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Meet Spencer Foy, the St. Xavier grad who has played on both sides of Kentucky-Louisville rivalry

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Think you know everything about the Kentucky-Louisville rivalry? UK junior walk-on linebacker Spencer Foy could probably still teach you a thing or two.

Foy, a Louisville native, initially committed to Western Kentucky while he starred for St. Xavier High School. When coach Bobby Petrino left WKU for Louisville, Foy’s commitment followed.

He spent a year at U of L, but while visiting former St. X teammate Charles Walker, a UK wide receiver, Foy noticed something in Lexington.

“I saw how close him and his teammates were,” Foy said. “I just really wanted to be a part of something like that, because that’s what we had back at St.