Kentucky Wildcats Morning Quickies: Jarrod Polson Edition

Jarrod Polson was nominated for membership on the NABC Good Works team this morning. Congratulations to Jarrod for this honor.

Tweet of the Morning:

Apparently another Cat WR Javess Blue going under knife today, also RB Jojo Kemp. "@JBlue8_uk: Surgery.... 😷🔪"

— Jen Smith (@jenheraldleader) December 3, 2013

Ugh. Better now than later. Get better fast, Javess.

Your Quickies:

Kentucky football

• The Dayton Daily News talks about several of the Dayton area recruits that help make Kentucky's recruiting class the best in recent memory, maybe the best ever.

• Dyshawn Mobley gets some well-deserved props from Neal Brown. He was a very pleasant surprise this season.

• Bud Dupree unsure if he will return. If he enters the draft, that would be a very big hit to next season's defense.

• Louisville assistant Clint Hurtt:

  U of L assistant football coach Clint Hurtt added to the fire on Monday through a post to his Facebook page that caused a social media stir on both sides of the Governor’s Cup battle.

  "Alright I had some idiot Kentucky fan say to me we need to get ready for the Wildcats because their young players got better because they play in the SEC..." Hurtt posted to his public Facebook account. "I said correction you don't play in the SEC you just participate. You only play when you actually WIN."

  Rivalry aside, this is an extremely impolitic thing for a coach to say publicly. I say it gets taped on every UK player's locker with a mandate to reread it every single day until next season's game. It's also passing strange that a guy who lied to the NCAA should be talking smack, but then again, may be not so much.

  Enjoy your seminars on how to behave ethically, Clint. I doubt they'll sink in, though — such things as ethics and good manners probably have little meaning for you.

Kentucky basketball

• Coach Cal pleased with the effort and execution against Providence. He has reason to be happy, as Kentucky posted its highest offensive efficiency of the season against a very solid Friars squad.

• Former president Bill Clinton calls John Calipari to talk basketball. No political comments, please.

• Devin Booker talks about the Kentucky Wildcats on his blog. Hat tip: Nation of Blue

Other Kentucky sports

• Volleyball to host first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament.

Links posts

• The Leach Report: Tuesday Wildcats Links

• The Secondary Break

• John Clay's Big Blue Links

College football

• Kevin at Saturday Down South says the new football playoff will change the Iron Bowl. I suppose he's right, in that the loser isn't automatically disqualified from the CFB Playoff. With that said, I think it will still be seen as a "must win" game for everybody involved.

• Auburn AD thinks the SEC champion deserves a shot at the BCS Championship.  This smacks of irrational hubris to me.

• Could an Iron Bowl rematch happen for the BCS Championship? Only if Florida St. loses to Duke. Not at all likely, unless Jameis Winston is somehow ineligible, and even then not very likely. OSU would also have to lose to Michigan St., which is much more likely, but not enough.

College basketball

• Once again, the SEC is taking it on the chin early in the non-conference schedule. This is so frustratingly monotonous.

• Vanderbilt falls to Texas. This was a good effort from a Vandy team not figured to be very good this season.

Other sports news

• Wesley Woodyard and Danny Trevathan are getting serious playing time in the NFL, along with Jacob Tamme, Steve Johnson, Corey Peters, Larry Warford, and Tim Masthay, not to mention Randall Cobb, who is currently still out with injury.

• Speaking of Randall Cobb, he was at Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday.

• Patrick Patterson is doing what it takes for Sacramento. He went 8-8 Sunday, scoring 18 points, 2-2 from three.

• Marquis Teague is out of the Bulls rotation. Trade coming? Blog A Bull says this about him:

  One could make a case that Teague is the worst player in the NBA right now, which is why he has fallen behind Mike James in the point guard rotation for the time being, according to K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune. Teague didn't play a single minute in the 97-93 loss to the Cavs on Wednesday, with James instead playing 13 mostly whatever minutes. James followed Teague's lead by not scoring a single point while racking up four fouls, two assists and two rebounds.