It's only been two days since Kentucky announced head football coach Joker Phillips would be fired, and already the insane replacement rumors are starting to fly. The Jackson Clarion-Ledger relays the rumor that UK is supposedly interested in talking to New York Jets head football coach Rex Ryan to see if he's like to have the job. Yes, the 3-5 NY Jets head coach Rex Ryan. He of the Mark Sanchez-Tim Tebow quarterback controversy Rex Ryan.
This one reeks of "the voices in your head don't count as reliable sources." But hey, at least it's imaginative.
(via the Jackson Clarion-Ledger)
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