In addition to being the first ever visit by the Texas A&M Aggies to Rupp Arena as an SEC team, this is a huge recruiting weekend for Mark Stoops and the Kentucky football team. Stoops & Co. are hosting many highly-ranked football prospects, and so far, we have at least one commitment.

Tweet of the Morning:

UK QB of the future? RT @asiantii_2: Me in the number 2 #UK jersey! twitter.com/Asiantii_2/sta…

— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) January 12, 2013

Let this happen, please.

Your Quickies:

Kentucky football

• Also hearing that Cincy OT Kyle Meadows has committed to Kentucky today.

  — Steve Jones (@SteveJones_CJ) January 12, 2013

• Kyle Meadows is a very highly regarded 3-star player who has taken other official visits to Oklahoma and Louisville and is a target or WVU

  — Steve Jones (@SteveJones_CJ) January 12, 2013

• Recruiting Insider: Kentucky football welcomes big guns // The Courier-Journal

  The University of Kentucky football team is in the process of its most significant recruiting weekend of new coach Mark Stoops’ tenure with a large group of official visitors in Lexington.

  Keep your fingers crossed. And your toes ...
• Hiring of wide receiver coach to complete Kentucky football staff // The Courier-Journal

Kentucky basketball

• Kentucky Sports Radio // Texas A&M By The Numbers
• Aggies' SEC welcome tour heads to Kentucky // Houston Chronicle

• Feeling blue: UNC, Kentucky and UCLA struggling // Roanoke.com

  The Wildcats and Bruins have shown signs of figuring things out now that league play has begun, but the Tar Heels' struggles have worsened.

  All three of these teams will be dangerous by year's end.
• Kentucky vs Texas A&M History // Ky Cat Stats

Other UK sports

• Gymnastics Shines, Earns First SEC Road Win Since 1999 // UKAthletics.com
• Rifle welcomes intensity of top-five matchup with Alaska-Fairbanks // Cat Scratches

Links posts

• Kentucky Sports Radio // Saturday Gameday Links
• Tom Leach // Saturday Links

College football

• College football roundup: Three Alabama players turning pro early // Yahoo! Sports
  No surprise, especially in the case of Fluker and Lacy. Millener's case, to me, is a little less convincing.

College basketball

• College hoops viewer's guide: Indiana - Minnesota headlines stacked Saturday // SBNation.com

• College basketball: Ducks riding high after giving No. 4 Arizona a loss // Statesman Journal

Other sports news

• NBA - Rising Clippers PG Eric Bledsoe might start for another team next season // ESPN
  If you had told me Bledsoe would have started off his career better than John Wall, I never would have believed it.

• Josh Harrellson signs 10-day deal with Heat
  Well, Josh is still hanging around. No idea what's next.