The Big Blue Daily Mail -- Dog Days Edition
by Glenn Logan on Aug 24, 2010 8:09 AM EDT
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PrintAs we grind ever longer through the dog days of summer and towards the first games of college football, todays BBDM is a mixed bag -- lots of football, lots of basketball, some polling and even a proposal to eliminate the NCAA -- well, kind of.
Now, for the news:
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Top College Football Programs Should Unite and Leave the NCAA -- NCAAFB FanHouse
With each new speculated conference expansion plan emerging from sea to shining sea, it's never been more obvious what should be the next move for college football's elite football programs.
Leave the NCAA.
Just ditch it. They don't need college sports' governing body anymore. They've outgrown the NCAA's archaic system and rules.Who needs the NCAA? I have seen this question asked on A Sea of Blue more than once. Here's your sign.
- Five breakout candidates in college basketball for next season - Luke Winn - SI.com
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Cobb embraces role as 'face' of Kentucky football - NCAA - SI.com
He views himself as a receiver now. He thinks he can be a good one. Receivers coach Tee Martin has helped Cobb learn the nuances of route-running. There's more to it, it turns out, than counting your strides and turning for the ball.
This is why he is good, and may well be great.
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Gopher Basketball gets a jumpstart on the season - The Daily Gopher
Tubby and the boys will be heading to Canada soon for a pre-pre-season set of games and because of this trip they get to start practicing early. This is really a blessing for the 2010-11 Gophers who have a lot of young guys on the roster.
So the Gophers are headed north as well this year. It will be interesting to see how they do.
- ESPN’s SEC Preview | Saturday Down South
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Froman named Louisville starting QB - UofL Football - Kentucky.com
Just in case you were curious about who Mike Hartline's opposite number would be.
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The mystery is over. The fussing is not. We know who will start Sept.4 in Papa John's Cardinal Stadium, but this will not be the last time that Louisville's Charlie Strong and UK's Joker Phillips tackle this topic.
Unquestionably true. Unless Hartline and Froman turn out to be world-beaters, the second-guessing has only just begun.
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Right now I see the Cats as a top 20 team. Judging off their summer trip to Canada, I am not comfortable proclaiming them a top 5 team, but there is no way I can say they will be average.
I think the Wildcats will start in the middle of the top 20, and hopefully be in the top ten by Christmas.
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Tony Wroten Not Pleased With John Calipari
This guy is Willie Warren all over again.
- Tony Wroten is on Top of the Country Again - SeattleBallers
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This is why kids want to play for Calipari
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Best Case/Worst Case: SEC - College Basketball Nation Blog - ESPN
Best case: It's always difficult to predict how a young, unproven batch of talented recruits is going to play, but Kentucky fans got a glimpse of this team's potential in its torrid run through three Canadian exhibition games in August. Brandon Knight looked particularly impressive. If all goes well, Knight will be the latest in John Calipari's remarkable streak of star point guards, and Kentucky will find itself at the top of the SEC for the second straight season.
Read the whole thing. I think that this version of the Wildcats will be much better than anyone expects.
- THE CURIOUS INDEX, 8/23/10 - Every Day Should Be Saturday
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UK will ride Coattails of the Offense - Kentucky Sports Network
I wonder sometimes if this prolonging of the quarterback dilemma isn't setting an atmosphere across the Commonwealth for Phillips to have to deal with a controversy that he just doesn't need to have to deal with in his first year. It's too late now because the drama has been built to the point that whoever takes the first snap September 4th, they better perform efficiently or they might put themselves and their coach behind the eight ball to the point neither can recover for the remainder of the season.
I think there is a lot of truth in this. Phillips probably should have named Hartline earlier and saved the drama.
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Hoops recruiters extraordinaire - College Basketball - Rivals.com
Orlando Antigua has truly done a fine job recruiting.
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Kentucky Sports Radio " Blog Archive " Joker’s Choice
However much of the criticism of Hartline has been unfair. I have made the case on here often that I believe UK football fans have unreasonable expectations and Hartline has been the greatest victim of that philosophy.
Well? Read the rest first, but do you agree with Matt here?
- Super Scout Says Kentucky, North Carolina & Texas Will Rule 2011 | Dime Magazine (dimemag.com) : Daily NBA News, NBA Trades, NBA Rumors, Basketball Videos, Sneakers
- Composite Week One BlogPoll Is Out - Mountain West Connection
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Couch back in SEC — as TV analyst | KentuckySports.com
This fall, Couch will begin a weekly gig as an analyst on Fox Sports South's SEC Gridiron Live. It is an hourly show that airs live at 10 on Wednesday nights. It is devoted to hitting the hot topics of Southeastern Conference football.
Good for Tim Couch. Glad to see him back around in the broadcast booth.
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amnews.com - The Advocate-Messenger in Danville, KY
"I can’t remember a player who gets his hands on more balls defensively than Davis. At the Peach Jam, his team, Mean Streets, was behind and needed to press to catch up. Davis was placed on the ball at the front of the press and was deflecting everything. It was an astonishing show."
Mike DeCourcy on Anthony Davis. Read the whole thing.
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Quite frankly, I don't think the criticism of Hartline has been too far out of line
Hartline is the 3rd most talented QB on the roster.
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, is just a freight train coming your way...
@btcoop71
Mostly agreed
I think Newton should be starting over Hartline. Newton did an admirable job last year after Hartline got hurt, and he did it without throwing his teammates under the bus.
With Hartline playing, I’m constantly nervous and skeptical that the offense will work. With Newton in, I feel like there’s a better chance for something good to happen.
Plus, Hartline’s a senior, he’s gone after this year. It’s Joker’s first year, and if the Cats end up going 5-7 or 6-6, we can sort of chalk it up to the change (though it’s true, he’s been around for a long while now). Why not give Newton the reigns and learn together this year so that when next year rolls around, he’s had a year under his belt?
by wildcatfaninexile on Aug 24, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Good Points
SaturdayDownSouth.com - SEC Football Blog
by SaturdayDownSouth on Aug 24, 2010 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Someone thinks the NCAA is outdated and archaic?
Tell me somethin I dont know……..
I AM THE CAT......The Cat In The Hat!!!
and remove me from the Tony Wroten Official Fan club.....that kid seems to have
some rather interesting ideas about how to win friends and influence people
I AM THE CAT......The Cat In The Hat!!!
I clicked through to both articles and the "criticism" of Calipari
Is the characterization of the anonymous author of the “Baller” article. All Wroten did was note that Coach Cal did not attend all his games. I don’t think we should turn sour on Tony just yet. This looks like another “journalistic” attempt to sway a kid away from Calipari, like the Chicago Sun Times’ articles……
JMHO
I would like to think that is what it is, but this is not the first negative thing that has been put
out there. Of course it could ALL be crap for all I know.
I AM THE CAT......The Cat In The Hat!!!
It is easy to figure out what the NCAA gets out of its
relationship with the money-making football and basketball programs.
But what do those programs get out of the relationship? Hypocrisy, archaic rules, and public grandstanding about some idealized version of “student athletes”?
The whole relationship is about as one-sided as when Julia Roberts was married to Lyle Lovett.
Wroten: Meh.
Cobb: The man. We couldn’t ask for a better ‘face of Kentucky football’. We need to recognize our advantages and live or die with the ball in the hands of our best playmakers, not trying to outsmart opposing coaching staffs with play calling.
Playing for Coach Cal: What an awesome picture. No words necessary, indeed. How about a really big group photo about 5 years from now gathering all of the guys from his first season on. What will that look like?! (They will need a serious wide angle lens.)
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-- Tim . http://HomeSalesLexington.com/barn
Really great pic-
Of last year’s first rounders…
"You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't"
Everyone is going to think I am nuts (as if they did not already)
but I think it was the time to hand the reins to Mossakowski.
Think I am crazy? Possibly. But think about this.
Newton has yet to be able to win the job over Hartline, which means he either has some issues that prevent that from happening, or he is basically equal to Hartline. Which means we get about the same from either of them.
Mossakowski has not yet had the chance to run this thing. Let him try. He might lose a game or two. But we might also find ourselves a QB who will go out and roll the dice and win us a few games we have not been able to win as of yet. Cobb is making all of the really big plays anyway with his feet in the Wildcat. And when they try and stop him he throws a few. Let the kid get in there and learn, and we might be ready next year to take another really big step.
I AM THE CAT......The Cat In The Hat!!!
I am wondering
which of the three, Coach Cobb might choose to take the snap. Joker said about Randall,“This is his football team. He’s the heartbeat of the team”. That is something we may never know.
I am needing some football, that I do know. :-)
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
Next year
Remember, he redshirted last year and has all 4 years of eligibility
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, is just a freight train coming your way...
@btcoop71
A QB for 4 years......if he could make the grade would be a big momentum push for the Cats in
maintaining that stability they need
I AM THE CAT......The Cat In The Hat!!!
That would be great
I just don’t see him winning over Hartline & Newton
SaturdayDownSouth.com - SEC Football Blog
by SaturdayDownSouth on Aug 24, 2010 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't think you're crazy...
I’d like to see this too, but for a reason no one else has mentioned to this point… Nice to hear that the kid has a cannon for an arm, great in the huddle, etc, etc, but if you’ll remember, UGA had the same problem several years back and decided to pull the trigger on a young kid named Stafford. Seems to me they had a few good years with him under center and if memory serves, that kid is playing on Sunday! ;-) I know, I know, it’s the Lions, but he’s on TV and if that won’t add to the recruiting pot, then nothing will…
If your wings don't sweep....
From friends who saw him play in high school
they are wondering when Kentucky will “wise up” and get Mossy in there. I agree Newton has had plenty of chances to pass Hartline so he might not be the answer as our pure QB. Let Joker go one step further and not only put Mossy at QB but let Newton run the Wildcat instead of Cobb. He already reminds me of a large version of Cobb and the Wildcat lets him ad-lib a little to take advantage of his athleticism.
Last year, Newton didn’t seem comfortable either under center or as a pocket passer and made some really bad passes and decisions when running structured plays. Granted, he was a freshman thrown into the meat of an SEC schedule but he still did not progress through his 5 games as a starter.
A little Newton Wildcat might be exciting or Mossy at QB and Cobb, Matthews and Newton set up to one side, put Newton in motion and let the action begin.
The most popular player on any football team...
Is always the back-up QB.
I will never forget sitting in a bar at the Opryland Hotel over Labor Day weekend in 2006 watching UK and UofL play. A few vagrant fans of both teams had settled in to watch and a UofL fan said before the game “Ya’ll got the wrong quarterback in there.”. The quarterback he (and many others) wanted to replace went on to set national, SE C, and school records… The back-up everyone loved went on to get booted off the team for drug reasons a couple years later.
I’ll take Hartline. YMMV
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
by chirop1 on Aug 26, 2010 7:54 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Well said.
Go Hartline!
SaturdayDownSouth.com - SEC Football Blog
by SaturdayDownSouth on Aug 26, 2010 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
NCFL: Count Me In
If not the name, definitely the idea. The question that immediately comes to mind: Would UK make the cut? If not it would provide the opportunity to give Paris’ idea of an increased FB budget a shot.
"People unfit for freedom -- who cannot do much with it -- are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a 'have' type of self. It says: leave me alone and I shall grow, learn, and realize my capacities. The desire for power is basically an attribute of a 'have not' type of self." — Eric Hoffer
well, the way I see it
the coaching staff put who they thought would be the best QB to start the season with on the field. Now, I’ve never been much of a Joker fan, ( I questioned his play callin, like I know more than he does..lol ) but he has assembled what seems to be a excellent staff, and I bet there were a lot of conversations before the QB decision was made, so, I have to trust their judgement, at least for now..lol.
I do believe we will have a better season this year than last, and I’m really looking forward to it.
give em Hell Cats
Gophers
They play the #1 ranked college team in Canada – Univ of British Columbia – among 3 opponents.
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