OK, there isn't too much out there, but there is a little. Today, we have a few recruiting tidbits, some football news, and some odds and ends to get us through the day.
As with many things UK these days, let's start with everybody's favorite recruiting soap opera, Scotty Hopson. I am tempted to say this is the weirdest recruitment in UK history, but that would be just silly, especially coming off the Patrick Patterson and Jai Lucas escapade just last year. But it has become quite interesting if for no other reason than the reaction of many in the Big Blue Nation, who seem to see Hopson as the second coming of Michael Jordan. But for now, on with the soap opera.
Via Aaron's Blog, we have a couple of stories that include Scotty. First up is this USA Today story, where we find our intrepid hero giving us a list of his schools, including Kentucky and a new addition, Texas. Jodie Demling expands on this a bit in a blog post today:
Texas might be a little too far away for Scotty, but Rick Barnes is trying to use his familiarity card with University Heights. He coached former UHA star Greg Buckner at Clemson.
But is MSU still in the mix?
"Oh of course, man, I've got to keep them in," said Hopson, who's in Milwaukee for tonight's McDonald's All-American Game. He's a member of the West team.
Thomas Beisner at Get Blitzed has a rundown of recent Mickey D's at Kentucky, and how he sees their career. I'm sure a lot of Kentucky fans might quibble with his take on Rondo:
In other recruiting news, Jodie Demling has this article on UK recruit Ater Majok, who will apparently be playing in the Derby Festival Classic. This will make UK fans happy:
down to Baylor (Texas), the University of Connecticut - both of which
he has formally inspected - and Kentucky and Kansas, which he will
visit next month.
Moving on to a little football, a subject at which I have been remiss with the recent end of basketball season and the NCAA and NIT tourneys still in progress, we have this article from Steve Margee of Rivals taking a look at the 2008 version of the UK football team. An interesting quote:
Another interesting thing is the development of the secondary. The year before last, Kentucky's secondary was among the weakest in the nation, and now it is said to be one of our strengths. I think we really have to give props to Brooks and his coaching staff for focusing laser-like on the weak areas on this team, and getting help where it is needed most.
In some less happy football news, RealFootball365.com reports that André Woodson's NFL stock is sinking like the Titanic:
In fact, it's becoming increasingly likely that Woodson may not even be drafted in the first round. What's more, there's even talk that he won't be taken in the second.
Talk about a fall.