ESPN Gameday Open Thread

-Is there a UK mascot job application form online?
-I’m scared of the game tonight, with all the hoopla going on today. Reminiscent of the stuff surrounding the SC game. Not making predictions, but I’m scared.

If we have ever had the outline of the state on our jerseys before?

pointed out that most of the people there this morning don`t have tickets to the game,so basically another 23-24 thousand will show up tonight. : )

… should never do the John Wall dance again. :-)

Cats will be ready tonite, it will be close for awhile, but we will win going away…….GO BIG BLUE

Does Jay have a brother..??? lol

It sounded like Cal told jay, “I have a great seat for your brother”..?
or maybe, “I have a great seat for you brother”..??

Anyone know..?

22,144 of the greatest fans :-)

It’s inevitable. He wants to coach John Wall next year :-)

Gotta give y’all credit. That scene for GameDay was incredible. Props for that.

Set my heart a-flutter. What a (semi) letdown to click through to the actual article.

Throughout history men have spent most of their lives preparing for what they say is a defining moment. They gird their loins for battle, meticulously paying attention to every little detail in the study of their opponent. They research every weakness, every strength, their tendencies and habits, their level of preparation and intensity, all in an effort to see the future, to know when their opponent will go left or right, up or down, drive the lane or pull up for the jumper, or telegraph the pass that can be intercepted and sent up court for an easy two. Our Wildcats are at this point. They are strong, determined, athletic and gifted. They make impossible passes, unbelievable shots, and show unfathomable insight to a game which can boggle the mind of even the most gifted of athletes. But this is not why they will triumph, this is not why they will not be denied the prize that has eluded the University of Kentucky lo these many years.

They will triumph because they are men among boys. Garbed in the Kentucky Blue and White. They are honed to a razor’s sharp edge by the man that has made this team his destiny. This is not a job, or even a profession, it is a dream. A position awaits at the top of Mt. Olympus beside the Titans and Gods of old. Placed there by the hands of those as mighty as Zeus himself. He has thunder and a lightning bolt at his side. He has been denied his place among the mightiest of the mighty for far too long. He is battle scarred and wise, knowing that victory is all too fleeting, and that the bitter taste of defeat is far too acrimonius a drink for his palate. He will drive, push, cajole, drag, scratch and claw his troops to get them to follow his commands. He will smile and stare at the enemy as he looks for any crack in their armour, any advantage he can gain, whether it be of the mind or the body. He will not be found wanting again when the greatest are summoned to meet and regale their stories of victory and triumph over the less worthy.

This is not a time to shrink away from the glory that awaits us. We must be ever vigilant in our endeavours to give our troops all the support they need to lay low the pretenders to the throne, however many there may be. We will be firm in our resolve, arrogant in our manner, and omnipotent in our presence as we retake the mantle which fate came in and stole from us like a thief in the night. This is the charge of the Wildcats, to be more in sum than they are in part, to be the standard by which future defenders of the crown are measured by. And in doing so make the world right again. To give pause to those who would seek to do harm to us or somehow lessen the glory of the heights to which we must resume. This is not a game to these young warriors, this is a milestone by which they will be measured throughout time. This is their moment, their epic battle, their once in a lifetime chance to become immortal in the eyes of the world. And they will not falter, they will not stumble in the field of conflict because this is their time. Glory has come to them and their Commander. And we must will them to victory. Damn the torpedoes and may the heavens fall if necessary to fulfill the destiny that is placed before them. We Are Kentucky, We Are Legend.