2025-04-09- KSR - Hour 2

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Welcome back to Get Sports Radio.

Drew Franklin here with Jack Pilgrim and Zach Gagan who are still laughing at me for opening up things about myself, telling them what I'm doing with my free time. And I feel like they're looking at me like I'm a big joke. But I'm gonna make a great count Paris. Guys, this is the beginning of something special.

Ever be open with your friends.

That's true.

I'm the worst therapist of all time.

Speaking of our friends, joining us now is Lexingon's own Josh Hopkins, who you may know from ABC's Cougartown Quantico, several Hollywood movies, including Rust coming out on May second. He's also one of the biggest UK fans you'll ever meet. Josh, Thanks for giving us your time today. How about those cats lately? You keep it up with the news?

Oh are you kidding? My lifeline? You know I'm one of those hitting refresh every second. I think you've done a great job so far.

Yeah.

Since I've known you, even I remember talking to you about the Andrew Wiggins commitment. I mean, you're not just kind of a fan. You were dialed into every little piece of news. What did you think of the big get they got yesterday with Jaden Quainten's I mean that.

Was that was fantastic.

What a physical just nenus he is, and to think he's doing it.

At his age. I do have some worries though, you know, I'm a warrior, you know, I'm I'm a bit of a worrier.

I worry about his a cl You know, everybody's just plugging him in.

But I mean that's that's you know, it's a it's a big swing there.

A CL's last the I don't think he'd be back by Devember or October.

I'm just worried, that's all.

Josh, how was a Jack Pugger this? That was my next question. We've been in contact a couple of times, you know, making sure we're we're keeping each other straight overall, Panic Meter, how are you feeling? Have you calmed down a little bit after getting some commitments you know, piled up obviously beyond Jaden quaintance?

Ye oh yeah, I love. I love what he's done so far. But I and thank you Jack for always being there for me. I'm always to your podcast and trying to figure out what we're gonna do.

You know, I'm a big fan.

I uh yeah, I mean I love the uh Mohammed Dibat.

You know, he's toughness and good. I was wondering if anyone's ever called him cool mode. I don't know. I think different different things. Also, I thought maybe we have the mo Mamba and the Mountain.

You might have just created something there the mo.

Mamba, the Mountain Mamba, and the Mormon mamba. Maybe maybe that's something I don't know. But he's a great gap. I love.

I still worry about shooting, Okay, I think we don't have quite as good as shooting team as we did last year and his so much of Pope's offense is predicated on having a bunch of shooters to spread it out. So I'm I'm a little worried about not having a stretch big right now.

Any anything there, Jack, Yeah.

I think we're we're some stuff's in the works. I think I think we're we're working toward that one. Maybe two more pieces added. And you know it's transferportal seasons, so you never know what's gonna come around the corner, who's coming, who's going. So uh yeah, I think shooting will be addressed, and I think it'll be addressed in a timely manner.

Josh awesome. I love to hear it.

Speaking of shooting. You told me you're in the middle of shooting stuff this week, which maybe want to ask. You know, as we said, you're a die hard fan, but what's it like if you're in the middle of, you know, shooting a movie. You know you're busy. Guy, Are you like checking your phone in between takes? Do you do you demand a TV somewhere in the corner where you can keep up with games? What's it like being a fan from AFAR for Josh Hopkins.

Yeah, you know, it's interesting.

The worst part has been like if I'm shooting out of the country, because like during March.

Madness or something, I was shooting for the Big.

Run made where Andrew Harrison made all those shots. I was in Montreal and I would find my way to a sports car and I swear they'd be playing like junior league hockey on every channel and I was like.

Come, just put it on. It's the March Madness.

And they were like, yeah, hey, I don't know what that is.

Man. I couldn't handle it. It drove me crazy. But I did find the places.

But that would drive me insane to see what they were playing. But mostly like if I'm on set in the States, Like some of the electricians will set up a TV for me, you know, close by, usually like in my dressing.

Room or something. I'll have a TV. But it's just hard to get me.

Out of there, you know if we're playing a big game, so I'm and of course just follow along on my phone if I can't.

Have you ever recruited someone you're working with, like another celebrity or actor to kind of cheer for the Cats for you, I'm sure they want you to just be in a good mindset, so the probably the whole crew is cheering for the Cats on your behalf. But any stories of recruiting people to be Cats fans.

You know, mostly people are annoyed, you know, like they don't understand it.

They don't understand why I say we. Like I had the actors, what do you mean we we are we? You're not on the team.

I was like, you have no idea, You have no idea the culture or where I come from. I had people, you know, I'd come into set early in the morning and we'd have it like rehearsal and I'm usually just like in a Kentucky shirt or sweatshirt, and every time they're like, oh, do you like Kentucky. Yeh, I didn't know that from you wearing a Kentucky shirt every day mostly and these people that probably dislike Kentucky more because of.

Me speaking of Kentucky shirts. I gotta plug a show that's it's not your show, but it's your good friend James Marsden. I got addicted to Paradise on Hulu. Marsden plays the president who loves Kentucky basketball, and it seems like every scene he's wearing a Kentucky shirt. He had

Well, see I always put that or try to put Kentucky stuff, just little Easter eggs and anything I do. Like there's been several shits I can't even remember, but I knew Quantico was one where.

I had Kentucky.

Like jackets in the closet and I had like a up on the wall like I like from Kentucky where I went to school, and just little things and he knows that. And we were having a beer one time and he was talking about how they were like in the script that they were reading about it said you know something about when this is about how he was that his call sign that they called him was later and I said, well, you know, because he's a Kentucky fan. And I said, well, you have to do all this stuff.

In then we'll do it.

So yeah, yeah, I had a little bit to do with it.

Of course.

Yeah, we sniffed that out right away. There was just over the top Kentucky references throughout the show. And since you gave mars and a tip there, I need some tips. I just revealed to our audience and to my two friends here who haven't stopped laughing, that I have committed to being Romeo and Juliet here in Lexington. It is my acting debut. I won't say that I'm prepared, but

I'd say to start looking at the script yesterday, okay, And uh, you're doing shape to use your diaphragm.

You gotta you gotta project. Okay, two households both to like. Indignity is favor grown up where we lay ours like that.

I'm kind of a monotone guy on the radio. I don't have that big personality. Are you saying I need to really take command of the stage. Maybe this could be my big breakout moment.

Fill fill that space with with your with your drewdness. You can do it.

And uh, I'll definitely start looking at you.

Got a lot of charisma. We all see. You gotta let it all out on the stage.

All right.

Well, I'm nervous, but first things first, I gotta start looking at that script. I will take your advice there. I can't go back in time and start yesterday, but I will this afternoon.

Uh.

Thanks for joining us, Josh.

Before we let you go, I know you seemed a little worried about next season, But do you just feel confident in Pope overall that he's gonna get us back to the top soon.

Oh yeah, I mean, I mean, who couldn't it was.

It was an a year, absolutely an a my only being not an a plus.

Because we didn't beat Arkansas. We've done that. It's definitely a plus.

We got to a second weekend for the first time, and wherever he's just all Kentucky. We got Kentucky kids, we got you know, it's the.

Culture is just people are excited. I think everybody.

Needed to change, including cow I think we're all better for it.

And I do want to ask this though. I think it's kind of interesting. Louisville's back.

They've had a.

Great, great recruiting cycle. Right now, what do you guys, what do you guys say about that?

Oh, we'll cut that part out of the podcast. You're you're really on fire till that last line, but I guess.

We'll tipally about it. Okay, there, What do you think.

Got to my cousin, Sheldon, who's who's a Louisville fan who listens in and he's a big louisvill fan.

I know he's excited, but it worries me a little. Guys, right, they're back too, you like that.

I mean, they've had some good additions, but I don't even think Zach was born yet. The last time they want tournament game, so baby steps for Louisville. They haven't beaten Kentucky and it feels like a millennium.

We'll let them win the.

Last I mean, I want them to lose every game, but when they actually start losing every game, I'll admit it gets a little sad. Like when Kenny Payne was there, they tried to lose every game. It was my wish for many years. When it happened, I thought, all right, we need you to put up a little bit of a fight or this isn't fun. So yeah, I like when they're kind of back, if that makes sense.

Right right.

I like it when they're good, except just not as good, just not as good.

Well, I like your enthusiasm there about Pope and the Cats moving forward. You were a Robertson and not a pal and that answer there, So it's good to hear from you again.

I'm that's an old reference right there. It sure is. Keep holding down Austin for us.

I know the two games we played there this past year, basketball and football didn't go well. But it's a lot of fun seeing you there and BBN taking over that city a couple of times. I hope we're back soon.

That was a lot of fun seeing you know when you're like, when I come home for a while, I have to adjust and I'll see somebody looks like I'll see like a Kentucky license plate and I'll be like, Kentucky. Oh yeah, I'm in Kentucky.

Everyone was here the whole weekend. I was like, Hey, Kentucky.

Oh yeah, Kentucky's in town. Look go bigoo oh Kentucky. They're in town. So that was a lot of fun for me. So everybody, please come to Austin. It makes me, It makes me happy.

That was a fun one. Blue definitely took over. And thanks for you hopping on and taking over KSR with us for a few minutes. We appreciate your time. Enjoy whatever you're working on now, and we'll all be looking out for us coming out soon.

Hey break a leg, Drew, Okay.

Like that's actual lygo thanks Josh good.

I'll google it and learn what that means. Thanks Josh.

Sounds like the pro there telling me I should have already looked at my script.

Just two actors, you know, talking ball. You know, yeah, that's right. I mean we're basically the same person. Jack. You hear from Josh occasionally.

He does you even heard it there in his answers, he does get in a little bit of panic mode about what's going on with the roster. He's not like a fan that pops in and he's the wife for a day and goes back to Hollywood.

He lives and breathes Kentucky basketball.

I remember the first time I ever interact with it, like, you know, big big deal cougar TWN like I have known the stardom of Josh Hopkins forever. I remember I drove myself to Saint Louis to go have a one on one with Cameron Fletcher and he DM me right afterwards said, hey, I listened to every single sources say I really appreciate what you do.

Man.

That was a really great interview. You know, you know that he was a little nervous to be on with you, and I'm like, what is this dude reaching out to me like saying, hey, your craft is I appreciate your I'm like, you're you're on TV, You're you're the star here. We don't belong in the same conversation, in the same circle. So I really appreciated that. So he's an og od Kentucky fan, OGKSR fan.

He is.

I mentioned at the time when we were down in Austin the night before the football game, a bunch of us got together to watch the basketball game. It was one of those early non conference conference ones. And uh, Luckett and Raush from KSR there for the football game, and uh they came up to meet Josh and Kevin Richardson from the Backstreet Boys. I mean, this is this is some high star study. Yeah, this is some this is this is some A listers. And Kevin Richdon looks

But go to LCT on Stage. Check that out.

Also a little piece of news, Rick tells me here in about eight minutes, we're getting kicked off KRD in Louisville. Louisville Bats have a game today. So if you're listening in Louisville or online on KRD, switch over to w L A P and Lexington or any of the other affiliates around the state. Speaking of Louisville Bats, damn Louisville Cards got us. Last night guys, Cats traveled to Louisville to play in the Battle of the Bluegrass. It's a close game. Kentucky ends up losing four to three in

Softball beat them a couple days here there you go, let's just focus on softball.

Just do a segment on softball instead.

Yeah, or all the basketball wins. But you know, we did have to hold an l last Night Cats fall to eighteen and twelve overall, five and seven in the SEC. They played a lot of ranked teams lately. And it doesn't get any easier because this upcoming weekend, Texas is coming to Lexington. See Texas's ranked second, So maybe we can, you know, get back on trap. I can upset Texas. But a tough loss there in Louisville at Patterson Stadium.

So the rivalry, it's in all sports, bad blood across the board.

I know.

The rivalry was extending online as well. Our our good friend Daniel Hager was kind of getting himself into some some social media beef. I noticed with some Louisville fans drew some blocks, got some I got blocked a couple of times. I think that's how you know that you've ruffled the right feathers. Though, So shout out to our boy Daniel for doing that. But yeah, can tuck little.

Uh, speaking of Louisville.

Having my notes here, this is kind of kind of oldest news came out over the weekend, But I've been meaning to get some basketball thoughts on it is. I saw Rick schedule a game with Louisville. We're gonna have a little Saint John's Louisville maybe in the works. He mentioned that at the Final Four. My man Rick is just circling all the old hits.

You know, he likes to talk.

Is also come back to Big Blue Nation for there's been talking maybe playing Pope one year. You know, out of nowhere, just made a video telling Kentucky fans not to boo cal you are the coach of Saint John's Rick. But it's he he's trying to get back and play the old Loisll cards. What do you think that's like and what that'll be like in Louisville or wherever the game will be.

It's just funny that there was so much about the thirtieth anniversary of the you know, three decades of celebrating the ninety six team and all that, and then now it's like, oh, yeah, we by the way, we got Louisville on the schedule and Kentucky might get an exhibition game or something. It just I feel like, you know, he plays, he plays to whatever audience is feeding his ego at the time, so it's unfortunate. I do wish that we could get a Saint John's pairing for that

I thought he had too much bad blood with Louisville and Adidas to even give them that game. I thought it was interesting he scheduled that. I guess pat Kelsey has turning everybody around trying to make louis Akael. Even Josh had nice things to say. It's getting weird, Zach. I missed the old Patino cow days at least how the rival was pretty heated back then.

Yeah, I kind of oddly not. I don't get it twisted.

I did not.

I do not like Louisville, but I was and I was excited to see them actually have like a real, like Division I level basketball team this past season. And as much as it is easy to make fun of Pat Kelsey, he definitely seems to be like a coach. He's got a bunch of guards coming in through the portal. But it'll just make it even sweeter when the w is hanging up again in December.

It makes the falls hurt worse for them whenever they get that that growing belief, like when the whole number ten and the eight people and we're like, what are we doing here?

And then were yesterday?

They get up here and then they just tank and in reality sets in that they are still and always and forever will be little brother. It just makes that, you know, it's the long term reward that that it's very fulfilling.

Now they're talking a lot of trash online right now. I just want to remind them you lost the head the head. You're way behind in the eight final a peop pole, and you didn't win a tournament game while Kentucky made the second weekend. So enjoy your portal commitments. They're highly ranked. Good for you, I'm patting you on the back, but you're still way beneath the University of Kentucky and you're still not back.

I watched that Creighton team slice them up with my own two eyes from court side, and it was it was very fun actually to watch, especially because the whole crowd was red.

Since you were there.

I heard some reports of lots of l's down on the Repparna camera. Did we have the home camera just finding UK fans in the crowd.

It definitely happened several times. Actually it was children adults like it was. It didn't matter who was on there. If the el's were going down, it was clearly a Repperena, you know, Kentucky fan operating the JumboTron there. But yeah, it happened several times down the stretch there when it was obvious that Louisville was going to lose that one.

Was it you?

No?

Did you get punched? I?

No, not in my stern. No, I avoided some punches that time.

Kentucky had some scheduling news. Billy and I mentioned it on Monday, adding Bellerman, but what games are you most excited about?

Next year?

We got Champions Class in New York again against Michigan State. CBS Classic hasn't been announced location yet, could be Vegas could be Atlanta, Gonzaga and Nashville.

Got Indiana coming to rup.

You go to Louisville, well know, an acc SEC challenge opponent eventually, Jack, you go to most of these, if not all of them.

Which one do you have circled for both location and for opponent.

I think just for the freshness and the newness. I think Indiana just getting that back, and you know, there's so I feel like there's just been so much drama about the scheduling of this and all they're scared of us. They don't want to play us again, and it's like, well, you actually don't think about you. So it's not necessarily that we don't want to, it's just that you don't matter enough for us to care to put you on

You got one your eye in Zach Well, I do like the Indiana one just because it's kind of renewing the whole rivalry of that, and it feels different because the not playing Indiana was kind of a cal thing and I've got pope and then Indiana has a no new coach as well, a coach that actually seems semi competence, so they should have like a pretty decent team going forward. But I think the good Zaga and Nashville game will

I'm fired up for that one. Already bought my tickets. We have a group of eight. We tried to get behind the bench, and we did, but after we bought them, it looks like we're behind the Gonzago bench. So Mark fu is gonna know I'm there before we take a break. Like Marshall's wife, that's right, I will be her in

Wait, we got a few more. Let's just go. Who's up next? Got radio Roon up now? Oh my god, Radio Ron? Thanks for calling in. What's up?

Good morning, Drew. I'm delighted to talk to you because you and I go a ways back, don't we?

Oh? We do?

Well. You were the first to interview me to be a part of the KSR family, Although it was for a slot on KStV.

The year was twenty eleven, so it's been about fourteen years since you and I talked about Montgomery Cliff in your your actual shops.

That's right. Well, because of your skill at interviewing, I got a slot on KAZ TV and it's now on YouTube called Radio Ron's Reflection, So be sure to tell all your young colleagues there to check it out.

You just told them.

I even made the graphic for Radio Ron's Reflections on TV. So I was just the platform to help you get there. I just stuck a mic in your face and your talent.

Really sean.

One more quick thing, Drew. I would wait as long as they're still alive. Nobody goes back farther than I do. Being a rabid UK fan as a ten year old boy in nineteen forty four, my father introduced me to Kentucky basketball. That's eighty years ago. I am now ninety and fit is a fiddle, But I'll never forget that one night we were listening to Alex Closer on the

I should have had you on Monday when we were recapping the National Championships. Is that your favorite or do you have a favorite team since then?

Well, I think the most exciting year for me, Drew, was nineteen sixty six. I was a WBLK and I helped Claude Sullivan with stats. He and Kwood Ledford were the play by play announcers. And what a joy it was to see pat Riley and Louis Dampier and fed Jailus Tommy Kron that crew. I couldn't I cried that night when they lost to Texas Western, of course, but

Love to hear it. We appreciate you calling in, Ron. It's always good to hear from you. Ron's seen a lot of wins. Ron's even got a lot of his own wins and all his track and field a Vincy does. Ron one of our favorite callers. And we go way back, so it's good to hear from you.

Ron.

Thank you, Drew.

Thanks Rick.

Who's up next?

Got Doug up next?

Doug? Thanks for calling in. Hey, good morning Romeo, oh, Jack and Zach.

How you guys?

Hey, I'm count Paris. I'm not good enough to be Romeo.

But thank you.

Hey.

I recently retired and been a fan of the show for twenty years.

First time listening live and first time calling caller.

Who wo yeah, look at Zacher here live in Ohio.

My brother Steve went to Kentucky Brainwash.

Kids Chris and Jason, and I have two kids, Adam and Eric. Finn fans for a long time.

Drew, you talked about the Wolf kids from Michigan, and I'm Ohio guy, and I.

Don't like Michigan, but I like his game. Did we ever hear is he gonna go into the portal?

Really enjoyed watching his game.

Thank you. I appreciate the call.

I was a big Danny Wolf fan all season, even though when I finally gathered the KSR guys around the TV to watch Michigan in the NCAA tournament while we were in Milwaukee at our airbnb, I kept saying here he comes, get ready for Danny Wolf. And he did not play well at all, So those guys made fun of me. He's not an option for Kentucky. I think he's even probably heading to the NBA. I haven't followed

Probably not, but.

Uh, Kobe Brea got a projection in the ESPN's mock draft yesterday.

Yeah. Uh, Jonathan Dravoni Givoni Givoni Givoni had him fifty fourth to the Indiana Pacers, so an actual nearby team. You can't watch him here in Lexington though, because that would be Yeah, the NBA doesn't want you to watch your local teams. But yeah, Kobe Brad fifty fourth to the Pacers. I think he's probably the one guy on the roster that you think actually can make the you know,

I think in those second late second round picks, who just gets so wild and wacky, like you get you know European guys that stay overseas for a year or two, like they just it's all over the place. So is there a scenario where a team says, you know what, I think there's a diamond in the rough there with Williams, and I don't want anybody to take him as a you know, two way guy. I want to claim him in the draft. Jackson Robinson was a you know, very

Yeah, you put a a MARII does some good interviews, you know, those pre draft interviews. That apparently, you know, matter way too much. He kills those. Maybe he sticks in the back end there as well, So that'd be really cool to see him. He's it's no secret to Mario's my favorite player this year, so I'd love to see him get drafted.

It sucked to see Jackson Robinson get hurt, obviously, but Braya took a big jump once he kind of took. I think that's a big reason why he's Uh. He's being projected now as a draft pick because he showed a lot most of the year. You know, you knew him as a sharpshooter, but he showed an all around game once he stepped into a bigger role and knew he had to be the guy with Robinson out.

Uh.

Speaking the NBA, I know you're a big NBA game. Congrats to your Cleveland Calves.

Don't say that very often they're not here.

I just meet in general for what they've done so far, I'm not.

Going to be second in the East to going to the finals.

Walking Grant's standings would indicate a ten game gap between my team and whatever jack Builder.

It just hit me, I got a diehard Celtics fan here in a diehard Cabs fan.

Here.

There's one national champion right now playing games, and it is the Boston World World Champion, Boston Celtics. I don't know what we're what. We're congratulating the Cleveland Cavaliers for and you're wearing a Patriots shirt.

This guy loves New England.

What were you born? Louisville, Kentucky?

Just big Boston, big tea party guy bound the Celtics and it changes.

This whole life?

Is that where it started?

Rondo? Rondo changed my life.

You're one of those Tom Brady people that just chasing the front runner. Some of us Titans fans just see a team suck every year and we live with it. You're picking the ones that keep winning. But on the NBA news, what the hell are the Denver Nuggets doing? They fired their coach yesterday. They're currently fourth in the West and the playoffs are about to start and they let them go.

I mean, I don't.

I'm not one they consider here and break down the NBA with you. You all thought most much closer than I do. But I was shocked to see the Nuggets fire gout at this point the season for a team that's still in the mix the texts.

I got one twenty six immediately after the Shams bomb. No, what are the nuggets stupid? From our very own Zach Gega.

Yeah, just it was very odd timing because I know that the West is really bunched up right now from like spots three through eight, so they could easily like kind of fall out of the playoffs and maybe get in the play in So but it is an interesting decision because Michael Loon's a pretty good coach and they have arguably the best player in the world right now, and a lot of it just felt like they didn't put a good team around Yokic and that's why they're struggling,

Your Celtics last night won.

But Cat had a big game, Carl thirty four points, fourteen rebounds. Cat's gonna be all NBA this year. Yeah, our boy Towns. It's working out for him with the Knicks, even though you all got them in overtime last night.

Christops Porzingis was the storyline in that one.

That's the old Did they get hurt again?

No?

He absolutely dominated his old team. It was beautiful thirty two. I think they're about to show it in the ticker, right or are they just going to pass over at whatever? Yeah, Christaps Porzingis was the real storyline. I love Cat, but sorry zing God.

Looking at the ticker on our big TV here at Ksbar, it's Wingsday, by the way, I'm hanging around for some Wings Day, maybe that Masters player. But looking at the ticker in those NBA scores, completely ignore those because to the far right it says Wednesday at the Masters. I know you all are golf guys.

But this is the best week of the year, right, Do you even do you care at all? I do you tune in? Do you like the birds chirping? Or you just you just dismiss it.

It's like the the YouTube TV zen thing. It's it's just that on a constant loop for me. I love it. No, I love the masters.

Who's the guy that does it? The is it nance? Yeah, he's retiring, by the way, Yeah, in like a decade. I saw that eleven years from now.

Yeah, I do.

I do enjoy listening to him call that type of stuff. So, but I'm not a big golfer, so I don't think I've actually regularly golf since middle school. But I will say I'm gonna I actually just learned yesterday. I'm going to Florida next month and I will be golfing for a day, so I need to. I'm getting a rental club and everything, so I need to.

I'll have to.

Me and Jack will have to hit up the old top golf so I can get myself in line again. Jack's back is probably still broken from the last time we played.

If I can give you advice, I would get rental clubs, not a club. If you're only getting one, I think it might be a long day.

I'm thinking just the seven iron and that's okay.

I'm running.

If there's one, you're just gonna play it. I've played some rounds with just a seven iron having fun. If there I guess that's not the worst to pick. We're gonna take our last break. When we come back. We'll finish up with these guys and maybe even do a rapid reaction.

To our own radio show. We'll see how this goes. But uh, Drew, Zach and Jack, We'll be right back.

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We had Keeenlan a rare Monday Tuesday at Kenland. None of us were able to go. But yesterday Burnham square punched his ticket to the Kentucky Derby. Out there and tomorrow there's a horse named Kobe brea oh running. I need to figure out exactly what race that is, but if you partake in the Keenlan experience, be looking out for Kobe Brean running tomorrow.

Third race. I'm guessing the King of Three.

Yeah, yeah, it is a horse named Kobe.

Kobe is not out there actually doing it, but I can only imagine anytime you're out there, that'd be fun to watch.

But if there's a horse, if you get your program at Kentland and.

There's a big blue horse or a go cat horse, the odds go crazy.

You can just we're Kentucky fans. We're crazy. We can't help ourselves.

Throw off all the stats metrics that you're betting by name, and if there's a Kobe Bray out there tomorrow, I bet there's gonna be a lot of money on Kobe brand.

It's a good marketing idea. You know, if you even if you just if you know you have a dut of a horse like you know, at worst you can you can name it something creative and get Bbing involved to you know, add some intrigue, even if you know it's not gonna win the race.

I can't sneak out there tomorrow. We'll be watching that one Tomorrow. I'm back at Chaos Bar and Grill for one more time this week. I think I have to be in studio Friday, still figuring that out. But tomorrow I will be here in the same seat, finally gonna let Jack Pilgrim live his life without bringing him in Jacket's been fun having you for two days, especially yesterday that was an all timer, Zach. It's been good in

Can we just keep another two hours and keep this role that I'm dying to hear about it.

I know you're excited about football. You're big football guys, people know on Twitter. But Lucket's gonna join me. No one knows as much about Kentucky football as Adam Luckett. Mark Stoops doesn't even know as much as Adam Luckett. But he's gonna make the trip to Lexington. I think he's over right now, actually maybe hearing from bush Hampton as we speak. But Luckett will join me. I think Billy's gonna pop back on. But we'll still stay on top of the portal movement and all the things that

Over there with the Cats. I feel like we haven't talked about him much at all. They're being pretty quiet.

Just got a big commitment from a twenty twenty seven quarterback JA Hunter.

DJ Hunter.

He's a Lexington native. I believe as well.

Look at that, look at you already breaking it. Maybe you should do the football show.

No, no, luck it would be much much better than I would.

No, I'm excited to have a look.

You guys are both very complimentary.

I know what's going on in the recruiting scene. That that would be my expertise there.

If I may brag on my KSR slash on three colleagues. Sure, we all have our titles. You guys are the basketball beat Riders, but everyone knows a lot about everything. Like Lucket, he'll be all break down the portal if he needs to. You all know football pretty well. Sometimes we gotta write stories about soccer baseball. You know, you can't do this job without being tuned to BBN. And both of you do a great job. Shout out your podcast and everything you got going on.

Sources a podcast, We have a good time. I think we're gonna try to do one today. Obviously there's lots to talk about and a lot of moving parts, so we would been a minute to We got to catch up on some very new Newsy things.

Ye we do zoom Action with Steven Peak producing. Myself and Brandon Ramsey are on the screen and it's just a film breakdown show on YouTube. It's we don't do a podcast for it. It's mostly a visual thing. But we've actually already been talking about once once the portal class is kind of all put together, we're gonna do some some breakdowns and film breakdowns of all the guys.

I feel like we have been attacked. We're under attack on a national level right now. What's on social media? Have you seen the controversy with the Florida student reporter and her pot a little bit, yes, essentially cheering. I heard Maggie talking about it with Billy this.

We actually do have some takes on that.

Yeah, go ahead. We were short on Tom, but a.

Lot of it is like wearing Kentucky gear on press row and potentially cheering on press row, and I feel, uh, you know, that's my thing. You know, I really enjoy it, and I do feel like this is a very chaos r specific. I can't speak up in this controversy because everybody's like, oh, you should never the audacity of you to wear something on press row. Yeah, that's that's kind of what we do.

Can I we're a fan site.

I would paint my face if if I felt like it when I interviewed you, didn't I ask you like, would you rather fight?

Like?

What was it?

Tyler Ulyss says something's or Isaac Humphrey side. Sometimes I don't got that question that was in your job interview. Do you think we're taking this very seriously? No, we are fans and we make that very clear. Our bosses tell us you have to be be the homer. You fans want you to be the Homer, So like you know, we we'd lean into it quite heavily, but it is.

If you didn't have to blog. I'm pretty sure you would be wearing foam fingers on both hands on press row. That's that's how until you get We try not to cheer too much and be over the top, but you can't help but give a fist bump. The three of us sitting next to each other rup you know we'll be slamming knees when there's a bit jack in the legs.

Oh yeah, absolutely.

You also went on three puts out these spreadsheets across the company. Who's doing the most work. You too, always have like some of the most posts, so great job on everything you do. Follow us at Ducky sports radio dot com and all those channels, and thanks for being here today. Like I said, I got luck. At tomorrow, Billy, we'll talk football. Still haven't given a Master's preview. We'll do that tomorrow. But it was another fun Wednesday, Day

I hope you'll tune in for today. We'll sign off for twenty two hours. Thanks for listening. This was KSR