Back before he started the show there was another guy on 1300 who passed a way I think a few years ago whose claim to fame was the horse industry and knowing the mascots for most any college or pro team. That guy thought of himself as an intellectual type and often liked to display his intellect with quotes from famous literature, while Cross was the 'every day' type guy who was purely a fan. I believe it was either the other guy or Cross who had Drew Deaner as a cohost on the radio show. That was back when Drew worked at Channel 27 and billed himself as a huge UK fan often, as I recall, sharing memories of gowing up blue in Louisville. Of course these are foggy memories from 90s or early 2000's so I cannot vouch for the accuracy.