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Tonight, the final BCS Championship ever will be determined as the Florida St. Seminoles face the Auburn Tigers. As per my routine, I'll be pulling for the SEC school, but only in a pro-forma way. I don't hate the Seminoles, and wouldn't mind seeing them win.
Tweet of the Morning:
Bad news for UK basketball fans in Louisville. Apparently no Louisville TV station will be televising UK-Miss. State on Wednesday.
— Oscar Combs (@wildcatnews) January 6, 2014
AARRGGHH!$$#@%$#^&^!!!
Your Quickies:
Kentucky football
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Stoops vs. Stoops in recruiting? Looks like it.
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Can Mark Stoops make Kentucky more than just a stepping-stone? Well, up until now, Kentucky hasn't even been a stepping-stone. Coaches come here to die, or to return to coordinators jobs.
Honestly, at this point, I'd like to see UK as a stepping-stone job.
Kentucky basketball
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The Leach Report: January 5th. Consider:
Seeding is not the be-all-end-all for success in the NCAA Tournament but it does matter. More 1-seeds have made the Final Four than 2′s, more 2′s than 3′s, etc. and a ’1′ has never lost its first game in the tourney.
As of today, we’re 10 weeks out from Selection Sunday and conventional wisdom says Kentucky needed to beat Louisville to keep hope alive for getting a number one seed from the selection committee. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi, who put the phrase "Bracketology" into the sports lexicon, says that thinking is correct but the Wildcats will probably need some help to be one of the four teams on the top line of the bracketing.
I think this is right, but only if Kentucky loses more than 1 or 2 games in the SEC regular season. I think it's very important that they get to the SEC Tournament final in any case, although the outcome of that game is largely irrelevant to seeding.
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Anthony Davis' former high school coach thinks UK fans will like Tyler Ulis. I think he may surprise us.
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Why the heck is everybody picking Florida to win the SEC these days? Is it contrarian, or is it just the anomaly of last year infecting their brain?
Other Kentucky sports
- Men's tennis begins the season ranked #9 in the nation.
Links posts
College football
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College and Magnolia looks at two Florida St. defensive linemen who will try to slow down Auburn's running game.
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Shouldn't this be "hide the little person?" I mean, political correctness and all...
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SEC trying to promote academics with its new website.
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The BCS is finished after tonight. Never forget that.
College basketball
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"Fast and fun" Bruins proving critics wrong. Don't tell Bruins Nation, though, they're not ready to hear it. But they are happy to roll all over their bitter rival.
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Wake Forest beats North Carolina, leaves Ol' Roy shanking his head.
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Iowa's coach, Fran McCaffery, gets ejected, Hawkeyes lose to Wisconsin. Hard to argue this wasn't just a boneheaded move by McCaffery.
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Kansas drops a game to San Diego St. I'd say that's a pretty serious problem. SD St. is a good team, but by now, Kansas should be finding their mojo. Maybe it will take them a little longer than Bill Self hoped.
Notice how quiet it has been on the Andrew Wiggins front lately?
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SIU gets stranded on I-57 for more than 5.5 hours due to snow. To make matters worse, they were coming home from a loss to Illinois St.
Other sports news
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Enes Kanter now finally beginning to play some good basketball. Via Aaron's blog.
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Randall Cobb felt he should have scored yesterday, and says he has to get better at breaking tackles.
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Michael Kidd-Gilchrist could return as early as the end of next week.
Other news
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Just in case you've forgotten, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is this week in Las Vegas. Here's some camera tech you should be keeping an eye on.
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Love me some Eurythmics. Great to see this.
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News that college football can use — letting a young person rest their brain (i.e. away from cognitive efforts like schoolwork) can speed recovery from concussions.