Inside the Wildest Tailgate in College Football | Official Ken, LSU

If you've ever wondered what it looks like when someone takes their love for a team to a completely different level — this is that episode. Kendrick, known as Official Ken, is the LSU superfan whose reaction videos have hit 1.2 million views in two days, earned shoutouts from Shaq, Ryan Clark, and Marcus Spear, and made Tiger Nation feel like the loudest community in college football.

Luke and Kendrick break down what it's like to tailgate at LSU's Death Valley night games, why the pregame atmosphere in Baton Rouge is unlike anywhere else in the SEC, the food that makes LSU game day legendary, and how Kendrick went from crying in his room after a loss to building one of the most genuine fan channels on social media.

What we cover: What makes Death Valley night games the wildest tailgate in CFB · The 1.2M view reaction video and how it happened in two days · Cajun food culture at LSU tailgates — jambalaya, gumbo, and more · How Kendrick built his social following through pure energy and authenticity · Shaq, Ryan Clark, Marcus Spear, and Benny Brazil showing love · Why LSU followed him on Instagram (manifestation incoming)

Transcript

Intro

Luke 0:00

All right, on this week's Tailgate Connect podcast, we got one of the biggest, the largest LSU fans out there, Kendrick is gonna be in the building with us, but he can tell you better than I can on why you need to download the new episode.

Ken 0:14

Hey, let me tell y'all right now, Tiger Nation and Tailgate Nation. You can just come on over here and hear these one-on-one questions. Hey, I'm giving it to you raw and uncut and just like that. Time to the echo zone, check it out, because me and my man Luke, we ready for that jump of liar, baby. Let's go. Let's eat.

Music 0:50

Game day, y'all. Let's have a ball across the states from college to NFL. Tailgate Connect. Got a story to tell.

Luke 1:04

All right, welcome back to the Tailgate Connect podcast. I'm your host, Luke, and I got a very special guest with us tonight. He is big energy, big personality, big Kendrick. LSU fans with us tonight. Kendrick, how you doing, sir?

Ken 1:19

Let's go. I'm feeling good. Hey, I'm pumped up like this the whole opener. I'm pumped up right now, man. Let's go, Tiger Nation.

Luke 1:28

I love it. I love it. So, so Kendrick, obviously, we could tell just by for those that are watching on YouTube or Instagram or something, you could see. Like he's got the full LSU gear on. Like he's even got like the lighting is LSU like in his room right now. So I'm assuming you have been an LSU fan like early age. Is that fair to say? Early age. Early age. Okay. Were you born into it or did something pool you into it outside the fam?

Ken 1:56

I was born into this. I was born into this, and my energy just took it to, you know, I got family who LSU fans. Sure. I'm an LSU die hard. I mean, eat, sleep, and breathe this. And with my energy, just went over. Just went over.

Luke 2:25

Nice, nice. Again, like, again, I I learned about you, like I said, recently. I started following you on Instagram. And just like the the thing, like when people, I watched one video and you can just feel the fun, the energy, the passion come off the screen. And so I like to make the joke is like, you to date are gonna be our funniest person we have ever had on the show. No pressure or anything like that, but I got big hopes for you, sir.

Ken 2:53

Oh, I guess. And this is all that gonna get better.

Luke 2:57

Yeah, on that positivity, too.

Ken 3:00

What's that?

Luke 3:01

All right, so tell me tell me a little bit about this. So, like you you have your Instagram channel. First off, tell everybody where where can they find you? Go ahead and give your plug out.

Ken 3:10

Uh, you can find me on Instagram, YouTube, Twitch, and TikTok at OfficialKen. O-F-F I C I A L L underscore K-E-N-N.

Luke 3:27

Okay. Okay, go check him out. I've already subscribed to him, so you guys check him out too. They're listening right now. And so, you know, obviously we know you're a big LSU fan, you have a big personality. So tell me kind of how did this come together for you to start to make this into your channels that you're sharing with the world now?

Ken 3:45

Man, LSU, let me tell you, what I really knew it was real. This one LSU played up in New Orleans when we played Alabama. And Justin Jefferson, no, not Justin, his um, his brother, George Jefferson, was our quarterback. And we lost that game. It was like, what, 29 to zero? And, you know, that's when Time Act was on that team. And, you know, we threw a party. Everybody just mad. Me, I had an LSU room, bed spread, pictures. I went in the room crying. I threw the cover. I can't believe it. And it was like, I knew, I'm like, I love these dudes, but I really know. And my family, they picked up on it, and they was like, bro, you differ. Like, you really, you ain't like they be like, it's just a game. When it comes to these three letters, it's not just a football game. It's deeper than that. This is love. So my energy is to Mars, Jupiter, whatever you want to call it, Mr. Luke, when it comes to these three letters, man, I go crazy.

Was he always like this? Family confirms yes

Luke 5:04

Now, you talk about your energy. So, and I know I saw some videos with your mom on there too. So, if we had your mom on there, would she say that Kendrick had this energy as a younger child, or did this develop over time?

Ken 5:18

If I can put any of my family members in here, they will say that's been him. My mother would definitely say, sad to say, that's him. She's gonna tell you, I've been dealing with this my whole 26 years. Her and my father that put up with it, my howling, my noise, going on rampages, they just be like, you know, they just be like, well, we used to it.

Luke 5:44

Yeah, no, and again, I I love to catch up on some of your videos. And so for those that haven't seen, am I saying this right, Kendrick? Where it's like some of these are kind of reaction-based videos where you're really just like getting that energy out there and telling how you feel about something.

Ken 5:58

Yes. Yes. I mean, sometimes it's before the game, sometimes it's mid-game. Sure. Sometimes it's after the game, but it's all natural and real.

Luke 6:12

What has been your most uh popular video you say that's gotten the most reactions from people out there?

Hitting a million views in two days

Ken 6:19

Man, my most popular video that I ever did was when we lost to Texas and them. That video, all my other videos hit hundreds of thousands. That one hit 1.2 million views. Wow, that's awesome.

Luke 6:36

That's always fun too, right? When you when you tip a million views, there's something about it that makes you feel good, right?

Ken 6:41

Right, right. And it hit that like in two days. Like in two days. It was fast. I say, wow, I'm mad and I'm happy at the same time. I'm like, I'm like, where are we getting lulu? Hey, I hit a million views, Titanation. So yeah, it was good, man.

Luke 7:02

Let me ask you this part too, because you know, I've I've obviously dabbled in the social media game for a while now, too. Luckily, it had a couple of videos that have done some fun stuff as well. So let me ask you this. Do you go through and read all the comments on those videos?

Ken 7:16

It'd be too many. It'd be too many. Mean, I'll try, but it'd be too many. You know, like you know how you go to the video and you can click newest comment. Sure. I I try to do that, but by the time I do that, they just be dropping it. I see a couple of them that I that'll come to my phone, you know, and it'll be like such and such comment has a hundred likes. So I'm like, well, let me go check out this hundred like comment. But me before trying to go through them, no, because I dropped a video the other day about the Patriots. He got like 900 uh comments. I can't go through them. I can't, I can't.

Luke 7:54

Fair, fair. I get that's a good problem to have, right? When you're getting that many comments on the circuit out there. So we're we're a tailgating show, right? And I think I saw some of your videos from this past year where did I have you done a little bit of tailgating out there in uh LSU?

Death Valley night games — the wildest tailgate in CFB

Ken 8:11

Always, always.

Luke 8:12

Talk to me about it, because I've tailgated at LSU, and I I've said this on the record multiple times in interviews I've done, that LSU is the wildest tailgate and party at night of any place I've ever been. If it's a night game, there's nothing like I've ever seen. But tell us, in your opinion, as a diehard, what does that tailgating experience look like?

Ken 8:37

The best thing up in the world. When you could get a hundred plus thousand people to put on purple and gold and pack out a campus, hey man, the wildest, the funnest, the loudest experience. I mean the ground shapes. It's real. Man, let me tell you something. I don't care if you're not an LSU fan. I encourage everybody around the world to come to LSU for a home game at night.

Luke 9:16

Oh, at night. It hits different.

Ken 9:18

At night.

Luke 9:19

So let me, let me, I'm gonna tell you, because I went there for one night game. So tell me, is my experience par for the course or is it a little crazy that night? I was I was walking in the stadium, and like there, a guy runs by with two-fifths of vodka, and he's like, anybody that wants it, he's just pouring it in people's mouths as he goes by. Like, I was like, wow, I haven't seen that anywhere. And then we're in the stadium, National Anthem comes on, half the stadium pulls a flask out their back pocket and raises it in the national anthem and does a shot. Is that normal or is that just a turned up game?

Ken 9:54

That's normal. One thing about Death Valley, I'm gonna tell you something right now. Don't expect to go there and see something that you seen before. That's all I'm gonna tell you. It is it's gonna come unexpected, like the whole stadium goes crazy. So it's like, did a hundred thousand people get the memo? No. Down here up in the bayou, we different. It's different down here. And these fans, me, go crazy. Crazy.

Luke 10:32

Well, answer me this right here, because obviously, like the the drinks and everything were flowing when I was there. But another piece of it too, like, the the Cajun food that is served at an LSU tailgate is gonna be way different than a lot of places that people go tailgate at. Tell me about the food situation out there.

Ken 10:50

Jambalaya. We love some jambalaya. Jambalaya, seasoned to perfection. Good. Then we ain't stingy with the food. We're gonna pile your plate down.

Luke 11:03

Uh bet on that.

Ken 11:06

The fried chicken, the gumbo, the crawfish, the boudin, anything that you want, we got it. It is well seasoned. Well seasoned. I mean good.

Luke 11:22

For sure. So let me let me ask you, do you? I mean, because again, it's coming off the screen in the audio right now. You love LSU with like every soul of your body. Are you like if it's a home game, can can we bank on it? Are you are you at the tailgate ready to go into the game? Like, what does that look like on a Saturday down there?

Ken 11:42

I wish I could show you. Hey, mostly every home game, I'm there.

Luke 11:47

Okay.

Ken 11:47

Most of every home game, I'm there. Down my page, they had videos this year when I first started doing my video. People just was coming up to me, taking pictures, making videos. That was this season that just passed. So you know what next season is gonna be? And Luke, I want you here with me, buddy. I need you here with me, man. I need Luke game.

Luke 12:11

Don't tempt me.

Ken 12:12

I'm telling you, I need you here, man.

Luke 12:16

For sure. No, I I really want to put LSU back on my list. Uh yeah, I know we have at Tailgate Connect a couple of amazing LSU, like tailgating hosts as well, too. So again, it's just another you're another reason why I need to make sure I get to the bayou here this coming fall to come check it out.

LSU football 2026 — unfiltered takes

Ken 12:31

Come on.

Lane Kiffin is now "Lane Carey"

Luke 12:32

This is gonna slide right into the next topic that that I'm sure you've been asked before. But tell me your unadulterated thoughts on Lane Kithin. Hold on.

Ken 12:44

First of all, his name ain't Lane Kissin, Luke.

Luke 12:48

What is it?

Ken 12:49

We changed that. Tell me. His name Lane Carey. He ain't playing out here. That's Lane Carey. He's four for four from three. Man, Lane? Yeah, he's sitting right into the culture. That's what we needed. Let me tell you something. One thing that we don't play ball is football. And you should see that. When Lane came here, you can see on his page, Lane said every day. It's just different. It's just different. The legend Nick Saban once quoted, his worst mistake was leaving him. From the best college football coach ever. And he went to Alabama and won championship after championship. But that purple and gold in these three letters was still up in the back of his mind. It's real down here. And with Lane coming, he got Nick Saber experience from under him. Oh man. We welcome Lane and his family with open arms. Man, we pumped up.

Luke 13:56

So, like, is it is it fair to say that not just yourself, but does LSU like nation as a whole just feel like this is going to be different with Lane? It's about to be big, big stuff popping down there?

Ken 14:11

We feel like we, well, we don't feel we know we back. We back, Luke. And it ain't nothing that the world could do about it. We back. And who, hey, from all is better when LSU is winning.

Luke 14:27

Okay. Okay. Again, like I said, I'm a huge tailgating guy for LSU. Again, I'm a South Carolina game cock by my uh bloodlines out there. But I still remember, I still remember, you probably remember this too. Back when this was probably 2016, 2017, where Columbia, South Carolina had a hurricane come through and it washed a lot of stuff out. And you all welcomed your stadium and you welcomed the fans down there. And so that that still resonates with me with how you all did that Southern hospitality for us.

GameCocks perspective on SEC passion

Ken 14:58

Yeah, man. One thing about us, man, they can say whatever they want, but down here uh uh uh up in the south, bro, we show love. We we open on, we know what it's like to go through struggles. We know what it's like to need your neighbor as another city or state to lean on. So we're gonna open up doors. You know, we come on. Y'all need food? Come on. Y'all need shelter, come on. And that's just the reason why we so different down here, bro. Because we're gonna show you love no matter what, Luke. I promise you.

Luke 15:34

No, again, like I said, speaking from a game cock perspective with that particular circumstance, like you're preaching to the choir over here because I still remember I think there were even billboards and things that were just welcoming. So the whole thing, like, you know, just touched me as as a fan, right? Because we had a lot of people going through stuff and that y'all welcomed us and opened up arms and everything. Where it's like we were still gonna compete on the field, but we were still like brothers at the end of the day, like human beings, which I which I really appreciated.

LSU's 2026 record prediction — undefeated

Ken 16:03

Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

Luke 16:05

All right. Um, go ahead and do this for me. Let's put it on the record. LSU's record 2026. Go. Football. Undefeated. Undefeated. Is there a close game? What's the closest game of the year? What's gonna be the hardest game of the year, do you think?

Lane Kiffin — love him now, respect him later

Ken 16:22

Hardest game. I'm gonna say this this is gonna be the hardest and the livest on a roll as a role game. And when we roll back up at Ole Miss. Ooh, that that is gonna be for sure. That was gonna be one of them ones. Not even, you know, despite if they don't get their quarterback back or anything. That they have a tip. Lane coming back home. He left us, so yeah. So that one's gonna be one of the loudest and turnest and closest games, up in my opinion.

Luke 17:09

I I think you're I think you're right. And that's the game I'm gonna have circled on the calendar too. I think a lot of people will just because of how things went down with Lane and Ole Miss and all of that stuff, too. How do how do you feel about that? I know as as a fan, like you probably love because Lane Kiffin is an amazing coach. Right. Do you feel like did he do Ole Miss Wrong? I know a lot of people say he did Ole Miss Wrong. Like, what are your thoughts on that?

Ken 17:36

Um, with that situation, I can't really say, because first of all, I think his contract was you know, was finna come. He could have easily renewed, you know, but the man wanted to sometimes you just want to try something. And something new. He knew from his previous years was rocking. LSU. We in need of a coach. He he know the the the culture, he knows divides, he know when you're on our our good side is different. So to the fans and to the people, they say he did us bad, he did us good. But like I say, and he stated he talked to Nick Saban and what Nick told him. So he didn't just bombard out. It wasn't key that he was gonna go back anyway. Doors open up in his pathway to come home. And that's what happened, you know. He followed his mind. He, you know, he because as you saw his face, he was very, you know, overwhelmed about it. You know, because he he kept calling it all I just I just you know, and he was very like, I love homemade. But he know what he wanted to come to. So I don't feel no type of way because for all that, I can feel the type of way for Joe Brady. We won a championship, he left us the next season. You can't feel no type of way he made his trust, he picked the price replace. So I'm satisfied.

Luke 19:30

Again, this might sound like a little bit of a negative question here, but but humor me on one more Elaine Kiffin one. Do you have any any concerns, or do you believe LSU Nation has any concerns with he he left Tennessee kind of at the last second, the middle of the night. He left Ole Miss while they were battling for a championship. Is there any concerns that he he might do that to LSU, or do you think like this is where he really wants to be and this is his last spot?

Ken 19:58

Me personally, we got him for the next couple years. We're gonna live it up to the max.

Luke 20:08

Okay. That's a good that's a good way to have go get go get the championship, right?

Ken 20:12

And when it's time for him to make his next move to sign an extension deal or to leave out the house, we gotta respect it. But I know he ain't going nowhere. So we're gonna enjoy each year. Get hey, I hey, I'm gonna tell you the truth. I don't mean to sound too cocky. Lane bring us two championships. Wow, okay. Call you heard it here first.

Luke 20:43

You heard it here first.

Ken 20:45

That's how I'm feeling two championships.

Luke 20:48

Okay, okay. Again, you said undefeated season, closest is gonna be with Ole Miss and two championships within his tenure.

Ken 20:56

Yeah.

Luke 20:57

If all that comes true, man, people are gonna come to you as as being the football whisperer over there.

Ken 21:04

Now look, now look, Luke. This what I what I could say, now I'm saying undefeated. Cool. But for a fact, how many games it is up in college? A regular season?

Luke 21:20

Uh, what are we at? Is it third? Is it 13? Is it bad? I don't know right off the top of my head.

Ken 21:25

Yeah, we know because every time that you that you look up, the season gets longer and longer. Yeah. So if it's 13, if we're gonna go 13, you know, we're gonna go, we win in 10 games for sure. Okay. So, so they got a playoff spot with our name on it for sure.

Luke 21:45

Yeah, no, again, I'm pretty sure that is the minimum expectation is making the college football playoffs for LSU in 2026, I would imagine, um, out there, which I think is fair. If you're gonna bring if you're gonna spend that money, and I I know that lanes cost. And some money, and I know they dedicated a boatload of extra money to NIL, right? So a lot of money's being invested. So again, it's it's playoffs or bust. It's probably final four, DAF championship or bust, honestly.

The Ole Miss game — Ken will be there

Ken 22:12

Yeah, yeah. We just we gotta get there. So we get there, then we can work with some.

Luke 22:17

For sure. So we talked about the game. Um probably one of the biggest games for LSU next year is gonna be at Oll Mits. So this brings me to another question. Do you do you ever travel to watch LSU games at different campuses? No, but I will this year. Like with that game specifically, or tell me about it.

Ken 22:38

I will be at that game. I will be there.

Luke 22:42

Okay.

Ken 22:43

I will.

Ole Miss stole our coach but we love the rivalry

Luke 22:45

I feel like that is a funny, fun video waiting to happen.

Ken 22:49

Oh man. And this so crazy, because old Miss fans be y'all know up from outside. Man, we love you, but you got our coach. Man, we love you. I'd be like, bruh, I love y'all too. But we got them, baby. So yeah, man.

Luke 23:06

For sure. No, I I look forward to hearing because again, like old LSU is a great tailgate location. Ole Miss is definitely up there too, with the grove, right? So again, I think that's a good idea.

Ken 23:16

I wish they would have came here, man. I wish they would have came here, man. God lease.

Luke 23:26

All right. Uh so while we're on the topic of tailgating, so tell me this. Just you specifically, what is your favorite tailgating food? You only have one. Jambalaya, hands down.

Ken 23:39

Jambalaya.

Luke 23:40

Do you cook it? Jambalaya. Do you cook it yourself or do you or somebody else is the is the mastermind behind your tailgating?

Ken 23:47

I ain't cooking the jambalaya on cell.

Luke 23:49

You're not doing it?

Ken 23:50

I mean, I can't sit still too long to wash the pot. I be too busy trying to turn up.

Luke 23:57

That's fair. That's fair. Turning up the tip on the pot, turning the tip at the tailgate.

Ken 24:01

Yeah, that's one thing. Take note. One thing you don't want to mess up at a tailgate is the jambalaya. Don't mess up the jambalaya. Please don't. Please.

Luke 24:13

All right. So with the jambalaya, what's in your cup? What is your tailgating drink of choice?

Ken 24:24

What kind of drink?

Luke 24:26

You pig. This is your story. What do you normally have?

Ken 24:31

Water gonna make me roll harder.

Luke 24:34

Okay.

Ken 24:35

But he, but you gotta have a Don.

Luke 24:38

Okay, the the Don Julio.

Ken 24:40

Don Julio.

Luke 24:41

Okay.

Ken 24:42

Don Julio, and you gotta have a cut water. Gotta have a cut water. Okay. Do you do you do you know about them?

Luke 24:51

When you say cut water, are we talking about so like similar like ranch water and things like that?

Ken 24:55

Oh no.

Luke 24:56

No? Okay, tell me about it. Make sure we know.

Ken 24:58

It's a drink. It's a come, it comes up in a can.

Luke 25:02

Okay.

Ken 25:03

It's 13 to 15% alcohol.

Luke 25:06

That's trouble already.

Ken 25:08

Trevor and a can. What'd you say, Luke? Trevor and a can.

Luke 25:12

Reminds me of four locos back in the day, but I digress. Ooh.

Ken 25:15

Hey, I'm scared of them. I'm scared of them, Luke. I want to make it home.

Luke 25:23

All right, so tell me a little bit more. The cut water, so is that is a high ABV? Is it like a malt beverage, like flavorful? Like, tell us a little bit more about it to make sure we know.

Ken 25:32

Different flavors. Mine is strawberry. They got strawberry. I like um they got pineapple. They got the one with with uh with margarita in it. It's a whole lot, whole lot. Then it's it is four of them up in a box for like $712.

Luke 25:52

Okay.

Ken 25:53

So you know that they strong.

Luke 25:56

No doubt. So, so Jambalaya. Jambalaya. You got the Don Julio. You doing that? Is that straight? You got mix? It just a line, or what's up?

Ken 26:06

Oh, I'm a Tiger fan. I don't do, I don't, I don't do chasers.

Luke 26:10

Drink don't need no mix.

Ken 26:12

I don't do, I don't do chasers, Lou.

Luke 26:15

I don't do chasers, man. You're the guy walking by with the Don Julio bottles pouring at people's mouths, aren't you?

Ken 26:21

That probably was me, Lou. That probably was me, Lou.

Luke 26:28

Oh, okay. So we got the drinks, we got the food. Another thing that I love at a tailgate are tailgating games. Do you have a favorite tailgating game that you play when you're out there?

Ken 26:38

Man, I don't know the name of it, but you throw the bean bags up in the circle.

Luke 26:45

You talking cornhole? You don't know the game, but cornhole?

Ken 26:48

Cornhole. Cornhole. I might not make it up in the uh up in no hole. But just doing it just makes me feel cool.

Luke 27:00

So do do you do you get better or worse when the Don Julio kicks in?

Ken 27:09

Worse. You think I'm crazy right now? So I get that tear gate, that jungle law, that fried chicken, that's done? Pull your phones out. We finna go by. We finna come by.

Luke 27:24

I can imagine.

Mom at the tailgate

Ken 27:26

Oh yeah, bro. Oh yeah.

Luke 27:28

Hey, so let me ask you this. So again, I I know we talked a little bit before the show started, because I saw your mom on some of your videos. Does your mom does your mom come and tailgate with you? I know she's a big fan too, right?

Family affair — six sisters, all LSU

Ken 27:39

Oh yeah. So see, my mother, she's doing sometime, but you know, it'd be the crowd. You know, you know, she be kind of, you know, in fish, she be like, I'm gonna come out there. Then she probably don't come, but next thing, you know, she popping up with with with uh with the chicken sandwich tray and a fried chick. We'd be like, there she go. There she go. Come on now. So it'd be uh so she 50-50. Song she does, songs she did, watch the game at the house.

Luke 28:11

Fair enough. I think it is pretty cool though when your mom shares a passion that you do as well. Oh yeah, man, she loves it.

Ken 28:18

My sisters, too.

Luke 28:20

Excellent. So it's a family affair then, right?

Ken 28:23

Oh yeah, a family affair.

Luke 28:25

Now, would you say that I didn't know you had sisters, but would you do they have a similar energy to you, or are they kind of like, this guy's just he's he's different?

Ken 28:34

I started off. They follow. All my sisters is die hard and as you fans. All of us. I got six sisters. I'm the only boy, Luke.

Luke 28:48

Wow. Wow, how was that growing up?

Ken 28:53

That's why I'm crazy. I had to be Luke. They crowded me, man. They crowded me, bro. I had to while, bro.

Luke 29:02

So I I watched the video with you doing a kind of a remix to what one of the classic Biggie Small songs back back in the day.

Ken 29:10

Oh, yes, sir.

Luke 29:12

Were some of that, were those your sisters involved with that?

Ken 29:15

Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

Luke 29:17

Awesome. You need to do that performance at a tailgate. That'd be awesome.

Ken 29:20

Yeah, man, I can't wait. I want you at the tailgate, I do it.

Luke 29:25

I'll be your hype.

Ken 29:27

We put Luke. We put Luke in a video, man. Straight up.

Luke 29:32

I'm down with it. I love to be on video. So just do it. My energy ain't quite as high as yours, but I'm gonna work to bring it up for that video, no doubt.

Ken 29:39

Come on now. Come on. I got you.

Luke 29:43

Excellent. All right. Um, tell me this. So, obviously, being a big LSU fan, I want to know who is your favorite LSU player of all time?

Ken 29:54

My favorite LSU player of all time, I'm gonna give um uh I'm gonna give my different positions. Um Devin White. Devin White. Um I love Wit Weeks too. White as quarterback, um, you can't forget about Joe Barrett. No, Joe Shystee. I'm sorry, Joe. Joe Shystee, I mean, um Joe Barrel. Um Jane Dance too, man. He was great. Jordan Jefferson too. I love the Jordan too. Him, um Tyron Matthew. I love um yeah, facts, facts, Tyron. Out my my running backs. Uh I love the Geist. Oh yeah. Geyson Fournette. Geys and Fournette, them my favorite out of all. Them, them two. Wide receivers, I ain't picking, man. You're gonna give me, you know, you're gonna you're gonna get me jumped on, man. There's a lot of good ones. Ooh, a whole lot. Everybody, I'm gonna say, everybody, man. Everybody, the wide receiver room, I don't want no problem. Everybody, I'm titting my hat to everybody, Luke.

Ken asks Luke — what was that hit like in person?

Luke 31:19

Fair. I I was there actually. Now that you remind me, I saw Leonard Fournette play at Death Valley against Ole Miss. Now that we bring that up. Oh, yeah. I was there for that one.

Ken 31:34

Let me ask you a question.

Luke 31:36

Tell me.

Ken 31:37

Did you see that play, right?

Luke 31:39

Oh yeah.

Ken 31:40

When he hit him, you can hear the oohs and ahs from the TV. How was it in Death Valley hearing that hit and hearing the ooze and ahs?

Luke 31:50

It was, I still remember I was in the uh the opposite end zone. So he was running away from me. We were in the upper deck, and even that far away from it, running towards the end zone the other way, you could hear it, and the whole thing was like, dang, type of deal. And like you kept watching on the replay board of like that was the play of the game that I remember the most.

Ken 32:10

And it was crazy hot. They got a coach, I don't know his name, but this video from from the old Miss Gay, they say, Don't don't let this cat Fortnett get uh get the going now. Don't let them start rolling. And next thing you know, boom, the the big hit popped up in the long runs. And I say, Oh my god. I I watched that game on TV, bruh, and it man, that was crazy.

Luke 32:36

It it was. And again, I actually uh went home and like watched it on sports drink in the next day just because that play was like that good and being there to like witness it, which is one of those things you don't forget.

Ken 32:47

Yeah.

Luke 32:49

Yeah, yeah. Okay, um, tell me this. So what's next for you? Like, like what are your goals? What are you trying to do in 2026? Talk to us.

First podcast ever — honored to be here

Ken 33:00

In 2026, I'm uh I'm an all-around uh entertainer. I do comedy skits, food reviews, I do all that. So what I'm trying to do is I got my LSU talk, sports talk, it's going up. Now people starting to see it. Now people starting to believe it. Now people starting to get drawn into it. I want to launch my podcast. That's one. Get my get the podcast going. And I just want to show my all-around talent. Like, even if it's like open mic stand-up, you know, um, you know, doing a cooking review, you know, joining people to, you know, me trying to cook the jungle live this time. You know, teen case, you know. I'm just trying to show the world that yes, I am this LSU talk guy that's gonna keep the world updated, but I, you know, I also just want to show the show the world my all-around talent from full, you know, stand-up comedy, everything, Luke. The podcast, everything.

Luke 34:15

Nice. Well, from what I remember before we started the show, you said this was your first podcast interview.

Ken 34:22

Fred, and this feel good, bro. I'm honored to be on here with you, man. I thank you.

Luke 34:26

And I'm honored to have you on here because one day when you blow up big, I'll be like, interview them first.

Last question: what makes the perfect tailgate?

Ken 34:32

I'm telling him, I'll be like, Luke, you're the reason why I'm on this podcast, Luke. Luke introduced me to my first podcast, man. Straight up.

Luke 34:43

Yeah, man. No, I I definitely appreciate you being here. And last question I got for you in the spirit of tailgating, tell us, in your opinion, what makes a tailgate amazing?

Ken 34:57

The music. Okay. The people, yep.

Luke 35:02

And the food. And the food. We we know we gotta have jambalaya.

Ken 35:06

Gotta have the jambalaya.

Luke 35:08

Gotta have good people.

Ken 35:09

Gotta have good people. Now you gotta have some music.

Luke 35:14

Now, let me ask you this. If I said what would be one song, the first song you're gonna play at the tailgate 2026, what song are you going with today?

Ken 35:26

Lil Boosie. Set it off. Let me tell you something, Lou. Wouldn't that Boosie get played in Tiger Stadium? We got the BT Awards, Lou. We got the award in goes crazy.

Luke 35:46

No, I have I have no doubt. So again, I do have some Boosie on my playlist, so I do know a little something about him. I've been listening for over a decade.

Ken 35:54

Oh, yeah, yeah. Boosie? NBA Young's boy. Okay. This this three people, this three people that's that's gonna get Death Valley and LSU campus rocking. Lil Boosie, NBA Young Boy, and when you play that, call him Betty Rudge.

Luke 36:16

Okay. Okay. Now I feel like there was one name that I thought you might mention that didn't come up. And I feel like this kind of came up like last time there was uh, you know, a big game down there and he wasn't invited to be one of the headliners. What about Lil Wayne, Wheezy? Like, what's up with it? Like, is he is that is he cool with everything there? Is there is there any disconnect with him?

Ken 36:39

Tooncha? I don't care. Man, hey, no disrespect. I forgot to say Tooncha too. I did forget to say Tooncha. They love Tooncha. They love Tooncha. They love Wayne. They love Wayne. I don't know his relationship with, you know, the college or anything, but we love Wayne. We love all our down south artists. You know, we we love them. But fresh off the bat, I just know. Because it's Bat Rudge. Boosie from the South, right by LSU. Young boy from Bed Rudge. Then when you play calling Bat Rudge, that's a song from Bed Rudge. So them three songs take it up. We make an earthquake, Luke.

Show Speed came to an LSU game

Luke 37:29

I know, I I I know that. And it's like as you're talking to me, we got this kind of like the hip-hop going right now. I was like, you know, if you had a walkout song at a tailgate, I think I know what it would be. I think I know I'm gonna give you this walkout song for you, just based on our time today and the energy and everything. I'm gonna go Kevin Gates. I don't get tired, because I feel like you will not get tired with anything you're doing.

Ken 37:55

Hey, for real. Hey, we hey, we love Kevin too. Kevin came to the game. Kevin and the Twitcher i Show Speed came to the LSU game. I forgot who we flour. Okay versus Florida. And man, it was crazy down there. Man, Luke, it was crazy down there. We had a grill over there with an alligator on it. Ramp and bacon. Ramp and bacon.

Luke 38:24

I love it.

Ken 38:24

I say, ooh.

Luke 38:27

I mean, that might rival Jambalaya sometimes on a Florida, Florida game day, right? Bacon wrap game.

LSU Instagram followed Ken — manifestation incoming

Ken 38:34

Ooh, with that joke with the jambalaya, not Luke. Come on now. You you're making me hungry, Luke.

Luke 38:39

I haven't had dinner either right now, so I'm getting hungry. Oh man. Good stuff. All right. Um, last thing I want to ask you now just popped into my head. So obviously, like you're showing the world your passion for LSU and the school. Yes, sir. Has the school uh have they reached out to you? Have there been any like conversation or collaborations with them as of yet?

Ken 39:02

Not yet, but the official NSU Instagram school account, follow me on social media. It's coming. They came and followed me. We're gonna claim that up in the name of Jesus, Lou. It's coming.

Luke 39:16

Manifesting, manifesting right now.

Ken 39:18

Oh yeah. Oh yeah, we manifest. I will. You're gonna see it, Luke. And we can go back to this podcast right here and say. I love it, man. It's coming. They watching uh a lot of people just reaching out, the alumni's showing me, uh, showing me love, man. Shaq.

Luke 39:39

Dude, I feel like I feel like you and Shaq would vibe. Not that I know Shaq personally or anything, but I just feel like you would.

Pay it forward mentality

Ken 39:45

Man, Shaq showed me love, man. Shaq, Shaq, cool, bro. Shaq, he showed me love. I can't forget about RC. Ryan Clark, cool. He showed me love. R.C., you went against my patrons. Braces Houston. Yeah, R.C. And um and Marcus Spear, Swaggoo. Oh, yeah. Swaggoo. Swaggoo too. Um, he showed me love too, man. And it's just amazing that they're doing it off the love, bruh. And it's very genuine, and you know, they're just opening me with open arms, and one day I'm gonna be one of um, you know, one of those guys to look back and see somebody that's got the spirit like me behind this school coming up, and I can tell them something to keep them going or open up a door for them, man.

Luke 40:38

No, I I I love that because uh sometimes people uh blow up and then they forget about some of the people that helped them or some of the up-and-comers that they can help them.

Ken 40:47

Last but not least, Benny Brazil.

Luke 40:50

Okay.

Ken 40:51

Benny Brazil, man, he I got a crazy store high. I met Benny Luke. I met Benny when I was at work, you know. I'm doing work. I saw the truck pass. And I'm you know, I'm working. Benny turned the truck uh around. This is before I knew who he was. He started saying, Man, you kidding? I say, yeah. Shook my hand, gave me his number. Benny was like, hey, bruh, you gonna be something. You gonna be big, Ken. And man, Benny, you know, he ran track and he played played football. And he played the opening of the NFL. Um, Benny Brazil, man, and every morning he sent me a video of him jogging, running, saying, Good uh good uh good morning, Ken. Happy Tuesday, big guy. It's gonna be a great day. Let's make it a good one. And he be having me want to run. I be like, all right, I got you, B. You know, and it just be man, love, bro. So the people from LSU, the alumni, the guys who got a name that's you know stand out, you know, even the ones who is upcoming who doesn't have a name, who who is just there, showing me love, bro.

Luke 42:07

I know that that's amazing, man. I have no doubt you're gonna be getting a lot more of that love coming your way as the year goes on and it's coming. I believe that. I believe that.

Ken 42:16

Thank you so much, Mr. Luke. It's coming, man.

Luke 42:19

Yes, sir. Hey, as we wind down here, tell people one more time. Now that they listened to your first ever podcast out there, where can they find you and follow you one more time?

Ken 42:28

Instagram, Twitch, TikTok, YouTube, Official Ken, O-F-F, I C I A L L underscore K-E-N-E.

Luke 42:42

Awesome. I know I will be following. I look forward to seeing your journeys and glad you are part of our journey on our show this evening as well. So, everybody that tuned in to the end of the episode, thank you so much for hanging out with myself and Ken this evening. We appreciate you. And again, Tailgate Connect, we got tailgates all across the country. Easy button tailgate, including multiple ones at the great LSU University. So check out tailgateconnect.com to get those easy button tailgate tickets.

Ken 43:10

Let's go for Luke.

Luke 43:12

Yeah.

Ken 43:12

So you're coming to a game with me, right?

Luke 43:15

I'm gonna have to. You're gonna call me out every single day. Like you're gonna be out there going to be like, Luke, you come to the tailgate? I'm running the tailgate right now.

Ken 43:22

Right. I'm gonna call you out. I'm gonna have you jump a live fix. I'm gonna be looking for you. Lu. I'm gonna go.

Luke 43:33

Hold me accountable.

Ken 43:34

Yeah, I need you here, Luke. At the tailgate, too. Tailgate, and we're going to the game app.

Luke 43:41

I love it, man. I love it. You know I'm down for a tailgate, and if we get to hang out with somebody like you, it's like, how could I say no? Come on, now.

Ken 43:48

Come on, now shout out my man, Luke, man.

Luke 43:52

All right. Well, with that, Kudrick is in the house. It was an amazing podcast. Thank you all for tuning in and see you at a tailgate soon.

Ken 44:00

Yes, sir. Thank y'all.

Music 44:01

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