What Kind of a UK Fan are You?

But I’ll disagree with part of how Bryan characterizes this group: I watch every game start-to-finish regardless of how the season or game is going and I don’t find that being a general college basketball fan lessens my love for the Big Blue in any way.

I perceive my fan type to vary as the condition of the program ebbs and flows. Currently and in the recent past I’ve been in the contemned “Negative” status but in less troublesome times I’ve been ensconced in a “Perspective” state but always hoping for progress toward higher standards.

as I am a third generation UK graduate. You don’t have a choice in my family. We have kept the lights on in the Funkhauser Building for at least a decade with all of our tuition money. My grandfather was on Bear Bryant’s football team for one year before he was drafted into WWII. My mother attended UK in the late 60’s where she may or may not have been involved in some “hippie like” behavior. My uncle is a doctor that graduated from the UK school of medicine and my Aunt is a nurse in the Oncology unit at the University Hospital. I have four first cousins with degrees from there and one more working on hers. We all bleed blue and have had no other choice since birth. Its hard for me to get too down on the teams though when they are not as great as they should/could be. I have seen the players on campus and have had classes with many of them back in the day (several with Heshimu, Jamal Magloire, Tayshaun). They were just kids like me, much taller, but going through the same crap I was, except they had the weight of the world on their shoulders. I just had to get a degree. Looking back I hope that none of these kids regret the decision they made to play for UK because of the expectations/pressure etc. After all, it’s just a game and the University of Kentucky, regardless if it never wins another national championship, is a fantastic institution of higher learning… although it seems that is just an afterthought most of the time.