2025-05-21- KSR - Hour 1

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Speaker 2: This is Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Now here's Matt Jones.

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Speaker 3: Well, welcome everyone in Kentucky Sports Radio.

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Speaker 4: Wednesday, May the twenty first, Ime Matt Jones here at the KS Bar and Grill in Lexington, Kentucky, where it's an overcast but nice day out after storms U last evening you can gives a shout. It is Ask Anything Wednesday, Shannon. People can ask any question they want unless I say no. Nine two eight oh twenty two eighty seven, So go ahead and get on. I'll take calls early. I'm not going to do like I did last time, Shanning and leave with Bob and James.

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Speaker 3: Okay, that's not gonna happen, but we can.

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Speaker 4: Shout out here before we start today, Ryan, this is Larry's eighty eighth birthday.

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Speaker 3: Oh it is. This is eighty eighth. Wow, So happy birthday to Larry.

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Speaker 4: He is in uh in, Illinois at Wheaton College where my mom is in her first week of school getting her doctor doctor of medicine or doctor of messon only she's going to med school doctor of religion graduate degree today.

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Speaker 3: This was her first week of school and she is here.

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Speaker 5: You're probably gonna go out and really party hard tonight.

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Speaker 4: I did that last night because tonight is a dinner at a professor's house. So they did that my last night. They had the wild birthday. So happy eighty eight, yeah to Larry. Doesn't look a day over fifty.

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Speaker 3: It's true.

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Speaker 6: A happy birthday to Larry. It's or they're gonna have a great time. I get wild. Have you even break out the bass? Play a little music on it.

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Speaker 4: You might break out the beast. You know, Larry's having to get used to a different setting. He's been in Middlesborough for fifty plus years and he's having to get used to Every few weeks they're they're gonna be.

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Speaker 3: At Wheaton College.

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Speaker 4: He's like seeing the world in his eighth I guess what ninth decade?

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Speaker 6: Some people slow down. He's like, let me see more. I want to see what this Wheaton College is all about.

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Speaker 5: We can only hope and pray that at eighty eight years old, we're as good as a condition as Larry is today.

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Speaker 4: We won't be, I can there's no You can hope and you can pray, but it is guaranteed probably no one in this group will.

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Speaker 5: So where is Wheaton, Illinois.

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Speaker 3: It's like a little southwest of Chicago. Okay, I think that would be where it is. I'm on the air right now. We'll do that in a minute.

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Speaker 4: Nine two eight oh twenty two eighty seven had some big news to yesterday.

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Speaker 5: Oh you did no Kentucky.

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Speaker 3: Oh big news.

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Speaker 5: I thought you said you had some big news.

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Speaker 6: I guess it was a big news for met too.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I wasn't really excited about it.

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Speaker 4: But besides that, Kentucky gets there, it gets a commitment in at the end of the session.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they end up.

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Speaker 4: With the thirty fifth ranked player in America, Braden Hawthorne, who picks Kentucky over West Virginia and Pitt Drew.

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Speaker 3: You know, I would say, in the history of basketball, I'm not sure there's.

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Speaker 4: Ever been a better fourteenth player to commit to a team. I'm gonna go on record say best fourteenth man commitment in the history of college basketball. Now, part of that is because you mostly can only have thirteen players, but nevertheless, I'm still confident in saying.

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Speaker 6: It is bald Pope was able to convince a guy who had a huge spring and big offers with the potential to play right away, and he's convinced him to just come here and just see what happens in your first year and then break out your second year. I'll add at thirteen fourteen, they have a McDonald's All American and Michael Marino. You have a seven foot one Rehese Potter who played in Miami, Ohio. That is the end of your bench, So there's not a three deep into the bench. Better than Kentucky's both Hawthorne. I mean, offensively, he looks great. He puts a little weight on, and if he could even do it the summer, you might see him play earlier. But once he gets a little more physical, he's going to be trouble. I should have known. I'm kind of mad at myself at missing the hint. Do you remember you know what the hint was that we were getting this kid?

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Speaker 3: Well?

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Speaker 4: Was it that they postponed the interview with Pope one day? Remember, he didn't want to do it until the roster was complete. We were going to tape it yesterday at two thirty. Now we're taping it today at two thirty. And when they asked me to tape it a day later, they just said it would be better. And then the commitment was last night. How did we not think he said that? They said he didn't want to do it until after the roster was finalized, and he was waiting for the roster to be finalized.

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Speaker 5: I'm an idiot for not coming up with that. Yeah, you're not an idiot. We're just slipping, we're just sipping a little bit. We should have caught that. But I think it speaks a lot for this kid. I mean, obviously he knows the roster, he looked at it. For him to go ahead and accept this spot knowing there's not a lot of minutes out there right O way, I want to just grow and learn it, get better, stronger for maybe the next couple of years. I think it says a lot about the kid.

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Speaker 4: He said during the interview something to the effect of Drew that he's cool with not playing if that's how it ends up, happy that he knows that's part of it, which usually don't hear people say that, Yeah, is that good?

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Speaker 6: Great attitude.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 6: I don't know anything about him personally, but just the fact that he would commit to that those that circumstances says he will appreciate being here and understands the path, not gonna rush anything or complain about playing time. Seems like he has the right h.

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Speaker 3: Tell us about him as a player.

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Speaker 6: He's really skinny. I think that's why it's gonna be a while. But he's six eight really good score. Like I said, he blew up in the spring. He was barely top hundred until the spring session. He had a bunch of good games against good talent, but putting weight on him will be his his main priority because I think he's listed at one eighty. I'm not sure he's one eighty. If you look at him on.

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Speaker 3: Filter, he's any like what he is.

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Speaker 4: He's six six eight six' eight one eighty is, yeah he's really, skinny and the list in one eighty means he's probably less than one. Eighty the best thing about him is did you see the picture of him go viral where when he was a kid he got his picture with The Joey hall. Statue he's A kentucky. Fan he's sitting over there.

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Speaker 6: At the lodge and those chairs if he's In West, Virginia, yeah not too far. Away so that was pretty neat that came. Out but great offensive. TALENT i can't get.

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Speaker 4: Over six eight one, Eighty Like i'm just trying. To i'm just trying to fathom how skinny that. Is that would be, like, oh that's very.

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Speaker 6: Skinny so getting some getting some weight on him will be a priority.

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Speaker 3: ONE i, mean you weigh one, eighty don't.

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Speaker 5: YOU i, wait two twenty probably close to, To.

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Speaker 3: So take me and give me about. What, yeah but you're nine inches shorter and you're you're Little i'm not.

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Speaker 5: Little, well you're kind of little to be.

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Speaker 3: Fair, WELL i mean it's gonna Be. Mario it's been. Working what do you? Weigh what do you? Weigh? Yeah? Yeah and how?

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Speaker 4: Tall and how tall are? You so you're you're one Forty shannon's five to eleven one, eighty so THAT i, mean maybe is skinnier Than.

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Speaker 6: Mario let's, say uh if If mario is, TALLER i think we're looking At hawthorne right, there and he's got The.

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Speaker 4: Mario now if that makes me feel, better Because mario is an elite athlete at five at five, BUCKET i could see him getting, Buckets so NOW i feel better about.

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Speaker 2: It you can't see he getting, Buckets, NO i cannot see.

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Speaker 3: You i'll see you getting no. Buckets as a matter of, FACT i can see you getting negative.

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Speaker 6: Bucket while his uh weight is a little bit of an issue right, away his wingspan is. Outrageous it's like seven to. Three so he's got. It he's got the, potential he's got a pro. Build once he bulks, up gets a little older and gets in the. System so do you expect him to move at a good? Game you expect him play at all this year or, like is this uh? This you, know do you think he ends up in that twelve thirteen to fourteenth.

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Speaker 5: SLOT i, mean he'll get some, minutes BUT i don't think there's gonna be a lot of minutes out. THERE i think the transformation will see from all three of the freshman him And jasper And malachi once again in the weight, program getting weight on all three of. THEM i think year two be a big jump for all of.

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Speaker 3: THEM i don't know if we're gonna get a year two out Of. JASPER i, MEAN.

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Speaker 4: I feel LIKE i feel Like i'm the person saying, you, guys remember right that this dude went to, overtime that this dude's had cameras following for two, years that this dude's really LIKE i feel like people just forget.

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Speaker 3: THAT i, mean he's here two.

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Speaker 4: Years that'd be, great but it'll only be because he gets a huge nildal.

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Speaker 3: Likely, yeah he he. Is he is the kind of athlete that could be a one and. Done would you agree with?

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Speaker 7: That?

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Speaker 3: YEAH i mentioned that.

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Speaker 6: Yesterday as long As jasper can show he can, DEFEND i, mean he's already a knockdown, shooter got a good offensive, game they'll only get. Better the only question mark IS i he'll be able to handle going up another level in basketball and the Sec you, know it'll get. Physical if he can hold his on, THERE i think he'll be fun.

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Speaker 4: Well so big get For kentucky and. Congrats now we're Interviewing Mark pope this. Afternoon you And mario are going over, early, right so let's talk about what has to happen because You're i'm putting you in charge of.

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Speaker 3: This, okay, okay you you were gonna go over.

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Speaker 4: Early.

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Speaker 3: Yep you have to get the radio equipment because we have to connect to the. Building do you have? Everything? Yep what? All do you?

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Speaker 5: Need everything we're we're using right.

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Speaker 3: Now always explain to people because they can't see what that was OUR.

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Speaker 5: I got our comrex unit which connects to the. Station can't connect anywhere in the country as long we can get a signal right.

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Speaker 3: Now, connected as long as we can get a. Signal.

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Speaker 5: Yeah So i've got a hardline option And i've got a cell card. Option i'll have both, options Whichever i'll try to probably try the cell card, option.

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Speaker 3: Which you have our EMERGENCY max sitting right over.

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Speaker 4: There we have something in theory that allows us to connect to like it's only for media companies like to get cell service maybe when you can't, otherwise, right you have that, right.

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Speaker 5: Because when we tried to Do patino last, summer we couldn't get connected inside the. Building we had to go out on the on the on the. Sidewalk so TODAY i think it's partially true.

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Speaker 4: Saying and there was another part of, that which was we couldn't get the cell, signal But ryan had forgotten the extension chord for the for the hard line, internet so that was Part so you were partially correct we couldn't get the cell, phone but you did forget the other. Part SO i want to we're gonna get that this.

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Speaker 5: Time, well the hard LINE i had last time was not long. Enough we had to want to go all the way into the office AND i didn't. Mind wasn't long enough to do.

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Speaker 3: That so is this one long?

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Speaker 5: Enough that one over there is long?

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Speaker 4: Enough, Okay so that one's long, enough so we have. That Then, mario you're gonna set up the. Cameras are you? Ready He shannon AND i asked him this, morning please don't film from the. Ground people don't need to see mine In pope's thighs as we're, SAYING.

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Speaker 6: I don't want to see any skin on your.

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Speaker 4: Own, look, YEAH i Mean i'm Told pope's gonna be in workout, gear SO i don't want. TO i don't think we both need to. Be you, know this is, wingsday not five. Day here a ks Par so hopefully that'll work.

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Speaker 3: TOO i believe In.

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Speaker 6: RYAN i didn't know this about the cord last, time but you said you had. One just wasn't long, enough right that coun that Can i'm gonna blame The Craft center for. That but it sounds like he's got his checklist, today got a collared shirt, on looking. Good this will be the longest interview in theory that we've we've ever done with the coach we've.

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Speaker 4: Had we've Had callan, here but he always had that thirty minute limit because he was not gonna sit through a commercial.

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Speaker 3: Break you remember about he would he would.

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Speaker 5: He was Like shanning get him with a heart. Break he would say to me.

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Speaker 4: When he was gonna come, on he would, Go i'll, stay But i'm not sitting through a commercial. Break so the understanding, was, oh he was a little dvate about. It the understanding was we had to take all the breaks at the, end and that basically gave us twenty minutes with.

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Speaker 5: Him that was the maxkuy AND i don't Think stoop has Been stoop has been on longer than that either has he has he?

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Speaker 6: Been, actually this last, one there was a long. One last one was just a few weeks.

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Speaker 3: Ago it was like three.

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Speaker 5: Segments the three.

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Speaker 6: Segments yea even Said i'll stay as long as you need. Me that was the best part of the interview was the commercial breaks as. Well remember we had off air. Conversations good for.

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Speaker 5: Him you were, THERE i mean you were.

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Speaker 3: There, YEAH i just don't remember a lot of though this like we like, you like we're telling you a new.

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Speaker 5: Story, well it's good to refresh my memory on those.

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Speaker 4: Things, okay, well, good Well i'll change my opinion about how this is going to go. Today he doesn't remember. That So i'm trusting. You got, you you, Are you're in, charge and then you'll you're gonna make it work Because i'm gonna be at the studio Interviewing ryan McGee for the, podcast and so this is this is in your.

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Speaker 5: Hands, YES i get, THERE i got.

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Speaker 3: YOU a big day of.

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Speaker 4: INTERVIEWING i, Know I'm i've gone from never interviewing anybody to this is the gonna Be you got Jaylen low tomorrow on. Here that got pushed back, Today Mark, Pope ryan McGee yesterday Interviewed Crystal.

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Speaker 3: Ball we're talking to too many people at. You i'm used to only talking to you. All and that was flip.

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Speaker 4: Five, hey If i'm nine, two eight oh twenty two eighty, Seven we're gonna take a. Break we are here at KOs bar and grill ask Anything. Wednesday this Is Kentucky Sports.

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Speaker 3: Radio welcome. Back it Is Kentucky Sports.

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Speaker 4: Radio If i'm nine, two eight oh twenty two eighty, Seven wings Day Dollar wings here. Today got some folks here already to try and thank. You someone door dashed us Uh spalding. Donuts thank you to uh whoever bought. Them what was the person?

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Speaker 3: Name?

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Speaker 4: Jacob jacob g just send? It how nice is that to send door dash of donuts here to the bar. People, Uh we're gonna do the, contest the donut contest In.

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Speaker 5: June Well spawning is not just a number one seed in the, Contest they're the overall number one seed in the oh they're number one for, you overall number.

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Speaker 4: One it's gonna be a blind taste, test, though so you're gonna you could end up picking A Maryland Baltimore county and not even knowing that you did.

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Speaker 5: It it's gonna be tough to knock off the spauling king of The, Hill king of the Donut.

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Speaker 3: Hill yeah it.

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Speaker 4: Is it is very very, good one person Writes, matt with this being our fourteenth, player does that mean no walk?

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Speaker 3: Ons?

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Speaker 4: DREW i think under the new settlement it's unlikely we'll see a walk on. AGAIN i think the days of walk ons, are you, know maybe sadly.

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Speaker 3: OVER i don't.

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Speaker 4: Think, YEAH i don't think football or basketball under the new scholarship ways is gonna be able to do walk.

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Speaker 6: ONS i guess the dream is. Dead you, know there's been a lot of remember, well some appreciated, it like Some Sam, malone others didn't. LIKE i think about my Guy zach From madisonville last. Year that scenario probably won't happen. Again so that is something that will stink in the changes that are.

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Speaker 3: Come, yeah we'll.

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Speaker 4: STINK i think it's really you're really gonna see the effect in football because sometimes the football guys could end up making it to where they. PLAYED i, Mean Charles walker is an, example the guy who started as a walk on and ended up being a good Play can you think of other ones in football started as walk, ONS i mean in, Basketball Robbie moss.

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Speaker 3: Started as a walk.

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Speaker 4: On phil call in recent years he basically turned the walk ons on to the friends of his kid, played which you, KNOW i, mean you couldn't get mad at because they weren't gonna play. Anyway but it didn't because originally walk ons were, like, well you're not not good enough for a, scholarship but you're a good. Player we're gonna bring you. Here for the most, part col's were with like the exception Of Jared, polson they were guys he was friends with their. Dad, yeah and that's some of those dudes didn't even play in high school and they ended up ON UKs.

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Speaker 6: Team So holsten ended up having being a scholarship.

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Speaker 4: Player yeah in the, end but he started that route of, well not quite good enough for, scholarship but we'll bring you and then he earned WHAT i like.

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Speaker 6: The and especially in, football when they surprised the, GUYS i got a practice that they always go. Crazy was in? Basketball it Was Cameron, mills a walking he was L.

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Speaker 3: Mills was a walk. On, well who are the best walk? Ons Camer mills might be number.

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Speaker 5: One, Yeah cameron And robbie the two come to. Mind you Know todd's. Fiboda he was a walk, on but he was a good.

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Speaker 4: PLAYER i mean he had played At Northern right and played well and then he transferred here and played like one year or two.

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Speaker 3: Whatever he was good.

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Speaker 5: Though trying to think of some other Basketball my favorite walk on story is a guy by the name Of Yeremiah bell From Clark county walked on THE eku football, team ended up playing for The Miami, dolphins ended up in THE nfl as a walk on AT.

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Speaker 4: Eku it's pretty. Good, well the guy From iowa or was At IOWA O High. State there was the first round pick that started as a walk. On one of those linebackers this.

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Speaker 3: Year it's.

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Speaker 5: Amazing so so, anyway that is.

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Speaker 4: A Bummer drew about the news is the days of walking on for your dream are probably.

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Speaker 5: Going.

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Speaker 6: Now we're just gonna have to yell shoot at a scholarship player that's getting paid when it'll want to be a little bit. DIFFERENT i think who's up.

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Speaker 3: First let's go To.

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Speaker 4: Jerry, jerry go, Ahead jerry eight five nine twenty two eighty, seven ask Anything, Wednesday today's the day if you don't call much to come and give your.

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Speaker 3: Thing go, Ahead, jerry hey man do.

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Speaker 7: To ryan was Having. Nico but If tennessee got kicked out of THE sec over there nil smanigans and starting all this nil bullcrap With nico and tampering and everything, else that will be so. Sweet Don day and her clowns and knoxall Got tennessee kicked out of THE. Sec that will be, sweet poetic JUSTICE i would love and the go. Ahead and that was to say is and it kind of a funny thing Fun you, know it's fun to listen To tennessee's postgame show after they lose. Is they were crying last year After Ohigo state game About Ohio state spending thirty million dollars on the. Roster, well guess what guys you, got Mister, powett old billionaire down. There But Ohio, state you got thirty guys like. That, Yes texas has forty or fifty worked.

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Speaker 4: UP i won't leave you. THERE i appreciate the. Call he's getting worked. UP i do think it would be hilarious If tennessee got kicked out of THE sec because of this of this state. Law, NOW i do not think it's gonna. HAPPEN i do not think that it is likely to. Happen matter of, FACT i think it is extremely. Unlikely but it would be. Hilarious drew AND i would be rooting it.

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Speaker 6: On it is fun to dream about them just leaving THE sec and not having a place to. Go maybe they're like a barnstorming tour that just goes Around tennessee all the time and plays Local tennessee. Teams BUT i don't think it will actually get to that.

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Speaker 4: POINT i don't, either BUT i am STILL i have yet to read a story that has explained why they passed that state, law because clearly they did it to try to basically get to do whatever they want and THE.

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Speaker 3: Sec you don't REMEMBER i said on this Show, money this is. Dangerous this is the kind of thing that can ruin.

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Speaker 5: THE.

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Speaker 4: Ncaa and it seems like the other conferences saw it as well and immediately tried to put a kebash on.

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Speaker 5: It that's the best, THING a part of all the powerful conferences have joined together and agreed that this is we're not gonna stand for, this you, Know, tennessee let them. Go, WELL i don't know what they're gonna. Play LIKE i said, yesterday they go'na play. Conference, essay what are you gonna? Do you need THE.

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Speaker 6: Sec, WELL i.

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Speaker 3: Don't, yeah it's so ridiculous that it's almost hard to.

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Speaker 4: Fathom but THEY i mean the sec that if you read that, document they were, like you will sign this and if you don't sign this, school you're.

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Speaker 3: OUT i, mean it's kind of, amazing isn't.

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Speaker 6: It they've always been, terrible but it seems like here lately they've really just been, like we're not biden by the. Rules even WHEN ni offers, started they're bragging about all the money they're paying playing players and just openly doing the collective. Thing just seems like they've been more defiant than any other college athletics program in.

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Speaker 4: Years what do you think About Zakai ziegler who Hit, zakaizigler who has played in college for.

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Speaker 3: Twelve, years has asked THE ncaaa for another.

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Speaker 4: Year he has sued THE, ncaa saying that the four year ban basically your four. Year thing is not enough that legally he should be able to play college basketball forever if he wants, to as long as the school lets.

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Speaker 3: Him in Another tennessee attempt at the, rules what do you think about this ignoring?

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Speaker 6: EVERYTHING i, mean there's some crazy situations where guys are in school way too, long but there's at least been injuries or red. Shirts he's played thirty four games a season for four. Years he's third all time on the SEC's assist. List he has had a full career without injuries or missing any. TIME i don't even know what his argument, is but It's tennessee. Behavior here's what it. Is you can get another.

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Speaker 4: Year his, argument WHICH i think will, Fail but his argument is college basketball is basically a monopoly for academic. Basketball right, NOW i can be paid in. It you cannot be not monopoly without being. Paid and as long as this school wants to let me come to, school has an academic whatever for me to do the N, ncaa you should not be able to ban me from playing sports as long As tennessee wants me to go to. School, NOW i think that's not gonna work for a variety of legal. REASONS i think it's different than the question of whether you get. Paid but if anybody was gonna push the, envelope of course it would Be. Tennessee and it feels like it would be someone Like Zakai, zigler who was extremely frustrating and you, know one of those dudes that if he's not on your, team you're.

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Speaker 3: Like come.

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Speaker 5: On it's also confusing to. ME i mean the people are getting extra years FOR, covid getting extra years for, injuries getting extra years for playing junior, colleges getting extra years for sitting out of family. EMERGENCIES i, mean it's.

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Speaker 3: Like, guys what's confusing about all that people are.

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Speaker 5: Getting like six or seven years.

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Speaker 3: Regardless WELL, COVID i MEAN, covid everybody got a.

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Speaker 4: Year so that's that's one. Answer so could he he didn't play OUR, covid though he's AFTER.

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Speaker 6: Covid he has had a he's started since he was. Afraid he's played in one hundred and thirty eight. Games he has had a very actually more than a normal. Career like he should absolutely go get a job and let the freshman come in and play. Basketball, yeah, remember so he has no unique. Circumstances THE covid year was twenty twenty twenty twenty. One, okay so it was that. Year we have had four seasons since. That ziegler did not play that, year so he is all of his four seasons were not IN, Covid so he has no argument FOR.

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Speaker 4: COVID i have not seen that he has a family. Emergency as you, Said, drew he was never. Injured he is just saying college basketball should let me play as.

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Speaker 3: Long AS i want to.

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Speaker 4: Play like he's the guy in The roses parking lot who keeps hanging out with the high, schoolers right like he he wants to play, forever and THE ncaa someone was gonna challenge.

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Speaker 3: This it turns out it's going to be.

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Speaker 6: Here he's like ranked for the most games ever played At. Tennessee he's like one of their all, time just you, know played the most and he still wants to.

00:22:07
Speaker 3: Play would you like to have it.

00:22:08
Speaker 4: Where people could play college basketball? FOREVER i, mean would you like it to Where austin She waite could have played until he was?

00:22:13
Speaker 6: Thirty, no because the new guys need a. Chance we don't Need we already have a few thirty year. Olds we don't need more play four. Years if you got, her we'll settle it and then get the hell out here and get a.

00:22:25
Speaker 3: Job get a.

00:22:26
Speaker 4: Job, WELL i mean, again their argument would, be this is a. JOB i can make more money doing this THAN i can do WHAT i was going to do. Next, Right, well our argument is.

00:22:36
Speaker 3: Cool.

00:22:36
Speaker 6: Leave there are other people waiting for your.

00:22:38
Speaker 2: Spot but we got a quarterback who's coming in for seven.

00:22:42
Speaker 5: Years we.

00:22:43
Speaker 3: Do our quarterback is going to be a seventh.

00:22:47
Speaker 5: Year ye all those fifth year guys we had on the basketball team last, year we like.

00:22:51
Speaker 3: Them, yep, yeah all, right we'll take a. Break very. Bad IT'S. KSR.

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00:22:59
Speaker 2: Now Kentucky Sports radio presented By Stockton. Mortgage Here's Matt.

00:23:03
Speaker 3: Jones welcome Back Tucky Sports.

00:23:05
Speaker 4: Radio If i'm nine two eight oh twenty two eighty, seven there's some people telling me That Zaka ziegler did one year TEARS, acl but he played half the, year you're. NOT i don't think you're allowed when YOU i don't know what the percentage of. Games it's got to be a very small amount of games for it to not count towards your. YEAR i don't if he played half the. Year that would not that he would have played too.

00:23:23
Speaker 3: Much to get.

00:23:23
Speaker 6: It he's played at least thirty games every. Season he averages thirty four and a half games a. Year SO i don't think that's.

00:23:28
Speaker 3: True, no well a bunch of people said. It do you think all these people are lying to?

00:23:31
Speaker 6: Me he has one hundred and thirty eight career games in four.

00:23:34
Speaker 3: Seasons, yeah so if you go four that you're. Right, yeah that's. So then once you tell these people to, Hunt.

00:23:41
Speaker 6: No, well let's Tell zakay to get a. Job he. Graduated he has a degree in merchandise and retail. Management go out and manage the retail merchandise.

00:23:50
Speaker 3: Is, YES i looked it. UP i didn't really need to get this retail, merchandise, MAN i mean to be honest with. YOU i feel like there's retail and merchandise that needs to be.

00:23:58
Speaker 6: Managed, yeah we've already seen he was a point, guard AND i go out there and show us what you can do with that?

00:24:02
Speaker 3: Degree makes?

00:24:03
Speaker 4: SENSE i think that. Right all, right we missed some walk. On, Okay Anthony epps was a walk?

00:24:08
Speaker 5: On forgot? It you really?

00:24:09
Speaker 3: Was start?

00:24:11
Speaker 4: With Anthony epps was was a really good walk. On somebody is telling, me Was Jeff brasso a lot walk on his first? Year if he, was it was one of those things where he just agreed to do it because he was he, was he was.

00:24:22
Speaker 5: Highly, recruited, Right, YEAH i can't confirm that.

00:24:26
Speaker 4: One Neamiah Junior, Brad, yeah he was on my list baseball player to play, Baseball, Yeah Junior brady. Was he was on like What patino's first. Team so, yeah, yeah so uh those are. Good Anthony epps is one you'll. Forget that's that's the best, one, right.

00:24:42
Speaker 5: Yeah and there's fact there was something even with, that like he got a scholarship the next, year promised a scholarship next year or something like.

00:24:47
Speaker 3: That that may have been. TRUE i, DO i do vaguely remember. That he was so just real.

00:24:54
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00:25:17
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00:25:23
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00:25:52
Speaker 5: Thursday her name is Really Crystal.

00:25:54
Speaker 3: Ball, yes her name Is Crystal.

00:25:56
Speaker 5: Ball her parents had a weird hit of. Humor are you name their kid Crystal? Ball what's your brother's?

00:26:07
Speaker 3: Name?

00:26:07
Speaker 4: Basket you hear the silence after these. Jokes you're not even getting a chuckle From. Shandon you give all of these jokes a. CHUCKLE i was.

00:26:19
Speaker 5: Holding Back ryde.

00:26:22
Speaker 3: Trying it's not good When ryan laughs.

00:26:24
Speaker 6: Himself it's my.

00:26:25
Speaker 4: Favorite what you have a confidence about the jokes even if no one else, laughs you will still.

00:26:31
Speaker 3: Laugh you can't laugh at?

00:26:33
Speaker 5: Yourself where can you laugh at all at?

00:26:35
Speaker 3: Yourself another, another that's another saying that doesn't make. Sense if you can't laugh at, yourself where can you laugh at? All? Yeah?

00:26:47
Speaker 5: Yourself the?

00:26:48
Speaker 3: Cook, cody go, Ahead, Cody.

00:26:55
Speaker 8: YEAH i have two, things real quick, question what are the odds That Mark pope run the platoon system with the?

00:27:01
Speaker 3: Squad?

00:27:02
Speaker 8: Zero and the second, thing give a big shout out to the minika Or facebook path just spread the thousand.

00:27:08
Speaker 3: Followers all, right, well thank you very. Much the platoon system zero? Right? Zero? ZERO i, mean.

00:27:17
Speaker 4: The platoon system was. Cool i'm still not sure that was the best, decision but it was cool and it was obviously made us. KNOWN i don't Think pope sort of operates like, that do?

00:27:30
Speaker 3: You?

00:27:31
Speaker 6: No and definitely not what we're calling this the blue platoon and this is the white platoon and you're doing hockey subs. NOW i think the minutes might look like they're platooning a little. BIT i think a lot of the, guys especially where they're competing at those same spots where you don't know who to, start you'll see their, minutes won't be too far. Apart BUT i don't think we'll see the all, right five in five out and were nickname them and you, know you know your team and they got the other?

00:27:50
Speaker 5: Five did you like? That in?

00:27:51
Speaker 4: Hindsight were You was that something you you look back on? FONDLY i, mean like all of, us we bought into, it and you, KNOW i mentioned it on on the internet, recently almost like saying it didn't, work but that someone was reminded me they did. Win it did go thirty one and, oh so it's hard to say it didn't.

00:28:09
Speaker 5: WORK i mean it.

00:28:10
Speaker 3: Went they went thirty eight and.

00:28:11
Speaker 4: One and to be fair to cal when we, lost we didn't run the yeah you know WHAT i, Mean like they lost as he quit giving the ball To carl and he wanted shot clock violations.

00:28:21
Speaker 3: Instead, yeah but we.

00:28:23
Speaker 4: Didn't we didn't platoon the second half of that, game and we were ahead when we were. Platooning SO i, MEAN i don't think we can blame the platooning for, losing but he blamed for. Losing, Yeah but in, hindsight did you do you like?

00:28:37
Speaker 3: It looking?

00:28:38
Speaker 6: Back my favorite thing about it was you could see the other team with their hands on their knees and they would look up at the other five at the. Scores they were waiting to check in that was, great and they were. Terrified you could see it in their, face, like what in the hell is about to? Happen i'm gasping for air in five fresh legs OF nba players are about to.

00:28:54
Speaker 3: Show that's a really good.

00:28:55
Speaker 4: Point it did wear teams down down the stretch and you and it also could lead where you could beat teams by just the large margins because they would quit at the end of.

00:29:05
Speaker 3: Games did you like?

00:29:06
Speaker 5: It, yeah looking back, now it seems kind of, ridiculous but during that TIME i loved, it and you, know the crowd loved. It we were putting on BLUE t shirts and WHITE t shirts and the eruptions on whichever the whatever platoon was in that. Time but you're out that we all liked it until The wisconsin.

00:29:18
Speaker 4: Game so what were the platoons? Again you had the, Twins Carl willie And Alex.

00:29:24
Speaker 6: Lyles, well, yeahs you're.

00:29:26
Speaker 4: Right lyles would start with the first group and then the second group would Be Booker, Ulyss Alex, Dacari Marcus.

00:29:33
Speaker 6: Lee is that WHAT i don't, remember which was blue and which was, white but we were all about of the other. Names it's like he never really mixed up the fives that often.

00:29:41
Speaker 4: Either it's still amazing that that Team Derek, Willison Dominice hawkins were the eleventh and twelfth. GUYS i mean those are, dudes FUTURE Sec Tournament All Tournament team and a future LIKE nba player were the eleventh and twelfth men of.

00:29:54
Speaker 6: THEM i mean next year's team just on, Depth, no not their potential and star, power but next year teams just as deep as far as guys that are able to go in and.

00:30:02
Speaker 3: Play, yeah you don't have the the top line talent's not as. Good, yeah but you're as far as.

00:30:07
Speaker 6: Bodies it's as far as the.

00:30:08
Speaker 3: Conversation you're probably. Right who's? Next? Tyler? Tyler If i'm nine two eight oh twenty two eighty, seven go, ahead.

00:30:15
Speaker 8: Hey, man good to talk to y'all this. Morning. MAN i tell, YOU I i don't know, why but WHEN i call into the, SHOW i don't do it a, ton but it is VERY i get the nerves THAT i feel WHEN i call into the show is uh. THERE i don't experience them very. Often why do you?

00:30:30
Speaker 4: Think why do you think calling in makes you? Nervous are you worried That i'm gonna get upset at? You Because i'm. NOT i think you're a wonderful, person even THOUGH i don't know you.

00:30:39
Speaker 8: WELL i appreciate. THAT i think you're a touch intimidating to talk, to AND i think the fear of getting interrupted is, real especially for, me AND i would think a lot of other. People BUT i just, SAID i don't know.

00:30:51
Speaker 3: You so you Think i'm, uh you Think i'm something hard to talk, like nervous to talk.

00:30:56
Speaker 5: TO i think people are afraid maybe you'll get into an oar with, him and you're gonna win the. Argument you, know you're a great, Debater, yeah easing debate growing.

00:31:05
Speaker 4: UP i knew he normally you you know he was gonna say something else and he's growing. Up i'm glad you weren't use the word. Great all, right go, ahead, Sir i'm no, interruption no intimidation you have.

00:31:17
Speaker 3: Before, WELL i.

00:31:19
Speaker 8: Got two, things if you don't. Mind so the first, THING i know it's so soon to talk about, it but the twenty fifteen, game the press, Conference Andrew, harrison y'all talking about what we lost the, Game Andrew harrison was the one that ended up apologizing saying that he didn't do what quote Coach kyl told him to do down the, stretch and Then cal was, like, no you're. Good SO i GUESS i was always.

00:31:38
Speaker 4: Good he was always good about taking up for his players in those, situations AND i do give him credit for. That he was not a guy who would ever throw his player under the bus after a loss or something like. THAT i appreciate that about. Him what's your second?

00:31:50
Speaker 6: One?

00:31:52
Speaker 8: Yeah and then SO i know it's A manian football seasons along way away and we haven't heard much from the team or from any of the staff or anything like, that BUT i Know. STOOPS i don't really know the situation with, it BUT i Know stoops is kind of on the hot, seat or he's been on the hot. SEAT i didn't know if you could give us the scenario this year where, okay this.

00:32:10
Speaker 4: Happened, yeah, okay so LET'S i appreciate the. Call is there is there a scenario rhyme where you Think Mark stoops could be?

00:32:20
Speaker 3: Fired let's use that. Word is there a scenario where he could be?

00:32:25
Speaker 5: FIRED i guess if the wins aren't there and the crowd stays. AWAY i think that could lead to Maybe mitch can least considering.

00:32:32
Speaker 4: It not considering. It is there a situation where he would Be, YEAH i guess there. Is do you think there's a situation he could be.

00:32:38
Speaker 6: Fired, aleen, THOUGH i mean it was obvious the fan base retired Of cal last year and we thought we was, leaving And mitch had that weird press conference and defendited right As cow turned around and the. Left So I'm mitch showed me last. Year he's not gonna be quick to fire. Anyone If stoops were to win one, game, okay, maybe but if he's in that four or five, RANGE i don't Think mitch would do.

00:32:56
Speaker 3: It how much would they owe?

00:32:57
Speaker 4: HIM i mean it's stilling a lot of, yeah a lot of money in a year where your budget is increasing by twenty two million. Dollars SO i think firing is extremely. Unlikely i'm not, Saying i'm not gonna say. Impossible if he went and won two, games they might not have a, choice BUT i think it is extremely. UNLIKELY i do think there's a scenario, though where you get Where cal had and maybe even, worse where you get a scenario where it like doesn't feel like he.

00:33:26
Speaker 3: Can stay and and and that could. Happen BUT i think the more likely scenario is.

00:33:35
Speaker 4: This is why it's so important he go to a bowl, game because if he wins five games or four, games this fan base is gonna be miserable and he's not gonna go anywhere, probably and you're just gonna be stuck in, this.

00:33:49
Speaker 3: You, know, malaise which is terrible for everyone.

00:33:53
Speaker 6: INVOLVED i think if it were to go to him, leaving it would come down and, do, hey we can't afford your, buyout but we can get this, Club and he would have to make the decision is that enough money for me to get because he doesn't want to be in a toxic environment. Either so say they owe him, thirty but they're, like we can give you. Eighteen If stoops hates it so much here that it was so bad people aren't showing, up maybe he just, says all, Right i'll take a short discount and go ahead and move.

00:34:15
Speaker 3: On. YEAH i don't.

00:34:17
Speaker 4: Know hopefully we don't get to that, point but you can see a scenario where you know they're over unders four and a, half, right if you get four or, FIVE i think we're in this, scenario, right and that's not.

00:34:28
Speaker 3: Good.

00:34:28
Speaker 5: Yeah that's why when you ask the, question is there a, Possibility, yeah there is that. Possibility if he lose To toledo and you win two, games you got to maybe make some hard decisions because.

00:34:37
Speaker 6: He won't want to be here if it's that. BAD i, mean nobody would want to.

00:34:40
Speaker 3: Live if he wins, two THEN i don't think it's a hard.

00:34:43
Speaker 4: DECISION i just don't know If mitchell do, it because you got to find thirty million dollars and where is? That who's got? It the only person that would even contemplate paying it is very close To. Stoops, yeah AND i can't, imagine you, Know so that makes it. Hard it just makes it makes it hard Titching bourbon lovers come with causes back with Their May bourbon, raffle and you won't want to miss. It It's the collection is Next, Thursday may twenty, ninth an epic lineup Of Bourbon Worth ryan twenty thousand.

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00:35:54
Speaker 3: Rights.

00:35:54
Speaker 4: Matt my wife has started listening to the show in the last year or. Two she loves, you but she got very very upset at your comment about not posting pictures of your kids.

00:36:03
Speaker 3: Graduation she actually.

00:36:05
Speaker 4: Listened and wrote down your words and, SAID i will use this Against matt one day when he posts pictures of his.

00:36:11
Speaker 3: Kids, WELL i mean it's not gonna. Happen you get them on the day they're, born then you don't get them.

00:36:18
Speaker 4: Anymore you, know people have gotten mad at, me including female friends of mine who have. KIDS i had to look at my Friend tall's kids after they had just listened to me to say THAT i didn't want to see pictures of people's, kids AND i had to make an exception and, go, No natalie And, olivia you all are.

00:36:37
Speaker 3: Different you talking.

00:36:39
Speaker 6: About other, kids not THAT i like.

00:36:41
Speaker 4: YOU i was talking about other people's, kids but people didn't seem to love. THAT i still generally stand by, it though there's too many pictures of, people you, know it's also weird to be, like why do you want to put that out in the world for some? People because you know it's just but some people.

00:36:57
Speaker 6: Do i've had some people tell me in the last week you've aged war on their households with the kid graduation and anti some people's favorite vacation. Spots, yeah AND i think there was one, more but uh, yeah thank. You some of your opinions have upset some of the well they're all upset in, fun but there's always truth to the fun as.

00:37:16
Speaker 4: WELL i was also surprised how many people wrote me and said they had gotten on their honeymoon To, orlando like, you, right that was a more popular honeymoon destination THAN i would have, imagined BECAUSE i would have imagined it would be a destination of only shotgun.

00:37:31
Speaker 3: Weddings BUT i was wrong about.

00:37:33
Speaker 5: That, NO i mean there's something to. It obviously is not maybe for, you but it is for a lot of other, people including myself back in nineteen ninety.

00:37:39
Speaker 3: One so would you go? Now like would you take yoga girl To? Orlando?

00:37:43
Speaker 5: Now she sent me a text yesterday during this conversation said, absolutely no way in.

00:37:47
Speaker 3: Hell so she's more ON. Arsa yeah, Good i'm. Glad i'm. Glad we want her back. Over did you?

00:37:53
Speaker 4: Hear yesterday THE Us senate agreed unanimously.

00:38:00
Speaker 3: To the. Provision uh, say no taxes on? Tips.

00:38:05
Speaker 4: Unanimously they don't do anything YOU i mean, literally they don't do anything unanimously unanimously to take away taxes on. Tips it's not doesn't become law, yet but it probably. Will, Honestly, uh do you are?

00:38:19
Speaker 5: You do?

00:38:19
Speaker 3: You or are you for?

00:38:20
Speaker 5: That i'm definitely for. That The the minimum wage for servers and waitresses and hostesses is ridiculously low, anyway this is the way they make their living basically by, Tips SO i don't think it's fair to take that away from them.

00:38:32
Speaker 3: Too some pody would argue to, know people and other jobs still have, taxes but.

00:38:38
Speaker 5: Do they make, Tips like do they like a, barber do you tip? Them they have to pay taxes on their? Tip no tips. Anyone but but but that wasn't my.

00:38:46
Speaker 4: Point my point is, like if you're if you work in, construction all of your, self all of the money you make is is is. Taxed do you think people who work in restaurants should get the exception that people who work in construction do not?

00:38:58
Speaker 5: GET i guess if we pay the people in, restaurant well what they're worth fifteen twenty dollars an hour instead of two or three dollars an hour got the construction, workers they're gonna get you, know twenty twenty five an hour. Whatever so if we pay them, comparably MAYBE i might say in my, mind but right now we're only getting two or three dollars an. Hour absolutely don't.

00:39:16
Speaker 2: Know about it might make one hundred dollars an, hour, YEAH.

00:39:18
Speaker 4: I MEAN i don't know that that argument's what really works with what you're, saying because like the reason they first of, all if you're a server and for whatever, reason let's say the restaurant's not full and you you saw owe that person up to minimum, wage so they don't they make two or three dollars an, hour but if their tips don't match, it you still have to pay them minimal, right, Right so that's and, honestly most servers are gonna.

00:39:40
Speaker 3: Make a lot more than, that or or they wouldn't do.

00:39:42
Speaker 4: It the question is just do you believe that servers should be able to be the one set of people that don't have their whole incomes taxed.

00:39:50
Speaker 5: Like people that make tips like, That, no they should not have a Tax.

00:39:53
Speaker 3: Okay go. Ahead what about as a former?

00:39:55
Speaker 6: SERVER i was pretty surprised the, past especially BECAUSE i, mean even though it's set up, different that's still your, income AND i just feel like your income should be Text, NOW i will say as a former, server not, me but occasionally you lie about what you, Made, okay.

00:40:09
Speaker 3: So that gets that gets, Occasionally, Shandon i'll get to that for.

00:40:14
Speaker 2: It you, KNOW i hate paying taxes in, general but it's the reality of the, world, Right so IF i gotta pay, taxes they are probably making more per hour a lot of times THAN i, Am so why should they be? EXEMPTED i think they should have to pay taxes to all.

00:40:29
Speaker 4: Right So i'm fine with. IT i actually think it's a lot closer issue than people act. Like i'm fine with it, because like you, Said, DREW i think it already. Happens but here is what is going to. Happen anytime you have a, rule what do people try to? Do they're gonna try to exploit, it, right they just. Are so WHAT i think is businesses are gonna do is businesses are going to work with people not in the restaurant. Industry let's just say again like construct and, Say, OKAY i was going to pay you thirty dollars an, hour and they'll. Agree i'll tell you what if you'll take twenty eight dollars an, hour which Means i'll pay less than. Taxes i'll pay you minimum wage and the rest is quote unquote a. TIP i think there's going to be a lot of, businesses depending on how they write, this that will do. It for businesses that are not normally tipped, industries the employer will have an incentive to do it because they won't have to pay as much payroll tax because it's quote unquote a, tip and the employee is gonna want it because they don't have to pay taxes on it at.

00:41:34
Speaker 3: All SO i actually THINK i think it's gonna.

00:41:37
Speaker 4: Be i'm still probably for, it BUT i do Think ryan it gives people, incentives some big incentives to go around.

00:41:46
Speaker 5: The, law because just do you explain. It i'm telling thinking to, myself it's that's gonna. Happen they're gonna be, places definitely gonna.

00:41:51
Speaker 4: Happen so when when a politician gets up and says something like no tax on, tips but then when you actually think about how it's going to actually, happen it may not be the way you. Think exactly you can do landscaping, Exactly i'll give you minimum, wage but by the, way the rest of your money's in a tip and you don't have to pay taxes on and neither DO.

00:42:16
Speaker 3: I that's gonna. Happen we'll take a break me right. Back it's