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Kevin Kietzman Has Issues

A Conversation with Punter Turned Nashville Songwriter Nick Walsh

Kevin Kietzman Has Issues

Kevin Kietzman

News:sports News, News, Sports News, Politics

4.2804 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

What if I told you a small town Kansas boy became an all state running back and then walked on at Kansas State as a.... punter?   What if I told you he wound up becoming an All Big 12 performer while all through college was playing his guitar but kind of afraid to sing in front of anyone?  It's true.  Then Nick Walsh had a pro day in front of the Chiefs and a few other NFL teams and while running the 40, pulled a hamstring.    It was time to turn to music.    Well, fast forward a few years and Walsh appears to be on the verge of something really big.  A new song by superstar Luke Combs is the top new download in music.  It hasn't hit radio yet but Combs says its the only song he's ever recorded that gets stuck in his head.  Walsh is the co-writer of the song and this is the story of a man with many dreams.  And one of them is about to come true with a song called "Be By You" by Luke Combs and we'll even play it for you.  This is a great conversation as the American Dream is alive and well.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Roberts Robinson Chevrolet Buick GMC presents

0:03.5

Kevin Keatsman has issues online at Roberts Robinson.com.

0:10.5

I mentioned earlier in the week how much I was looking forward to this podcast today,

0:13.9

interviewing Nick Walsh, who's had a very amazing life for a young man,

0:18.5

growing up in a small town in Kansas, becoming an all-big-12 punter,

0:23.1

having a shot at the NFL, getting hurt, and becoming a singer-songwriter in Nashville,

0:27.5

and now signing with a major label and writing hit records for Luke Combs.

0:32.4

This is quite the conversation.

0:34.7

We'll have it for you in a couple of moments, but just a little shop business here, if you will, if you'll indulge me for just a moment. The beautiful part

0:42.1

about this podcast, when I named it, was sports, politics, live, so there would be times

0:47.7

where I could do anything. And when my friend Andy Subur, who he and his wife, have advanced

0:52.5

medical imaging in Lawrence, they're great

0:55.0

folks. And we've known him for several years. And he knows Nick and has known him for a while.

1:00.5

He said, if I connect the two of you, I really don't want anything other than just to hear a couple

1:05.1

of my buddies talking about the things that they talk about and see how it goes on a podcast.

1:10.1

And I said, well, that's quite flattering.

1:12.0

And I looked more into Nick.

1:13.4

And I'd heard his story in the past.

1:14.8

I knew what it was about just a little bit.

1:17.4

But I didn't realize that he was about to hit the big time with a song by Luke

1:21.2

Combs called Be by You.

1:24.0

Now, I don't know if this is legal or not, but at the end of the podcast, I'm going to play it for you. You're going to hear us talking about it. It'll be part of the interview and such with Nick. And I'll play it for you at the end after the interview with Nick is over. So stick around for that if you'd like to hear it. It hasn't hit radio yet, but Luke Combs released it on his Instagram through a YouTube page a couple of weeks ago, and it shot up to the number two song on the internet. Immediately, the number two song on the internet, I think it's going to be a smash hit. Once it hits radio, that's where all the real money is for a guy like Nick Walsh, who's one of three writers on the song. We're going to talk football and life and writing songs and all kinds of cool things with Nick Walsh coming right up.

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