Kentucky’s SEC Media Days appearance took an unexpected turn when Zoom Diallo revealed a very specific eating habit that instantly became the most memorable part of the day.
Diallo was joined by Malachi Moreno and Mark Pope on “SEC Now,” where Daymeon Fishback first tried to get Diallo to recite a line from “Friday,” his favorite movie. Diallo passed on that, and the conversation drifted to cooking. That’s when Pope volunteered a detail that set everything off.
“Zoom doesn’t cook,” Pope said.
Diallo wasn’t having that version of events.
“No, no, no, take that back,” Zoom replied. “I’m locked in.
I’m a lambatarian right now. You know what that means?”
He explained it himself: “I’m a lambatarian. I only cook lamb.
Lamb chops. When I go home, I be eating lamb.
So, I be cooking, coach.”
From there, the exchange turned into a debate over whether “lambatarian” is actually a word. Diallo’s answer was simple.
“I love lamb,” he said. “This is who I am. I’m a lambatarian.”
He also traced the habit back to his time at Washington.
“You know, when you get into college, and you’re living by yourself, and you’re on your own, you know, you want to experiment with new things. So I decided to cook lamb chops, which was pretty quick for me. Lamb chops and some mashed potatoes and some French fries, and call it a night.”
Pope, for his part, sounded convinced the label was about to catch on in Lexington.
“If it’s not a word, it is now. This will forever be in the Kentucky lexicon.
It’s in there for sure now. Lambatarian.
Every person walking around Rupp will be like, you know, ‘Zoom’s a Lambatarian.’ I kid you not.
That’s beautiful.”
So yes, Kentucky’s turn at SEC Media Days delivered a brand-new term and a new bit of program lore. Whether “Eat Lamb” becomes the next version of “Eat D. Lamb” remains to be seen.
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