UK Football Is A Sport Too, Lexington

by a2d2 on May 27, 2011 4:41 PM EDT

As easy going as I try to be, sometimes things happen that really make me shake my head. This morning I ran across a Joker Phillips fan page on facebook. According to the UKAA site, it is the official fan page for Coach. It was new to me and apparently others don't know about it either. Anyway, the main point is that Joker, along with Mitch Barnhart, both of their wives, Danny Trevathan, Stuart Hines, et al returned last Saturday (I believe) from a trip to Ethiopia to some good deeds working with children. There have been tweets about the trip and the facebook page has photos and videos showing them handing out new shoes to the kids, delivering food to the needy, and working in a little friendly tosses and kicks. So why has this not been covered by the media? Bueller?...Anyone?

I have googled and searched every search box I could find, with every possible combination of word matches I could think of. The only thing I can find is a couple of questions about why there has not been any local sports coverage of the trip.

I have also contacted the local news folks, but haven't heard from them with why or why not there hasn't been a story. If the traveling group did this for personal satisfaction, that is great on them. But I am a UK football fan and I think this should be covered for more people to see what a great gesture it was by the "other sport". They have been back almost a week, but this still needs to be shared. They brought a lot of smiles to a lot of faces while doing some good things from looking at the images.

You need to have a facebook account to view the page, and I know a lot of people don't, but if you want to see the photos and videos you can find it HERE on facebook. Like the page while you are there.

facebook is free (and always will be) and you don't have to post anything about yourself. You can set it that no one sees your profile (name only if you want) but you. You should think about signing up. Then, when there are other things from facebook posted here you can see them too.

Come on Lexington, show the smiling kids with their beautiful new shoes. If they still think it is a non-story, at least ASoB can share in the kindness.

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I just got this message

this is Alan. We have attempted to talk to the football crew that went to Ethiopia, UK was trying to arrange a press conference this week and it fell through. I hope we will be able to do it next week.

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by a2d2 on May 27, 2011 10:24 AM EDT reply actions

UK is trying to work around schedules to get everyone involved at the press conference.

Maybe next week.

Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!

by a2d2 on May 27, 2011 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions

a2

You know how hard it is to “sell” football to the average Cat fan. I am in the majority and I don’t think it will ever change. I don’t know anything about football. I don’t watch the NFL and it is not much fun to watch. I really appreciate you fandom,we need more. But when “the Bear” left Lexington it was for this very same reason. Go Cats!

by oldcat73 on May 27, 2011 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm not trying to sell football on anyone

This is a great feel good story that needs to be covered if it were members of the scrapbook team, their coach and the Athletic Director. I think it will come, maybe next week with more details. I couldn’t believe none of the local news people hadn’t even mentioned it. I watch them all, and hadn’t heard none of them mention it.

I have now been told they have almost begged for the story several times, even while they were on the trip. UK calls the shots. If they want everyone there, they want everyone there. We just have to wait to find out more. :-)

Thanks oldcat70.

Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!

by a2d2 on May 27, 2011 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions

I actually like the NFL but have never been worked up about the college game

Many reasons for that and a main one is there is no legitimate national champion the way its all played out. I’ll wait as I do each year for Midnight Madness.

A man is nothing more than a summation of his scars!

by KansasUKCat on May 28, 2011 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions

Thanks, a2

I read about it yesterday on a website I had never heard of. It must have been old news because it said they were still over there. I have a bad habit of clicking on ‘related stories’ and winding up 15 pages away reading about an entirely different subject. You have talked me into opening a Facebook account. If the Cats are there, I want to be
there also.

"SPORTS"--Not interested----"CATS"--Pull up a chair,I've got all night.

by kydamcat on May 27, 2011 1:54 PM EDT reply actions

Welcome to the dark side. '-)

I find I use it a lot for local news stories and weather too.

Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!

by a2d2 on May 27, 2011 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Thanks for letting us know about this a2

I can’t help but think that if this involved the basketball team there would have been

a) Several stories before the trip happened
b) A few updates during the trip that were more than just some tweets
c) A press conference afterward that would have come off as scheduled

Oh well, better some press for something like this than none at all.

3 > 2, except for very large values of 2.

by JLeverenz on May 27, 2011 8:38 PM EDT reply actions

First I thought, some press is better than none as well.

Then I thought about your same A, B, and C’s and then I wanted to know why and tried to find out.

Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!

by a2d2 on May 27, 2011 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions

I give props to you on that

Faced with the same situation my inherent laziness would have dissuaded me from pursuing it further ;-)

3 > 2, except for very large values of 2.

by JLeverenz on May 28, 2011 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Athletic Department Fumble

It appears to me that DeWayne Peevey and/or Tony Neeley dropped the PR ball. Even ukathletics.com and Cat Scratches have only one small paragraph. No doubt had it been Calipari and, say, Darius Miller and Jon Hood involved it would have received more coverage, and Joker Phillips is not completely free from accountability.

"Statistics are no substitute for judgment" — Henry Clay (my namesake)

by Wild Weasel on May 27, 2011 8:45 PM EDT reply actions

The only info is on Joker's facebook page.

Was it Cat Scratches, DeWayne Peevey or someone else that posted it, I don’t know. I guess Joker could do that himself, but I have no real answer about that. But there definitely was a fumble here. No doubt, Cal would have had tons of coverage like JLev listed.

Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!

by a2d2 on May 27, 2011 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions

thanks a2

I love college football, and watch or listen to every game the cats play, but unfortunately, most of BBN are basketball only, that is why there is no coverage

by Bluehound on May 28, 2011 12:34 PM EDT reply actions

i spect there will be

a whole new slew of UK football fans this year when there are no NFL games being played. :0

thanks for the find a2…i am a FB member but am terrible about searching stuff out. i rely on others to find it. i just have to find the others that i am willing to read. hahaha!

my prediction for the football team this year is an 8 win season and a bowl win.

I have kleptomania,
but when it gets bad,
I take something for it.

by bluecrip on May 29, 2011 11:32 AM EDT reply actions

Your prediction

Looks good bc. You might be a tad more optimistic than even I am. I can still hope. One fan at the spring Blue/White game said we might win two. I didn’t agree with him though. I think six and a bowl win is very doable. Time will tell.

Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!

by a2d2 on May 31, 2011 8:33 AM EDT up reply actions