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The father of the Manning dynasty, Archie Manning, has taken a leave of absence from the College Football Playoff Selection Committee. He will not be replaced. He’s having back surgery, and Manning expects to return next season. He’s 65 years young, and recently underwent a knee replacement.
I remember him as the swashbuckling leader of the Ole Miss Rebels back in the day. What a player he was! Hope he gets well soon.
Tweet of the Morning
If Florida's waiver John Egbunu goes thru, half of Billy Donovan's rotation will be made up of players that transferred into the program.
— Rob Dauster (@RobDauster) October 21, 2014
That’s different.
Your Quickies:
Kentucky football
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Mark Stoops post-LSU, pre-Mississippi State press conference. A lot of questions answered in this one.
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Four UK players named mid-season all-SEC:
- Darrian Miller
- Bud Dupree
- Landon Foster
- A.J. Stamps
Read all about it here. Congratulations to all these guys, they definitely deserve it.
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CBS Sports to premiere a documentary on UK’s Nate Northington, the first African American football player in the SEC.
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How Kentucky and Mississippi St. rank in the SEC. Only in pass efficiency defense is Kentucky better than the Bulldogs.
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Top ranked Bulldogs shift focus to Kentucky. Consider Dan Mullen’s remarks:
"If you look at their total body of work on the season, they have very talented players,’‘ Mullen said. "They rotate those running backs through; very productive players.
"They have some explosive wide receivers. They have some big-time play makers."
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Yeah, the path ahead is difficult. So what?
Kentucky basketball
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Funny to see Jabari Parker talking about Kentucky:
Make no mistake, Jabari Parker wants his friend Jahlil Okafor and his former Duke teammates to win the NCAA championship this season, but the Bucks rookie thinks John Calipari’s platoon system at Kentucky will work.
Well, we know it will work. We’ve seen it work in the Big Blue Bahamas. The big question is how well it will hold up under a diversity of game pressure and over time.
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Antonio Blakeney, he who generated the PItino rant, will visit Kentucky in a couple of weeks.
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Coach Cal is back on the road recruiting this week, starting in Indiana to see Caleb Swanigan.
Other Kentucky sports
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College football
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Heh.
Puters got that SEC bias bad http://t.co/DQoJYYOj1q pic.twitter.com/yuqBXn6ypA
— Jason Kirk (@JasonKirkSBN) October 21, 2014
College basketball
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Billy Donovan lands what looks more like a mid-major player than his usual quality in small forward Keith Stone. He’s only ranked #127 by Rivals.com.
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College basketball’s top 13 dunkers. I don’t care that UK isn’t represented in this group. I want to be #1 on the top 13 winners!
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Eminent football prognosticator Rick Pitino predicts Lousiville will upset Florida State. I’ll take that action, coach.
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Big East Coast Bias asks the question: Is it counterproductive not to host a "Madness" event? I say that events like Big Blue Madness are helpful, so the answer must be yes. Anything that could help your program, but that you do not do, is a missed opportunity.
Other sports news
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Heh. Yeah, AD is pretty fair. Where did he play college ball, again?
Anthony Davis operates on a different stratosphere than other NBA players: http://t.co/fb7TlLzguj http://t.co/qZf4grmKlz via @MikeSGallagher
— SB Nation (@SBNation) October 21, 2014
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Donald Sterling has withdrawn his lawsuit against the NBA. Our summer-long entertainment is finally rolling credits.
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Julius Randle shows his maturity right off the bat. He’ll do just fine.
Other news
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Drowsy driving is dangerous. I don’t know if it’s as dangerous as drunk driving, but it wouldn’t surprise me to learn it was.
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Is Staples about to join Target and Home Depot as victims of a hacking?
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Oscar de la Renta has died. Rest in peace.