John Calipari Talks Dribble-Drive and Tennessee Football Player Bryce Brown is Texting
by Ken Howlett on Jul 28, 2010 9:31 AM EDT
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Diamond Leung, an ESPN.com college basketball blogger, has an entry regarding John Calipari's use of the dribble-drive motion offense in the 2010-2011 season -- Don't know about "putting five out" (meaning five players on the perimeter), but the upcoming UK basketball season should provide fans with another lesson is what John Calipari is all about, offensively.
Evan Daniels of Scout.com has a 2:29 second interview with UK-target Tony Wroten Jr. -- This young man is confident in his abilities, that's for sure .. but I like that.
Kentucky sports reporter extraordinaire Larry Vaught has an interview with college football analyst Max Howell. They talk Joker Phillips, and the outlook for Kentucky football going into the 2010 season -- Howell is very complimentary of Phillips and optimistic about UK's chances of sustaining long-term football success.
Will at Rocky Top Talk writes about Tennessee Vol running back Bryce Brown texting coach Derek Dooley that he's transferring -- Kind of hard core if you ask me. The #1 running back in the class of '08 leaves UT with only David Oku (94 yards rushing in '09); Tauren Poole (86 yards rushing); and freshman Toney Williams, the #4 rated fullback in the class of '09, as the primary candidates for the starting running back slot in 2010. With the transfer of presumed starting quarterback Nick Stephens, the Vols offense may struggle early and often.
Southern California may be forced to give up its 2004 football national championship, writes CBSSports.com's Dennis Dodd -- Seems about right to me. The AP has already stated they will NOT re-vote; the Football Writers Association of America will take up the issue next week. Really too bad for Auburn, who was 13-0 with Cadillac Williams and Ronnie Brown at running back, as well as Jason Campbell at quarterback, and finished #2 in the voting. But vacating the title is the right thing to do ... I just don't see how a re-vote could have any credibility at all.
Can't get enough Tim Tebow? Well, he's now a 'Jockey' man -- I know, it might be unusual for a UK fan to root for Tebow, but I do.
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Tim, Tim, Tim.
Jockey, huh? Well, that’s cool, I guess. I don’t buy that particular product for my husband, but I imagine that it’s pretty popular? And yes, Ken, you are probably one of the few UK fans that root for Tim Tebow, although maybe you mean just now that he’s gone pro?
I don’t know if I can see myself totally rooting for him, but I certainly won’t be totally rooting against him at this stage. And besides, if I’m totally honest with myself, I think my dislike of him probably had more to do with the fact that the media were cramming him, his religion and his perfection on me than him personally. I felt as though his persona and his image were being shoved down my throat. I don’t like being told ad nausium about something in life and I don’t like in sports, either. There are a lot more golden boys (and I guess, villains, too, for that matter) in the NFL than in college at present, so hopefully the NFL media will give it a rest on all the incessant Tim Tebow love and give us fans a chance to not hate on him so much. ; )
Your second paragraph is the main reason I root for the guy
There was total Tebow saturation by the media, but that’s not the kids fault … at least that’s how I looked at it. Plus, he’s just a freakish athlete.
Don’t know if he’ll make a good pro, but I hope he has a long career.
Wow.
With all the lousy guys out there to root against, I don’t know how anyone can find room to root against Tebow. Don’t get it.
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
by HozeKing on Jul 28, 2010 7:34 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Uh,
I said that I wouldn’t be rooting against Tebow now that he is in the NFL. Didn’t I?
Got a bee in your bonnet this fine evening, my dear? : )
Okay, a lady that changes her mind.
I’ve certainly seen that before, but rarely see her changing for the better. I’m all for enlightenment, especially for the fairer sex.
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
by HozeKing on Jul 28, 2010 9:58 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I don't think people root against Tebow per se
People just can’t stand the media fawning all over him.
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, is just a freight train coming your way...
Tim...
You know BigSkyCat, if Tim’s religion get’s to you and bothers you, then there is something about it that’s whispering to your soul. It’s not Tim’s “religion” that gives him strength but his relationship with Jesus.
Professed religion has always been the biggest enemy God ever had. If you think Tim Tebow is a freak, meet another one. I’ll guarantee you his faith is not why the media fawned all over him. They did it to get in on the "big bucks, as usual. With respect, alwaysblue.
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Hmm.
I know I run the risk of going against the no-religion-on-the-blog rule here, but I am really quite offended by the tone of your post, so I feel compelled to reply.
Before you start throwing religion and how I should examine my own life out there, you should know that I was raised in an incredibly religious family and that I am actually a product of private religious schooling (at least grades K-12). I’m not going to go into it any more than that as, well, quite frankly what religion and the specifics are none of your business and also because in-depth religion-talk is forbidden on the blog, but only bring this up since you seemed to suggest some sort of religious prejudice on my part, which I can assure you does not exist.
My issue is not Tebow’s religion, but rather when one, or in Tebow’s case, the media, pushes or over-publicizes a specific religion on others. I have never mentioned my religion here before and I don’t intend to do it ever again. You can believe without being pushy or arrogant about it.
Tebow will be much more palatable as a pro than he was as a college QB........
of course we are assuming he survives as a Pro QB……and that aint been proven yet!!!
If we put 5 guys out on the perimeter this year, I wont know what to watch for…..lol…..or whom. It is nice to know we will have 5 scorers on the court again though.
I AM THE CAT......The Cat In The Hat!!!
Did I miss something during all the travel?
Did UK just recently sign a bunch of shooters???? Oh, wait….there is Jon Hood. That’s right.
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
by HozeKing on Jul 28, 2010 7:39 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
every guy that was recruited is a shooter, and you know it there Hoze.....no smoke there, just fire!
I AM THE CAT......The Cat In The Hat!!!
Well, Gilcrest is a good player, but he isn't known as a shooter.
Neither is Knight. The team does have Liggins and Miller, though {sarcasm alert}.
Seriously, though, just because the coach accuately states they will be smaller (much, much, much smaller), doesn’t automatically mean they will be shooters. Let’s just call it wishful thinking.
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
by HozeKing on Jul 28, 2010 10:05 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
maybe you are right, besides, if they are all shooting layups they dont have to be great shooters.....
I AM THE CAT......The Cat In The Hat!!!
Hozy
As usual you don’t have the slightest idea what you’re jawing about.
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Gilchrist ...
… is a year away.
The shooters we have now are Brandon Knight, Stacey Poole, Doron Lamb and Terrence Jones.
Knight is known as a good shooter, as is Poole, Lamb, and Jones.
A Sea of Blue -- Kentucky Sports for the Discerning Fan
If this hasn't been posted as of yet
Bleacher Report gave best in show to Joker Phillips for his presser during SEC Media Days.
(I did a search and apologize if it has been).
Also…..Next Saturday evening, Aug 7th, is Football Fan Day at Commonwealth. If you can turn out to support Operation Win, mark the date. Times and such should be posted next week.
Then there is this……Can we just call him Joker? Isn’t the one in the Sunshine State referred to as Urban? (I really don’t know the answer). ;-)
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
Bleacher Report is the armpit of the internet
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, is just a freight train coming your way...
hahaha coop
I was only sharing a good review for Joker. Does that mean you think they are wrong in their rankings? ;-)
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
Indeed.
I have a policy of not linking them (my personal policy, anyone else is free to do so at any time). If a person who wants to be taken seriously writes there, they are hurting their prospects in my opinion.
A Sea of Blue -- Kentucky Sports for the Discerning Fan
On "Joker"
Yeah……I keep typing Phillips but my mind always pops up with Joker and I have to recall his last name. Don’t know when I’ll mentally call him Phillips or Coach Phillips; “Joker” is stuck in my mind and I may have to just revert to that in my posts, this Phillips referral just isn’t working. ;-)
I know......
….Joker just has a more natural flow to it. And it is unique. I really don’t find it disrespectful either. And we call Cal, Cal. Sometimes Coach Cal. I vote for Joker! :-)
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
When I write I refer to Joker as Phillips or coach Phillips
but in converstation I refer to him as Joker. I’ve known him as Joker for almost thirty years, so it’s hard to call him anything else.
Sad news-
That Lorenzen Wright, well traveled NBA player from Memphis has been found dead in Memphis. he was 34. Very sad news…
"You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't"
Is this the same "alwaysblue"
that criticizes those seeming to lack Christian principles? Not the response I would expect from one walking in the shoes of Jesus.
Yep..
And I responded to you and BigSkyCat. But it would seem that only certain people on this site have the right to freedom of speech. My responses were obviously removed without being posted.
That’s ok though because I am not a citizen of the Federal Govt. My loyalties lie with the Confederate States of America of which I am a citizen. Hoorah for Dixie.
I am Dracula. I bid you welcome.
look, blue as much as I respect and for the most part agree wholeheartedly with your opinions as well as your beliefs,
you are barking up the wrong tree here. These people you are hammering with this are as entitled to their opinion as you are. Belief is not something that you can club someone over the head with. I do appreciate the “spreading of the word” wherever possible, but trying to make someone look bad and proclaiming “Hoorah for Dixie” doesnt get you anywhere on here. The right to say “I told you so” belongs to God. And proclaiming your allegiance to the Confederate States of America makes you look like a rebel flag waiving neanderthal. And that is just as offensive to the Almighty as it is to most others.
I AM THE CAT......The Cat In The Hat!!!
Look Cat,
I can agree with you on a large per cent of this post. But #1 I’m not trying to get anywhere on here. #2 Proclaiming “Hoorah for Dixie” is not being a “rebel” as you say I look like. #3 Who told you that God gave His blessings to the northern criminals who destroyed a sovreign nation?
Need to study the real history of the “War For Southern Independence” Cat. I’m a citizen of the CSA because the majority of Kentuckians and their Governer wanted to
secede from Lincoln’s illegal Federal Government. However the elected scalawags
in Frankfort were too cowardly to do the will of the people of Kentucky.
Find a copy of the Kennedy brothers book (not JFK) entitled “The South Was Right.”
Want to read about how Southern children were brainwashed starting in 1865? Try it
if you dare.
I am Dracula. I bid you welcome.
again, this falls under politics and religion so I am loathe to say anything but this,
I have studied “history” all of my life, both in literary form, and visual. And I have already familiarized myself with the Kennedy book, or as much of it as I could stand. And yes, some historians have a tendency to produce revisionist history when they write and make films, but there is no setting in which I believe that the USA would have fared better under southern control. And as I too have been known to refer to the “War of Northern Agression”, I have to say that although a lot of what has happened since that war offends my southern charm and nature, it was, as people say, “a long time ago”. Carrying on a burning desire to see history rewrite itself does not and never will help. You work with what you have, so to speak.
Let the Almighty have his way as He sees fit. And if you don’t like the political climate of the day, stick around, it changes like the weather.
And for as much as Tim Tebow makes for some interesting press, his faith has very little to do with it. Or at least not near as much as that questionable throwing motion of his. After he wins his first MVP/Super Bowl/ All-Pro awards, you can say I told you so.
I AM THE CAT......The Cat In The Hat!!!
ALLBLUECAT
About what I expected. As far as the political climate, you’re right on the button.
“When The Bell Tolls” next you won’t know how to spell freedom, much less have any. America is right where Melvin Munn said we would be 50 years ago.
Don’t guess you would know anything about him though.
The South never wanted anything except to be LEFT ALONE. Verstehn Sie? But super dictator Abby baby wanted to destroy our Constitution and he succeeded. One last thing. I’m no amatuer or rookie when it comes to the enemies of what was a free nation. Oh well I grow weary of this discourse.
Save your Dixie cups. The South shall rise again. Mabye sooner than you think. Yeeeeeehah! On “The Bonnie Blue Flag.”
I am Dracula. I bid you welcome.
The country
you envision would be one of several independent states pulling in 50 different directions. A large segment of the population would be in a constant state of immigration in order to escape discrimination and intolerance or join in on it. The United States would have fallen long ago under such an arrangement. I am a strong proponent of states rights to the point where they infringe on the basic constitutional rights developed by our founding fathers. We cannot survive as a nation without this federal safety net. Just as soon as the population of KY would become a majority of Muslims for example, then Christians would be banned or enslaved without these protections. You quote the bible often, show me a quote where Jesus would support states of intolerance and bigotry.
I woke up feeling BLUE this morning. It's gonna be a great day.
First,
You are parroting what has been stuffed down your throat by the northern liberal biased educational system.
Second, What states rights and what constitution? They are “Gone With The Wind.” Arizona right now is being pushed by Washington. And what are all the dictators on the new plantation, established in 1865 doing? Threatening to do what Adolph Lincoln did in 1861.
Third, Your lack of knowledge on the Bible is apalling. Jesus was not a
politician, Luke 20: 21-25. He “is” the divine Son of God and Saviour to those who believe. With one word from His mouth, the Roman Empire would have vanished. He had at His disposal an inumerable host of Angels. One would have been enough. He did not come to alter governments. He came to die.
Now, what has this to do with the Big Blue? Only that I love the game and my Wildcats and thank God for the game of basketball.
PS I’m not a prude. I know that I must exist within the governmaent that
is, no matter what it is. That’s how I have lived to be 69 years old.
I am Dracula. I bid you welcome.
I have a cousin
just like you. I have listened to his inane rantings until I have had my fill. You are way out there dude. Did I say Jesus was a politician? I said he would not support your right wing propaganda. And God had nothing to do with basketball. It was created by the free will of man.
I woke up feeling BLUE this morning. It's gonna be a great day.
Lorenzen Wright
was murdered in a drug deal that went bad. The case has all of the usual earmarks and modus operandi.
I am Dracula. I bid you welcome.
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