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Speaker 1: This is Kentucky Sports Radio, present it by Stockton Mortgage.

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Speaker 2: Now here's Matt Jones.

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Speaker 3: Welcome into a new edition of Kentucky Sports Radio. I

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Speaker 3: am Drew Franklin. They had to call in the QB

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Speaker 3: three for a second day in a row, but that's

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Speaker 3: all right. We're gonna get through it just fine. As

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Speaker 3: Matt Jones is still in Bailey, Colorado at his Shakespeare

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Speaker 3: Shakespeare camp. Uh, he was gonna try to call in

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Speaker 3: and join us right away like he did yesterday, but

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Speaker 3: I think they're up early going over their Socrates and

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Speaker 3: doing whatever readings and devotions they're doing out there. But

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Speaker 3: we'll be just fine with We'll be fine with at him.

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Speaker 3: We got Adam Luckett joining us in the co host

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Speaker 3: seat next to me. I'm gonna do about two hours

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Speaker 3: of Kentucky football talk today with football on tonight, got

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Speaker 3: Thursday night games, then Kentucky's Kickoff just a little bit away.

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Speaker 3: Of course, Shannon the Dudes in the studio. He will

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Speaker 3: be chiming in throughout the show and taking your calls.

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Speaker 3: We want to hear from you on the Clark's Pumping

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Speaker 3: Shop phone line at eight five nine two eight h

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Speaker 3: two two eight seven. It's eight five nine too, ah

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Speaker 3: We'll we'll we'll answer, but we'd really like to take

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Speaker 3: your football questions today. Adam Luckett did a summer show

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Speaker 3: at Tyler Thompson sitting in with us, but there's a

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Speaker 3: lot going on and we only had about one or

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Speaker 3: two segments dedicated to his football knowledge. So if you

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Speaker 3: have anything for Adam, we'd love to hear you on

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Speaker 3: the Clark's Pumping Shop phone line. We also will pick

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Speaker 3: the Kentucky branded tweet of the day, the Don Franklin

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Speaker 3: Auto call of the day, and we'll have the Whiskey

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Speaker 3: Thief song of the day. If you want to send

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Speaker 3: Ryan some some good well wishes, get well wishes. It's

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Speaker 3: a vision glass text machine that he has is five

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Speaker 3: two seven three five three six eight zero. Ryan's still

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Speaker 3: a little bit under the weather. Shannon, you have a

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Speaker 3: pretty good update on the on the pre show. You

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Speaker 3: want to just run that back here and let everybody

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Speaker 3: know the latest on Ryan.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so Ryan's feeling better.

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Speaker 1: As I said on the pre show, whenever you say

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Speaker 1: that somebody's sick, of course, everybody's mind always goes to

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Speaker 1: the worst case scenario, but we got the approval to

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Speaker 1: say on the air, what's going on with Ryan. He

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Speaker 1: just has a really bad case of vertigo, which means

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Speaker 1: every time he opens his eyes he's extremely dizzy. So

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Speaker 1: then when he does that, it leads to him being sick.

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Speaker 1: So he's just having to take some time off and

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Speaker 1: get some rest. But he's feeling better now. And uh,

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Speaker 1: they Ryan and his girlfriend both Windo say just thanks

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Speaker 1: to everybody for your well wishes, and they've had a

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Speaker 1: ton of messages from listeners out there, so I know

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Speaker 1: that means a lot to him.

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Speaker 2: And he's getting better. So he'll be back with us soon.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I hope he's back soon. Had a little bit

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Speaker 3: of a fever, but they said today felt a little progress,

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Speaker 3: getting a little better. Maybe we'll have him tomorrow. Unlikely

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Speaker 3: we'll let him rest on up, but uh, whatever the case,

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Speaker 3: we hope he's back with us soon.

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Speaker 4: Again.

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Speaker 3: That's uh to text Ryan a little get well soon.

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Speaker 3: His text machine not the one Matt has, the one

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Speaker 3: from the summer a vision glasses five O two seven

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Speaker 3: You feel like that. We we missed him yesterday. We

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Speaker 3: missed him today, but like I said, we got luck

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Speaker 3: at here. Uh luck. It covers Kentucky football for KSR.

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Speaker 3: KSR Plus has the eleven Personnel podcast KSR Football Podcast.

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Speaker 3: I think they might even have him play on the

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Speaker 3: offensive line Saturday if they need him. Lucky you do

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Speaker 3: about all things UK football. So we're looking forward to

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Speaker 3: having you today.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's good to be on with you, Drew. And

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Speaker 5: I just want to say, if Roy Williams can beat Vertigo,

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Speaker 5: there's no doubt Ryan Lemon can beat Vertigo. So we

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Speaker 5: have no doubts that Ryan's gonna bounce back strong from that.

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Speaker 5: And Drew, this weekend is one of my favorite weekends

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Speaker 5: of the year. Like college football for five straight days.

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Speaker 5: Two of my favorite days are the Sunday and Monday

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Speaker 5: when you can sit down and just watch a college

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Speaker 5: football game at night. It feels like you're drinking through

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Speaker 5: a fire hose a little bit because it's like I

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Speaker 5: cannot believe it's back. And we get a Kentucky game

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Speaker 5: night kickoff, We get to see the new lights. Weather

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Speaker 5: there's a little iffy right now. We'll see how that goes.

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Speaker 5: But the heat's gonna drop. It could be a beautiful

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Speaker 5: day full of tail gaining and to start a season

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Speaker 5: that starts hot. Three SEC games in the first five weeks,

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Speaker 5: lot very quickly, and just excited to get to see

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Speaker 5: this team for the first time, really get to see

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Speaker 5: him for the first time, because even the spring game

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Speaker 4: A spring game, right exactly.

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Speaker 5: It's what I was gonna say, what even a real

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Speaker 5: spring game. We got to see a couple practices both

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Speaker 5: to see this team with a lot of new parts

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a loaded schedule on Saturday. We even have

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Speaker 3: some games tonight. We'll probably run through that schedule later

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Speaker 3: in the show. I forgot to mention TJ Smith, our

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Speaker 3: guy personal injury lawyer. If you call TJ wasn't gonna

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Speaker 3: make them do shaow.

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Speaker 2: They'll make them pay. Everybody knows that.

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Speaker 4: Of course.

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Speaker 3: Proud sponsor of KSR and one of the best tailgaters

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Speaker 3: get fired up for the games. Former UK cheerleader, we

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Speaker 3: expect to see him out there. Speaking of getting out

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Speaker 3: to Kroger Field, I have a package from Country Boy

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Speaker 3: two cases of the Country Light, their new premium quality beer,

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Speaker 3: and a hat. That means it's almost time for season

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Speaker 3: three of my tailgating show, Show Me Your Tense. I

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Speaker 3: want to make sure I say that love radio. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: So I'll be getting out there after the pregame show

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Speaker 3: on Saturday, going around hoping to find some of the

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Speaker 3: best tailgates. Let me know if you have a setup

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Speaker 3: put you on our first episode pregame show Saturday at

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Speaker 3: three thirty three thirty to five thirty. If I'm not mistaken,

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Speaker 3: that would be at ks Bar and Grill. We're expecting

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Speaker 3: a fun day, so get over here at KOs Bar

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Speaker 3: to start. Before you start telgeting and get to the game.

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Speaker 3: The shuttle will be running from Lextran over here picking

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Speaker 4: You know the routine.

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Speaker 3: If you're a fan of UK football, have done that

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Speaker 3: off with a little tennis. Did you expect to come

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Speaker 5: I did not. I didn't even know the US Open?

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Speaker 5: What's going on? Who happens? All locked in? It's you know,

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Speaker 5: it's locked in season for Adam. Look at like it's football, football,

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Speaker 5: And to be honest, Drew, I forgot Novak Djokovic was

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Speaker 3: He's still hey guy. You know there's some that are

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Speaker 3: former Lexton Challenger winner. But yeah, Jokovic is on the

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Speaker 3: But he and Leanne made time to pop in the

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Speaker 3: which is a new angle. The Popes and Smiths were

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Speaker 3: didn't necessarily love that. But last night, Lucky we saw

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Speaker 3: them sitting together catching in some tennis. What did you think,

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Speaker 5: I think, for you want, Mark Pope's the face of

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Speaker 5: That was something that I thought John Caliperry brought to

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Speaker 5: some people, say hey, hello, what what what? When do

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Speaker 5: seeing him out at events like this, I think is

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Speaker 3: Shaan, what do you think of Pope and Leanne being

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Speaker 2: Yeah, unexpected.

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Speaker 1: I didn't know that Pope was even a tennis player,

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's like basically taking what John Cali Perry

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Speaker 2: And I agree with you.

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Speaker 1: It is good for the brand when you can see,

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Speaker 1: you know, Mark Pope out there, whether it be a

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Speaker 1: He seems like he is everywhere these days.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we keep seeing that energy there. They're big. They're

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Speaker 3: Show and Pope was with the Indiana Pacers, but through

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Speaker 3: I believe Shan and I have a theory that Pope

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Speaker 3: I agree, but I appreciate Pat Kelsey's compliment saying Pope

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Speaker 5: Pope's a big deal. He's a big deal right now,

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Speaker 5: One thing that I don't like very much, Drew, is

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Speaker 4: We don't need people to sounding in. What is going on?

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Speaker 5: That sound you here is just Dean Walker rushing the patcher.

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Speaker 4: Well, it's it's moving lights.

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Speaker 4: Mike, thanks for calling in. You've got a football quilling.

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Speaker 7: Yes, I do.

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Speaker 8: Well, a lot of people are making bear with me.

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Speaker 8: How in the world can we only predict seven and five?

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Speaker 8: I need more positivity.

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Speaker 7: From Adam and Nick. Come on, guys, let's do this.

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Speaker 9: Let's gope it through.

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Speaker 3: I appreciate the call, and I really appreciate the juice.

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Speaker 5: of games, and so can they go and do that.

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Speaker 5: That's something that it's been a struggle in the Mark

437
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Speaker 5: Stoops era. But if it comes together, I definitely think

438
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Speaker 5: we could get into November. And Kentucky's in that playoff conversation.

439
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Speaker 5: To me, that's like the ultimate goal. Can you get

440
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Speaker 5: to November with two losses? And then can you go

441
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Speaker 5: take your swings when you play Tennessee on the road

442
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Speaker 5: and when you play Texas on the road and when

443
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Speaker 5: you get liulvooe home. And if you do that and

444
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Speaker 5: some things bounce your way, then I definitely think there's

445
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Speaker 5: a scenario where you could possibly get into that nine

446
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Speaker 5: to three range. But I think you have to have

447
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Speaker 5: some bounces go your way.

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Speaker 3: Let's have some bounces go our way. And we need

449
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Speaker 3: more of Mark Mark, right?

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Speaker 4: That what it was? Mike, Mike, Mike, Yeah, we need

451
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Speaker 4: more of Mark and Mike.

452
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Speaker 3: We need all the Marks. And Mike's fired up for

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Speaker 3: the game on Saturday. I hope our next caller they

454
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Speaker 3: can follow that. Maybe they've got some juice bottled up too.

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Speaker 4: Who's up next?

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Speaker 2: Sh all right, Dave? Go ahead? Dave's Dave.

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Speaker 10: I don't know if I don't know if I've got

458
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Speaker 10: that much Jewish, But I got a couple of questions

459
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Speaker 10: for Adam my football concerns is seems like last year

460
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Speaker 10: every time the game was close or prevent defense sucked.

461
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Speaker 10: Concerned about that and then is he got any insights

462
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Speaker 10: on the offensive line this year? And by the way,

463
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Speaker 10: I was at an event this past week where Mark

464
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Speaker 10: Pope was at Hazard. Was pretty cool to see him

465
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Speaker 10: sit down with Johnny Cox and he did throw L's.

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Speaker 11: Down for a bunch of photo opss.

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Speaker 5: Love it understand the assignment one would say.

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Speaker 3: Exactly before you go where you did you watch them?

469
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Speaker 3: Were you around they were building the houses or out boating.

470
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Speaker 3: We looked like they're all having a good time.

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Speaker 11: I wasn't there, but they had an event in the

472
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Speaker 11: local park where they did some autograph signings and all

473
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Speaker 11: the players were available.

474
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Speaker 5: I stood in line and had.

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Speaker 11: Mark sign a couple of ninety six ch being chip

476
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Speaker 11: t shirts and been hanging in my closet for twenty

477
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Speaker 11: eight years, and I told him I would get the

478
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Speaker 11: players autographs when they hung the banner. So that was

479
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Speaker 11: he got a chuckle out of that.

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Speaker 4: Oh, I like him.

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Speaker 3: Well, we appreciate the inside, we appreciate the call holding

482
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Speaker 3: off on the player autographs. So they've got got a ring.

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Speaker 3: That's putting a little pressure on them.

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Speaker 5: But that's the standard.

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Speaker 6: Now.

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Speaker 5: The standard is the stand.

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Speaker 3: I don't want your autograph until you're in the rafters.

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Speaker 3: I like hearing Pope's just doing L's down even more

489
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Speaker 3: than we've seen.

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Speaker 4: So that's good to hear.

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Speaker 3: But his questions were about there defense, which come up

492
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Speaker 3: comes up a lot with Brad White and then the

493
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Speaker 3: offensive line, so you have the floor.

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Speaker 6: Yeah.

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Speaker 5: I think like when this preseason like really started, like

496
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Speaker 5: in August, win fall camp begun and the coordinators and

497
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Speaker 5: Mark Stoops all talked. Both Stoops in White to me

498
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Speaker 5: they have heard some of these complaints and the criticism.

499
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Speaker 5: They both came out and say we have to be

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Speaker 5: more aggressive in certain situations on defense specifically and coverage

501
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Speaker 5: like so that is a change I think a little

502
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Speaker 5: bit schematically now, I think last year you have to

503
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Speaker 5: look back, they really didn't have anything proven yet, like

504
00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,320
Speaker 5: Hairston and Andrew Phillips ended up becoming NFL cornerbacks, but

505
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Speaker 5: no one was thinking that at this time last year.

506
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Speaker 5: That was a huge weakness. And then safety was supposed

507
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Speaker 5: to be a positional strength. Well, they had a couple

508
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Speaker 5: of injuries at safety Jalen Geiger and Jordan love it

509
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Speaker 5: Out both had to miss multiple games that forced ty

510
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Speaker 5: Bryant to play in a lot of big SEC games.

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Speaker 5: So I think they got in a situation where they

512
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Speaker 5: were just trying to protect their cornerbacks and they hit

513
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Speaker 5: some and they could not figure out cornerback too. They

514
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Speaker 5: had a revolving door there. I think entering this year,

515
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Speaker 5: they feel better and I think they're personnel wise, they're

516
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Speaker 5: gonna be able. I think they feel more comfortable playing

517
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Speaker 5: more kind of isolation coverage. And where you're really gonna

518
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Speaker 5: see that to me is on the in third downs,

519
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Speaker 5: because they both said they're down, they have to improve,

520
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Speaker 5: they've got to get better. Into me, that's where you're

521
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Speaker 5: gonna see them become more aggressive. So I do think

522
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Speaker 5: you're gonna see some more aggressive coverage from Kentucky. I

523
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Speaker 5: do think there's gonna be kind of a back and

524
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Speaker 5: forth between playing their zone typically in being able to

525
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Speaker 5: stop the run, and then getting more aggressive on third

526
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Speaker 5: downs and in certain situations. Now to the offensive line,

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Speaker 5: I think the floor has definitely been raised, and I

528
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Speaker 5: think they feel confident in that group. We just have

529
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Speaker 5: to see them go out and do it. And see

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Speaker 5: what the ceiling is.

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Speaker 3: We're already getting deep with UK football talk. Drew Franklin,

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Speaker 3: Adam Luckett, Shannon the Dude. Give us a call after

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Speaker 3: this break. This is KSR.

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Speaker 1: Now more of Kentucky Sports Radio, present it by Stockton Mortgage.

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Speaker 2: Here's Matt Jones.

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Speaker 3: with me. We also have the people on the roof

544
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Speaker 3: making lots of noise, but we're gonna let that slide

545
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Speaker 3: because they're getting the ac working. Mario is also here

546
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Speaker 3: and we're continuing to talk Kentucky football as we count

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Speaker 3: down to kick off on Saturday. We want to hear

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Speaker 3: from you with questions for Adam Luckett on the Clark's

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555
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556
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557
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Speaker 3: Red State's rich and creamy big shell mac and cheese

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Speaker 3: Georgetown Road. It's barbecue the way you want it.

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Speaker 5: To be good.

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Speaker 4: It's Kentucky football, gonna be good like it?

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Speaker 5: I think so, I think, so, what are you here?

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Speaker 4: I'm a son John Pumper. I admit it.

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Speaker 3: Like when we play Georgia, I'm you know, I'm predicting

572
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Speaker 3: George is gonna win. But on that Friday, I'm absolutely

573
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Speaker 3: changing my mind because I can't help it. I get excited.

574
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Speaker 3: I look through blue tinted glasses, so instead of me

575
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Speaker 3: being mister optimist, what are some legitimate concerns you would say,

576
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Speaker 3: if the season's not gonna go well, what do you

577
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Speaker 3: foresee being the hiccups that held them back?

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Speaker 5: Yeah? I would say, what's kind of limited the offense

579
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Speaker 5: last year? Lack of efficiency? Like they're gonna be able

580
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Speaker 5: to create explosives on offense, they're gonna be able to

581
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Speaker 5: get the ball to those receivers and they're gonna be

582
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Speaker 5: able to create big plays, but lack of efficiency. Can

583
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Speaker 5: they run the ball consistently when they get into the

584
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Speaker 5: teeth of the schedule or are they falling behind the chains? Defensively,

585
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Speaker 5: it's cornerback two and safety play is it's still a

586
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Speaker 5: little underwhelming, I think would be a concern. And then

587
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Speaker 5: you have Hairston. Do you have anybody outside of him?

588
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Speaker 5: And will teams be able to pick on whoever's playing

589
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Speaker 5: opposite to him? So that would be I think a

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Speaker 5: concern there, and that's how the season I think would

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Speaker 5: go wrong. And then a lot of these games drew

592
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Speaker 5: gonna be one possession close games in the fourth quarter,

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Speaker 5: you gotta go win them. I think Kentucky's recipe when

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Speaker 5: they're being at their best under Mark Stoops that's been

595
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Speaker 5: playing comproment heenary football. So that means efficiently moving the ball,

596
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Speaker 5: staying ahead of the chains, winning situationally on defense, and

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Speaker 5: then winning the field position battle like that is important.

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Speaker 5: And that's why you know, not many people love to

599
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Speaker 5: talk about the punter, but like what's going on with

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Speaker 5: that punter competition because you see kind of the raw

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Speaker 5: numbers Larells produce and you think he could be a

602
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Speaker 5: real weapon field position wise, Like starting an average field

603
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Speaker 5: position has been a real problem for Kentucky's defense lately.

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Speaker 5: It was a strength in twenty eighteen when Max Stuffy

605
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Speaker 5: was balling out, and that was part of the reason

606
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Speaker 5: the defense was so good is because offenses had to

607
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Speaker 5: drive seventy five eighty eighty five yards all the time

608
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Speaker 5: to score on them. It's been more fifty sixty yards

609
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Speaker 5: now and so they have to get back to that.

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Speaker 5: And if they're able to do that in all three phases,

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Speaker 5: play complimentary football. I think that's how you win a

612
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Speaker 5: lot of those close games. And so can all those

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Speaker 5: pieces come together, because there's just to me, there's some

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Speaker 5: little things in each phase. If you football, though switches up,

615
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Speaker 5: then you could have a really good FOOTB team if

616
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Speaker 5: all these switches are down, if only one or two

617
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Speaker 5: were down, then that's where I think you could get

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Speaker 5: into trouble.

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Speaker 3: On Tuesday, I guess it was Max was in disbelief

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Speaker 3: over the punter situation. Weren't you hearing positive things out

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Speaker 3: of camp about Leros like everyone else?

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Speaker 5: Out of the first scrimmage. One of the bigger talking

623
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Speaker 5: points was like this dude was we got the new

624
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Speaker 5: Glenn Pacalac, Like this guy is unbelievable, and then like

625
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Speaker 5: it was a big shock and a big stun that

626
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Speaker 5: he didn't win that job. I mean, so to me,

627
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Speaker 5: drew my hot like working hot. Take is I don't

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Speaker 5: think that competition is over. I wouldn't be surprised if

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Speaker 5: you see if Kentucky punts twice or three times on Saturday,

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Speaker 5: I think we'll probably see both of them. Maybe that's

631
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Speaker 5: kind of a battle that leaks into the season.

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Speaker 3: Well, Steve Spurrier would love that were torn apart about

633
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Speaker 3: our punters before kickoff, but there's still a lot of

634
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Speaker 3: excitement around the team. Big news yesterday that season tickets,

635
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Speaker 3: where they sold forty eight hundred, set a new record.

636
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Speaker 3: That's six hundred more than last season. All the student

637
00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:01,440
Speaker 3: tickets are gone, which you think of UK football selling out,

638
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:02,840
Speaker 3: haven't done that many times.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think this offseason was a lot of expressing

640
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:10,879
Speaker 5: frustrations for people kind of where we going, where we're headed.

641
00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:14,000
Speaker 5: But that's a sign to me that the fan base

642
00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:17,560
Speaker 5: is still very bought in and very excited to see

643
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Speaker 5: this football team and thinks this team can achieve some

644
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Speaker 5: special things. So to me, we kind of can get

645
00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:28,000
Speaker 5: lost in the sauce sometimes in the offseason, but to me,

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Speaker 5: I think there's a lot of optimism around this team

647
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Speaker 5: and people are excited. I think one about this defense

648
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Speaker 5: in two, I think the potential of this offense, and

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Speaker 5: if it hits, I think people think, wow, this can

650
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Speaker 5: be a really good season. And then I think the

651
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Speaker 5: home schedule helps. You get Auburn at home for the

652
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Speaker 5: first time in almost a decade. That's a big game.

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Speaker 5: You get Louisville home at the end of the season,

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Speaker 5: you get Beamer in town, you get Kirby smartintown back

655
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:51,080
Speaker 5: to back in September. Like, the home schedule is very

656
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,640
Speaker 5: very exciting, and I think that has people excited.

657
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think the schedule is great, even little things

658
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:57,479
Speaker 3: like the extra fifteen minutes.

659
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Speaker 4: I know that sounds dumb.

660
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Speaker 3: This coming Saturday, instead of seven thirty game, the seven

661
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Speaker 3: forty five. Some fans can do damage with that extra

662
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Speaker 3: fifteen minutes.

663
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Speaker 5: The Ohio game in week four we get the old

664
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Speaker 5: Jefferson Palette kickoff. You know, you get the twelve thirty

665
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Speaker 5: twelve forty five, so you don't have to get in

666
00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,520
Speaker 5: there right at eleven forty five. You can take your

667
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Speaker 5: time getting into the stadium. So even things like that

668
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Speaker 5: I definitely think helps. I don't think that was a

669
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Speaker 5: bad idea by the SEC.

670
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Speaker 3: Yeah, for those forty one thousand season ticket holders and

671
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Speaker 3: everybody else that'll be there. You know, we talk a

672
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:30,560
Speaker 3: lot of beer on this show. I mentioned I'll be

673
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:32,800
Speaker 3: out there with Country Boy doing my show Me Your

674
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,240
Speaker 3: Tenths video you can found on YouTube. We've obviously talked

675
00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:40,000
Speaker 3: a lot about the gravely brewing Kentucky Blue Light. I'm

676
00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:43,240
Speaker 3: looking at it right now, the nil beer that's helping

677
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:46,760
Speaker 3: players make a little income as the fan base enjoys

678
00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,400
Speaker 3: the cold brew. And then two days ago, Bud Light

679
00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:51,959
Speaker 3: announced that once again we're one of twenty six schools

680
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,520
Speaker 3: to have a special can I know that's not really new.

681
00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:56,600
Speaker 3: They had it last year, but we made the cut

682
00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:58,920
Speaker 3: again so you'll get to see the I guess they

683
00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:01,880
Speaker 3: call it the Team Space Pacific fan favorite cans this

684
00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,640
Speaker 3: season one with the UK football helmet on it.

685
00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:06,080
Speaker 5: I know that was a big hit last year in

686
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:07,800
Speaker 5: the games they had the aluminum bottles with the UK

687
00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:09,800
Speaker 5: logos on them that they sold in the big coolers.

688
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:11,880
Speaker 5: You know, it's a big hit for the fans because

689
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:15,880
Speaker 5: you know how long time ago, which was really two

690
00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:18,720
Speaker 5: years ago, you just had to pretend like this didn't exist.

691
00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:22,880
Speaker 5: But now everybody's embracing the new age. And to me,

692
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:24,800
Speaker 5: I still have some cans I saved that had the

693
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Speaker 5: UK logo at home, and I think a lot of

694
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,440
Speaker 5: people do that as well. We got it right there.

695
00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:30,880
Speaker 5: You see it right there, right when you walk in

696
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:33,920
Speaker 5: kas Bar, the UK logo with the bud Light emblem

697
00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:37,200
Speaker 5: on that, and that's something else I think they get

698
00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:40,480
Speaker 5: excited about. And now we got the Kentucky what's Kentucky Light,

699
00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:44,160
Speaker 5: Kentucky Blue Light, Kentucky Blue Light KBL as well, so

700
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Speaker 5: and you get it all here at Kasbar. They've got

701
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:46,720
Speaker 5: it all.

702
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:48,160
Speaker 4: Look at you. Known to promote kaos bar.

703
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:50,640
Speaker 3: If all the things that's happened in college sports in

704
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:52,360
Speaker 3: the last few years, and it's been a lot, it

705
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:57,080
Speaker 3: looks completely different. Seeing official sponsor of the Kentucky Wildcats

706
00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,160
Speaker 3: on a can of bud Light, I just my brain

707
00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:01,800
Speaker 3: never thought we'd get to that place, especially under the

708
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:04,560
Speaker 3: current administration. But not only do we have a bud

709
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,600
Speaker 3: Light can that says official sponsor, the fact that players

710
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,160
Speaker 3: are getting money from beer. I mean that's we've had

711
00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:13,920
Speaker 3: a gambling the portal nil. The alcohol thing has kind

712
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Speaker 3: of surprised me the most.

713
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Speaker 5: The legal gambling hitting at the same time that you

714
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,200
Speaker 5: could sell beer was quite the shock to the system, like, oh,

715
00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:22,480
Speaker 5: we're really going all in now.

716
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Speaker 3: You're busy with KSR these days on a game day,

717
00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:28,040
Speaker 3: but when you were able to enjoy yourself. What did

718
00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:30,440
Speaker 3: a tailgate look like for Adam Luckett? Were you having

719
00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:32,600
Speaker 3: a few of the bud Lights? Were you season ticket holder?

720
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Speaker 5: Yeah?

721
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Speaker 4: Are you you guy that? Do you set one up?

722
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Speaker 3: Or do you wonder around walk us through the luck

723
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Speaker 3: At Saturday experience?

724
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Speaker 5: We were season ticket holders really right when I got

725
00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:43,800
Speaker 5: out of college, so five six years before I started

726
00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:46,040
Speaker 5: doing maybe even longer than that. Started doing this full time.

727
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Speaker 5: Section two O four I believe was where we were

728
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Speaker 5: at had seats row twelve. Seats one and two I

729
00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:54,560
Speaker 5: believe were their seats.

730
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Speaker 4: On the aisle.

731
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Speaker 6: Nice.

732
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I had to do the isle. That's my number one.

733
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Speaker 5: You gotta have the aisle. But yeah, we would have

734
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Speaker 5: we'd had tailgate. We meet up with people different. We

735
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:03,880
Speaker 5: didn't have the same tailgate every year, but we had

736
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Speaker 5: people we would go to. Never had the parking pass,

737
00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:08,480
Speaker 5: but would meet up with people. We did the Cooper

738
00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:10,240
Speaker 5: thing for a long time, Drew right out of college.

739
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Speaker 5: We would go to Cooper. One of my friend's little

740
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:15,440
Speaker 5: brothers went to school here still, so we would set

741
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:16,840
Speaker 5: up a smat on Cooper. We did that for three

742
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:19,560
Speaker 5: or four years. That was fun. And then yeah, I

743
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:21,480
Speaker 5: just did an all day thing get here. You know,

744
00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:24,920
Speaker 5: night game would get here one o'clock or so. Day

745
00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 5: games would still try to get here early to get

746
00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:28,360
Speaker 5: some tailgated at nine o'clock or so. We'll just go

747
00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:33,080
Speaker 5: all out. So definitely do miss that, but definitely like

748
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:36,000
Speaker 5: the current set up week. You know, I definitely love

749
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:39,120
Speaker 5: smashing some coffee and Drew Franklin at one a free coffee.

750
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Speaker 3: Nothing like drinking four cups of coffee between seven and

751
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:44,040
Speaker 3: ten and then going home trying to go to bed.

752
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:46,840
Speaker 3: I love my job, wouldn't trade it. It keeps us very busy.

753
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,440
Speaker 3: But I missed the all day tailgating. I get to

754
00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:51,720
Speaker 3: roam around to do that show, but even that's a

755
00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:54,479
Speaker 3: little bit of work. We tailgated for twenty four hours

756
00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:56,720
Speaker 3: before the Stevie Got Lose game. We got there the

757
00:31:56,800 --> 00:32:00,160
Speaker 3: Friday night before. I slept on the ground next to

758
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Speaker 3: Cooper and we would just woke up and kept going.

759
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Speaker 5: Yeah, for me, it's gotten to point where it's not

760
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:06,600
Speaker 5: like you get to do an hour or so, meet

761
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:08,720
Speaker 5: up a friend's family, hang out, do the thing, and

762
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:11,480
Speaker 5: then go. But when I went to the Grove, that

763
00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:13,600
Speaker 5: was hard walking to that stadium. I'm not gonna lie.

764
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:16,480
Speaker 5: I'm very excited to get back there this year. That

765
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:19,040
Speaker 5: was very hard. Even for a new game. You wouldn't

766
00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:20,920
Speaker 5: have known it. It was like being in Vegas was kind

767
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 5: of how I compared it to. You just don't know

768
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:24,760
Speaker 5: what time. It is. Like you get out there and

769
00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:26,760
Speaker 5: the energy's up and everyone's having a good time, and

770
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:29,239
Speaker 5: you're just, hey, it's not any who cares. We're having

771
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,720
Speaker 5: a good time out here tailgating. Very excited to get

772
00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:34,280
Speaker 5: back there. I would highly recommend that for anyone looking

773
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,560
Speaker 5: for a road trip. I know Austin is the big

774
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,040
Speaker 5: popular one this year, but the Grove is a fun trip,

775
00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:41,120
Speaker 5: even for I think the noon games.

776
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Speaker 3: The Grove is a different breed. I was there when

777
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:45,520
Speaker 3: was it two years ago when the game was stolen

778
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:48,280
Speaker 3: from us? But a friend of mine that went to

779
00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:50,720
Speaker 3: Old Miss and his wife is from the area. They

780
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:53,120
Speaker 3: handled all of our tailgating in our rental house, so

781
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:54,920
Speaker 3: I just kind of just show up what I owe.

782
00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:57,720
Speaker 3: You know, they had arranged everything. But my job that

783
00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 3: morning was to carry the mums. They are so big

784
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:04,240
Speaker 3: into their tailgating that we had lots of flowers that

785
00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:06,240
Speaker 3: we had to take. And I walked about a mile

786
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:08,800
Speaker 3: and a half at seven am carrying moms, thinking what

787
00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:11,200
Speaker 3: the hell is going on here? Don't miss that I'm

788
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:13,880
Speaker 3: carrying these flower pots down the street. But that's how

789
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:16,800
Speaker 3: serious they take it. I think we had a chandelier, tablecloths.

790
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:19,440
Speaker 3: It's a different experience. There are you going to Austin.

791
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:20,840
Speaker 3: I'm going to Austin.

792
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:21,440
Speaker 5: I'll be there.

793
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:24,160
Speaker 3: I don't know their tailgating scene but I've heard good

794
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:25,840
Speaker 3: things about the city and Rainy Street.

795
00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:30,000
Speaker 5: I only know about three hundred people going. That number

796
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:33,520
Speaker 5: keeps growing with each day, and that's just friends and

797
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,960
Speaker 5: family at home. It seems like everyone who might go

798
00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:39,400
Speaker 5: to road game, it feels like they're going to Texas,

799
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:41,479
Speaker 5: and so that's gonna be fun. I don't I've never

800
00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:43,120
Speaker 5: been to Austin, so I really don't know what I'm

801
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 5: getting into. I know the stadium's a behemoth, and that's

802
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:49,000
Speaker 5: all we really know. I know the nightlife. Everyone talks

803
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:51,160
Speaker 5: about how it's a fun place to go, So I'm

804
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:52,720
Speaker 5: excited to not only do that, but do that with

805
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:54,520
Speaker 5: a lot of Kentucky fans. That's gonna be really fun.

806
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,280
Speaker 5: And it's November. We should get some good weather at

807
00:33:57,280 --> 00:33:59,600
Speaker 5: that time of year. So definitely excited to see what

808
00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:00,000
Speaker 5: all says.

809
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:00,960
Speaker 4: Very much.

810
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,320
Speaker 3: Looking forward to that very much. Looking forward to getting

811
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:04,920
Speaker 3: back to your phone calls. I'm meant to do that

812
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,320
Speaker 3: this segment, but we got to yapping about other things,

813
00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:09,680
Speaker 3: so we'll take a break here on KSR. When we

814
00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:11,719
Speaker 3: come back, we'll take more of your calls. Call us

815
00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:13,680
Speaker 3: at the on the Clark's Pumping Shop phone line at

816
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:15,799
Speaker 3: eight five nine to two two eight seven if you

817
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,520
Speaker 3: want to join the conversation with Adam Luckett. We're talking

818
00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:20,839
Speaker 3: about UK football all day as we're two days out

819
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:21,840
Speaker 3: from opening kickoff.

820
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Speaker 4: This is KSR.

821
00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:29,320
Speaker 3: Welcome back to a football edition of Kentucky Sports Radio.

822
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:35,160
Speaker 3: Drew Franklin with ksr's beat writer on football, Adam Luckett,

823
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,359
Speaker 3: the man who knows more about UK football than UK

824
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:40,360
Speaker 3: football itself. We have a full phone bank and we

825
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:42,640
Speaker 3: have Dion Walker joining that phone bank soon, so I

826
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Speaker 3: want to go ahead and get through our callers.

827
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Speaker 4: Who's up next?

828
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Speaker 3: Shannon Le's going to Matthew. Matthew, thanks for calling in.

829
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Speaker 7: Hey guys, thank you for taking my call. So just

830
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:55,279
Speaker 7: a couple of things. One thing I found interesting a

831
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Speaker 7: bunch of Stallings today reposted a graphic on Twitter that

832
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:04,040
Speaker 7: ranked the top one hundred offensive guards of the twenty

833
00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:08,759
Speaker 7: first century, and he was ranked at number eight in

834
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:11,600
Speaker 7: the twenty first century for guards, and I just wanted

835
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:13,880
Speaker 7: to ask what your guys' thoughts were on that, because

836
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:18,480
Speaker 7: I didn't really start paying attention completely to Kentucky football

837
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:21,520
Speaker 7: until that first year that Stoops made the bowl game

838
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:25,680
Speaker 7: against Northwestern, and I remember him being really good but

839
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Speaker 7: seeing him top ten was just kind of shocking to me.

840
00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:33,359
Speaker 7: And also another thing I wanted to ask was what

841
00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:37,080
Speaker 7: your guys' record predictions were for UK football this year

842
00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:39,840
Speaker 7: and what to expect from the offense and more importantly

843
00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:41,560
Speaker 7: Brock vandergriff.

844
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:43,360
Speaker 3: All right, we appreciate the call, Adam. What do you

845
00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:45,080
Speaker 3: think about Bunchie being top ten?

846
00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:47,320
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think if you go back to twenty eighteen,

847
00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:53,160
Speaker 5: Bunchie Stallings had that epic block against Florida that should

848
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:56,000
Speaker 5: be a picture, honestly, should be probably in the football

849
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:59,160
Speaker 5: facility somewhere, that pancake block he had, and he was

850
00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:01,480
Speaker 5: named a mid season All American I thought because of

851
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:03,200
Speaker 5: that block, But he would end up being I think

852
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:05,400
Speaker 5: a first team All American in twenty eighteen at guard.

853
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:07,200
Speaker 5: So if you're just doing it about that, then yeah,

854
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:09,160
Speaker 5: like he was one of the better guards in the country,

855
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,680
Speaker 5: or at least seen as that back then. But that

856
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:14,520
Speaker 5: is a little surprising that he was that high. And

857
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 5: then on again, we made our record predictions there ksr

858
00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:20,560
Speaker 5: in jury, We all went on record. I did the

859
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:22,759
Speaker 5: boring seven to five, but that's what they've been in

860
00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:26,960
Speaker 5: the last two years. Schedule is tougher, and I think

861
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:30,120
Speaker 5: there's enough unknowns likely if they don't have a great

862
00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:32,200
Speaker 5: record in close games, like I've mentioned that seven and

863
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:35,840
Speaker 5: five scenes seems pretty likely. But I will say on

864
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:39,560
Speaker 5: Brock Vandergriff, something he's done that I don't think has

865
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:43,360
Speaker 5: really gotten talked about enough. Spring Game, he played well

866
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:46,040
Speaker 5: both reports out of the scrimmages in the Fall Camp.

867
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Speaker 5: In Fall Camp in a game like setting, was like

868
00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:50,719
Speaker 5: he impressed, he played well. He was like, well, that

869
00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:53,600
Speaker 5: was pretty impressive. I think the coaches were impressed with

870
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:56,520
Speaker 5: how he performed. That's not a bad sign. That he

871
00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:58,560
Speaker 5: keeps playing well in these game like settings is not

872
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:02,759
Speaker 5: a bad sign. I think they're excited about how they

873
00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 5: think he can perform and play on time within the

874
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:06,880
Speaker 5: structure on the offense and get the ball to the

875
00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:09,680
Speaker 5: open receiver and then add an element with his legs

876
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:12,120
Speaker 5: as a runner. I think they're very excited about what

877
00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:16,719
Speaker 5: he can bring to the offense, and so I have

878
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:18,880
Speaker 5: a lot of optimism for what he can become. Now

879
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:20,520
Speaker 5: we have to see him go out and do it.

880
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:23,239
Speaker 5: But this is a guy who's got some tools and

881
00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:25,319
Speaker 5: some potential, and I've like what I've seen him from

882
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:28,040
Speaker 5: an accuracy and timing standpoint, and the limited i've seen

883
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:29,480
Speaker 5: him of how he's been able to play within the

884
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:31,920
Speaker 5: structure of the offense. When you talk about an offense

885
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:34,640
Speaker 5: that really needs to improve their efficiency, that's that's very good.

886
00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:38,040
Speaker 5: That's something you need. You just need like make the routine, routine,

887
00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:40,880
Speaker 5: hit the simple place, just hit the targets, move to football,

888
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:42,680
Speaker 5: and keep the offense on the field and play that

889
00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:46,480
Speaker 5: possession of football, that the complimentary football that Kentucky wants

890
00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:46,840
Speaker 5: to play.

891
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:50,680
Speaker 3: I'm looking a bunch of his bio on UK's website.

892
00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:53,360
Speaker 3: First Team All America A byt AP and the Athletics

893
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:56,160
Speaker 3: second Team by Sports Illustrated USA Today, Third Team by

894
00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 3: Athlon SEC, Lineman of the Week twice, and first Team

895
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,040
Speaker 3: All that you see just about all of them. Well,

896
00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:04,120
Speaker 3: I mean, that was a banner year by him. You know,

897
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:06,120
Speaker 3: I don't have the knowledge to compare them against every

898
00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:08,080
Speaker 3: guard that's played the last decade, but I could see

899
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:10,520
Speaker 3: why someone would consider him. Uh, Shannon, who's up next?

900
00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:12,239
Speaker 2: Let's go to Tommy.

901
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:15,840
Speaker 3: Tommy, thanks for calling in. You got a football question.

902
00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:20,040
Speaker 9: Not as much a question just to comment work.

903
00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 6: Obviously.

904
00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:24,600
Speaker 9: Yeah, he very excited, obviously about the season, but I

905
00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:27,280
Speaker 9: think if the pessimists can be excited about the season

906
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:30,360
Speaker 9: two and I think was you know, we talked about good,

907
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:33,439
Speaker 9: great and fair seasons from nineteen three to eight and four,

908
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:35,920
Speaker 9: seven and three, six and six. For the last four years,

909
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:38,399
Speaker 9: we've you know, we've dropped. The game that we were

910
00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:44,040
Speaker 9: favored in twenty was Missouri twenty one, Mississippi State, twenty two, Vanderbilt,

911
00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:47,000
Speaker 9: and South Carolina and twenty three South Carolina. So you

912
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:50,000
Speaker 9: win the games that were supposed to win, things look different.

913
00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:52,280
Speaker 9: And just wanted to see if y'all wanted to comment

914
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:53,520
Speaker 9: on that and how we get over that hunt.

915
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:54,879
Speaker 4: We appreciate the call.

916
00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:57,520
Speaker 3: They're gonna get over the hump in those games.

917
00:38:58,000 --> 00:38:59,960
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think when you kind of look at the

918
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 5: Mark Stoop's era, like it's not it's unfair to say, oh,

919
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:05,040
Speaker 5: he's only one topped into the games but in the SEC,

920
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:06,840
Speaker 5: but he has one like out of conference, Like the

921
00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:09,360
Speaker 5: two Louisville wins were huge, like on the road, and

922
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:11,440
Speaker 5: then beating Penn State was like one of the bigger

923
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:13,640
Speaker 5: wins this program's history in that bowl game to kind

924
00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 5: of cemit that ten win season, but that is the

925
00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:19,279
Speaker 5: next hump. Can he get that? Rich Brooks lusu win, Like,

926
00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:22,239
Speaker 5: can he get that one? George is gonna be tough,

927
00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:25,439
Speaker 5: But can you shock a top ten ole? Miss? Can

928
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:29,440
Speaker 5: you shock a a Texas late in the season? Can

929
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:32,080
Speaker 5: you play spoiler? I definitely think this team has the

930
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:35,360
Speaker 5: talent to do it. And again, if Rock vander Griff

931
00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:39,080
Speaker 5: is delivering and looks like he's a player there at quarterback,

932
00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:41,440
Speaker 5: I think they'll have more than a puncher's chance in

933
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:43,640
Speaker 5: this game. To me, the scenario how that happens is

934
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:46,840
Speaker 5: either you sneak up them all Miss, or like vander

935
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:48,879
Speaker 5: Griff hits another gear at the end of the year

936
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:51,600
Speaker 5: in November, maybe you go down and kind of shock Texas,

937
00:39:51,719 --> 00:39:53,120
Speaker 5: which I think is gonna be hard because I think

938
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:56,000
Speaker 5: Texas gonna be really good. But that is how that happens,

939
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:57,680
Speaker 5: because I think the defense is gonna be good enough.

940
00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:00,400
Speaker 5: It's gonna keep them in most of these games. Just

941
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:02,680
Speaker 5: can the offense score enough when they're going up against

942
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:04,760
Speaker 5: some of these high hot teen offenses they're gonna see

943
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:06,560
Speaker 5: can you get to thirty one points in a game

944
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:08,080
Speaker 5: you might have to win thirty one to twenty eight?

945
00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:09,879
Speaker 5: Can you get to thirty five in the game. You're

946
00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:11,440
Speaker 5: gonna have to win thirty five to thirty one.

947
00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:13,640
Speaker 3: Sans we'd get one more in or we kind of

948
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:15,960
Speaker 3: too close to heartbreak. You do one more Let's do sure,

949
00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:19,320
Speaker 3: We'll go quick football, Freddy football, Freddy, you have a floor?

950
00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:22,520
Speaker 6: Yeuys. I just want to tell the doubters out there,

951
00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:25,960
Speaker 6: it's time to start believing. Gerald Minsi's out here talking

952
00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:29,239
Speaker 6: in interviews about putting our offensive coordinator running back in

953
00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:33,319
Speaker 6: rushing for four hundred yards. Brad Watson interviews throwing out

954
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:36,320
Speaker 6: John cal Perry references about it doesn't matter who's starting.

955
00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:37,320
Speaker 6: We're that good.

956
00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:39,080
Speaker 8: It's October.

957
00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:43,000
Speaker 6: It's Brocco Clock. Go cats, see y'all Saturday. Let's win

958
00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:45,680
Speaker 6: the football games. Ten and two is what the Freddies

959
00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:46,200
Speaker 6: are thinking.

960
00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:49,080
Speaker 5: I'm glad to hear Brocco Clock is growing.

961
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:49,319
Speaker 4: There we go.

962
00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:52,960
Speaker 3: That's a lucky nickname there. I appreciate more of that

963
00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:54,920
Speaker 3: juice too. Can we have a I'm just gonna do it?

964
00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:57,640
Speaker 3: That does our code at Don Franklin Auto Call today,

965
00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:00,880
Speaker 3: we would like to hear more football enthusiasm of the

966
00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:03,719
Speaker 3: Bronco Clock. You know some of the nicknames. You got

967
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:07,279
Speaker 3: a favorite b October I know you're excited about that one.

968
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:11,400
Speaker 5: Brocktober could be fun. No beat Auburn, just wear everyone

969
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 5: wearing brock Tober shirts in the crowd, Bronco clock. I'm

970
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:16,440
Speaker 5: sure we'll find some more along the way.

971
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:19,239
Speaker 3: Between the red hair and the belt clip and kind

972
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:21,480
Speaker 3: of being a country boy himself, and the potential with

973
00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:24,399
Speaker 3: all these nicknames. If Brock has a good season, there's

974
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:26,759
Speaker 3: there's more nil dollars to be made as things go on.

975
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:28,600
Speaker 5: I think, yeah, I think you're seeing him on a

976
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:30,480
Speaker 5: few things right now, but definitely he could be a

977
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:33,799
Speaker 5: guy that could He has upward mobility for sure. In

978
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:34,600
Speaker 5: the Nile game.

979
00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:36,760
Speaker 2: Coming up, Rock out with your brockout.

980
00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:37,920
Speaker 4: You like that that one too.

981
00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:41,200
Speaker 3: Coming up next, maybe the biggest NIL marketing player on

982
00:41:41,239 --> 00:41:43,640
Speaker 3: the team, Dion Walker, will join us here on Kentucky

983
00:41:43,719 --> 00:41:45,360
Speaker 3: Sports Radio. That's right after this break.