The Big Blue Daily Mail -- South Carolina Edition

IMO – Devan Downey is nowhere nearly as talented as John Wall.

like Wall but with a much better outside shot. What sets Wall apart is he is 6’4" with all of that speed. It’s a shame Downey doesn’t have any help this year, but it is also good for us that he doesn’t.

it will be up to the rest of USC to beat us…

Dodson would get abused……he is not much for D.

parkjng lots in the back of memorial stretching from mlk over to rose. You can also park across the street in the student center lot.

I recall you felt the same way about our trip to Indiana. South Carolina is a fine team and I dont want to take anything away from their program, but I just dont think they have the arsenal needed to beat us.

John Wall is not a great defensive player, but more than that, we just haven’t really done a very good job defending the three this year.

But we did okay versus the Hogs. Maybe Calipari got that fixed.

… the old code was apparently broken. This new one seems to work a lot better.

the question i have is – do the close calls we have mean that we are likely to have a game where the close call is too close (ie, we lose) or have we gotten all the close calls out of our system.

i was not too worried about the USC game (just do not believe one player can beat us) but then i realized the team was on a conf call with president obama at 130 est today – talk about a distraction. it will be interesting to see how the young team reacts, playing a conf game on the road with an brand new #1 ranking after spending the afternoon talking to the president of the USofA!!

that no one will ever go undefeated through a season and post season again, including our current UK squad, but UK wins the NC this year. If UK goes through conf play undefeated? (Talk about blowing tops off the roofs round the world!) He’ll be happy to take odds on UK winning IT ALL.

Sounds bout right. I still say they go undefeated all season. I listened to that Cal thing where he called John a “jagoff”, which was funny, but his key point was the bench. How far are THEY going to take us? You’ve seen Liggins improving, when we spell the starters for longer periods, we need players who will keep that intensity UP! Orton IS THE MAN because of him continuing our POST PRESENCE. Stevenson slicing for dunks, Ramone hitting threes, Dodson hitting threes, it’s just wave after wave of players getting in your grill on defense (not so much with some, hence improvement), swiping at the ball, harassing you and then on the other end putting up lobs for dunks or dRAINING 3’s! We know what our starters are going to give us and sometimes they will have a bad night, but that is why the bench has to step up to keep them waves rolling. They roll and UK rolls to undefeated season. I think they are getting it. I also don’t see egos stopping these young men because they have enough of one leading them to compensate for any they may try to develop. ;)

Nah, they are good guys and actually look like they are having FUN. Effing unbelievable fun as a matter of fact. I used to scream (yell real loud) at the TV trying to “coach” the team. I haven’t done that this season. Course, I didn’t get to watch many of the non-conf season so there is that, BUT, now, I find myself watching the games for fun. Even when they are lapsing to the interior too much and leave a man on the wing smoking a blunt and feeling up our cheerleaders as he drains a three, I just breathe deeply and tell myself that they are young AND WE HAVE A 15 POINT LEAD. So yeah, I am enjoying the season and I am glad that it looks like they are too. Cuz got his TEETH ON THE GROUND! TEETH ON THE GROUND!!! Then quietly? went out and scored a double double. (That baseline spin was SICK! Finish WITH a DUNK! Dude is mad!) They are encouraging one another, even when the game is tight, everybody is TALKING. They don’t look away from each other. VERY REFRESHING TO SEE!!! That is the sign of a champion. Maybe an undefeated one as well.

GO BIG BLUE!!

but I care not for his system. If folks like to use it, then fine….they are more than entitled…..I simply know that there is no rankings system in the world, and never has been that can predict what a team is going to do with certainty. Polls are simply that, polls. I am not only not concerned with his system, I will be more than happy to see it fail this year. Of course the system he has cannot fail in the end of the year because it catches up with itself after the last game is played.

Say what you will about his system, but that was a very well written article and very insightful.

I had never considered the comparison to the ’06 Zags before, but it has a ring of truth.

I have a much deeper respect for Ken Pomeroy after reading it.

Again thanks.

I will freely admit it. :-)

RAMBLE ON my brother! Dad ain’t gotta fix squat, he can relax and watch his teams play without distractions. He also gets to have FUN while watching. :) ha ha ha ha!!! prolly got the best seat in the house for EVERY GAME!!!

its one of the best parts about being a Cat fan…..getting to pass it on…..