for a year. Yeah. And he said that's not the most fun. I can't imagine wanting to be on a zoning board. You know, just have people with your neighbors boo you. You're going to fight every single meeting. It's a fight about something. And do you think they even get paid? I hope they do. I hope they do. That would see that. She and I can't imagine something. He's doing it for free. I don't care where you live in America. School boards and zoning boards would be the worst thing to do it to be on. I mean, in terms of, oh, I don't have to be paid good money to do that. School boards, people, you all got your better kids and then zoning boards, people, you all got your better property value. Those would be the two things that I would want to be around the least. Everybody's thanking you either. No one's like, hey, you're doing a great job on the school board. No, they're just like, get this book out of my library. Like, you know, who's next? Mark, Mark, go ahead, Mark. What's going on, man? What's up? Hey, I want to touch on three real quick things. I'm going to start and end up with UK basketball. Hey, yesterday, we get a chance to discuss some of the easy foot being drafted by the wings yesterday. Well, I just mentioned that the four, are you talking about the number one pick or the UK women? Yeah, the number one pick. No, I did not talk. I don't know. I don't know. That's who Paige Becker's girlfriend. Yeah, she got to go play with her. That's good for her. Yeah. If that would happen in the NBA, can you imagine the uproar with that? Yeah, but you know what? I'm good with it. The number one pick in the WNBA draft, she got drafted by her girlfriend's team, Paige Becker. They're going to end up being the two best players. Are you good with them playing together? 100%. I have no reservations. If they have a fight in life, then it comes onto the court. I mean, that is true. They get the best player in the draft though, Matt. She will have the number one player. Okay. Well, I don't know about that. But what do you think that would be like to play with your significant other on the team? Because if you all break... I'm not having a ball that day. Well, because if you break up, you're still going to be teammates with them. Yeah. It is interesting to think how that could happen, but you know, there's people that work with their spouses in their job and then they go have to go home. I saw it from Haunt. I don't know if you saw this. Vermont hired the women's basketball coach this week and her husband is the men's basketball coach. So Vermont now, the men's and the women's coach is coached by a couple. Do you like that? I don't have a problem with it. They're two different entities. He's coaching his team. She's coaching her team. It'd be tough though, because if you got rid of one of them, the other one may be like... I'm out too. Yeah. Anyway, what was your second question? He's gone. Oh, I was going to get him, let him have a second one. Wow. You know, the WBA one time, I know like Brittany Griner had to play against her wife and they were like both centers. They were like battling in the pain against each other. Then they had to go home after the game. I thought that was kind of... Yeah. We talked about that. Yeah. Who's up next? Glenn. Glenn, go ahead, Glenn. Hey, Matt. I can already see the campaign ads running against Ryan right now. Oh, Ryan's done at the Chevy. Ryan has just ended his chance at it. He's got Chevy Chase votes. Yeah. So last year there was an article wrote by Jack Wright that explained half of the issues were NIL related, JMI, but the other half was Mark Pope. And I feel like people are missing that part. People completely skipped over that, sir. I'm glad you brought that up. When Jack and Jacob wrote that article about JMI and the issues, it was a two-part article. Part two was about Mark Pope relating to the players and everyone focused on the JMI part, but no one seemed to remember that there was a part about Pope as well. And that, you know, I never understood what that was, why people did that, but you're right. That was a question that long ago. Right. And I mean, honestly, here's an honest question. Who was Mark Pope's highest recruit at BYU? We could be asking him to do something that he hasn't done, you know, in the past and just might not be good at it or might not have had the opportunity, but I mean, that's probably why you don't maybe hire that person. But yeah. Well, it's a great question. I appreciate the call. And that was the issue when, when Mark got hired. The question was, can he get top recruits? And Ryan, I think the thing, it's clear. We still really haven't seen it happen yet. Haven't happened yet. I guess I'm thinking about it. He's a BYU. He did get Jackson Robinson. But Jackson Robinson was not a high recruit at that. When he got recruited, when he got recruited, he became a very good player. Did he recruit Richie Saunders? It just got her. But I think he was, I don't know the answer to that. He recruited Colin. He did. And call. I don't remember Colin went on his mission, but Colin was a highly ranked player. Yes. When he came out of high school. 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Sunday for a smarter, healthier yard. GetSunday.com. Today. Welcome back to Techiesports Radio 859-280-2287. Text machine 772-7745254. One person writes, Matt, I really hope Mark Pope lands a top recruit to shut people up for a brief moment. Today would be a good day for that to happen. Today would be a good day for him to get somebody, get everybody to take a pause and a deep breath. I think today, I think today they need to get somebody. Yeah. Sunday and Monday kind of stopped the noise, but starting to get rumble again. He needs to get somebody to kind of stop that noise again. I just keep looking at the field of 68, top 100 chart. I just keep seeing more and more names filled with other teams and sitting there going, who, you know, because y'all should remember, we need like seven players. We only have four right now. Five, if you count Mason Williams or no, is it four? We have Malachi, Cam, Trent, and Mason Williams. We have four guys. Reese Potter. Didn't he say he was coming back? Yeah, but I mean, I'm not not counting him. We need like, we need at least, we need six guys for sure. Because Brandon Hawthorne is still undecided. I haven't heard one thing about him. Yeah. I mean, he did a, he did a TikTok interview with some guys. He seemed to be interviewing with some guy just on a couch. Did you see that? I don't know who that was. And he said, they asked him, have you made a decision about next year? And he goes, yeah, I just haven't really been thinking about it. What? That's not true. Like not even been thinking, not even crossed your mind. I guarantee it's crossed his mind a lot throughout the season. Yeah. All right. Zoning board people appointed by the mayor four year term, but it's volunteer. Oh, are you in or are you in or out? I'm out. Shannon, you're out. You lost me at one word. Volunteer. Volunteer out. Okay. Now here's a good question. Should you have to live in the neighborhood that you're, that you're zoning for? Yeah. You say yes, but you said no. See, I thought you need to be more objective and not live in the neighborhood. You need to be able to see openly see both sides of the argument. But then somebody might say, well, you don't live here. So it doesn't affect you. Yeah. I don't think if you're living there though, you're going to favor that decision. We mean favorite. I mean, like if you live there, you're going to vote the way it's going to help you because you're living that neighborhood to its affecting, but it's affecting the people in the neighborhood. Not affecting anybody else. You're saying that maybe there could be like a conflict of interest. Very much. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. That's a good question. I think you probably ought to have to live there. I can't believe those places are volunteers. Those positions are volunteer. Ladies, I'm going to have to apologize for this, but we do have to talk about it. Normally I don't use language like this. So I'm apologizing. She put her head down. There was a movie yesterday that was filmed in Lexington that had breasts running down the street. Yes. Did you see this? I don't know why. There was. I saw it. Yeah. So it is funny. It is funny. I don't know what it is, but I don't know why they filmed it in Lexington. So they turned downtown Lexington into New York. Right. So they put up signs to make it look like New York. You know those New York subway signs. Subway signs were up. And Kim Jong, that's the guy from Hangover. Hangover. Right. Yeah. And then what's the woman's name? It's one word. It's not Awakonda, but it's. I don't know who the woman was. What's the woman's name? So she's a full circle. Whatever her name is. She's famous. They're starring in it. And I'm not sure what the movie Shannon is, but it can't be a serious movie. Right. I can't wait to see it. Like what context it's in. But there were breasts running down the street in Lexington chasing them. You don't think that's a serious movie. Two people dressed up as breasts running down the street in Lexington. It could be a dream. Aquafina. Sorry, Aquafina in Kenjong. It's a movie. This was the description. It's being filmed in downtown, two breasts running down the street. It's based on the real life story of a breast cancer survivor. So maybe that's like their dream or something they're having, probably. But the video, Shannon, is bizarre. And I just, If you were in Lexington and you just looked out the window. You think what in the world am I watching? Would you think you were like taking acid? Yes. These two human sized breasts running down Main Street in Lexington. Chasing the guy from the hangover. I mean, Shannon, imagine if you saw that yesterday. I'd be running opposite direction. You just look out and this is, is that the guy from the hangover? Why is he running? Yeah, running away from him. Running away. I mean. I'm running towards them. Really bizarre and good for Lexington. I guess they're, apparently they're shooting this movie throughout Lexington over the next few weeks. Yeah. So just so you know, Shannon, if you see breasts walking down the street at some point, there is a reason. People dressed up as breasts walking around Keeneland. We should not be alerted. They're going to go to Keeneland. Why not? You know, they're going to try to make it really lifelike. Interesting. So anyway, that just, I just thought that was, That was bizarre. Not something you see normally. No. Who's next? Dave. Dave, go ahead, Dave. The woman's name is Aquafator. I wonder if she gets like bottle of water, Ralties. Oh, that's a good question. Yeah. I do like Aquafator. Go ahead. Yeah. All right. Seriously. The thing with Stokes to me, listen, I've watched a lot of Stokes video, watched the McDonald's All-Star game. I don't think it's the fact that, I don't think he's a transcendent talent, even though he's a really good player. I think it's what he represents that's so important for Pump to get. I agree. I completely agree with you. Yeah. Second thing is, are you telling me that the reason we can't get players is because our coach is too much of a geek? Well, I mean, that's your words, not mine, but I do think that that, I mean, my word is, well, see, I mean, the problem is, there's nothing I can say that's not gonna just get people saying that I'm ruining Kentucky basketball, but I do think Mark, so the best way I can put it without it becoming, you know, a thing that floats online, is that I think he is, has a hard time relating to young basketball players. I mean, I think once they know him, they really like him, but I think those initial reactions, those initial interactions are awkward. You know, he's- But why do you think that he is? Seriously, why do you think he's like a great guy? Like a lot of, yeah, he is a great guy, and he's really smart, but he's just kinda awkward. You know? I mean, I think that's just, I appreciate the call. It's the best way I can say it, like it's just- Like Jack and Jacob in that article said he can get him to the closing table, just couldn't close the deal. Awkward. That's the best way I can put it. We'll take a break, be right back, it's KSR. TJ Smith, personal injury attorney. Call TJ, he'll make him pay. Now, more of Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Here's Matt Jones. Donnie Freeman just posted on his Instagram in a UK jersey and wrote BBN question mark on his Instagram stories. Is that a good sign? I think it's a good sign, trying to, you know, get the fan base to show him a little love and let it go. That's good, it's better than not. That's very true. All right, I have some more information, Shannon, on this movie real quick. Okay. Yeah. Apparently yesterday, also the movie producers rented out a restaurant in downtown and filmed the scene where the woman runs in and she's in a restaurant and all the women in it are topless. So there was a restaurant in Lexington that had 40 topless women sitting in it and eating. Well, now I'm interested in which restaurant in Lexington did that. Yes. Which one do you think it would? If you had to guess, downtown restaurant, which one was the most likely to close during lunch and have that film? It had to be in someplace kind of, the not a lot of windows kind of dark. Why wasn't it KS bars, my question. Well, they weren't downtown. We would have done it. They could have had that here. It's wings day. What do you think? Like Franken-Dino's, a place that's got kind of a back room. It's nice in there. Yeah, and it's kind of a back room. They could probably hide back in there. Why? People said they walked by and saw it. That's what people are telling me. Wow. So it wouldn't be Franken-Dino's. Cause that's kind of, well, Franken-Dino's has those windows right there. It's Alex. Yes. Cause that's, he ran right in front of it. Alex. I bet that's it. On the sidewalk. You think it's Alex did it? Maybe. KS. We don't know. Show sponsor. Yeah. Well, there you go. Lots. You never know what's going to happen in downtown Lexington. One person writes, Matt, I know your favorite weekend is coming this year and Louisville, are you going to Thunder? Good gosh, no. Is that this weekend? He said. Yeah. Worst, worst day in the city, Thunder. To stay away. I'm so anti, but look, it's a plane. Yeah. I mean, like, let's go sit on hard concrete and look at the planes. Shannon, you like it though, don't you? Don't you go? I haven't been in a long time. I've been a few times, but I mean, it's great for the economy. People come from all over to see it. Got canceled last year, didn't it? Or was it two years? One year, they didn't have it, because of the weather. The weather. The flood, yeah, there's a flood one year. The flood, yeah. I almost say, like, I'm with you on the fireworks and the air show, but the drone show has become really cool. Like, they coordinate all these drones to go up in the air. I do think that's cool. So the drone show, they spell things in the air. Is that what they do? They get an American flag with all drones and it's waving. And it is cool. I think that's cool. Yeah, I'm anti. This is a big weekend though with Keeneland. We'll have, and then you got the thunder. Is the weather supposed to be good? Yeah, UK spring football game is Saturday. So let's talk about that for a minute. Spring football game is Saturday. Tickets are still available. It's tough because we're in the middle of portal season and I feel like it's not given Will Stein the shine that he deserves. Yes, totally agree. Because he's done such a good job recruiting. We've gotten the number two quarterback. We got a top five defensive tackle. There's reports yesterday, one of the top five running backs in the country. Kentucky is the leader on. I mean, Will Stein has absolutely crushed it in recruiting. Unfortunately, it's just not getting the attention because everyone's focused on basketball. But I mean, you couldn't have asked for a better start than what Will Stein has had. And I hope our fan base does recognize that and shows up on Saturday. What time is the game? 11. 11. Tickets are free, but you have to get a ticket because there's limited seating. They're working on the Kroger field and like a half the stadium is like under construction. Yeah, half the stadium you can't. So you do need a ticket. We'll be open here. We're gonna try like after the game. We'll be open after the game, go out and come back by here. But do you think fans, I mean, you think we're gonna have a good showing? It's not gonna be available on any streaming. Like the only way you can see it is live. I, like I said, I hope they show up. This is first one. There is some momentum. There is a lot of excitement about the program. I just think we owe it to him, you know? Show up and show him some support. And the fan base, the fan base usually is good at that. Are you going? I'm going. I got about my bottom. I got my four tickets yesterday. Yeah, I'm gonna go. I think I'm gonna go Saturday morning. I wanna see it. I wanna see, I wanna see how he does things. You know, I mean, he's- It's the first taste of what? And they're really gonna play. Like they're gonna tackle. He said they're, he said they are playing an actual game. Yes. They are tackling, they are doing everything as if it's a game. None of that scripted two hand touch stuff. They're gonna go out and they're gonna hit each other. Are you good with that, by the way? I am good with that. Okay. You can go across your fingers so nobody gets hurt. But if you're not hitting now, how can you hit when the SEC season starts in September? Yeah. I don't disagree with you. Who's next, Shannon? Cold Plunging Astronaut. Cold Plunging Astronaut. How are you? Hey, gentlemen. So maybe Pope needs to be abreast with these recruits, maybe take them to that restaurant where they were filming. You think that might work? No. Okay, bad joke. That's all right. I could see it coming. On another note, you mentioned, I don't know, maybe a month or so ago that you might come down to Texas to volunteer for Talarico's campaign. Wondering if that was still on your mind. It is possible, yeah. Depending on, I got some things you may have read about. I gotta see how that goes. But yes, if that doesn't happen, I may do that. Cool, cool. All right, well, yeah. Hanging on a thread here for these recruit adaptments. Appreciate it. Appreciate what they'll do. Yeah, Texas, and you know, they say Texas in July is. Hot. Hot. Nothing better than walking the streets of Texas in July. Walk outside and sneezing in a full sweat. Yes. We was just talking with a guy here. One person says, Matt, your reds are 10 and seven. I'm in reds gear. You are reds gear. Are you going to the game tonight or something? Yeah, they won last night. I'm gonna go tonight. We still stink. We're not good. But you're in like a second place in the division right now. You got a reds hat, sir. Do you think we're good? Do you think we're good? Are you gonna ask, answer quick. This is a radio show. Yeah. I think he was delayed for a reason. Okay, so I don't think we're good. I want us to be good, but I don't think we're good. He can't score any runs, man. Can't get any hits. We won last night with three hits. It's the fourth game this year. They've won with four hits or less. They got the pitching. They just better start hoping they can score some runs somehow. Yeah, but you're gonna have to score, especially when you get in the summer and the ball flies farther. So I don't, yeah. I like them though. Do you like the new hat? I do like the new hat. They sent you some gear, right? They sent me that city connect jersey with my name on. That's nice. So that's good. Who's next? Jacob. Jacob, go ahead, Jacob. Hey guys, good afternoon. Good afternoon. I keep saying the narrative and y'all have talked about it pretty much all morning, but I just feel like it's gotta be something with JMI. I don't understand. I mean, Pope's a good guy. He is goofy, but I mean, we're paying these kids millions of dollars. I mean, what if it's the delivery? What if, you know? Yeah, I know. I actually don't, listen, if it's JMI, you know I will say it. I think that JMI was an issue on a couple of recruitments that have passed. Guys, we didn't get, but I do not think when it comes to Tyron Stokes and Rob Wright today, if those kids don't come here, I do not think it was because of JMI. I do think JMI was an issue for a little bit. I think they've changed a couple of their policies that were hindering. And then I think there's still things that need to be worked out. But I will say when it comes to Tyron Stokes and when it comes to Rob Wright, I think UK has given them as good offers, if not better than every other school. I was also thinking maybe Rob Wright, because I heard they wanted Zoom and Wright and maybe both of them just aren't down to, you know, have a good old point like that. I don't think that's it. Once he, so I kinda, I appreciate the call. I kinda understand the situation with Rob in some detail, but because I want to wait, I want him to commit to Kentucky and I wanna make sure I don't say anything that at all does anything. So I'll wait till it's over, but then we'll talk about it. But I don't think any of, I think it is a very Rob Wright situation is it's either X or Y and he's gonna decide. And I've gotta think it's gotta be happening soon because I don't, I think UK wants to lock up Zoom immediately after, I mean, I would think Rob Wright, I've gotta think he tells UK this afternoon, probably what he did. I would think, I mean, who knows, but. You said they may have, you give him an ultimatum? You got, we need to hear about the. I don't think it's an ultimatum. I don't think that's a fair word, but I think they feel like they gotta know. Would give us an answer, yay or nay by the end of the day today. Well, that's an ultimatum. I don't think they've done that. But I think they, well, I don't wanna, I don't wanna be involved. My name is Bennett and I did it. Let's let it happen and then I'll talk about it. Tell me about Stockton Morgan. Stockton Morgan Spring buying season is here and I'll meet with one of our potential client here, maybe here right now, meeting them after the show today, talk about buying a house. I told him you gotta get pre-approved before you go out there because it just helps you in the negotiation process. So it's easy to do. Stockton Morgan, it'll take your information, get you pre-approved, get you ready to go to hit the market the spring buying season. 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Well, it took me about 10 minutes to figure out who was who. They look alike. They look a lot alike. They do kind of look alike. Alex Cooper, A-L-E-X is the older one. She's 31. Alex Earl, A-L-I-X is the younger one. She's 25. Okay. And they used to be good friends. Matter of fact, it was almost like mentor protege. Oh, that's nice. And they even had the same agent. And I think this is where it all goes back to this. There was a Super Bowl commercial that just aired last year and Alex Earl got the commercial, the young one, not the older one. For a commercial for who? Carl's Jr. Burgers. So for Hardys. For a Hardys. This is all over a Hardys commercial. It's all over a damn cheeseburger. It cannot be over a Hardys commercial. I'm telling you. These women are not fighting over a Hardys commercial. You go back and you kind of research it. It all stems from the- So who's mad at who? Alex Cooper, the old one, I think is jealous that Alex Earl, the young one, got the Carl's Jr. commercial. But Alex Cooper's worth like $300 million. Why does she care about a Hardys commercial? Because it is petty jealousy. It's what this whole fight boils down to petty jealousy. So you're saying she wanted to be in the Hardys commercial? It was a Super Bowl commercial. That's a big deal. And Alex Earl got it. Yes. Well, why she mad at Alex Earl? Because she got the commercial. But that- Because if you look at what the tweets are going back and forth, Alex Cooper, the old one, tweeted out, where's the beef? Uh-huh. That's Wendy's. But it doesn't matter. It's a burger. I think it's petty jealousy over the young one, got the Super Bowl commercial and the older one did. Do you think these two friends- Yes. broke up over Hardys. That started it. That cannot be what it is. I'm telling you, Shane, and people- My sources are good. You don't lose a friendship over Hardys. No, no, not over Hardys. What's not just Hardys? It's Carl's Jr. It's the money, I'm sure, though. But she's, well, Alex Cooper's worth like a, like she's worth, she's a ton of money. She sold her podcast to Spotify for like a bajillion dollars. Yeah. So like I said, I think- The Super Bowl commercial, that was the notoriety too. That's it. It's petty jealousy over the Super Bowl commercial. It's worth started. Yeah. And then it just kind of went back and forth. So that's your take on it. That's my take on it. All right. Well, I mean, you are the reporter, so I guess I got to listen to you. Who's up next? Let's go to Nathan. Nathan, go ahead, Nathan. Hey, we're actually heading out to Vegas tomorrow, but we're not going to WrestleMania. We're going to do three nights of fish at the spear, but one of the many events of WrestleMania- Oh, wait a minute. Hang on, just a second. You're going to see fish at the spear? That feels like the trippiest thing I can imagine. How old are you, sir? If you don't mind me asking. It's going to be a while. How old are you? 39. All right. Well, you can probably still handle it. That seems like I can't imagine that music and the spear. Well, good luck. I hope you enjoy it, but go ahead. Yeah, it's going to be a lot of sensory input there. So anyways, going back, so there's a lot of events for WrestleMania and ICP World Wrestling Championship is there, and we bought tickets to that. It's that midnight. Now that's the insane clown posse. Yes, I know what it is. Haley's wrestling in that. From wrestlers. She, Hollywood, Haley J will be in that. I was going to see what you know about it because we're really looking forward. I'm not even a wrestling fan, but at midnight that's going to be a thing. That's wild. Yeah, you will be amongst, you will really be amongst them at that one. Like wrestling in general is amongst them. I'm going to be wearing my tie-dye. You are going to be amongst them amongst them. I appreciate the call. I did see Haley's part of that. I thought she was just in the slap. Sport. Haley's in everything. Everything, okay. Haley's part of everything. Yeah, it would, but would you want to go see fish at the sphere? For, do you want to go to the sphere in general? I do want to go to the sphere, but I would not want to go for a fish contest. Who would you want to go see? The Backstreet Boys play there a lot. I would go. I would go to the Backstreet Boys. Backstreet Boys are back. I was just out there last week. They had the Wizard of Oz, but it was like $150 though for the Wizard of Oz. So they played the Wizard of Oz in the sphere. So it looks like the monkeys go at you or whatever. Like, you know, when the tree throws the apples, I think they drop apples down from the ceiling. Oh, really? Wow. Yeah, that's a good question. Who would you want? I don't think I could handle fish. No. It's too much. Three nights. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know who I would want to see. I bet Tyler there, but like you want something though that's interactive. You want to, I think like maybe Star Wars or something. That would be really cool. That little light laser light show inside there. Yeah. Who's up next? Matt. You would want to see the breast movie there filming here in Lexington, Maryland. Yeah, Matt, go ahead, Matt. Hey, homeboys, I'm chilling out in my garden by our footed reconnecting with the nature and beautiful home in Kentucky, eating black market KitKats. And if you all need any, a wink, wink, let me know. What do you mean black market KitKats? Oh, cause you stole them. Okay, gotcha. I wasn't sure what you were saying. Go ahead. I didn't do it, but anyways, I just got one question. Matt, you worked for ESPN, did ESPN find Seth Greenberg at what do y'all call it? The toilet store? God bless and have a good day. Appreciate the call. You know how hard it is for me to try to, cause you know, in this job, I can really say anything, whatever. But with ESPN, they kind of, they don't like you to talk trash about fellow employees. And it's hard with Seth Greenberg, cause you know my feelings, but I don't want to get called in the principal's office. He blocked me on Twitter. No way. He did. Yeah. I just, and that had to be recent cause he did, he, he, he blocked me on Twitter. Petty. He was there when I did the bracket show. He was in the building. And I kept thinking I was going to run into him, but I did in the cafeteria. I thought I was going to run, you know, all that we did, but didn't end up running into him. It's tough because you do have to wear your ESPN hat as much as you wear your KSR hat now these days. So you can't say anything bad about him or Steven A or any of these guys. Oh, Steven A is another one I have to bite my tongue. Like when he says something crazy, like I want to retweet it and I have to go, ah, we only going to be our president. Those are the things I want to tweet about when he acts like he's going to run for president. But I have to, I have to follow rules. 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