Category Archives: NCAA

Man of the Year Candidate #1 – Rick Pitino

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With our 2012 “Man of the Year” named, it’s time to start nominating our 2013 Man of the Year Candidates. Our first nominee banged a slut, paid her to keep her mouth shut and then helped send her to jail. He is future Hall of Fame coach, Rick Pitino.

Highlights of my Year 2012

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UK Wins 2012 National Title – This was their third National Title in my lifetime. This one meant more because I got to see UK win two games in the NCAA Tournament with my father.  Instead of going out with my friends the night they beat Kansas, I watched it with my father. That was priceless.

We beat the Rapture and the Mayans – Jesus wasn’t ready to call me to Heaven and the Mayans are losers. God bless and I will see you all in 2013!

Simple, but fun vacation – I stayed home for vacation. Twice I got to bar hop with my friends Shannon, Keith and Kathy. I don’t recall much but I’m pretty sure I had fun. That’s why I’m writing about it.

Halloween Party – My friends and I went as the characters from Gilligan’s’ Island. We came in second in this very “fair” contest.

I tried – I gave me ex Liz a chance, twice. I really wanted to see her change. Sad that such a beautiful girl is wasting her life. At least I tried doing the right thing. I feel better knowing I did.

Hot girl – I got to make love to a hot girl. I won’t name her out of respect for her family. Damn she looks good.

New Hangout Place – What’s better than the Highlands Taproom? Simple, the Highlands Taproom Grill.

Nice blog #29 – sportsmanship

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In 2009, UK and U of L fans witnessed a game between two teams filled with assholes. Cousins elbowed a U of L player and Sosa trashed talked UK players during the National Anthem. 2010, the two coaches trashed each other to the media. In 2011, we saw Pitino tell the media after losing to UK that he would root for them since they were a fellow Kentucky team. This year we saw little mouthing during the game and nice comments from both coaches. It’s just a game. No need for the trash. Tonight is what sports was all about – sportsmanship.

UK vs. U of L 12/29/12

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Here is my predication for the game -

 

I am a UK fan. I feel U of L is due a win. They have lost the past three straight years and last four games against UK. U of L is playing at home this year. So far this season U of L looks like the better team. U of L has more experience and the talent level at UK is not the same as it has been the past three seasons. The drama with Pitino seems to be gone and everything seems to be in U of L’s favor.

With that said, I will not root against UK or predicate U of L wins. I believe the game will be close. UK somehow wins, 68-67. Go Big Blue!

 

Good luck to Joker Phillips

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As most already know, the Kentucky Wildcats’ Head Coach, Joker Phillips has been fired.

Earlier this year, I wrote an article calling for the firing of Joker Phillips. I stand 100% behind my comments. Joker needed to go. With that said, UK’s Athletic Director once again showed his lack of class. He fired Joker with only two remaining games. Some may back his decision, but I totally disagree. Let Joker finish out the season with his players, mainly the seniors – win or lose.

It’s easy for us “armchair Quarterbacks” to bitch and moan about Joker. Joker, unlike 99% of us,  played college football. For those that don’t know, Joker played for UK. If anyone cares about Kentucky Football, it’s Joker. To send him packing with two remaining games left is a slap to his face. I could care less if UK was winless. You just can’t do a man that way.

Joker did not get the job done. No matter what, he was out the door by the end of the season. Being a good person doesn’t make one a good coach. I am sad to see UK fans taking a page out of the U of L fanbase’s playbook. Only fake fans show up during the good and not the bad. That is a slap in the UK players’ faces. Shame on you. Support the players no matter what! Joker, good luck to you on whatever you do in the near future. You are a class act.

AP College Basketball Preseason Poll

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 1 Indiana (43) 0-0 1,592
2 Louisville (20) 0-0 1,568
3 Kentucky (2) 0-0 1,453
4 Ohio State 0-0 1,292
5 Michigan 0-0 1,290
6 North Carolina State 0-0 1,270
7 Kansas 0-0 1,210
8 Duke 0-0 1,094
9 Syracuse 0-0 1,062
10 Florida 0-0 936
11 North Carolina 0-0 904
12 Arizona 0-0 902
13 UCLA 0-0 840
14 Michigan State 0-0 789
15 Missouri 0-0 664
16 Creighton 0-0 622
17 Memphis 0-0 539
18 UNLV 0-0 488
19 Baylor 0-0 486
20 San Diego State 0-0 463
21 Gonzaga 0-0 384
22 Notre Dame 0-0 297
23 Wisconsin 0-0 285
24 Cincinnati 0-0 120
25 Florida State 0-0 101

Joker Phillips – sorry, you suck as a coach

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I actually like Joker. He is a Kentucky native. He played for UK. Joker seems like a decent person. He plays by the rules, has class and loves UK more than I and most fans will ever understand. All of those good traits don’t make you a good coach. Joker is way out of his league in the SEC.

 

Losing to U of L was not his downfall. Most UK fans will disagree. That’s just because they hate U of L. Give U of L credit, they have a decent coach and a QB that money was well spent on. Fans like myself, understand that losing to U of L is not the end of the season. When you then lose to WKU, the season is all but over. UK stands no chance in the SEC – None what so ever.

 

Most UK fans know that going 10-2 or better in the SEC was not going to happen anytime soon. We just enjoyed competing. Rich Brooks gave us that. UK won three in a row under Brooks against U of L (his players won one more after he left), beat National Champions LSU and other great teams such as Georgia. UK also won Bowl Games under Brooks. Joker has turned UK into the third (maybe worse) best team in the state of Kentucky.

 

Joker has turned UK back into the teams they were under Bill Curry. UK went from a decent team to the door mat of the SEC. Thank God that Bama and LSU aren’t on the schedule this year. Bama would beat UK 48-3. And those 3 would come against Bama’s 3rd string defense. Watching UK football this season is like watching Kathy Bates playing with herself. Other words; not worth watching.

 

I will say this in UK’s defense. UK fans this year are pissing me off. They are boycotting games. That my friends, is the U of L approach. Attend games when they win; don’t attend games when they lose. That really sickens me. The players on the UK football team deserve better. Fans should always support the team. In the past, UK fans have. This year should be no different. Joker sucks as coach but don’t take that out on the players. Go out and support the team – rather they win or lose.

 

Who knows where Joker will be come this time next year. I am 99.9999% sure he won’t be the head coach at UK. Being a good person doesn’t make you a good coach. Look at Bobby Knight. He was the biggest crybaby and loser of all time. When it came to coaching however, he was one of the best. Knight never got paid to be a nice guy. He got paid to win. The same goes for Joker.