Rippy writes with Brian Scott Lippey.

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What is up on a Friday? I am Brian Scott Rippey. Thanks for tuning into another edition of the Rippey Rites podcast powered by Twisted Tea.

Today we have the Oxford Letterman's Lounge Athlete to the week.

Jonathan Nicholz on, former Ole Miss kicker. We talked about his career, the art of kicking the football,

how he became a college kicker from Pillow Academy in Greenwood, Mississippi,

the Eli Manning years, his short professional career that was pretty wild in its own right,

and a whole lot more.

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Real quick before we get to Jonathan, I guess I don't do this often enough, but I guess content plug announcement, we do have a story up on Rebelgrove.com on Caden Priestcorn and how

he went from a prep school quarterback with no FBS offers to an SEC tied in with an NFL future. We also talked about the journey along the way, losing his father, becoming a father, and learning to appreciate the good in life as it comes. So he's a great guy. It's a great family. I really enjoy getting to know them a little bit more, at least getting to know their story a little bit more. So if you want to check that up, it's up on RebelGrove.com. I just probably need to start making a note of it when we post stuff like that. So it's up there, free to read, check it out if you want to. All right, here's Jonathan Nichols. All right, we now welcome on the Oxford Ortho Letterman's Lounge Athlete of the Week. Ole Miss Great Jonathan Nichols. I appreciate you joining the show, man. How are we doing? Doing good, man. Glad to be here.

Thanks for having me. Absolutely. So you were coaching or watching some youth sports earlier tonight as we record this a little bit later on a

Tuesday night. Are you coaching or are you just a bystander? Well, my son's in fifth grade.

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