Welcome everyone to another edition of the KSR pre-show.

Today is Thursday, January 2nd.

Talk about a tough day going into work this morning.

I'm Billy Rutledge.

You can give us a call today, 859-280-2287.

Or text it at 502-265-66-56.

Glad we had the day off yesterday and a happy New Year's to everybody listening around the Commonwealth of Kentucky or wherever you might be listening on the IHeart Radio app.

We're going to have a fun show today.

I was expecting my co-host Shannon the dude to join me back from his extended vacation.

And Shannon failed to tell anybody that he was also taking January 2nd off.

So with no other co-hosts, you just got me today.

So we may need a couple phone callers, 859-280-2287.

We might bring in our producer, Gus Allen, every now and then a little bit.

He's my boss.

He's also filling in for some people as well.

But with no Shannon the dude today, I guess you get a chance at me going full calling

cowherd on you.

I guess you get a chance at the real true sports radio experience and the one-man band

show.

And boy, you know, we've got a lot to talk about today. Kentucky basketball with a big win over Brown the other day. They start SEC play over the

weekend. We had some college football playoff games and we have one later today in which we'll

discuss. And the UK women's team takes on Mississippi State in their first action in the SEC.

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