Big Blue Linkapalooza: Still Waiting For DeAndre Daniels Edition

by Glenn Logan on May 19, 2011 5:43 PM EDT in Kentucky Wildcats News

The Kentucky Wildcats, Kansas Jayhawks, and Texas Longhorns all still await the decision by DeAndre Daniels with respect to exactly who's scholarship agreement he is going to sign. The time for signing LOI's is past, so even when he does finally name a school, that decision will be about as binding as a verbal commitment.

Here are a few random tweets about Daniels today:

@jaxjhawk Richard Rosberg

Deandre Daniels can you imaging him the first day trying to pick his classes? Hoch Auditorium goes black and he's standing alone in the dark

@mattherr07 matt herrera

This just in: ESPN will have a live TV special called "The Decision" where DeAndre Daniels will announce college choice @getnickwright #ku

@timburg Tim Burgess

New theory: DeAndre Daniels is waiting to see if the rapture really is May 21, so he can figure out if he needs to pick a college at all.

Now, for the news:

Lettermen In The News: UK’s Lorenzen Shines In Arena League – LostLettermen.com
Jared Lorenzen is a River Monster. Literally.
Sporting News' Top 10 recruiting classes - NCAA Basketball - Sporting News
Trevor Lacey was enough to move Alabama into TSN's top ten.
Butler standout passes on Kentucky, chooses Tide :: The Times Daily | Florence, AL
Lacey can be a star at Alabama. Not likely here.

Alabama celebrates Lacey’s decision to stay home :: John Clay’s Sidelines
Rivals.com College Football - Pac-12 raises bar on league TV deals
SEC now third behind the Big 12 and Big Ten.
Analysis: Kentucky's Recruitment of Tony Woods
Florida Or Georgia Could Have The Worst Offensive Line In 2011 :: Saturday Down South
UK could have one of the best. Interesting turn of events.
The 16 degrees of John Pelphrey to Rodney Purvis - Luke Winn - SI.com
Convoluted. This almost reminds me of Biblical "begats."
SEC Basketball Going to be Tough Next Year
Yes, it really is.
Guest post: Lacey admits he once favored Kentucky before going with Alabama :: Vaught's Views
Introducing the Big East/SEC Challenge - College Basketball Nation Blog - ESPN
Liggins: Fatherhood changed my ‘whole mindset’ — Jerry Tipton on UK basketball
Great to hear. I think this young man is going to succeed, and from where he comes from, that is as rare as hen's teeth.
Daily Word: Kentucky's John Calipari explains his Dominican Republic decision -- college basketball - ESPN
Everyone loses in Wake Forest sex assault case :: Beyond the Arc
Ugly.

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Additional Compensation For Athletes

I’ve been proposing and championing this for years and I believe it is inevitable. Finally the powers that be are coming around.

"If a nation expects to be ignorant -- and free -- in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." - Thomas Jefferson

by Wild Weasel on May 19, 2011 11:52 PM EDT reply actions

Full cost of attendance I would support.

Pay for play, no way.

A Sea of Blue -- Kentucky Sports for the Discerning Fan

by Glenn Logan on May 20, 2011 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions

Sorry Weasley...

The NCAA business model just doesn’t work for the bottom half to two-thirds of the membership if you increase the real monetary transfer to athletes. To get what is contemplated you’d have to warp the NCAA beyond recognition, e.g., all the BCS conferences leave and set up their own separate association, to make it feasible. It’s hard to see the NCAA commit what would appear to be organizational suicide to support that kind of thing.

by TeamWeaver on May 20, 2011 2:02 AM EDT reply actions

I know it's a coldhearted thing to say,

but I’ve been thinking lately that the top schools……………..say the top 50………..should opt out of the NCAA. They would install a commissioner like MLB or NFL or NBA to settle disputes. I know some people will say that it’s the ‘rich get richer’ syndrome.

God Bless Our Troops............Especially Our Snipers!

by bigbill992001 on May 20, 2011 5:16 AM EDT reply actions

Been saying it for years.

It wouldn’t take 50 to do it. Just the real threat would make some needed changes happen.

by Pap Cat on May 20, 2011 6:35 AM EDT up reply actions

Blowin' In The Wind

Bob Dylan had it right then and it’s still true:

“You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows”

Organized social (athletes and others) action will spur the changes.

"If a nation expects to be ignorant -- and free -- in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." - Thomas Jefferson

by Wild Weasel on May 20, 2011 12:53 PM EDT reply actions

Kanter: Not A Wasted Year

Enes Kanter tells Rivals how a school year at UK benefited him, and is further testimony that Calipari is a “players’ coach”.

"If a nation expects to be ignorant -- and free -- in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." - Thomas Jefferson

by Wild Weasel on May 20, 2011 5:47 PM EDT reply actions

Every Day Is Father's Day For Liggins

DeAndre tells Brett Dawson at Rivals that his 3-month old son was a major impetus for entering the NBA draft but the incoming freshmen had an impact as well.

"If a nation expects to be ignorant -- and free -- in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." - Thomas Jefferson

by Wild Weasel on May 20, 2011 5:52 PM EDT reply actions