A Mexican Restaurant And An HGTV Star Ensnared In Kentucky VS. Texas 'Meme War' Over Basketball Coach Scott Drew

Fans of Scott Drew, the NCAA men's basketball coach at Baylor University in the town of Waco, Texas, tracked him down to a local Mexican restaurant where he was munching tortilla chips and salsa this afternoon after rumors circulated that Scott Drew might defect to the University of Kentucky's college athletics program.

The University of Kentucky's longtime coach, John Calipari, announced on Tuesday that he's leaving the school's basketball program, leading college basketball fans to speculate about possible successors.

Drew's name came up amid the discourse, and the rumors spread like wildfire. Fans of Baylor basketball embarked on a frantic search to determine if Drew had left the city for Lexington, Kentucky.

Amid this speculation, Scott Drew posted a photo to X of him eating chips at La Casita, a Mexican restaurant in Waco.

Then, a University of Kentucky fan reportedly called La Casita, spoke to Drew's waitress and convinced her to tell him he should go work at UK.

A video depicting the purported transcript of a Snapchat conversation from the fan describing this tactic circulated widely on Twitter / X today, with online reviews for La Casita turned into a battleground for Kentucky and Baylor fans.

The online beef expanded to include Chip Gaines, a notable HGTV personality and Waco resident. A friend of Scott Drew, Gaines was trolled by a Barstool Sports account associated with the state of Kentucky and shot back, "implying that Drew will stay at Baylor because it is God's will," in the words of one observer.

At this moment, the only confirmed facts are that Scott Drew ate chips and salsa at a Mexican restaurant today. It is unknown what he ordered as an entree nor what his plans are regarding his career's next steps.