Kentucky Wildcats Morning Quickies: Adolph Rupp's First Game Edition

On this date in 1930, Adolph Rupp made his Kentucky coaching debut, and beat Georgetown 67-19. God knows, if we ever had a score that lopsided these days, the NCAA would pass some rule against it.

Tweet of the Morning:

I can relate to the SIU players. Got sniped in a church league game last night. #sealteam6 #imsoathletic

— Evan Daniels (@EvanDaniels) December 18, 2013

Unless you've heard SIU coach Barry Hinson's rant, you won't get this, so be sure to listen. It's linked below.

Your Quickies:

Kentucky football

• Matt Elam wants to be like Tim. Couch, that is. Doesn't quite rhyme like "I want to be like Mike," though, does it?

• Keep your fingers crossed:

  Today we'll find out whether A.J. Stamps (@SuperstarStamps) will be helping UK out in the secondary next year.

  — Justin Rowland (@RowlandRIVALS) December 18, 2013

  God knowns our secondary needs the help.

Kentucky basketball

• Seems that the celebrity associated with the broken leg has made Kevin Ware unafraid to shoot off his big fat mouth. Remember when Chane Behanan did that? How did that game turn out, again?

• Kentucky taking Duke's place as America's most hated team? That's usually a good thing.

• 'Cats and Cards suddenly very important for both teams. Neither Kentucky nor Louisville has a victory against a top team, and that's going to change for one of them on the 28th of December.

• Chad Ford still has four Wildcats going in the first round of the NBA draft.

Other Kentucky sports

• Women's NCAA tickets go on sale for the games in Rupp Arena today.

Links posts

• The Secondary Break

• The Leach Report: Wednesday Wildcat Links

College football

• Has your coach denied interest in the Texas job yet? Heh.

• Alabama's Nick Saban will make $7 million a year. Still a piker compared to Mike Krzyzewski.

• SB Nation's latest longform about a football player fatally injured in practice. It needs more than one cup of coffee, so set aside some time, but it will be worth it.

• An interesting look by Crimson Quarry at raw talent vs. the combination of talent and experience.

College basketball

• Florida defeats Memphis. Florida is starting to look more and more like a contender, contra my previous assertions to the contrary.

• Dana O'Neil says the Gators lack nothing. If Chris Walker is eligible, I agree. They will become an instant contender on the national scene, and a serious challenge to Kentucky in the SEC.

• I love this soon-to-be-legendary rant by SIU coach Barry Hinson. Calipari should play this for his basketball team and send Hinson a check. "House training a puppy dog. Bad dog." "We had a guy snipered on the court." This is great. You must spend six minutes of your life and listen to it. You won't regret it.

• Charlie Strong favored by a couple of sportsbooks as a favorite for the Texas job. I kind of doubt it.

Other sports new

• Okay, I get that they might consider this an illegal hit due to what looks like some contact with the helmet to the head. But the punter was trying to make a tackle. In football, when he does that, he's not "defenseless," and he is subject to being blocked — legally, and as hard as necessary, including a de-cleating slobber-knocker.

  The nannification of professional football continues. Bronko Nagurski is rolling over in his grave. God knows what Dick Butkus thinks.

• Heh. The Sergio-Tiger feud erupts again, and Garcia implodes spectacularly at Sawgrass. Hilarious.