Morning Newspaper for January 16th
by Glenn Logan on Jan 16, 2009 8:44 AM EST
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The next game the 'Cats have is against the Bulldogs of Georgia. Dennis Felton's team has always given Kentucky fits with their Body Armor brand of defense and physical toughness. The Dawgs gave Florida quite a game the other day, and I expect them to be very tough in Athens.
And now, the news.
Kentucky Basketball News
- Dick Gabriel on Jodie Meeks' recent eruption. He watched the game from what appears to be a BW3 by his description along with Cameron Mills, Kyle Macy and some other sportscasters. Seems Cameron fears that Meeks might eclipse his records, too. To find out which ones, read the whole thing.
- GhostofNeyland defends Bruce Pearl against the Big Orange fans, some of whom are apparently ready to chuck him over the side before he has a chance to right the ship.
I haven't really been playing attention to Vol angst over Tuesday's game, although I do assume that there is a significant amount for several reasons, not the least of which is that Kentucky is considered a rival (and quite honestly, Tennessee is the only school in the SEC with a decent case to make for that claim), and that it's really embarrassing to watch your team lit like RockefellerSquareCenter at Christmas 12,547 times on Sports Center. Trust me, we Kentucky fans who have to watch that confounded Laettner shot every single year overandoverandoverandover ad infinitum know what it's like to have a painful memory ground into a wound so often it never gets a chance to do anything but suppurate.
As everyone who has read this blog for a significant amount of time knows, I loathe Bruce Pearl. I dislike him intensely. But that doesn't mean I'm blind to the fact that he is a very, very good coach, and he has changed the culture in Tennessee basketball from that of a perennial also-ran to a genuine winner. That is a fact, personal detestation notwithstanding. Ghost makes a great point and one that all college fans should occasionally refresh their memory with. And just in case you are unsure, ThirdSaturdayInBlogtober is one of the great SEC sports blogs to be found anywhere. If you don't read them regularly, you should. Great writing knows no team. - Gate 21 has a very rational look at the Meeks Eruption. Sometimes, there just is no defense, whether your team actually plays defense or not.
- Meeks coming out our ears. John Clay has more, more, and more Meeks. Can we ever get enough? Not yet.
- Darius Miller is climbing out of his freshman funk, according to Jerry Tipton. I knew he would.
- Gillispie is OK with Patterson's recent scoring slide. Hey, he did a great job on the boards at Tennessee, and we didn't need his points.
- Even more Meeks. Good piece, but can we stop with the whole, "inherit the earth" thing now? I have seen this totally obvious headline at the top of at least a dozen news articles and blog posts. C'mon, people, how about a modicum of original thinking about your ledes. Jeez.
Matt JonesRob Gidel has a ton of stuff, including a promotion for Randy Sanders to ... something. Anyway, always a good read.
Kentucky Football/Other UK Sports-Related News
- Women's basketball adds a quality transfer from LSU.
- Dick Gabriel will host the National Guard Border Bowl banquet. The Border Bowl is a game between the top players in Kentucky and Tennessee.
- The Capstone Report has a fun post placing SEC football coaches in the roles of CEO. Check out where Brooks winds up.
- For those thinking to compare Meeks to Maravich -- don't.
NCAA Basketball News
- The Golden Gopers run down Wisconsin in Madison. Big win for Tubby Smith & Co. More here.
- Suckage at Indiana is producing suckage in the fan base. This guy calls Indiana fans out. Warning -- language.
- DeMar DeRozan is really good.
NCAA Football News
- How parade-worthy are the 2008 Utah Utes?
- Hugging Harold Reynolds is on fire. In this post, he translates the bloviation of Texas Congress-critter Joe Barton, who just proposed the College Football Playoff Act of 2009, proving once again that addressing serious problems like a worldwide recession, two foreign wars and terrorist lurking under every rock won't get you half the attention that college football will in the state of Texas. [via Gate 21]
- A Fulmer Cupdate coming? Oh, wait ...
Other News of Interest
- Joe Crawford goes off for 44 points. 15-25? That's almost Meeks-esque. Erik Danies continues to score like crazy. That and lots more interesting stuff over at Ridiculous Upside.
- I know people watch this show, but I never have. I get enough reality every day.
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I nearly had a coronary this morning! Nevermind the fact that it was -1 on my drive in this morning… but then I get here and SB Nation was down! I went into a deep depression and am just now clawing my way back out!
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
Sorry.
It happens. Hopefully not very often.
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by Glenn Logan on Jan 16, 2009 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
Minor quibble
Rockefeller Center, not Square. (sorry, it’s my subway stop, I couldn’t help it)
C! A! T! S! CATS! CATS! CATS!
Fixed.
Thanks for the correction.
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by Glenn Logan on Jan 16, 2009 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
Football Playoff
Hugging Harold Reynolds is on fire. In this post, he translates the bloviation of Texas Congress-critter Joe Barton, who just proposed the College Football Playoff Act of 2009, proving once again that addressing serious problems like a worldwide recession, two foreign wars and terrorist lurking under every rock won’t get you half the attention that college football will in the state of Texas. [via Gate 21]
By and large, I’m in agreement with you that there should be more important things to worry about for our government.
But I think as Kentucky fans, we would be remiss if we didn’t recall that it did take an act of the state legislature to get Kentucky and Louisville playing basketball every year.
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
Well ...
… I thought that was just a threat. Did it make it into law?
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by Glenn Logan on Jan 16, 2009 11:03 AM EST up reply actions
The sad thing
Is that when I go to message boards like that and call someone racist, my message could be construed as a violation of the Terms of Service and could be deleted. Someone like this Sprow guy writes some mindless drivel and it gets front page treatment.
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
ESPN writers hate the state of Kentucky
Only with UK would an article like this come out, and only at ESPN. You didn’t see this crap from noted assclowns like Jeff Goodman. ESPN is all about itself, and you would think they wouldn’t need shock journalism anymore.
ANd the SEC just signed a network argeement with them……..sigh……
What are we talking about here?
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by Glenn Logan on Jan 16, 2009 11:04 AM EST up reply actions
Actually Scott Rigot Was Primary Recruiter Assigned To Meeks
And the Meeks family did like Tubby quite a bit. I’d bet they like Gillispie, too.
by FortyYearCatFan on Jan 16, 2009 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
Ah.
Factually, it’s hard to disagree with him. His little allusion to racial bigotry is just an attempt to anger UK fans. I’m not sending him traffic.
This is America, and he can write what he wants. And he can bite me.
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by Glenn Logan on Jan 16, 2009 11:13 AM EST up reply actions
there will always be folks...
…that will hate to see Kentucky have success… That is never going to change… What will change is the fact that UK is now becoming a player again on the college basketball scene…
And as angry as we are in reading articles like this, just think how angry HE is going to be reading about UK’s resurgence EVERY DAY, on EVERY sports show or ESPN update… And think how angry THOSE haters will be once Jodie Meeks walks away with player of the year and Billy G. walks away with coach of the year…
And think how angry it’s going to make them when UK returns to the FF next year, (yeah, that’s right, I said it), and Minnesota is floundering in the middle of the BIG TEN..
So, I wouldn’t get that upset after reading such dribble, remember, misery loves company..!
Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.
I really don't see how we stopped being a national player.
I honestly don’t think UK is becoming a player in the college basketball scene. We always has been a player. Which is why the VMI loss got significant play in sports media. If we were Minnesota and lost to VMI, it would get just a passing mention — a 10-second highlight clip when rounding out the day’s NCAAM scores.
If we weren’t a player already, we wouldn’t have gotten Daniel Orson, Liggins, Patterson, etc. And speaking of recruiting, it seems to me that recruits trust their advisers, AAU/High School coaches and families more than SportsCenter.
by TheFakeGimelMartinez on Jan 16, 2009 11:49 AM EST up reply actions
but you must admit...
…the chatter has grown 1,000 fold in the last few days…
Kentucky-Meeks-Kentucky-Meeks-Kentucky-Meeks
I’m now starting to see the words “dynamic duo” being thrown out there…
Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.
espn
I am pumped about the ESPN deal. The CATS are going to be on more national tv games than ever before. We will probably also get to see more of our football CATS on tv which will be great for the program. Forget any SEC network.
DEEETROIT BASKETBALLL!!!
ESPN
I’m hoping the new deal means that they will be contractually obligated to blow as much smoke up our ass as they do for the ACC.
Ideally, in ESPN’s lust for more revenue they will try to sell Kentucky as a national brand the same way they have sold UNC and Duke. This would mean no more articles like this one.
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
I thought this was kind of interesting.....
Did you all see this?
It looks like the NCAA is now considering 7th graders (instead of 9th graders) prospects for men’s college baskeball.
I was just getting ready to post that in the FanShots
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
Meeks = Harden
Jodie Meeks, Coach Gillispie and all us Cats fans should take note of USC’s upset of ASU and especially the defensive shut down of James Harden. Face guarding Harden all over the floor limited the POY candidate to only 4 points and contributed to Trojans win. Look for the same kind of attention and physical confrontation from Felton and the Dawgs Sunday. Hopefully such focus will free up Patterson for a breakout performance and allow others to step up.
It will ...
… definitely happen.
The question is, will it work with Meeks. Meeks is not Lofton — he is maybe the fastest player in Division I basketball. You could face-guard a guy like Lofton because he was not athletically able to free himself. I’m not sure anybody can keep up with Meeks, he’s like Rip Hamilton with twice the footspeed.
But I guarantee you this — we will find out. You are absolutely right that they will try it.
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by Glenn Logan on Jan 16, 2009 11:35 AM EST up reply actions
Reason #21 why I love Tru
He is still hip enough with the crazy blogging kids that he can reference the Fulmer Cup. :)
Also, Rob Gidel did that update on KSR: not Matt Jones.
by TheFakeGimelMartinez on Jan 16, 2009 11:21 AM EST reply actions
Ah.
Matt usually does those morning things. I’ll fix it.
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by Glenn Logan on Jan 16, 2009 11:36 AM EST up reply actions
"I know people watch this show"
I though I was the only person in the world who hadn’t seen survivor
Never. Not once.
My level of interest in that thing is negative, if that is possible.
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by Glenn Logan on Jan 16, 2009 11:38 AM EST up reply actions
Ah.
Me and the missus watch Dancing With The Stars all the time.
That’s kind of fun. Nothing is more surreal than watching Warren Sapp do the Foxtrot … really well! :-)
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I guess
we get our reality fix from college hoops. I can’t wait to see what happens next. Who will be the next player to get no playing time this week and what school will be his destination for the alleged transfer? Actually I’m just wondering if Georgia will double/triple team Meeks while Miller/Harris/Patterson break out for 20 each.
I don't know...
…But they should give that pilot $1,000,000 per every life that guy saved..!
Truly amazing…!
Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.
Cool
What was truly cool is that the guy is a former air force pilot and is actually heading a study on flight crews response in energency situations.
He was the perfect guy for the situation.
DEEETROIT BASKETBALLL!!!
I just heard the situation described on TV
as, “He’s trained all his life for that moment.” I think Wild Weasel will back me up on the value of Air Force training in teaching a fighter guy to make a quick decision and then execute it to perfection. In situations like yesterday, there’s not a lot of time to gather information from a variety of sources, carefully evaluate each option, then take a lot of time to select one. When you get a three-ring strobe, you’ve gotta DO SOMETHING. You just have to make a decision and make sure that the execution is correct, even if the decision might not have been the very best one available. Of course, in this case, it seems that both the option selected and the execution were near-flawless.
It strikes me that this is not unlike our favorite subject, college basketball. In today’s incredibly fast game, there’s little time to evaluate what you’re going to do. There’s only time to choose and execute. Reactions are key, and they are honed by practice and rehearsal.
Dang, did I just unwittingly justify playing guys based on their practice performance? Good Grief, Charley Brown. Didn’t mean to do that!!!
Nice analogy oldcat
As an Air Force brat it’s always good to see recognition for an organization that trains to save people’s lives all the time. Whenever folks think of soldiers the Army and Marines often come to the forefront of people’s minds. These days, without the Air Force many of the “soldiers” wouldn’t be getting to their spots of conflict with all of their heavy equipment, supplies or even troops.
I imagine if you ask the pilot he wouldn’t describe himself as a hero. He’d probably just say that he was doing his job and reacted according to his great training all paid for by folks just like the ones whose life he saved.
Maybe Coach can show the players how practicing hard can lead to good decisions that may not save someone’s life but may improve their chances at future success.
GO BIG BLUE!!!!
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