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

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Speaker 1: here's Matt Jones all right, welcome back our number two. Ryan,

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Speaker 1: Drew and Shannon joined our special guest Alyssa Lang here

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Speaker 1: today and I'm only gonna give away the Kentucky branded

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Speaker 1: tweeted today. Okay, I'm only gonna give it, give it

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Speaker 1: away because it says, can we go ahead and book

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Speaker 1: Alyssa Lang to host every year? She's killing it? So

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Speaker 1: there you go. That's from keV Miller. So we got

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Speaker 1: your you're on you're on on the clock.

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Speaker 2: Well, I appreciate that y'all are doing the heavy lifting.

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Speaker 2: I am just happy to be along for the ride.

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Speaker 2: So I'm so happy to be here, genuinely.

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Speaker 3: I do.

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Speaker 2: I do, And did feel a little bit bad when

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Speaker 2: Matt Jones put out his tweet and said, Okay, who

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Speaker 2: wants to guest host this summer?

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Speaker 4: Who do you?

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Speaker 2: And I have been kind of been asking Matt for

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Speaker 2: a couple of years now, when are you gonna have

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Speaker 2: me on KSR? We ran into each other at a

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Speaker 2: derby in uh at the Belmonts Takes a couple of

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Speaker 2: years ago when I was giving him grief, then when

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Speaker 2: are you gonna have me on KSR? And so I

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Speaker 2: publicly kind of called him out in response to that

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Speaker 2: tweet when I said, Matt, please stop making me bag

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Speaker 2: and so I feel like I sort of backed him

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Speaker 2: into a corner. But you know what, squeaky wheel gets

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Speaker 2: the oil and I'm here with you fine folks.

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Speaker 3: So I'm happy that I did it.

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Speaker 1: Now, Matt just posted a picture and he's at sea.

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Speaker 1: He's on a boat. Is he driving the boat? I mean, well,

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Speaker 1: first of all, Alyssa, just to get him on a

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Speaker 2: No.

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Speaker 1: And to let somebody else drive the boat that's pretty

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Speaker 1: big too. But somewhere Matt is.

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Speaker 3: On the sea or a cruise ship.

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Speaker 4: I haven't seen this.

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Speaker 1: It's it's on his Instagram. He's been posting photos of

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Speaker 1: his entire trip on Instagram. It's it's really been kind

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Speaker 1: of cool to see these beautiful places he've been and uh,

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Speaker 3: He doesn't even have his floatings on.

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Speaker 1: Look at him, no white, no floaties. Wow, He's in

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Speaker 1: a boat somewhere. But he doesn't say way. He says,

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Speaker 1: I'm at sea. Does look nice? I'm very jealous, Alyssa.

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Speaker 1: Have you ever known anybody to get two months off

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Speaker 2: It's so funny because when he tweeted, you know, his

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Speaker 3: Hey, I'm out, I'm on my trap. I thought to myself, Man,

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Speaker 1: I'm in because I'm hat Media Days.

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Speaker 2: This week and everybody rightfully so it's the unofficial start

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Speaker 2: to college football season. Rightfully, so everyone's going. So you're ready,

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Speaker 3: Days are here. I have yet to take a vacation

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Speaker 2: I did go with my future in laws up to

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Speaker 3: Two month trip. I mean, how do you pack everything

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Speaker 2: You know, it's it's really gonna be tough for him

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Speaker 4: I turned on ESPN and there was one of the goats,

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Speaker 4: But Alyssa Lang was right there next to her, and

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Speaker 4: I thought that was such a cool moment for you.

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Speaker 4: Even did some hot dog coverage. But what was that

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Speaker 4: like sitting next to Linda Cone, who really paved the

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Speaker 2: She really did. It was surreal. I am kind of

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Speaker 2: glad that it was not my very first Sports Center

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Speaker 2: But I was so physically nervous before that game started.

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Speaker 2: it always felt like out of reach. It's SportsCenter, I'm

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Speaker 3: So I'm glad I got the first one under my belt.

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Speaker 2: Before then the hurdle of meeting the goat, Linda Cohne,

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Speaker 2: Sometimes veterans who are the status of Linda Cohne aren't

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Speaker 3: They don't know what they're doing.

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Speaker 2: They've only done a couple of shows, sometimes they're even

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Speaker 3: She was so gracious, she was so helpful, just such a.

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Speaker 2: Personable individual that it is genuine what you see on TV,

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Speaker 2: certainly when she's communicating her love of hockey and doing

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Speaker 2: but not Linda, and I just was so so happy.

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Speaker 3: It was one of those do meet your hero moments,

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Speaker 3: and I was so glad that I got to do that.

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Speaker 2: I was actually texting with her yesterday because I'm hoping

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Speaker 2: up together in the future. But I did have that

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Speaker 2: moment you mentioned the hot dogs where I'm cheersing a

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Speaker 2: dog eating contest highlights.

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Speaker 3: I'm going to saw that I just cheers.

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Speaker 1: I just cheers the hot.

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Speaker 3: Dog with Linda freaking Cone.

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Speaker 1: That's cool.

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Speaker 2: So are like, I can die now, i can retire, now,

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Speaker 3: So it was really really cool.

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Speaker 1: You know, a pinch me moment for you? It was

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Speaker 1: Drew and I are going to have a pinch me

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Speaker 1: moment on Monday because they own the big star Myron

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Speaker 1: Metcalf is actually going to be here in Lexington and

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Speaker 1: host the show with us at ks Bar and Grill.

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Speaker 1: You got any good Myron stories we can get him on.

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Speaker 2: I don't have any good Myron stories. I've only kind

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Speaker 2: of talked to him in passing doing various radio. But

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Speaker 2: I will say the Kentucky connections just continue to run deep.

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Speaker 2: Because as I'm sitting here thinking about my my Sports

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Speaker 2: I hosted with Michael Eaves.

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Speaker 3: Huge Kentucky guy, huge Kentucky fan.

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Speaker 1: Say my hometown, same hometown as Drew.

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Speaker 2: So we were sitting on the desk and Michael also

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Speaker 2: kind of saying, hey, we all little wildcat gamecock connection

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Speaker 3: I think we need to make this happen more often.

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Speaker 2: So I had some sort of close to home in

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Speaker 2: of thinking, like, does he know sort of my background

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Speaker 2: And I said, boy, do I have news for you.

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Speaker 2: I have eaten a banana with appeal on it on TV.

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Speaker 4: For me at this point, while we're talking about your career,

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Speaker 4: I've always been interested in what it's like when you

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Speaker 4: go into a town. You know you're there for most

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Speaker 4: of the week before college football game, you're having meetings.

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Speaker 4: Use lectioning as an example. Say this Saturday, we're playing Tennessee.

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Speaker 4: What would that look like for you if you're coming

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: So for my crew, Taylor's Oarser, Matt Stinchcomb, and myself,

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Speaker 2: and that doesn't stop leading up to kickoff.

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Speaker 3: But we are very, very dialed in on what reservations

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Speaker 1: She is Alyssa Laying and she's here on Kentucky Sports Radio.

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Speaker 1: The day we got Gary's on the line again. Here

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Speaker 1: be right back can on Kentucky's Ports Radio. All right,

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Speaker 1: welcome back Kentucky's Ports Radio, Ryan Drew and Shannon joined

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Speaker 1: by our special guest, Alyssa Lang from ESPN the SEC

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Speaker 1: Network and listen, we're gonna I'm gonna give out another

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Speaker 1: Kentucky branded tweeted the day. This one says Alyssa may

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Speaker 3: Oh I have not been and Grill, but I have.

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Speaker 2: I will say one of my other favorites in Lexington

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Speaker 1: Now we mentioned the big tvt tournament starts tonight, Alyssa

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Speaker 4: I'm not exaggerating. He I don't know if he's taking

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Speaker 1: So if Draft Kings has a parlay, you got Nate

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Speaker 4: We don't think our friends at DraftKings tbt betting. It'd

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Speaker 4: I'll set the line tonight at We'll go. Law Familia

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Speaker 2: I was gonna say, I'm looking up the rosters right

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Speaker 2: I don't know, like if there's if there's something happening

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Speaker 3: I mean, if if I were in the area, I

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Speaker 3: Is it televised?

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Speaker 4: Best interview, Oh, it had been so long since we

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Speaker 1: Been ten years. The hair hair wins really all of

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Speaker 2: could take a step forward under Brad White this year

440
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Speaker 2: and be even better when it comes to an NFL

441
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Speaker 2: prospect is just horrifying to think about. And you look

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Speaker 2: at the Kentucky defense and some of the other names,

443
00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:34,280
Speaker 2: pop Johnson coming over in the transfer portal from Georgia.

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Speaker 2: This is a side of the football that I really

445
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Speaker 2: wonder is going to cause some problems this year. Brad

446
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Speaker 2: White is one of the most under talked about defensive

447
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Speaker 2: coordinators in the country with what he does consistently on

448
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Speaker 2: that side for Kentucky. The player development, with sending guys

449
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Speaker 2: to the NFL and then being successful at the next level.

450
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Speaker 2: Dean Walker is going to be a guy that draft

451
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Speaker 2: boards if they're not already salivating over, will be just

452
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Speaker 2: because of the measurable standpoint. But I can't wait to

453
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Speaker 2: see what he puts on tape in twenty twenty four.

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Speaker 2: And another player we were kind of talking about, sort

455
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Speaker 2: of in that same light, but just hoping that this

456
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Speaker 2: could be the breakout years JJ Weaver. We were expecting

457
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Speaker 2: him to really take that step forward in twenty twenty three.

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Speaker 2: Can he do it in twenty twenty four? And you

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Speaker 2: look at all three phases of that defense. If it

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Speaker 2: is what we expect it to be and if the

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Speaker 2: development is there, that is gonna be a really fun

462
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Speaker 2: group to watch in twenty twenty four this season. But

463
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Speaker 2: Dean Walker is gonna make himself a lot of money.

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Speaker 2: I don't know if you guys saw the chain that

465
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Speaker 2: he was wearing yesterday, it was out of this world

466
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Speaker 2: the bear head because he's a bear. And then Slack

467
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Speaker 2: said that the bear had a crown on it because

468
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Speaker 2: his mom calls him king. So I like that tells

469
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Speaker 2: me all I need to know about a defensive lineman,

470
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Speaker 2: just the language on the chain. He's gonna have a

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Speaker 2: big twenty twenty four. I cannot wait to see it.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, we're pretty excited about him. Not many people like

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Speaker 4: that exist in the world, and Kentucky hasn't had many

474
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Speaker 4: defensive players like that over time. And also he just

475
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Speaker 4: has a great personality. At the end of seasons, you know,

476
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Speaker 4: guys are flirting with the portal or sending out tweets

477
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Speaker 4: about playing time. There's little drama here and there. Dion

478
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Speaker 4: Walker the minute last season ended tweeted like, all right,

479
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Speaker 4: running it back. I'm Kentucky. I mean, that's a guy

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Speaker 4: who likes being here and we just love everything about him.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know, I saw I think he did

482
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Speaker 2: an interview with Andy Staples and I saw that they

483
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Speaker 2: kind of talked about just his loyalty to Mark Stoops

484
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Speaker 2: and like we talked about earlier with kind of the

485
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Speaker 2: flirtation with Texas A and M and what would end

486
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Speaker 2: up happening there. I said this on the on the

487
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Speaker 2: Studio show yesterday. We talk a lot about Lane Kiffin

488
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Speaker 2: and what he can do in the portal, but we

489
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Speaker 2: don't talk again, we don't talk about Kentucky enough in general,

490
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Speaker 2: but we don't talk enough about what Mark Stoops does

491
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Speaker 2: in the portal. We don't talk enough about the player

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Speaker 2: retaining with nine starters, I think on the defense from

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Speaker 2: last year to this year. I mean, in the age

494
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Speaker 2: of the portal, that's really difficult to do to have

495
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Speaker 2: that kind of carryover from from last season into this season,

496
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Speaker 2: as well as being able to address some of the

497
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Speaker 2: needs within the transfer portal as well. So I feel

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Speaker 2: strongly about the fact that we don't give nationally. I'm

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Speaker 2: gonna say we not me because I talk about coach

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Speaker 2: Stoops in this light all the time, so I'm not

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Speaker 2: putting myself in that category. But I just feel like

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Speaker 2: he doesn't get enough credit for building these teams in

503
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Speaker 2: the way that he does compared to some other coaches

504
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Speaker 2: who do it. And yes, I understand that maybe a

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Speaker 2: seven and five season isn't the sexiest two years in

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Speaker 2: a row, and there's a reason why there's not a

507
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Speaker 2: lot of offseason chatter there. But I feel like they're

508
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Speaker 2: just so close with this Stoops formula to putting it

509
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Speaker 2: together and I really hope that this year is that

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Speaker 2: step towards some of the momentum that we saw a

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Speaker 2: couple of years ago. That's kind of fallen off in

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Speaker 2: the last two seasons.

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Speaker 1: joins us. Now we got another thirty minutes to go,

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Speaker 1: and Gary's been holding for a while, so let's get

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Speaker 1: Gary on to talk. Gary, you're own with Alyssa Lang.

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Speaker 1: Go ahead, Alissa. If Paul Fine Bob wanted someone on

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Speaker 1: the show but the producer didn't, who would win?

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Speaker 3: Oh Paul fine Bob every time. I mean he's a.

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Speaker 5: King, right, he says he says he wants mad on

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Speaker 5: the show, but the producer won't allow it.

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Speaker 3: Oh see, now you trapped me there. Yeah, you asked

555
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Speaker 3: that question and.

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Speaker 4: Be tricking our guests.

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Speaker 3: What you did there?

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Speaker 2: You know, I don't know, I genuinely I'm being honest here.

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Speaker 2: I don't know what the drama is. I know there's

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Speaker 2: some kind of drama between the two parties because I've

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Speaker 2: seen people tweet about it, But I have no idea.

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Speaker 1: Well, originally he said something about the Missouri coach who

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Speaker 1: was no longer. No longer there.

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Speaker 3: Paul did, and that was the problem.

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Speaker 1: Matt Matt did. Matt said something about Kwanzio Martin. I

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Speaker 1: think it was back in the Quanzo Martin days and

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Speaker 1: Matt and I.

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Speaker 4: Would host fan baumb in the summer during the college

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Speaker 4: baseball when I think a lot of ESPN people were

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Speaker 4: off and there was I guess maybe everything we said.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, we're off friends.

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Speaker 2: Everything's fine, you know, I'll try to get to the

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Speaker 2: bottom of it next time.

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Speaker 3: I see.

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Speaker 4: We don't want to put you on the spot with

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Speaker 4: your employers. You don't have to speak on behalf of

577
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Speaker 4: the show. It's our own problem.

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Speaker 3: Well, we talked we.

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Speaker 1: Talked about just a little bit that Lane Kiff and

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Speaker 1: Paul Finebaum thing that happened this week. I mean, they're

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Speaker 1: they're throwing Miley Cyrus under the bus. I mean, do

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Speaker 1: you think that was a lot of show or is

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Speaker 1: that a little personal? I think right there, I.

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Speaker 2: Will say, uh, oh, I think those two it's it's

585
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Speaker 2: hard to tell. I think those two understand that they

586
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Speaker 2: make really good TV together, so they kind of, you know,

587
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Speaker 2: you sit up a little bit.

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Speaker 3: But it is funny.

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Speaker 2: You know, we talk about all the things that you

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Speaker 2: do in a calendar year. And someone tweeted this at me.

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Speaker 2: We were talking about Sports Center a few minutes ago.

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Speaker 2: Someone tweeted at me after the first show, they said,

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Speaker 2: will you host the Paul fine Bomb Show? So everything

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Speaker 2: else has to be easier after that, right, just with

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Speaker 2: the crazy calls that you get and some of the

596
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Speaker 2: crazy stories.

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Speaker 3: So that show is an absolute ride.

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Speaker 2: And I remember being really intimidated the first time that

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Speaker 2: I guest hosted that show. You were just talking about

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Speaker 2: it during the summer when Paul takes some much needed vacation.

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Speaker 2: I remember thinking, nobody's gonna call, nobody's gonna want to

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Speaker 2: participate in a show. I'm so nervous I'm gonna fil

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Speaker 2: four hours by myself. I have a blast when I

604
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Speaker 2: go on that show because it is just the as

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Speaker 2: real and raw as it gets, which I always appreciate.

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Speaker 3: But I'll try to.

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Speaker 2: Get to the bottom of the match own situation if

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Speaker 2: I can, and if I can't, then then that's that's tough.

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Speaker 4: For me and to just carry out as it is.

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Speaker 4: We have a question from our KS board from Mss

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Speaker 4: Tyler Thompson. She wants to know if there was like

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Speaker 4: an exact moment or when you knew you wanted to

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Speaker 4: get into sports broadcasting.

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Speaker 2: Ooh, that's such a great question. And she does such

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Speaker 2: a great job too. I love reading the stories that

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Speaker 2: she puts out for KSR. When I was a kid,

617
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Speaker 2: college football was kind of my happy place. My parents

618
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Speaker 2: were always big college football fans. I actually grew up

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Speaker 2: in an acc household, believe it or not, as crazy

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Speaker 2: as I am for the SEC now. I grew up

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Speaker 2: in a mid to late nineties Virginia Tech Michael Vick household,

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Speaker 2: and that was what helped me fall in love with

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Speaker 2: college football. I looked forward to Saturdays every single week

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Speaker 2: when it was the off season. I watched every off

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Speaker 2: season show that was on the website. I collected newspaper clippings.

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Speaker 2: I was just obsessed with college football. I loved everything

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Speaker 2: about it, the pageantry, the excitement that tailgating. I was

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Speaker 2: a little bit spoiled with the very first team I

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Speaker 2: ever pulled for being Michael Vick led Virginia Tech Hogies,

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Speaker 2: who were constantly winning and in the ACC championships and

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Speaker 2: in national championships at the time. And I just remember

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Speaker 2: one day my dad saying, you know, you could do

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Speaker 2: this for a living if you wanted to. You could

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Speaker 2: talk about this and get paid for it. And it

635
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Speaker 2: was just such a novel concept to me at the

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Speaker 2: time because I remember the faces growing up watching that

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Speaker 2: I looked up to didn't necessarily always look like me,

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Speaker 2: and I think Aaron Andrews was really the only female

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Speaker 2: aside from Susie Colber at the time that I remember

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Speaker 2: watching consistently.

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Speaker 3: But it just never really.

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Speaker 2: Dawned on me that I could do this until my

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Speaker 2: dad just mentioned that one day, and it kind of

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Speaker 2: just snowballed from there. I started writing for the school

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Speaker 2: paper and I did the morning announcements on TV for

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Speaker 2: the school and got various internships.

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Speaker 3: When I was in high school.

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Speaker 2: I was able to get an internship with the Speed

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Speaker 2: Channel here in Charlotte when I was sixteen. It was

650
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Speaker 2: more observational, but I got to do some writing and

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Speaker 2: practicings and I just fell in.

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Speaker 3: Love with it.

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Speaker 2: You get bit by the bug of live sporting events

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Speaker 2: and broadcasting when the light turns on really trying to

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Speaker 2: make I kind of look at it as art in

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Speaker 2: a way. Your your show is a piece of art,

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Speaker 2: and you're trying to make the best show possible alongside

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Speaker 2: your friends and analysts, and it's just adrenaline pumping with

659
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Speaker 2: the best sport on earth when it comes.

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Speaker 3: To college football. So it was sort of a slow

661
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Speaker 3: burn for me.

662
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Speaker 2: But I have been a college football fan and a

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Speaker 2: sports fan really ever since I can remember any stream of.

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Speaker 3: Consciousness in my life. So it's been a long time coming.

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Speaker 1: I think let's go back to the Clark's pumpish ot

666
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Speaker 1: phone number. We got BJ up next, Go ahead, BJ.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, what's up?

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Speaker 2: Guys? Hey?

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Speaker 5: Let's how you doing good?

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Speaker 3: How are you?

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Speaker 5: I'm good, I'm good. I'm calling. I'm here from I'm

672
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Speaker 5: a Kentucky basketball fan from New Orleans. I call it

673
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Speaker 5: in a few times, and I also like L two football,

674
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Speaker 5: so I was wondering what was it like working with

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Speaker 5: were roam In Harper.

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Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, Roman is one of my favorite people ever.

677
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Speaker 2: I did Roman Harper's audition, I think it was and

678
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:09,840
Speaker 2: you just knew immediately that he was going to be

679
00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:14,120
Speaker 2: a star. Every media days, we always try to compete

680
00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,040
Speaker 2: with each other with who's gonna have the coolest suit.

681
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:19,440
Speaker 2: He always wins, but we always take a picture anyway,

682
00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:21,880
Speaker 2: despite him having the coolest suits in the game, but

683
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Speaker 2: he's the best. Roman is truly one of those people.

684
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Speaker 2: And I was just telling someone this the other day.

685
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Speaker 2: Roman is somebody who if you just met him on

686
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Speaker 2: the street and you didn't know anything about him, you

687
00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:34,920
Speaker 2: didn't know anything about his career or his life, you

688
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:38,440
Speaker 2: would just think he's just a regular dude who wants

689
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Speaker 2: to be your friend and wants to have a great time.

690
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Speaker 3: You'd have no idea that he would have this deep,

691
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Speaker 3: rich NFL.

692
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Speaker 2: Career, that he's won super Bowls, that he's been as

693
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Speaker 2: successful as he has been, because he's just such a

694
00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:54,080
Speaker 2: down to earth, funny, humble dude. And I love doing

695
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Speaker 2: shows whenever I can with Roman Harper. He's truly one

696
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Speaker 2: of my favorites to work with.

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Speaker 1: Got one more from the Avision Glass text machine for you.

698
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Speaker 1: It says, how are Kentucky fans? When She's on the

699
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,320
Speaker 1: sidelines at Kroger Field, you get a lot of interaction

700
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Speaker 1: with them, good or bad.

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Speaker 3: Kentucky fans are so nice to me. Genuinely.

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Speaker 2: I love this fan base so much, and I don't

703
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,000
Speaker 2: know if it's because I feel like I became part

704
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Speaker 2: of the family. After the banana eating incident a couple

705
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Speaker 2: of years.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, I think you did get hurt.

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Speaker 3: I don't think it hurt my relationship with Kentucky fans.

708
00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:31,240
Speaker 2: You know, I remember the first Kentucky basketball game I got,

709
00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:34,120
Speaker 2: the first Kentucky football game I got. I had never

710
00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:37,160
Speaker 2: really been around Kentucky sports and the way that I

711
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:40,160
Speaker 2: am now. Obviously always watched as a fan, but like

712
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Speaker 2: I said, I was in local news in South Carolina

713
00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,320
Speaker 2: and then again in Florida, so I just never really

714
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:47,000
Speaker 2: covered them up close. But I'd heard about I knew

715
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Speaker 2: about the fan base, and I knew about Big Blue Nation,

716
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Speaker 2: and I knew how just insane of an environment basketball

717
00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:56,920
Speaker 2: season is, and the high standards that they hold everybody too,

718
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Speaker 2: So I was a little bit nervous, but seriously so

719
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Speaker 2: of the nicest, most hospitable fans, But that also extends

720
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Speaker 2: to everyone you work with on the staff as well.

721
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:11,360
Speaker 2: Like I said earlier, Coach Stoops truly is one of

722
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Speaker 2: my favorites because of everything I just said about Roman

723
00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:17,000
Speaker 2: Harper also applies to Coach Stoops. Down to earth, humble,

724
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:20,560
Speaker 2: happy to talk to you, wants to have a human interaction.

725
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:22,400
Speaker 2: He's not just trying to wash his hands of you

726
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:26,160
Speaker 2: and you know, move on to the next interview. Everybody

727
00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:28,600
Speaker 2: that I have come into contact with in the state

728
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:32,120
Speaker 2: of Kentucky, whether it's at RUPP in Nashville, at the

729
00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:37,120
Speaker 2: basketball tournament at Kroger Field, they're just so genuinely nice,

730
00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:39,640
Speaker 2: happy to be there, happy to pull for the Cats,

731
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Speaker 2: and they're some of the most passionate people that you

732
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,160
Speaker 2: can meet. So I truly, I'm not trying to suck

733
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,520
Speaker 2: up when I say this. I love going to Lexington

734
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,640
Speaker 2: and I love doing Kentucky sporting events because they.

735
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Speaker 3: Just they are what college sports are supposed to be.

736
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Speaker 1: Nice fan base, YEP.

737
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Speaker 4: A lot of those Kentucky fans, including myself are packing

738
00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:01,040
Speaker 4: up the weekend before Thanksgiving and going to Austin, Texas

739
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,640
Speaker 4: for the debut game there. We'll have to wait to

740
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Speaker 4: go to Oklahoma. But do you know if you have

741
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,160
Speaker 4: any of those schedule yet and are you looking forward

742
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,920
Speaker 4: to a couple new cities you'll be adding to your

743
00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:11,160
Speaker 4: travels moving forward.

744
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm really excited.

745
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Speaker 2: You know. I've talked to a lot of fans from

746
00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:17,720
Speaker 2: various fan bases as well, who have said, you know,

747
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:21,080
Speaker 2: I have hit every single stadium in the SEC, and

748
00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:23,200
Speaker 2: now I get to add two more to my list,

749
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Speaker 2: you know, whenever my team ends up playing them. So

750
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Speaker 2: not only am I excited for the new trips, but

751
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,760
Speaker 2: I also think there will be some new rivalries developed

752
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:32,200
Speaker 2: as well.

753
00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:32,880
Speaker 3: Right with the.

754
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Speaker 2: Schedules changing and no divisions, I get a little sad because,

755
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,080
Speaker 2: as you guys know, we all at the network have

756
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:41,880
Speaker 2: our own affiliations and we like to smack talk each

757
00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:44,160
Speaker 2: other a little bit. And Chris Doring, who also I

758
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:50,560
Speaker 2: know is a Kentucky fan base favorite sometimes sometimes over the.

759
00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:51,400
Speaker 3: Last couple of years.

760
00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:52,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's a very nice guy.

761
00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:56,800
Speaker 2: Actually, actually funny story about CD and I just for

762
00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:58,960
Speaker 2: I just remembered this, so I was talking about my

763
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,960
Speaker 2: friend who just had a baby this week, a loyal

764
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:06,920
Speaker 2: KSR listener, Evan. He and his wife my best friend Taylor.

765
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Speaker 2: They're huge Panther fans here in Charlotte, and they have

766
00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:11,920
Speaker 2: a tailgating spot. They've got a group that they tailgate

767
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:15,280
Speaker 2: with every single Sunday and it's a blowout. I'm usually

768
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:17,760
Speaker 2: traveling back from a game on Sunday, so I rarely

769
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:20,520
Speaker 2: get to make the tailgates. But last season, I got

770
00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:23,160
Speaker 2: to get back on Saturday night get a full night's sleep.

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Speaker 3: And I said, I meet at the tailgate. Chris Doring

772
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Speaker 3: was in town from doing the Saturday shows in Charlotte

773
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Speaker 3: and he stays on Sunday for his sec this morning

774
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Speaker 3: on Monday, which is on TV.

775
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Speaker 2: Here in Charlotte as well. And I said, well, when

776
00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:38,040
Speaker 2: do you come to the tailgate with us? When I

777
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:40,640
Speaker 2: show up, and Evan and his family, like I said,

778
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Speaker 2: all Kentucky fans realize that I've brought Chris Doring, who

779
00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:45,720
Speaker 2: broke a lot of their hearts decades.

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Speaker 3: Ago, to the tailgate.

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Speaker 2: It was so funny to watch because he's also been

782
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:52,920
Speaker 2: loving on Kentucky so much as it was sort of

783
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 2: a bittersweet interaction as my friend Evan's dad, who, like

784
00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:02,160
Speaker 2: I said, lifelong Kentucky fan, bleeds blued. I think they

785
00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 2: ended up taking a picture together and now I think

786
00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:07,640
Speaker 2: they're friends. But that's why I say, I think he's

787
00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:11,120
Speaker 2: sort of, you know, become part of maybe a little

788
00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:14,000
Speaker 2: bit of a friendly rivalry there. But anyway, I was

789
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:17,200
Speaker 2: talking about the schedules, like South Carolina and Florida don't

790
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 2: play each other this year, So that's one of the

791
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:22,360
Speaker 2: things that's kind of bittersweet about some of the changes

792
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:24,640
Speaker 2: is some of the rivalries that we've become accustomed to

793
00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:27,280
Speaker 2: with in divisions we don't have anymore. But to your point,

794
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:31,840
Speaker 2: Kentucky Texas, hopefully Kentucky, oh you in the years to come.

795
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,480
Speaker 2: I'm just so excited about some of the newness that

796
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,920
Speaker 2: decades from now, we could be talking about, Oh remember

797
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:41,520
Speaker 2: when that Kentucky Oklahoma rival reformed, and you know, maybe

798
00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:45,760
Speaker 2: in twenty fifty it's this big knockdown, drag out Saturday

799
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:46,840
Speaker 2: that we all look forward to.

800
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Speaker 3: I think the prospect of that is really cool.

801
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:51,160
Speaker 4: I have a similar Chris Doring story real quick before

802
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:54,040
Speaker 4: we go to break. Years ago, Kentucky basketball played at

803
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:56,920
Speaker 4: Atlantis and the Bahamas, and we're at the Cove, the

804
00:35:56,920 --> 00:36:00,080
Speaker 4: adults only pool. There are Kentucky fans everywhere. We have

805
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:03,319
Speaker 4: every cabana, every recliner, every everything you can have. We're

806
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:06,319
Speaker 4: doing cats chance and then at some point goes that's

807
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,560
Speaker 4: Chris Doring in the pool. He was there on vacation,

808
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:12,240
Speaker 4: and once we realized who that was, we're all interacting

809
00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:13,920
Speaker 4: with him, and he couldn't have been nicer. It was

810
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:16,200
Speaker 4: such a funny signing there. But we had fun playing

811
00:36:16,239 --> 00:36:18,840
Speaker 4: along with that as a random siding there in the Bahamas.

812
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:20,479
Speaker 3: So funny you.

813
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:23,960
Speaker 2: Say that, because I was just in the Cove a

814
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:25,920
Speaker 2: week and a half ago. We went there there for

815
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:29,360
Speaker 2: two or three days. We were scouting some potential destination

816
00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:32,840
Speaker 2: wedding venues and that is potentially on the list. And

817
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,239
Speaker 2: I'm sending pictures to Dooring and He's like, Oh, I

818
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:40,120
Speaker 2: own that place. That's funny, nay there, and everyone's coming

819
00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:41,000
Speaker 2: to my cabana.

820
00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:42,759
Speaker 3: So I can imagine it was a great time.

821
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:44,440
Speaker 4: I can vouch for him on that.

822
00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:45,680
Speaker 3: That was That was a fun day.

823
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:45,959
Speaker 2: At the pool.

824
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:48,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, we got we gotta take one more break.

825
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:50,560
Speaker 1: We got one more segment we'll come back wrap it up.

826
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Speaker 1: Phone lines will be open if you want to go

827
00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:53,799
Speaker 1: on real quick with the LISTA Lang eight five nine two,

828
00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:55,840
Speaker 1: eight oh two to eighty seven. Ryan, Drew Shannon and

829
00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,040
Speaker 1: Lisslang will wrap it up here on Kentucky's Port Radio.

830
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Speaker 1: You know there's there's another word that could Hucky fans

831
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:04,880
Speaker 1: throw in. I was wondering if you can restrain yourself

832
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:07,879
Speaker 1: from saying yeah, yeah, listen. We'll just let that go.

833
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:09,280
Speaker 4: Best part of the song.

834
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Speaker 1: Ryan Lemon, Drew Franklin, shan to do with the list

835
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:13,680
Speaker 1: of laying we've let Phone lines were open if you

836
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:14,840
Speaker 1: want to call you got it real quick and you

837
00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:16,279
Speaker 1: need to call right now. Eight five nine two eight

838
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Speaker 1: h two to eet seven. We've talked a lot of football,

839
00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:20,279
Speaker 1: but Lits, I have to ask you about basketball because

840
00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:23,399
Speaker 1: our guys Read and Rob actually played against each other

841
00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:26,840
Speaker 1: last night. Didn't start till eleven. I'm old. I couldn't

842
00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:29,320
Speaker 1: stay up and watch much of it, but Reid finished

843
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:32,359
Speaker 1: with twenty. Rob finished with fifteen, and I did see

844
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:34,360
Speaker 1: the highlight he hit a three. Write in Reid's face.

845
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:37,360
Speaker 1: We're so excited about these two guys. What about you?

846
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,680
Speaker 1: The outsider looking in on Reading Rob.

847
00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:42,840
Speaker 2: Yeah. I had such a great time covering them and

848
00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:45,200
Speaker 2: their short careers. I know that we wish it could

849
00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:47,759
Speaker 2: have been a little bit longer selfishly, but glad to

850
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:50,320
Speaker 2: see what they're achieving at the next level. I remember

851
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:53,799
Speaker 2: getting to a game at some point the season, right

852
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:57,239
Speaker 2: after the song had come out, and Tom Hart was

853
00:37:57,280 --> 00:37:59,479
Speaker 2: the first one who told me about the Reading Rob song.

854
00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:03,279
Speaker 2: And I can't say that I'd ever stood on a

855
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:07,960
Speaker 2: basketball court at you know, Tuesday morning listening to a

856
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:11,160
Speaker 2: YouTube link of Reid and Rob and Read and like

857
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:13,200
Speaker 2: it was just I was like, dang, this is really catchy.

858
00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:15,480
Speaker 2: And then the next week I remember asking him, you know,

859
00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:17,239
Speaker 2: have you have you heard the song? And they just

860
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:19,760
Speaker 2: had the biggest smile on their faces, like, yeah, people

861
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:22,560
Speaker 2: played it for us a few times, but they were

862
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:25,040
Speaker 2: just such a pleasure to not only watch from a

863
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:28,640
Speaker 2: basketball perspective, but to talk to. One of my favorite

864
00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:30,840
Speaker 2: stories actually I got to tell at the SEC tournament.

865
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:35,920
Speaker 2: I was talking to Read just about obviously his dad

866
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:39,080
Speaker 2: and that story that had been so well documented throughout

867
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Speaker 2: Reid's entire career and what his dad meant to Kentucky

868
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:45,359
Speaker 2: when he was in Lexington too, and I said, well,

869
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:47,600
Speaker 2: you must have gone to a lot of SEC tournaments

870
00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:50,879
Speaker 2: so over the course of your childhood, not only with dad,

871
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:53,520
Speaker 2: but with the family. And he told me a story

872
00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:55,520
Speaker 2: about a tournament I think. He said it was in

873
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:57,839
Speaker 2: Atlanta at the time, and him and his dad had

874
00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:00,839
Speaker 2: a box and they were watching games all day long,

875
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,120
Speaker 2: and I guess the box had a couch in it,

876
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:05,320
Speaker 2: and he said, we sat down, you know, the last

877
00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:07,680
Speaker 2: game of the day. It's a four game day and it's,

878
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:10,480
Speaker 2: as you guys know, very long day at the SEC tournament.

879
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,640
Speaker 2: He said, they fell asleep and by the time they

880
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:15,920
Speaker 2: woke up, it was two or three in the morning

881
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:18,719
Speaker 2: and all the lights in the arena were out and

882
00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,720
Speaker 2: nobody was there, so they had to try to find

883
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 2: an exit and work their way out of the arena

884
00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:24,920
Speaker 2: at the time, and I.

885
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:26,040
Speaker 3: Said, how does that happen?

886
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:28,839
Speaker 2: How does nobody come in and you know, sweep up

887
00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:31,319
Speaker 2: the suite and see that you guys are just asleep there.

888
00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:33,160
Speaker 2: He said, I have no idea, but you know, we

889
00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:34,880
Speaker 2: made our way out of the arena two three in

890
00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:37,560
Speaker 2: the morning and came back the very next day. So

891
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,680
Speaker 2: I was one of my favorite fun stories that we

892
00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:42,319
Speaker 2: got to tell this past year about Reid.

893
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:46,680
Speaker 1: Well, they were obviously great crowd favorites, both of those guys,

894
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:49,160
Speaker 1: and everybody's very anxious to see how they do, you know,

895
00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:52,080
Speaker 1: in the NBA. But Reid has been like the darling

896
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,839
Speaker 1: of the Summer League. I mean, he's the He's the best,

897
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:56,560
Speaker 1: one of the best players I've ever seen in that

898
00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:57,360
Speaker 1: Summer League.

899
00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:01,440
Speaker 2: It's so funny too, because you know, you talk about

900
00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:04,400
Speaker 2: the measurables, and you talk about, you know, build a

901
00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:07,680
Speaker 2: basketball player, and of all the talented athletes who have

902
00:40:07,719 --> 00:40:10,600
Speaker 2: come through Kentucky basketball, Like I remember standing next to

903
00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:13,359
Speaker 2: Oscar Shebway years ago and being like, man, this kid

904
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:15,880
Speaker 2: is just he's got size, he's got athleticism.

905
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:18,400
Speaker 3: It was just talking about Roman Harper.

906
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:19,640
Speaker 2: And if you walked up to him all on the

907
00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 2: street and you didn't know, I don't know what you

908
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:24,799
Speaker 2: would think if you didn't know what Reed Shepherd's basketball

909
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:26,759
Speaker 2: career had looked like to this point, if you just

910
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:29,600
Speaker 2: met him for the first time, he is just he

911
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:33,560
Speaker 2: checks all the boxes, obviously from from a basketball standpoint,

912
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:37,279
Speaker 2: and what he brings to the floor from a shooting standpoint,

913
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:41,040
Speaker 2: just the unbelievable vision and accuracy that he has, but

914
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:45,160
Speaker 2: also just from a teammate standpoint, from somebody that the

915
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:48,720
Speaker 2: media enjoys talking to, there's no question that he would

916
00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:51,080
Speaker 2: be a darling of the Summer League and that the

917
00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:53,239
Speaker 2: NBA and his fan base is going to fall in

918
00:40:53,239 --> 00:40:55,400
Speaker 2: love with him, but that that's honestly, one of the

919
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:58,160
Speaker 2: best parts about being in the SEC is seeing those

920
00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:01,600
Speaker 2: guys who you know their pro teams and the pro

921
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:04,320
Speaker 2: team's fan bases are going to be buying their jerseys,

922
00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:07,840
Speaker 2: They're going to be chanting their names on nights that

923
00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:09,680
Speaker 2: they're in the arena, and Reid Shepherd's just one of

924
00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:12,839
Speaker 2: those guys that you know is going to have absolutely

925
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:15,799
Speaker 2: no problem at the next level from a game standpoint

926
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:18,719
Speaker 2: to the rest of the fanfare that comes with being

927
00:41:18,719 --> 00:41:20,520
Speaker 2: a pro player, and I'm so excited to watch the

928
00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:21,760
Speaker 2: rest of his career develop.

929
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:26,160
Speaker 4: So next year, Melissa Media Days head in Atlanta. That's

930
00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:28,080
Speaker 4: much closer to Charlotte. Should we just go and pencil

931
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:29,839
Speaker 4: you in for the Friday after that all ends. I'm

932
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:32,880
Speaker 4: sure you'll just have you easy drive home, no more complications.

933
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:35,920
Speaker 3: I love it. Yeah, it's being back in Atlanta.

934
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,640
Speaker 2: From a travel standpoint, Will definitely be nice because to

935
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:40,560
Speaker 2: your point, you can drive from Charlotte.

936
00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:43,400
Speaker 3: I think it's only three and a half hours or so.

937
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:45,320
Speaker 2: So the last few years that it's been in Atlanta,

938
00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:47,799
Speaker 2: I've definitely made that drive. And any time I can

939
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:50,080
Speaker 2: come on with y'all, I will be here to let

940
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:53,160
Speaker 2: me know. I know, I know there's some rankings and

941
00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:55,799
Speaker 2: Tom Hart is at the top. I understand that, but

942
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:57,960
Speaker 2: I'm trying to dethrone Tom hartwaye.

943
00:41:57,960 --> 00:41:58,480
Speaker 3: It gos to.

944
00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:03,080
Speaker 4: A misunderstanding there. Tom just won't leave. Everyone thinks we

945
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:05,120
Speaker 4: keep inviting me. He just keeps showing up. It's more

946
00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:07,640
Speaker 4: on Tom's in than us. But we love everyone over

947
00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:08,480
Speaker 4: at network.

948
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:11,000
Speaker 2: It makes a lot of sense that Tom just keeps

949
00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:13,440
Speaker 2: reappearing rather than you know, being invited.

950
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:14,560
Speaker 3: Tom. Tom and I have.

951
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:17,120
Speaker 2: Gotten ourselves into some trouble out and about in the

952
00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:19,200
Speaker 2: SEC and then we show up to the game that

953
00:42:19,239 --> 00:42:21,120
Speaker 2: we're calling the next day and we look at each

954
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:22,879
Speaker 2: other and we go, yeah, we're not feeling so good,

955
00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:26,000
Speaker 2: but let's go call a game. So I have plenty

956
00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:27,279
Speaker 2: of Tom heart stories for this.

957
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:30,560
Speaker 1: Give it up for Alyssa Lane. Good job, we appreciate it.

958
00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:33,240
Speaker 1: Thank you very much. Been a great week Myron's in

959
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:36,640
Speaker 1: Lexington on Monday Mondays with Myron at Casbarn grayl for Ryan,

960
00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:38,399
Speaker 1: for Drew, for Shannon. A big thanks to Lissa Lang.

961
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Speaker 1: This is being thank you Sports Radio. Have a good

962
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:40,960
Speaker 1: weekend everybody,