Welcome, everyone, to another edition of the KSR Pre-show.

Today is Friday, July 18th.

I'm Billy Rutledge, along with Shannon the dude.

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Fine Italian dining right here in Lexington in the city center on Main Street. Normally on Fridays, we are out on location at a remote. That is not the case today. And maybe the last Friday that we're not on a remote until maybe the end of the year, Shannon. But we are here in studio ready to go. Happy Friday. What's up, man? How are you? Doing well. Glad it's Friday. Looking forward to the weekend. You know, it was a week ago today. We were at Ryan Lemon's house in his backyard watching him try to choke down 10 donuts and fell miserably. So yeah, we're in studio a lot less entertaining than last Friday. Well, I wouldn't say miserably. I mean, our guy made it dramatic. That was miserable. He was miserable. Trust me. Well, at the end, he was shoving it all together and trying to finish the challenge, but we knew it was tough when we saw those donuts. There was no doubt about it. Mark Stub spoke spoke at SEC Media Days yesterday. We'll touch on that a little later in the show. And also the TBT starts the night. 9 p.m. at Memorial Coliseum versus Stroes Squad. I'm excited about the start of that, Shannon, because I mean, man, for this, you know, second year in a row, I really enjoyed getting to know these t bt guys and them

coming on ksr has been a lot of fun over the last couple days but you know the consensus is that

archie goodwin joining the show yesterday may have been may have been one of the better ksr segments of

all time as archie got a little vulnerable and talked about his time at kentucky and and

that was a really cool moment yesterday with ryan drew and arch Archie, don't you think? Oh, yeah. Yeah, he definitely a good talker, too. You know, we talk about some of these guys who just kind of give you one or two word answers. But Archie was good, man. It was a lot of fun to have him on. I don't think he'd ever been on KSR before. I think that was the first time ever. He's been on the show. Yeah, Drew was waiting years to ask him a couple questions like that.

It was first time on KSR before. I think that was the first time ever. He's been on that. Drew was waiting years to ask him a couple questions like that.

It was first time on KSR.

But like, just happy that these guys are able to have that opportunity, right? I mean, we spoke with Cleo Whitney and Anzley Almanor and both have talked about the love that they felt from the fan base or the love that they will feel from the fan base when doing this TBT tournament. And Archie, I mean, man, you could hear it in his voice talking about some of the struggles that he went to, you know, when he was playing so well at the point guard spot and Cal decides to move him to the two and that's not his game. I mean, he's, I'm sure, not alone, Shannon, right? I mean,

I'm sure there's plenty of stories like that that we haven't heard from Kentucky guys, but for him to be so vulnerable, it was really a special moment. Yeah, and I'll throw in the twins as well, you know, who I think felt a lot of criticism while they were here. And, you know, there was a lot criticism from our own fan base. But, you know, that's part of it. When you're here

at Kentucky, you're under the spotlight. You heard a coach once famously say this isn't for everybody. And even the guys who think that it is for them, it still can be tough, especially when you're struggling. As great as this fan base is, if you're struggling, you're going to hear about it.

And, you know, that's sort of the thing that you heard, I think, from the twins yesterday.

And Archie spoke for six straight minutes when he's talking about his time at Kentucky yesterday to a question from Ryan talking about, you know, if there was one due over year, it was probably your year at Kentucky.

Six straight minutes he talked to the guys about some of his issues.

It was like therapy.

And so big thank you to the TBT for having those guys on the show the last couple days.

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