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Speaker 2: Welcome back into Chaos. This is not Matt Jones. This
Speaker 2: is Drew Franklin with my good friends Adam Luckett and
Speaker 2: Billy Rutledge filling in while the whole crew is on
Speaker 2: vacation and right now we are happy to be joined
Speaker 2: by UK defensive back and former Frederick Douglas bronco Ty Bryant,
Speaker 2: taking a break from spring practice. Ty, Thanks for volunteering
Speaker 2: your time to chat with us. How are things going
Speaker 2: over at the facility today?
Speaker 3: They're going really good, really well.
Speaker 4: We just got out of meetings, had a good lift
Speaker 4: earlier too, so it was great.
Speaker 3: Thank you for having me.
Speaker 2: Of course, very excited to talk to you. You played
Speaker 2: a lot as a freshman and sophomore every game, I believe,
Speaker 2: and now you're only going into your third year, but
Speaker 2: it feels like you're one of the vets. Are you
Speaker 2: taking on a leadership role with all these new players
Speaker 2: on the team and taking them under your wing, even
Speaker 2: though it's only going to be your third year.
Speaker 3: Yeah, most definitely.
Speaker 4: I feel like last year that was the one thing
Speaker 4: Coach White said he felt like I led by example
Speaker 4: a lot, even going back to my freshman year. But
Speaker 4: he said this year, coming into this year, that he
Speaker 4: wants to see me be more of a vocal leader.
Speaker 4: So that's what I've been trying to do and like
Speaker 4: you said, kind of just teach the young guys, but
Speaker 4: also kind of guide the older guys that are just
Speaker 4: now getting into our program.
Speaker 2: You and some of your teammates in spring interviews and
Speaker 2: even at the end of last season mentioned that towards
Speaker 2: the end of last year, things kind of lightened up
Speaker 2: in the weight room, maybe weren't up to the standard
Speaker 2: regarding work ethic as the season went on. How is
Speaker 2: the accountability behind the scenes now in springball and you
Speaker 2: using that leadership to get things on the right track.
Speaker 4: I feel like now everybody's on the same page. I mean,
Speaker 4: there's no hiccups. Everybody is on the same page. We
Speaker 4: know what to where. I mentioned last year how there
Speaker 4: was a time where it kind of, like like you said,
Speaker 4: just kind of just got lected Daysico, we were just
Speaker 4: coming in there with whatever. It's not like that at
Speaker 4: all anymore this year. So I feel like steps like
Speaker 4: that is what's going to lead us to just have
Speaker 4: a good year this year.
Speaker 2: You've got over thirty new faces on the roster. I
Speaker 2: believe lots of new people in the building. Are what
Speaker 2: are some of the things that go on behind the scenes,
Speaker 2: not just on the field or in the weight room,
Speaker 2: but just to get to know everyone and get the
Speaker 2: team building going. Son, you have that camaraderie as the
Speaker 2: year goes on.
Speaker 4: Honestly, I give a lot of credit to Coachhould. He's
Speaker 4: put together a great team events where we have to
Speaker 4: sit there and it's mandatory we have to sit there,
Speaker 4: and we have to learn each other. Obviously, you're gonna
Speaker 4: learn about your position group because you're with them every day,
Speaker 4: but just going above and beyond and just getting to
Speaker 4: learn other people. We've done this Championship Challenge type of
Speaker 4: deal where we had nine or eight teams and there
Speaker 4: was team captains, two for each team, and we had
Speaker 4: a draft, and that's a great way just to get
Speaker 4: to know people, get to know their skill sets, what
Speaker 4: they're comfortable doing and what they're not comfortable doing.
Speaker 3: And right now we're currently in a.
Speaker 4: Phrase phase called breaking Bread where it's like you get
Speaker 4: partnered with somebody, you have to go find them and
Speaker 4: ask them a series of questions just to get to
Speaker 4: know them. And after practice it's randomly selected coach calls
Speaker 4: up two people and you got to tell them about
Speaker 4: your partner.
Speaker 3: And I feel like that that's really good.
Speaker 5: It's cool, ty Adam Luckett here. I know that team
Speaker 5: building has a big been a big emphasis for coach Stoops.
Speaker 5: I believe they they even said that they're doing kind
Speaker 5: of where your position coach will take all out the dinner,
Speaker 5: y'all for dinner or whatnot. Now, with spring practicing wrapping
Speaker 5: up and you've gotten to actually practice real football practice
Speaker 5: with your new teammates and with all this team building
Speaker 5: stuff going on, do you see that that stuff you're
Speaker 5: all doing off the field, do you see as as
Speaker 5: compared to your last two years, do you see that
Speaker 5: paying off when you're out there practicing and going through
Speaker 5: actual football activities with your teammates and coaches.
Speaker 3: Yes, sir, definitely.
Speaker 4: But I feel like with anything, it's a it's a
Speaker 4: learning experience. So just going out there and you know,
Speaker 4: continue just to build the chemistry every single day, because
Speaker 4: right now we don't have to have a chemistry a
Speaker 4: huntred and ten percent, but in the fall we do.
Speaker 4: So it's just just continue just to build that chemistry
Speaker 4: with the team. But I mean, I do feel like
Speaker 4: the chemistry that we have on this team as special
Speaker 4: and I'm looking forward to see what we do in
Speaker 4: the fall I've heard you mentioned.
Speaker 2: Is it called the Superstars competition something like that you
Speaker 2: are kind of playing as part of this team building.
Speaker 2: What's an example of something you all will go through
Speaker 2: other than you know, Lucky just mentioned having the dinners
Speaker 2: and things. But what do you all, yeah, is the
Speaker 2: basketball goal still out there doing some other have to
Speaker 2: field activities to keep you all getting close?
Speaker 4: Yes, most definitely, so the basketball goal is still in
Speaker 4: our indoor. Just to take you through a little bit,
Speaker 4: we started off the day we came in. We had dodgeball.
Speaker 4: As soon as you lose, you're out.
Speaker 3: You know, you got to support the teams that are
Speaker 3: still in. After that, we went over there and we
Speaker 3: did hot.
Speaker 4: Shots, whereas where you get to pick the location that
Speaker 4: you shoot the ball.
Speaker 3: You could either do a layup for I think it.
Speaker 4: Was one point, a free throw for two, and then
Speaker 4: a three pointer for three points, and you get to
Speaker 4: shoot four minutes straight.
Speaker 3: After that, I think we went to tugle War.
Speaker 4: We did another basketball Challenge knockout, and then we got
Speaker 4: into team competitions, which it was like, uh, dodgeball was
Speaker 4: the team's competition, tugle war, and then we did a
Speaker 4: sled racing competition, and that was pretty fun.
Speaker 3: My team ended up walking away with the devil with
Speaker 3: that one, so that's always fun. But and then.
Speaker 4: Lastly we finished off or we did push ups and
Speaker 4: set up as well, and then we finished off with
Speaker 4: an eating competition, and it's always fun just to see
Speaker 4: everybody just you know, try to munch.
Speaker 3: Down on the donuts and stuff like that. It was
Speaker 3: a good time.
Speaker 2: Well, I wasn't gonna go this direction with the interview,
Speaker 2: but I have to know who would be the first
Speaker 2: pick in tug of war and who would be the
Speaker 2: first pick in the eating competition.
Speaker 6: Who are the stars there?
Speaker 3: I'm trying to think who won, uh tug of war
Speaker 3: for me? M trying to think.
Speaker 6: One of the linemen.
Speaker 3: Uh, yeah, it's definitely gonna be one the one the lineman.
Speaker 4: I'm trying to think it's either probably gonna be Jagger
Speaker 4: for me or uh probably Jagger.
Speaker 2: Honestly, I saw Jagger at the open practice. He's put
Speaker 2: on some weight, so I believe you on that. Getting
Speaker 2: back to football, we we've only gotten one small peak
Speaker 2: of the team at a at a short practice last week,
Speaker 2: so we're gonna need you to give us some scoop.
Speaker 2: Have there been any head turning moments or any wow
Speaker 2: plays and scrimmage that have happened so far that would
Speaker 2: make a highlight reel of springball that none of us
Speaker 2: got to see.
Speaker 3: Definitely.
Speaker 4: Uh, First of all, I want to say, I believe
Speaker 4: that j Q Hardaway number six has taken great step,
Speaker 4: Like he's taking a huge step.
Speaker 3: Man. I'm excited to see what he does during the fall.
Speaker 4: He's had amazing days, he's back days, and he's gotten
Speaker 4: way better. I feel like us as a dB corps,
Speaker 4: we've gotten way better and it's exciting just to see it. Also,
Speaker 4: somebody who's been turning heads as freshman, DJ Miller. He's
Speaker 4: made a lot of great plays these past couple of days,
Speaker 4: So I'm excited to see.
Speaker 3: What he does and what he involved evolves into.
Speaker 4: But yeah, I mean there's been definitely great plays by everybody,
Speaker 4: But I mean, if I'm being honest, those two the
Speaker 4: one who stands out to me the most.
Speaker 3: Oh.
Speaker 4: Also, also uh, Mike Keith Mike Keith Grace, He's gone
Speaker 4: made some great plays on the d line, and yeah,
Speaker 4: it's been fun and exciting to see him.
Speaker 5: And Tip if you were just gonna You know, you
Speaker 5: could talk to the fan base right now through us.
Speaker 5: If you were just gonna tell the fans why they should,
Speaker 5: why they should embrace your alls team, and why this
Speaker 5: is gonna be a good year for for you all.
Speaker 5: What would you tell them.
Speaker 4: I would tell them that we've put in a lot
Speaker 4: of work and we've turned a lot of things around.
Speaker 3: We do have a lot of new faces.
Speaker 4: But we take the proper steps to uh gonna make
Speaker 4: them into our system. And I would really just tell
Speaker 4: them just to you know, stay true to us, be
Speaker 4: down for us, be with us through it all.
Speaker 3: And last year it.
Speaker 4: Definitely was a low moment for all of us, not
Speaker 4: just them, for us to I mean, we had to
Speaker 4: live the moment. They did too, but you know, we're
Speaker 4: out there playing and stuff like that. But you know,
Speaker 4: continue just stay loyal to us, and this year we're
Speaker 4: gonna make them proud. We're gonna make them happy. They're
Speaker 4: going to leave Kroger Fields or watch the games it's
Speaker 4: on away game, and they're going to be happy with
Speaker 4: what we do on Saturdays.
Speaker 2: What are your personal goals for the season, just you
Speaker 2: at your position and then as the team. If you're
Speaker 2: writing down what you want to accomplish, What are some
Speaker 2: examples of what you'd like to get done next season.
Speaker 4: So I do have personal goals, but I kind of
Speaker 4: just keep that to myself. That's just something I've always
Speaker 4: done my whole life. And then because I feel like
Speaker 4: with my faith, I just feel like whatever is meant
Speaker 4: to happen is going to happen regardless for the team.
Speaker 4: Though we do want to go to the SEC Championship,
Speaker 4: we do want to go to the playoffs, make a
Speaker 4: deep run in that hopefully win a national championship.
Speaker 2: And yeah, and this Saturday, fans can get their first
Speaker 2: look at the team at the Spring Showcase out at Kroger.
Speaker 6: Field at ten am.
Speaker 2: You're looking forward to kind of practicing and playing in
Speaker 2: front of some people that aren't just the teams and coaches,
Speaker 2: get the fans in the buildings start to feel that.
Speaker 4: Again, Yes, sir, of course, I feel like when fans
Speaker 4: get involved, that's when energy comes as well. So I mean,
Speaker 4: if you do something bad, you're going to hear it
Speaker 4: from the fans. If you do something good, you're going
Speaker 4: to hear it from the fans. So I definitely do
Speaker 4: I think that fans they bring energy and also just
Speaker 4: like afterwards, when you know you get to sit there
Speaker 4: and sign little kids stuff and giving.
Speaker 3: Them things because once upon a time I was that
Speaker 3: little kid.
Speaker 4: So I just feel like, you know, it's only right
Speaker 4: that you just show love, and for me, it's giving
Speaker 4: back to my community.
Speaker 2: Very cool, What a great way to in that. Thanks
Speaker 2: for taking time out of your busy morning to chat
Speaker 2: with us. We look forward to seeing you. It's on Saturday,
Speaker 2: and we really look forward to next fall when it
Speaker 2: all gets started for real.
Speaker 6: But thank you for your time today.
Speaker 3: Yes, sorry, thank you.
Speaker 2: Have a nice day, you too, appreciate it. Lucky, I
Speaker 2: like that some of the players he said to watch.
Speaker 2: I think we're identical to what you said to start
Speaker 2: the show. Did you entire coordinate this interview before you
Speaker 2: joined me a chast bar today, Drew.
Speaker 5: First of all, I got to point out, I just
Speaker 5: appreciate that I didn't have a screeching noise in my
Speaker 5: ears and my headset after last year's malfunction when we
Speaker 5: had Dion.
Speaker 2: That's right, you were here when Dion called in and
Speaker 2: everything all hell broke loose. The next thing I know,
Speaker 2: I'm was standing out by sonic.
Speaker 5: He was on the sonic roof with an antenna with
Speaker 5: the a satellite this trying to get service. So that
Speaker 5: was definitely definitely different.
Speaker 6: Thanks for that memory. I'd forgotten that.
Speaker 5: Most interesting part of that to me, honestly is the
Speaker 5: ty Bryant I don't want to talk about individual goals.
Speaker 5: He's not the first one that says that there's been
Speaker 5: a handful Mark stoops. Instead, he doesn't want to talk
Speaker 5: about individual players. There is very much a where they've
Speaker 5: kind of sold team mindset. We're all in this together,
Speaker 5: we're all pulling on the same rope. To me, that
Speaker 5: has been one of my bigger takeaways from the spring
Speaker 5: is that it's not just one, it's a whole collect
Speaker 5: of them not getting into into that they to me,
Speaker 5: that's been a clear kind of focus area for them.
Speaker 5: So that was to me of the interview that was
Speaker 5: the biggest takeaway. And the end again, I think he
Speaker 5: mentioned some players that they need to be good players
Speaker 5: and JQ Hardaway is a guy they need it took
Speaker 5: a big step next year. They need him to take
Speaker 5: a bigger step, and he's in line really to be
Speaker 5: you know, they kind of got a quietly kind of
Speaker 5: a pipeline of draft picks at Corner Building. He looks
Speaker 5: like a guy that could potentially be the next one.
Speaker 6: Also like he doesn't shy away.
Speaker 2: And the other teammates have been this week too way
Speaker 2: too about admitting that last year they dropped the ball,
Speaker 2: especially late in the season. Just kind of seems like
Speaker 2: guys were doing what they weren't wanted to do and
Speaker 2: weren't meeting the standard and putting in the one hundred
Speaker 2: percent work they needed to. They have not shot away
Speaker 2: and admitting that and saying that needed to change, and
Speaker 2: it you know, all they can do.
Speaker 6: Is talk about it right now.
Speaker 2: We're not over there to see the results, but it
Speaker 2: sounds like behind the scenes they're they're trying to get
Speaker 2: back what they need to be.
Speaker 7: And it's a kid that cares, right. I mean, he's
Speaker 7: from Lexington, his dad played at Kentucky. I mean, if
Speaker 7: anybody is gonna feel their pride test, and it's going
Speaker 7: to be somebody that cares about the UNIF as much
Speaker 7: as a guy like ty Bryant does.
Speaker 8: So I'm excited to see him continue to flourish.
Speaker 7: And I mean that's a guy that hasn't missed any
Speaker 7: games at him. I mean, he's stayed healthy and have
Speaker 7: been a good addition for Kentucky.
Speaker 5: Well, he was a guy we talked about Travis Perry
Speaker 5: kind of getting forced into the lineup. Yeah, it's true.
Speaker 5: Feshman season, they had a bunch of injuries at safety.
Speaker 5: He had to play a lot when it was unexpected.
Speaker 5: And now you fast forward year three, he's played a
Speaker 5: lot of snaps and he's gonna be a key call
Speaker 5: And even heard him talk Brad White said he talked
Speaker 5: to Tye It's like, I need you to be a
Speaker 5: leader on this team, and he's trying to do that.
Speaker 5: And he's a guy. You know, these are specific type
Speaker 5: of players local that you got to hit on and
Speaker 5: that you need to be leaders. It's easier, I think
Speaker 5: for a kid like him, who's grown up here, who
Speaker 5: has a connect tide of the program from you know,
Speaker 5: his dad played here, it's easier for him to I think,
Speaker 5: get easier to have a player like that being a
Speaker 5: leadership type role. And that's something that they need to
Speaker 5: have and he needs to be kind of a backbone
Speaker 5: piece for them this year on defense.
Speaker 2: And I feel a personal connection to him because I'll
Speaker 2: live next to the Douglas Stadium, and uh, I know
Speaker 2: their their playlist in the morning when they're I remember
Speaker 2: when Ty was over there. I watched a lot of
Speaker 2: his games in his last season, so you know, I
Speaker 2: feel connection to the farm and all the Douglas Broncos.
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Speaker 2: us for a couple more segments, got Billy Adam lucking here.
Speaker 2: We got more football to talk, more masters to talk.
Speaker 2: We want to hear from you on the Clark's Pumping
Speaker 2: Shop phone line, and we will be right back right
Speaker 2: after this. Welcome back to Kentucky Sports Radio. Rick playing
Speaker 2: the Hits. Rick, It's been a fun week with you
Speaker 2: so far. Usually I don't get to communicate with you
Speaker 2: that much, but you've been a big help getting these interviews, books,
Speaker 2: get me my scripts.
Speaker 6: I've enjoyed working with you.
Speaker 2: Through four days. We got one more tomorrow. Brother, all right,
Speaker 2: maybe this will just be the future. Those guys can
Speaker 2: stay on vacation, Drew, Rick, Billy, we can keep this
Speaker 2: thing going. But right now we're gonna keep it going
Speaker 2: with Adam Luckett. He's joining us today, made the trip
Speaker 2: from Louisville to be a part of the show. We're
Speaker 2: talking about the Masters. We're watching the Masters. Just had
Speaker 2: a good conversation with Todd Bryant. As this leaderboard starts to,
Speaker 2: you know, get some names moving around. I guess I
Speaker 2: should get your official master's picks before you can cheat
Speaker 2: and see who's started. Well, who did you all lucky?
Speaker 2: I know you did your luck. It's locks post on
Speaker 2: KSR plus yesterday. Can you reveal maybe who you put
Speaker 2: a little dabbled on who to win?
Speaker 5: Yeah, definitely check that out. We've got all kinds of
Speaker 5: wagers and all kinds of stuff on there, so definitely
Speaker 5: check that out KSR plus. But this this tournament was
Speaker 5: made for more Kywa. It's only a matter of time
Speaker 5: before he wins it. So he was my pickup with
Speaker 5: sixteen to one. You could have got him pre and
Speaker 5: you can still get me now if you want to
Speaker 5: get on there. There's still have a lot of odds
Speaker 5: up now. But yeah, more Kyle is my pick. I
Speaker 5: think he's been top ten consecutive Masters. He is the
Speaker 5: best iron player in golf. This is an iron tournament.
Speaker 5: Second shot tournament. So more Kyle is my pick.
Speaker 7: Golf guards want let more Kawa win. All the complaining
Speaker 7: he's been doing about the media, Oh, don't interview me
Speaker 7: after I lose. I love doing top tens instead of Yeah,
Speaker 7: kind of opens up the field a little bit more. Drew,
Speaker 7: you've mentioned you've already been on Oberg. I mean, he's
Speaker 7: been on fire. I don't see a world in which
Speaker 7: he doesn't finish.
Speaker 8: In the top ten.
Speaker 7: And I didn't want to bet on Scottie, but Rory,
Speaker 7: I mean, if he doesn't win the Masters this year
Speaker 7: and deplete the Grand Slam, he may never I mean,
Speaker 7: he is playing some of his best golf and look,
Speaker 7: I mean, I'm sure he's feeling the pressure.
Speaker 8: So I'm all in on Rory this year.
Speaker 7: And I dabbled in a couple more top tens, but
Speaker 7: Oberg was really the one I circled for the most part.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I went to Sweden with a Oldberg bet. He's one
Speaker 2: of my favorite golfers. Got him at seventeen to one.
Speaker 2: Also did Koepka at thirty to one, and I have
Speaker 2: to do posting at two hundred to one, you know,
Speaker 2: very unlikely, but I'm rooting for the guy, and I
Speaker 2: hope if he wins it big, I can win a
Speaker 2: little bit big too. Also, I did a make the
Speaker 2: cut parlay on DraftKings Crown of Yours, go get your
Speaker 2: Master's bet in. But I picked five players to make
Speaker 2: the cut at plus four hundred, posting Batilla, Straka, Thomas,
Speaker 2: and Schoffling.
Speaker 6: So see if that pays out.
Speaker 5: Billy.
Speaker 2: Let's talk a little more Masters about last year, because
Speaker 2: we had a very unique Monday. Last Monday of the Masters,
Speaker 2: I was there and you cannot take your phone in.
Speaker 2: So at seven am, I parked my car, called my wife,
Speaker 2: said if an emergency happens, good luck. I won't talk
Speaker 2: to you into about eight pm, turned my phone completely off,
Speaker 2: threw my glove box, locked the car.
Speaker 6: And went into the golf course.
Speaker 2: A few hours later, John Cali Perry left the University
Speaker 2: of Kentucky. There were reports of Arkansas. All hell's breaking
Speaker 2: loose in BBN. Our website's going crazy. You actually had
Speaker 2: to host the show with Matt because Ryan and was
Speaker 2: Shannon off too.
Speaker 8: Shannon was not there.
Speaker 2: Look these big vacation guys. I took one day off.
Speaker 2: I took one Monday and the one day I took
Speaker 2: off is when everything went chaotic. But for me, it
Speaker 2: was such a real, a surreal day walking around that
Speaker 2: course because I had a good indication the night before
Speaker 2: I had been reported. I knew that it was coming,
Speaker 2: but I could not follow it. I had random people
Speaker 2: on the golf course chasing me down. People from Kentucky
Speaker 2: that listened.
Speaker 6: To the show.
Speaker 2: They're like, Drew, what are you hearing? Like, I'm not
Speaker 2: hearing anything. I'm here with you with empty pockets. But
Speaker 2: it was the anniversary of the John Cally John Caliperry departure.
Speaker 2: When I get to my phone in my cards now
Speaker 2: about eight pm, soun's going down. I call Abby and
Speaker 2: I'm like, just give me the rundown. First of all,
Speaker 2: I had so many texts it was unbelievab. I couldn't
Speaker 2: even answer them because, like I said, absolute chaos everywhere.
Speaker 2: And she's trying to catch me up on everything. And
Speaker 2: I remember her being like, and he's on the news
Speaker 2: walking his dog and a stroller. And I'm standing outside
Speaker 2: the gate in Augusta and I just yell, what do
Speaker 2: you mean he's walking his dog and a stroller? Like,
Speaker 2: what in the hell have I missed today being gone
Speaker 2: for thirteen hours, but you know you were a big
Speaker 2: part of the show and you helped you break it
Speaker 2: all down with Matt that day.
Speaker 8: Surprise, your phone still worked when you got back.
Speaker 6: It was I've never seen anything like that.
Speaker 7: It was smoking or it probably was delayed a little bit.
Speaker 7: That was an all time moment for Billy R.
Speaker 8: Sports.
Speaker 7: I mean, he got the call from the bullpen late
Speaker 7: Sunday night, knowing Drew wasn't gonna be there. All the
Speaker 7: TV cameras are setting up and incorrectly titling my name.
Speaker 7: I think actually that was Stephen Peak that did that
Speaker 7: on the YouTube channel. But anyway, that was such an
Speaker 7: interesting week, and you already mentioned the cow walking his
Speaker 7: dogs on Richmond Road and just how bizarre that was.
Speaker 7: We may have had more listeners that day and that
Speaker 7: week than ever Andrew there, He couldn't even look at
Speaker 7: his phone to figure out what was going on.
Speaker 8: It was a surreal week.
Speaker 7: It was also a week where I told a listener
Speaker 7: to show up if he disagreed with my opinion, and
Speaker 7: he did.
Speaker 6: Yeah, You're on fire that week, challenging listeners to fight.
Speaker 8: He was complaining.
Speaker 7: I was like, look do something about it show up
Speaker 7: and then he did, but he didn't say anything event
Speaker 7: so that didn't come to fruition at all. But yeah,
Speaker 7: Big Week and Billy r sports lore and it was
Speaker 7: all because Drew was gone.
Speaker 5: Ksar could have our own Rough and Rowdy with Billy.
Speaker 6: And the listener, no kidding. That guy was big, right,
Speaker 6: you didn't want that smoke?
Speaker 5: He was big.
Speaker 7: And then I'm sure you know that they tried to
Speaker 7: get me in Shannon to fight at Rough and Rowdy
Speaker 7: all those years ago.
Speaker 8: Had to back out.
Speaker 2: They just got in a car act Billy over here
Speaker 2: fighting all the time. I had just gotten into Georgia
Speaker 2: and parked my car with my good friends Kent and Manny,
Speaker 2: ready to have a good couple of days there. And
Speaker 2: we're sitting at Hooters of all places, I want to say,
Speaker 2: we're watching Bill and shout out John Daily. I think
Speaker 2: we were watching the Women's Championship that would have been
Speaker 2: on Sunday. Yeah, we were watching the Women's Championship. And
Speaker 2: I get a text from someone who would know and
Speaker 2: they said, buckle up, it's about to be a bumpy road.
Speaker 2: And at that time the cow stuff wasn't really out,
Speaker 2: and I sent back. What are you talking about? Is
Speaker 2: this related to John Caliperry? Because I just left Kentucky
Speaker 2: and I'm off no answer. Then the night goes on,
Speaker 2: and then it starts to leak out and I even
Speaker 2: consider its like do I drive back? You know this
Speaker 2: is gonna be one of the biggest shows ever. And
Speaker 2: I'm not there, and Ryn's off in Panama City. But
Speaker 2: I've got my two friends with me. You know, they're
Speaker 2: not riding back with me so I can do a
Speaker 2: radio show. And I called Matt like, I don't know
Speaker 2: what you want me to do. I got a ticket
Speaker 2: to golf tomorrow or I can't take my phone. And
Speaker 2: that's that's where they called you in and you and
Speaker 2: Matt had quite the morning there.
Speaker 7: Well, we had just gotten the video of Mitch and
Speaker 7: cow speaking with was it lex eighteen and how they.
Speaker 5: Were they farmer?
Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, everybody was gonna get back together. I mean
Speaker 8: it was just about about working to a common goal again.
Speaker 8: And then this happened.
Speaker 5: Crazy week for the group Chats back then crazy week
Speaker 5: for the group Chats felt like we I know you
Speaker 5: were gone when you got back, felt like we were
Speaker 5: working for twenty one hours on the website when all
Speaker 5: that stuff was going on in the hiring process. Well
Speaker 5: then crazy time. That was our first real coaching search.
Speaker 5: Yeah right, Like we haven't had a coaching search since really,
Speaker 5: you know, Twitter was kind of around with Mark Stoops,
Speaker 5: wasn't really around with Mcallis hired. That was our first
Speaker 5: coaching search through Twitter.
Speaker 7: That's why I wanted to bring up I mean, Scott
Speaker 7: Drew in the Mexican restaurant in Waco. We had Dan
Speaker 7: Hurley come to Lexington and decline the job, and then
Speaker 7: it was late Thursday night we get the call about
Speaker 7: Pope and then that surreal Friday morning where all the
Speaker 7: opinions change in about a two hour span.
Speaker 6: And I wouldn't have taken off if actually, yeah, I
Speaker 6: would have.
Speaker 2: It was the Masters. I probably still had taken off,
Speaker 2: Like you said, they had just done the No he's staying,
Speaker 2: I'm like, well, surely I can leave for a Monday.
Speaker 2: I mean I was only off a Monday. No, absolute chaos.
Speaker 2: The only reason I got to go to the Masters
Speaker 2: is my good friend Aaron Fleeener, who's probably making the
Speaker 2: turn right now with the bag on his shoulder. He
Speaker 2: met me and Pittsburgh to have a full four day
Speaker 2: weekend of the NCAA tournament. We had big plans on
Speaker 2: that Friday, after Kentucky's first round game. We had other
Speaker 2: friends in town. We're gonna go to the casino in
Speaker 2: Pittsburgh and watch all the first round games that day.
Speaker 2: Of course, Kentucky loses on Thursday to Oakland. I wake
Speaker 2: up and he has already flown to Nashville. He's already home.
Speaker 2: He got the earliest flight he could. Everyone is scattered.
Speaker 2: Matt and I drive back, and so since we were
Speaker 2: all miserable and didn't get to have the weekend we wanted,
Speaker 2: he was like, Hey, you want to go to the Masters,
Speaker 2: and I was like, absolutely, yes, I do. So I
Speaker 2: kind of got that on the fly thanks to him,
Speaker 2: but made for a crazy, crazy, crazy Monday.
Speaker 8: Thank you Jack Goldkey for letting you go to the.
Speaker 2: Yes, I would have rather been watching Kentucky and then
Speaker 2: Stilly tournament, to be honest, but it was definitely wild times.
Speaker 2: I remember I was in line for the shop, very
Speaker 2: long line to go in and get my nome. I'm
Speaker 2: a big gnome guy, and there was a dude with
Speaker 2: an Alabama tattoo on his leg and he's talking about
Speaker 2: UK and then it hits him mid conversation. He's like, oh, wait,
Speaker 2: you are coming to get Nate Oates, aren't you. At
Speaker 2: the time, I'm like maybe, And he's freaking out in
Speaker 2: line about Nate Oates leaving, but just whispers all around
Speaker 2: the golf course about the chaos, chaos going on in
Speaker 2: college basketball.
Speaker 8: You can spend a thousand dollars pretty quickly in that
Speaker 8: Master's bro shop.
Speaker 6: Oh I can. I can definitely confirm. I'm wearing a
Speaker 6: lot of it right now. But we'll come back.
Speaker 2: We'll talk a little more football, take more of your call,
Speaker 2: maybe get a little goofy, maybe even talk about more
Speaker 2: about the Masters. We're having a good Thursday here on
Speaker 2: day four of Drew Palooza with Adam Luckett Billy Rutledge.
Speaker 2: This is Drew Franklin filling in for the whole crew.
Speaker 2: They get back on Monday, but you got another day
Speaker 2: of me tomorrow. Right now, we'll take a break, we'll
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Speaker 2: the golf talk for a side, get back to football.
Speaker 2: We gotta dig more into luck. It's a big brain,
Speaker 2: he knows all about it. I feel like I've been
Speaker 2: hearing positive things about the newly revamped offensive line like it.
Speaker 2: You know, you want continuity, but they had to go
Speaker 2: out and get lots of new pieces across the board.
Speaker 2: But it sounds like so far there is some optimism
Speaker 2: around that group.
Speaker 6: Is that correct?
Speaker 5: Yeah, we don't get to see like the money spent,
Speaker 5: like nice to see a patchhart to see where the
Speaker 5: funds are going. But I think if you were to
Speaker 5: draw one up, as an educated guess, a lot of
Speaker 5: it would be invested in the offensive line, and then
Speaker 5: some of their defensive line acquisitions, like we heard Ty
Speaker 5: talking about mcque humph for Grace who was a big
Speaker 5: one at defensive end. But again it's totally rebuilt offensive line.
Speaker 5: They good. If they wanted to start five transfers, like
Speaker 5: they've got five guys today, I think they could start.
Speaker 5: I think you start with tackle. Their two starting tackles
Speaker 5: are gonna be transfer she Os Pate was a big one.
Speaker 5: He was pete excuse me, left tackle, and then Alex
Speaker 5: Wolfschlager who was from Bowling Green was an All MAC performer.
Speaker 5: But it sounds like the word out of the open
Speaker 5: practice was the interior offensive line was impressive. Joshua bron
Speaker 5: was an All SEC player at Arkansas is probably gonna
Speaker 5: be Kentucky starting right guard. Moved Jagger inside the center.
Speaker 5: Now you'll remember that was a move they tried to
Speaker 5: make two years ago. There was some snap snapping inaccuracy
Speaker 5: they had the moving back to guard, but it sounds
Speaker 5: like they're maybe gonna try him out center. But they
Speaker 5: also added Evan Wibberley from w k U at center,
Speaker 5: Billy R Sports and then Jalen Farmer, who returns at guard,
Speaker 5: was a Florida transfer last year, really had a kind
Speaker 5: of a good year, but it was no one really.
Speaker 6: Talked about that because part of a bigger mess.
Speaker 5: But he's the guy. I think they're they're excited about
Speaker 5: moving forward. So you've kind of got the pieces, and
Speaker 5: I think they have the quality depth that they just
Speaker 5: haven't had really in any recent years. And there's a
Speaker 5: chance if they wanted to rotate, they could at a
Speaker 5: couple spots. So overall, I think the optimism is high.
Speaker 5: I think they when they talk about the group, they
Speaker 5: talk about kind of how they go about their business
Speaker 5: and how they work kind of an older group and
Speaker 5: there's no real drama there and they feel confident about
Speaker 5: what they can bring. And I think just the floor wise,
Speaker 5: I think they've really raised that really high. I think
Speaker 5: floor wise, they should be in a better spot when
Speaker 5: you add in the experience and the depth, just the
Speaker 5: depth they've added last year. I think this time last year,
Speaker 5: we talked about the floor being high, but there was
Speaker 5: worries about the depth, and then Marcus Cox seemed like
Speaker 5: he played through an injury all year. Gerald Mincy gets
Speaker 5: hurt like the second game, and that depth just got
Speaker 5: eviscerated as soon as the season started. Or this year,
Speaker 5: I think they're in a better They have a better
Speaker 5: chance to absorb an injury or two if that if
Speaker 5: that occurs. So just overall, and but when you get
Speaker 5: back to the money, like they've invested in this group,
Speaker 5: they need this group to be good and that's really
Speaker 5: gonna determine. And I think how good the offense can
Speaker 5: be is just how the offensive line comes together.
Speaker 2: With Jagger very for everyone's very familiar with Jagger, Lex
Speaker 2: and kids got over thirty starts playing at guard now
Speaker 2: playing a little center. I'm no expert on the matter,
Speaker 2: but at the thirty minutes of practice I got to watch,
Speaker 2: he looked like he's put on a lot of weight.
Speaker 2: Was that something he did, And what's the talk around
Speaker 2: him and the optimism around him stepping in that new role.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think that is the That was a surprise
Speaker 5: to me like that when he was at center. That
Speaker 5: was a surprise that I that that was that he
Speaker 5: was there, because I thought they brought in Wibberley to
Speaker 5: be the plug and play center there. But it sounds
Speaker 5: like they're they're putting Jagger there. Whibberley's kind of banged up.
Speaker 5: It sounds like for Mark Stoops and so to me,
Speaker 5: Burton that was always kind of his natural position. If
Speaker 5: he could play that, It just the snapping was an
Speaker 5: issue when he played that too. I guess Levis's last
Speaker 5: year or Leary one of those years he played center
Speaker 5: and it just didn't work out. And so if he
Speaker 5: can fit there that you could see that being a
Speaker 5: really good fit. And it gives Kentucky some depth I
Speaker 5: really think across the board if he can play there.
Speaker 5: But Jaggery, he was a guy Drew like, it would
Speaker 5: have made sense. I guess for him to transfer, right,
Speaker 5: it hasn't gone well, everyone else is leaving this room.
Speaker 5: They're bringing in all these new guys. You've had all
Speaker 5: these different position coaches, different coordinators. It would have made
Speaker 5: sense for him to get get a fresh start somewhere.
Speaker 5: But we got to talk to him about a week
Speaker 5: two weeks ago and was basically like he said, you
Speaker 5: could kind of hear some of the lectioning thing coming out.
Speaker 5: You could hear the Kentucky football fan I think coming
Speaker 5: out in him, which was basically like, I just wouldn't
Speaker 5: feel right if I left this place in this position,
Speaker 5: Like I just wouldn't wouldn't feel right. So I'm with
Speaker 5: these coaches. I believe in these coaches, and he's here
Speaker 5: to help fix that. And now we'll see how it goes.
Speaker 5: But again, like I think they're in a position where
Speaker 5: if someone's not playing well, they can put someone else
Speaker 5: in there, and that was simply just hasn't been an
Speaker 5: option last I would say, really since twenty twenty one,
Speaker 5: maybe even before then, really since twenty twenty that they
Speaker 5: haven't had the depth like this. And so we'll see
Speaker 5: how that plays out once the games begin. But we
Speaker 5: know what Mark Stoops football is. They want to run
Speaker 5: the ball, they want to drain clock, they want to
Speaker 5: win games playing complimenting football, and that means long time
Speaker 5: of possessions and that means you've got to have a
Speaker 5: good offensive line that can push people around a lot.
Speaker 5: A lot hinges on them being being able to do that,
Speaker 5: being able to establish the run game, and then where
Speaker 5: you don't have to have a lot of pressure on
Speaker 5: your quarterback or your receivers or your offensive coordinator to
Speaker 5: you know, call the perfect play that have scheming up
Speaker 5: at the perfect time to get guys open magically when
Speaker 5: you need to. If you're able to run the ball,
Speaker 5: that makes everything easier. And I think a lot is
Speaker 5: dependent on that group being good. If that group's not good,
Speaker 5: you want to talk about bad case scenario, that's the
Speaker 5: bad that's a bad scenario. It's like, well, how do
Speaker 5: we even do anything if if this group we spent
Speaker 5: all this money on, invested all our racism on it,
Speaker 5: if they're not good, then we're kind of in a
Speaker 5: tough shape.
Speaker 7: I'm excited for the Western guy, but I've heard great
Speaker 7: things about the peak the tackle.
Speaker 2: Just he sticks out so much. Six eight funny interview
Speaker 2: as well, all of six eight from the Navajo Nation.
Speaker 2: Kind of a unique background here.
Speaker 7: Our expectations too high for the offensive line, I mean
Speaker 7: their identity of the big blue wall.
Speaker 8: It's been years since that.
Speaker 5: I don't think people want the best offensive line in
Speaker 5: college football. I just think they want one that's in
Speaker 5: the middle of the pack in the sec. If you
Speaker 5: deliver that, they're gonna be in much better shape. But
Speaker 5: they have to prove they can do that. Sure they
Speaker 5: haven't done it last few years.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm very distracted by our friends from Benton here?
Speaker 2: Can you as smell those fried banana peppers? I have
Speaker 2: four or five cups of coffee on an empty stomach,
Speaker 2: and their food smells delicious. Good to have ya here.
Speaker 2: I might take a buy of your food during this
Speaker 2: next break.
Speaker 6: Luck it.
Speaker 2: If there's a position group we're really worried about, what
Speaker 2: would it be? What would you say if there's a
Speaker 2: there's one that looks like it could be a weak spot.
Speaker 2: What needs to get short up before fall gets here?
Speaker 5: It's a great question. Linebacker is one where you kind
Speaker 5: of moved to Alex Safari. Inside you lost just a
Speaker 5: lot of star power with de Eric Jackson and Jimi Johnson.
Speaker 6: Reading tacklers.
Speaker 5: Yeah, they peel confident David Rayner and they added laying
Speaker 5: them one from the portal. But then it's a lot
Speaker 5: of young guys, So linebacker is one I think. I
Speaker 5: think that sticks out. Again, I think safety, they're a
Speaker 5: little thin there, like Martell's Carter and Cam Dooley, who
Speaker 5: are freshmen, are kind of your third and four safeties.
Speaker 5: So that's that's one to watch. I think potentially, you know,
Speaker 5: they got Ty Bryant back there, but that's one I
Speaker 5: think to watch. And then offensively, Kentucky had they've the
Speaker 5: Kentucky staple on offenses. We've got a thousand yard back
Speaker 5: and we're gonna give him the dag on ball.
Speaker 2: Had a lot of all sec rushers in the successful years.
Speaker 5: So do they have that. We've never really seen them
Speaker 5: kind of do the committee thing, like be really good
Speaker 5: at it. That's kind of how it's shaping up right now.
Speaker 5: Or can one of those backs step up and be
Speaker 5: kind of a focal point of the offense. We saw
Speaker 5: what will Cox could do, but there's some trust and
Speaker 5: consistency she's with them. I think you brought Dante Daldell
Speaker 5: to come in and really they stunk a short yardage
Speaker 5: and he was one of the best short yardage backs
Speaker 5: in college football last year, so brought him in to
Speaker 5: fix that. And then Jay Patterson as a young guy.
Speaker 5: I think they're excited about. But to me, they really
Speaker 5: need one or two guys in that group to emerge
Speaker 5: and be kind of the guy for them offensively, because
Speaker 5: they have been at their best when they just had
Speaker 5: a back and say, you know what, we're giving this
Speaker 5: guy the ball seventeen to twenty two times and that's
Speaker 5: how we're gonna move the football.
Speaker 8: Well, it's good to hear you not say long snapper
Speaker 8: or kicker, because.
Speaker 5: Well, kickers are out. Kicker is a question mark, but
Speaker 5: there's other issues I think we have to worry about
Speaker 5: before we get into kicker.
Speaker 2: Looking way into the future, I intentionally saved this news
Speaker 2: piece for when you were on the show.
Speaker 6: They got a.
Speaker 2: Quarterback commitment, first commitment in the twenty twenty seventh class
Speaker 2: earlier this week on Monday Tuesday ish.
Speaker 6: Maybe yeah, But DJ.
Speaker 2: Hunter they got him out of Knoxville of all places.
Speaker 2: Tell us about him in that first piece in the
Speaker 2: twenty twenty seven recruiting goal.
Speaker 5: He's a kid actually who's got family in Lexendon apparently,
Speaker 5: so there's a connection there. He's it's very early in
Speaker 5: the process, but this is a guy who started games
Speaker 5: last year. For a high school in Knoxville and has
Speaker 5: kind of a dual threat skill set, Like if you
Speaker 5: want to go and watch the film, it's a good film.
Speaker 5: So I think there's a chance this guy can be
Speaker 5: kind of like a top two hundred national recruit. So
Speaker 5: it's nice to get him on the board early. It's
Speaker 5: a really big recruiting When we talked about quarterback, they've
Speaker 5: got to get better at developing guys. But you've got
Speaker 5: to have good recruiting wins like the typically the guys
Speaker 5: you end up being able to develop our guys who
Speaker 5: were coveted as high school recruits. And this is a
Speaker 5: guy I think we'll be coveted and I you know,
Speaker 5: it's a long recruiting process, but to get him in
Speaker 5: the boat early, it's always nice. It would be one
Speaker 5: of the like I would kind of compare it to
Speaker 5: the cutter Bully recruitment, like this is a guy who
Speaker 5: who's gonna have legitimate power conference options and you got him,
Speaker 5: you were able to get him committed early, and he's
Speaker 5: a guy again it's a long way away, but it
Speaker 5: was a very solid recruiting win. I think for the
Speaker 5: staff to get that guy early, and it came just
Speaker 5: a week after he was on campus. He was just
Speaker 5: at go on Kentucky's campus and he decided to call
Speaker 5: Mark Stoops and that was kind of I don't know,
Speaker 5: I know, everything's getting lost in the sauce now, but
Speaker 5: if you go and check it ou out on CaSR,
Speaker 5: like he calls Stoops and you get to hear stoops
Speaker 5: his raw reaction we have up on the site and
Speaker 5: that was pretty pretty cool, like behind the scenes clip
Speaker 5: there we got. But yeah, I can think for him
Speaker 5: that's a good recruiting win and it kind of keeps
Speaker 5: them where they're You got to do both. To me,
Speaker 5: you've got to be able to get portal and you've
Speaker 5: got to be able to get consistently get quarterbacks in
Speaker 5: and they're in a slow start at twenty twenty six.
Speaker 5: It doesn't look like they're probably gonna get a quarterback
Speaker 5: in twenty twenty six, so to get one in twenty
Speaker 5: twenty seven, it's really important. Then they got him in
Speaker 5: the fold.
Speaker 2: He's a future Cat in the news. We also have
Speaker 2: some former Cats in the news.
Speaker 6: Weird.
Speaker 2: Now, what is it two weeks away from today? Is
Speaker 2: the NFL Draft?
Speaker 3: Is it?
Speaker 6: Am I correct?
Speaker 2: That is correct two weeks. Yeah, it'll be right here.
Speaker 2: Dion's been slipping. You got Harston in the fold the linebackers.
Speaker 2: You mentioned any predictions for how the draft could shake
Speaker 2: out for the former Cats.
Speaker 5: Yeah, Eli Hawks is also going to get drafted.
Speaker 6: Yeah, point on the combine Star.
Speaker 5: Yeah, so he had a big bit. He crushed the
Speaker 5: pre draft process, so he's gonna get a shot to
Speaker 5: play somewhere next year. Hairston is right in the fringe
Speaker 5: first round. But one thing I will say, he's cornerback
Speaker 5: three and that's typically position teams like the draft early.
Speaker 5: So I think he's got a really good shot at
Speaker 5: you know, when you start getting in the twenties. I
Speaker 5: think he's in draft range, so he could be would
Speaker 5: be the first Kentucky player at first cornerback to be
Speaker 5: a first round pick.
Speaker 8: Wow.
Speaker 5: So that's that's a chance for him. So he's gonna
Speaker 5: go off the board early. I think for Dion, you're
Speaker 5: looking at round three's round four, as the pre draft
Speaker 5: process hasn't been great.
Speaker 2: Crazy that he's in the third and fourth round discussion
Speaker 2: now from the top two would.
Speaker 5: Be earlier in the year. Yeah, I would be surprised
Speaker 5: if he falls out of the third round. The way
Speaker 5: the draft works, Drew, once you get in the third, fourth, fifth,
Speaker 5: sixth round, they have things that are called comp picks,
Speaker 5: which is basically what they give teams if they lose
Speaker 5: a free agent, depend on how much the free agent
Speaker 5: signed for. So the Eagles are gonna get a high
Speaker 5: compick because Milton Williams signed for a lot of money.
Speaker 5: And so that's how that kind of works. I think
Speaker 5: when those compicks happen, that's kind of the range where
Speaker 5: Dion's gonna go in that third round. I would be
Speaker 5: surprised if he gets out of the third round. And
Speaker 5: then I think you look at Dumis Johnson and then
Speaker 5: eli Hawks will be Day Day three picks somewhere fourth, fifth,
Speaker 5: sixth round and that and then we'll see if any
Speaker 5: other these other Kentucky players can kind of sneak in
Speaker 5: and get get one in the seventh.
Speaker 2: Before we take a break, You're weren't a Bengals hat.
Speaker 2: I know we have a lot of Bengals listeners. How
Speaker 2: you feeling about your the offseason? The Bengals have had
Speaker 2: what they'll do in the draft. You know, you all
Speaker 2: went from being like my Titans just not in the
Speaker 2: discussion at all to contenders here lately. Are you excited
Speaker 2: about the future of Cincinnati.
Speaker 5: I'm very excited about continuing the Joe Burrow, T. Higgins
Speaker 5: Jamar Chase train. I think we're gonna score a lot
Speaker 5: of points next year. What I am worried about is
Speaker 5: what in the world are they doing on defense and
Speaker 5: how are they gonna fix that? And they have to
Speaker 5: really crush this draft. That is kind of my bigger concern.
Speaker 5: But just protect the asset, keep nine on the field.
Speaker 5: I think we'll have a chance. We just got to
Speaker 5: get this defense to some base level competent. If they
Speaker 5: do that, I think they've got a legit chance to
Speaker 5: win the Super Bowl. Well why do quarterback and now
Speaker 5: the Titans got to get there. Course.
Speaker 2: Yeah, while you're watching your team succeed, I'll be rooting
Speaker 2: for the cam Ward experience. My Titans have the number
Speaker 2: one pick. Can't wait to see how they blow that.
Speaker 2: They might take a punter with their draft history, who knows.
Speaker 2: But we'll take one more break here at KSR. We'll
Speaker 2: be right back to put a bow on today's episode,
Speaker 2: and tomorrow is the last day a Drew paloozas so
Speaker 2: We'll get you ready for that.
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Speaker 2: just today. I mean, we had Poppy McElroy, the daughter
Speaker 2: of Rory sink an incredible putt. I'm sure lots of
Speaker 2: people saw that twenty five footer downhill. He didn't line
Speaker 2: it up for her, she just tapped it with the putter.
Speaker 2: It felt like it took three minutes to get to
Speaker 2: the hole and dropped in perfectly.
Speaker 6: And my first thought was.
Speaker 2: Billy just broke his television because there are kids making
Speaker 2: plays at I guesst on Wednesday.
Speaker 7: No, I had the same thought when it happened, It's like,
Speaker 7: get these kids off the course. But there was a
Speaker 7: part of me like I felt like the Grinch a
Speaker 7: little bit where his heart grows like three four times
Speaker 7: the size because Keegan Bradley's throwing his kids in the
Speaker 7: air after a hole in one and just some special
Speaker 7: moments with Koepka and his son and daughter, and there
Speaker 7: was more than a few moments that were good with
Speaker 7: the kids.
Speaker 8: So I think I'm gonna allow this one.
Speaker 5: Does Billy have the Michael Jordan meme blown up and
Speaker 5: then a poster in his room the blank those kids?
Speaker 6: Yes, he does. Ronald Jordan actually took that from Billy.
Speaker 7: I feel like that was my mancho over the first
Speaker 7: two three years I did the post game shows with Matt.
Speaker 7: It was it really became a thing. And now now
Speaker 7: all the kids try to call in.
Speaker 3: And get it.
Speaker 2: I feel like we have a breakthrough. Maybe it was
Speaker 2: just a Master's Part three contest of what you needed.
Speaker 2: There are adorable little kids running around everywhere.
Speaker 8: I think it was Heather. I just need to start
Speaker 8: being nicer to the colors a little bit.
Speaker 6: You did, uh well, you want to you know, Matt's away.
Speaker 6: You have the floor.
Speaker 2: Have we I want to say, learned a lesson, but
Speaker 2: you used to just say to yourself your heart has
Speaker 2: grown a little bit. Mister grinch over there between Heather
Speaker 2: and and kids making putts at the Part three contest, Yeah.
Speaker 7: I can't challenge your listeners to a fight and to
Speaker 7: show up at the bar. I can't be that mean
Speaker 7: to children and women on the air and make them cry.
Speaker 7: I'm trying to grow a little bit, Drew, So hopefully
Speaker 7: I've made some progress over the last year or so.
Speaker 7: But we did have some eventful post game events this
Speaker 7: year that would say otherwise. But we'll see.
Speaker 2: Hopefully we're growing also as you noted you're no longer
Speaker 2: fighting listeners a year ago. This week you challenged a
Speaker 2: listener to a fight. You're past that, you're now enjoying
Speaker 2: kids making putts in Augusta. I mean, where, Billy, will
Speaker 2: we see a year from that? I know, who knows,
Speaker 2: who knows, who knows if I'm even here? I mean,
Speaker 2: I may be gone at this point. But you know
Speaker 2: that's not that's not shades of anything either. But you know,
Speaker 2: taking Mario underneath our wing has been a lot of fun.
Speaker 2: Shannon's really the only one that I need to worry
Speaker 2: about fighting nowadays.
Speaker 8: It's a we've made some growth.
Speaker 2: Well, I hope you're not gone tomorrow because you're co
Speaker 2: hosting with me. We're gonna be in studio. You know,
Speaker 2: I've used this week to get on all my my
Speaker 2: on three co workers. Been a big day for having
Speaker 2: the website crew with Jack, Zach Luckett, Had Phoenix On
Speaker 2: Had Steven. But tomorrow it's just gonna be me and you,
Speaker 2: and I've wanted all week to get goofy Can we
Speaker 2: can we kind of get off the rails a little
Speaker 2: bit with the last day. Let's let's let's see how
Speaker 2: far we can push this job and see if they'll
Speaker 2: still have us back.
Speaker 7: Yeah, no, I'm fine with that. I know you've got
Speaker 7: some great things planned. I don't know how much you've revealed,
Speaker 7: so I don't want to.
Speaker 2: I don't have that much planned to be honest, I'm
Speaker 2: gonna do that today. I got a little bit planned.
Speaker 2: Lexington has a big birthday coming up, so part of
Speaker 2: the show, I have people weekly ask me where to
Speaker 2: eat by Rapperina or what to do in Lexington. So
Speaker 2: part of tomorrow's show, in the celebration of Lexington turning
Speaker 2: two hundred and fifty soon, I will share a lot
Speaker 2: of recommendations, maybe some of my favorite things about Lexton,
Speaker 2: not just places to go, but people. We're gonna have
Speaker 2: a special Lexington guest who knows a lot about Lexington.
Speaker 6: Uh, will you have plenty to add?
Speaker 2: I know you're not, you haven't been a Lexingtonian for long,
Speaker 2: but I'm excited to, uh just shine a spotlight on
Speaker 2: this this city that is uh I call home.
Speaker 7: These days, I've branched out a little bit, I don't
Speaker 7: I don't know, only just eat at a tallex and
Speaker 7: ksbar and grill.
Speaker 5: Now.
Speaker 7: So I've got a couple names in my pocket, like
Speaker 7: Jack Brown's, which we went to together to recently. Love
Speaker 7: love that place. That'll be on our list.
Speaker 8: Want to get to some places.
Speaker 5: Speaking of birthdays, I gotta give a shout out my
Speaker 5: dad's birthday, big six.
Speaker 6: Here we go, shout them out.
Speaker 5: And he's been in the birthday grinding away as all
Speaker 5: CPAs do at this time. Shout out to all the CPAs.
Speaker 5: You're almost you're almost through it.
Speaker 6: What's his name?
Speaker 5: Allan? Happy birthday, Alan Luckett.
Speaker 2: Happy birthday, Alan Luckett, man CPA with a birthday in April.
Speaker 2: That's gotta stink. Just working around the clock these days.
Speaker 2: I assume think thanks time you have six.
Speaker 5: Kids, you can just you know, you just spend your
Speaker 5: birthday just away in the office, so then you get
Speaker 5: doubled dip there.
Speaker 3: Well.
Speaker 2: Thanks to Alan's son Adam for making the trip from
Speaker 2: Louisville to talk football with us. Look forward to seeing
Speaker 2: you on Saturday as we get out there for the
Speaker 2: Spring showcase again. That's ten am at Croger Field. Doors
Speaker 2: open at nine if you want to go get a
Speaker 2: peek at this football team that's got thirty new pieces
Speaker 2: luck and help to educate us.
Speaker 5: There no TV for the Spring showcase, so if you're
Speaker 5: not there, you're gonna have to come join us at
Speaker 5: cast Board as we cover it play by play.
Speaker 2: All right, well, Billy and I will talk tomorrow. We'll
Speaker 2: celebrate Lexon's birthday. Tune in then