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chirop1
May 09, 2008 Aug 27, 2008 14 830
About me... I found the SBNation pages around about the time that Tubby Smith left Kentucky. I landed at A Sea of Blue and have been delighted to find a home for reasoned discussion of all things Blue. I was born in 1978 and my dad did all he could to try and name me after "Goose" Givens... luckily mom won out on that one. Dad won one later on, my brother is named after Kyle Macy. I still have small scars on my knuckles from scraping them on the ceiling while celebrating Sean Woods' shot in the '92 Duke/Kentucky game... you know the "other" winning shot in that game.
The only other SBNation blog I currently have tagged is the San Franciso 49ers page. I know, I know... living in Kentucky how did I end up a Niners fan? When I was in 5th grade, my class was all a-twitter about the (relatively local) Bengals getting ready to play the 49ers in the 1988 Super Bowl; mainly just to be contrary I decided to root for the other team and it just stuck. My all-time favorite NFL player is Steve Young. Now that the Niners are down, its hard to follow them from all the way across the country, so I have formed an attachment of sorts to the more local teams like Indy and Tennessee.
Personally; I just hit the big Three-Oh, I'm originally from the Elizabethtown area and have returned to my old stomping grounds where I opened up my own chiropractic practice two years ago. I attended undergrad during the glory days of sports at Murray State University... the gridiron was coached by Houston Nutt (later of Arkansas and now Ole Miss fame) and the basketball by the much maligned Mark Gottfried. Nothing quite like watching a top 25 nationally ranked team (in the days before it was fashionable to make Drake a top 10 team) in a pit of an arena that only sat about 4,000 fans and I swear you could see clouds forming around the rafters by the end of a sweaty game. After undergrad, I attended chiropractic school in Davenport, IA.
My avatar image has been updated to Raiden from Metal Gear Solid 4. They say that the largest demographic of gamers are men age 25-35 and I fit firmly in that range.
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Lone returning IU scholarship player out 10 weeks
Honestly, the NCAA might as well have given this program the death penalty. Its probably one of the saddest conclusions to a relatively minor recruiting violation that I've ever seen. As a Kentucky fan, I certainly have no love for IU... but I really do feel bad for the school and their fans. Hiring Sampson was a mistake easy to see for almost everyone (except the AD and the president obviously) but I never expected this to be the results.
Kentucky's violations in the 80's were far more egregious and the imposed penalties much more severe, but we didn't have the complete and total collapse of everything that was already in place the way IU is experiencing.
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UK comes in at #4 on ESPN's "Most Prestigious" list
Duke, UNC, KU, UK, Arizona for the top 5. About what I'd expect. I did find it interesting to have all the information regarding Final Fours, National Titles, All Americans, etc in one convenient comparision.
(Duke with 25 All Americans since 1985? East Coast Media Bias ftw)
about 1 month ago
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John Wall: Oregon, Oklahoma State, and Baylor?????
I saw this mentioned on another message board... last I'd heard it was KU, UK, and Memphis.
17 year olds... who knows????
about 1 month ago
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ESPN counting down Top 50 College BBall since 84-85
Based on their scoring system, I would assume it will be Duke and UNC at the top with Kentucky and Kansas in there at 3 and 4.
about 1 month ago
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Patterson's Rehab ahead of schedule
Good news.
about 1 month ago
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Can you name all the BCS schools in 12 minutes?
I hit 67/73.
I won't say which ones I missed, so I don't give any hints! But lets just say I hate the Big East!!! I also missed one from the ACC.
about 1 month ago
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ESPN piece on Travis Ford at OSU
Nice little fluff piece over at espn.com about our favorite short white point guard.
about 1 month ago
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Indiana hit with ANOTHER charge
The NCAA has decided to hit the school with a "Failure to Monitor" violation in addition to all the stuff we already know. Apparently, its not as bad as "Lack of Institutional Control" but it still carries its own recruiting restrictions and other penalties above and beyond what has already been discussed.
Morale of the story: If you know someone's a cheater... don't hire them!
2 months ago
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Tayshaun to "Go For Gold"
Thanks to NYCCat in the Euton thread for pointing this out for us. It looks like everyone's favorite bean-pole with a wingspan 6 inches longer than he is tall will be taking his special brand of team ball to China!
Way to go Tayshaun! Bring home the Gold!
2 months ago
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Tiger Woods has stress fracture in his knee...
I bet Gillispie's tough practices are to blame.
2 months ago
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