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

Today is Wednesday, October 29th.

I am Billy Rutledge on a week without Shannon the dude.

He's still on vacation.

We'll keep it rolling, though.

Give us a call on the Clark's Pump and Shop phone line.

That's 859-280-2287.

Text us at 502-265-66-56.

And as always, the KSR pre-show is brought to you by Italics,

fine Italian dining in Lexington, Kentucky at the city center.

Some might say we do our best shows without Shannon the dude.

I wouldn't say that exactly.

But I do appreciate all our guests that have come and joined us this week, whether it be Jeff Bacoro on Monday, Nick Coffee yesterday.

I know you guys loved the Louisville Sports Talk.

And then Darren Hendrick is here today to talk a little Kentucky sports.

We'll preview the UK women's basketball season, Kentucky baseball as well.

It's the only person I see on game days in the studio. I mean, 11 hours all day long, Darren is the only one that come and says hi to me. What's up, Darren? How are you? Hello, Billy. How are you, my friend? It's great to see you again, buddy. Yes, sir. And in the same studio this time. That's right. Normally you're like next door and just talking to me through the board. I will come and bother you just because I have no other human contact during those days. So I said, Darren, I need you, buddy. I need somebody on the show. It's quiet in here. And this isn't your first time joining me, but I always enjoy it. So I appreciate it. I appreciate it, man. It's a fun week. It's fun to be here because you got basketball, you got football and Halloween this week. We've got all kinds of stuff going on.

Everything is. It's spooky season, Darren. And I know it's a season that you look forward to a lot with UK women's basketball, just five, six days away. More head state right around the corner.

They had their media day yesterday. So we'll talk a lot about the women's basketball team. But we were just doing our best Ed Ogeron impressions before the show started. Go Tagas. Unbelievable college sports right now and the buyouts and coaches. Where John Summerall, Mark Stoops, if Ed Ordron gets back into coaching.

Jimbo Fisher. Jimbo Fisher. I mean, the buyouts that are getting paid are incredible. I think

we just got into the wrong business. I know, right? I'll go coach a football team for two

or three years and then you guys can send me home. Yeah. These buyouts are ridiculous.

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