You wouldn't think it, but we get hundreds (if not thousands) of emails a week from StadiumDrives.com readers. Some of them tell us how great we are, others how bad we are. Often, we'll get tips of stories. Sometimes, sites will even let us know that they stole our work, it was a hit on their site and thank us. Others just write in for advice or have questions about their life. I decided to give the old inbox a cleaning again and pick out some of the best (and worst) emails.* If you can't decipher our e-mail address from the sidebar and would like to send something in, send it via Twitter to @JoshCohron.
Go (expletive) yourself. PS - Don't put this on your stupid website that no one reads. - (Name withheld)
Ouch. That hurt on more than one level. At least the tradition of a female writing in to the Inbox and telling her disdain for me continues! Always find the positives, kids.
How does LeBron go from "the greatest of all time" to "a loser" in a 24 hour period? Will he take Todd Pletcher's place on "The List?" I'll hang up and listen. - Leroy, Gravel Switch, KY(Somewhat of an actual reader submission!)
Here's the thing, I still think LeBron is the best player in the league. Sure, he played like crap last night. But, he's also playing for one of the worst coaches in the NBA. Mike Brown looks outmatched this series... BY DOC RIVERS. That would be like getting outmatched against your slow, 8 year-old cousin in a game of checkers. Mike Brown is an abomination, so nothing that happens to LeBron while Brown is coaching him will be held against LBJ.
Also, no matter what the media tells you, there is still at least one more game in this series. Shocking, right?
LeBron won't be joining "The List" (The List is for the greatest losers in sports. Current members: Donovan McNabb, Dirk Nowitzki, John Calipari, Rick Carlisle, Marv Levy and many more!) this year. He'll have one year without Mike Brown before doing so. And, Todd Pletcher was literally 48 hours from joining "The List" when Super Saver... saved him. Get it?
Did you see the story about the 22 year-old pretending to be a 16 year-old and playing high school basketball? He graduated high school, failed out of a junior college, then moved to Texas and said he was 15! - Ryan, Topeka KS
I really respect what this kid did. If you haven't read the story, you need to do so. LINK.
I think everyone has at least thought about doing this at some point, right? I've gone to plenty of high school basketball games since I graduated thinking I could definitely be one of the better players on the floor. I would never actually do it, but it's fun to dream about. I thought about going out to New Mexico or somewhere random one summer and trying this. I think it would make a fascinating book.
Hell, Cameron Crowe went to high school and pretended to be younger to help him write Fast Times at Ridgemont High. No one arrested him!
The problem with Guerdwich Montimere was that he was out on the AAU circuit playing. Rookie mistake! He should have known that AAU teams come from all over to play in these events. Wasn't there a chance that someone from Florida would see him? Of course there was.
Sorry, I just questioned the logic of a 22 year-old who was attending high school for the second time. I really do wonder if he had relations with any of the ladies (or guys). That's where things could get very interesting.
I think a good rule to follow is: If you graduated high school, don't try and go back. If you have been at high school for four years and still haven't graduated, transfer to high school in Haiti.
By the way,what the hell happened to Cameron Crowe? Fast Times is a classic. Elizabethtown, on the other hand, is one of the worst movies of all time. Click Read More or I'll dissect Kirsten Dunst's performance in that "film."
OK - it's been a bad week. Nearly everything that has happened this week has pissed me off, and as a result, I'm in a foul mood. When I'm in a foul mood, I tend to dwell on the reasons why I'm in a foul mood, which only serves to make me angrier. It's a vicious cycle that, one day, very well could result in me in a clock tower, picking off people one by one with a sniper rifle. So I'm going to get a few things off my chest here - try to let go of some my anger and frustration. I doubt it works, but it's worth a shot to save some lives.
To start with, we can all agree that Erin Andrews is pretty easy on the eyes. And, unlike some other female sports reporters, she actually appears to understand and enjoy sports. So when the whole peephole/stalking incident happened, I actually felt sympathy for her. I reasoned that maybe, just maybe, she was actually just a serious journalist who happened to be really attractive, and that she shouldn't be subject to the whims of a pervert just because her job places her in the public eye. Of course, now I see how faulty that line of thinking was, seeing as how she joined the cast of Dancing With The Stars, and began parading around on national TV every week wearing next to nothing. Call me cynical, but I'm not sure that's the best course of action for someone who wants to be respected for her professionalism. Now, with the whole Elizabeth Hasselbeck incident, in which Hasselbeck made a similar point and then apologized after Andrews started whining, I've had it. If you want to be a professional, then put on some clothes and stop doing crap TV shows that allow you to wear clothing a Playboy model would be too shy to wear. Otherwise, don't get mad when people judge you by your appearance. Either way, some critical comments from someone on The View (easily one of the worst shows ever made)hardly entitles you to cry about being persecuted. Get over yourself.
Next, college basketball. Even as a UK alum, I have been against John Calipari from Day One. I don't like the image his programs have, and my gut feeling is that UK will regret hiring him. These opinions have not made me popular amongst my friends, but they are just that - my opinions. I will admit he did a great job of reviving the energy around the program this year, and following the BIlly Gillispie debacle, the fans desperately wanted someone who connected with them, which Cal did in a multitude of ways. And the on-court results were successful as well, although falling short of the Final Four with a loaded roster in a down year was disappointing. But it's the events of the last couple of weeks that have gotten me riled up again. First, we learn that Cal may have continued to recruit a kid just minutes after he announced his decision to go to another school. There are literally hundreds of conflicting reports on what actually happened here, and it may well turn out that all Cal did was answer a phone call and wish a kid well. But his reputation means he isn't likely to get the benefit of the doubt with public perception and if Terrence Jones does wind up at UK, expect to hear a lot of venom from opposing fans. As this situation was unfolding, the Herald-Leader reported that the team GPA this year was...well...not great. Now look - I don't expect DeMarcus Cousins to pull marathon study sessions in the library to maintain a 4.0, especially when he knows he's headed to the NBA after one year. But we're talking about some of the easiest classes at UK, not Harvard Law School. With all of the resources available to the players, the low GPAs are just a flat-out embarrassment...especially when you consider that the national champion this year boasted a team GPA nearly a full point higher than Kentucky, proving that the idea of a student-athlete isn't dead everywhere. So how does Cal respond to all of this negative news? By allegedly expressing an interest in the Chicago Bulls job in an effort to renegotiate his contract. Apparently the seven years left on his current one didn't offer enough job security. Yes, I know Calipari has since said he's happy at Kentucky. In fact, in a direct quote, he said
"When we win, and everybody loves to win, players go to the pros, and there are people that will come at me. That's just how it is. I'm happy with the program. This is where I want to be, and this is where I want to coach. I love Memphis"
Oops - my bad. That is a direct quote taken on March 27, 2009...just four days before he bolted Memphis for Kentucky. So forgive me if I'm not hanging on every word uttered by Cal as the gospel. And when you add all of this up, the UK program has been in the news for some less than glowing reasons lately. There's a growing disdain across the country for how the program is being run, and despite what some fans will claim, it's not rooted in jealousy or fear. Only time will tell what eventually happens with the Cal/UK marriage, but my initial doubts about Calipari are still very much alive. And yes, I am prepared for some angry arguments from my friends who read this.
Hmm...where to next? How about the idiots who were outraged by the Taser incident in Philadelphia earlier this week? Listen, if you don't want to get Tasered, stay off the field. Plain and simple. If you run onto the field, I have no problems with any amount of force being used to subdue you. In fact, if the chase goes on longer than 15 seconds, I wouldn't have a problem with security shooting at them. Some might call this a bit harsh. Well, tough. Don't run on the field, and it won't be an issue. Got it? Good.
Let's see - what else? Ah yes - JaMarcus Russell. Way to take full advantage of your physical gifts and a great opportunity. Moron. You were given millions of dollars to do something you love, and you couldn't even put a little effort into it. You didn't learn the playbook, didn't get in shape, didn't make an effort to lead your teammates. Congratulations on being told "Get out" by one of the worst teams in the league. You should be real proud of yourself.
And to the Bengals, who just signed Pac-Man Jones. What in the hell are you thinking? You couldn't just be happy having a good off-season, with a couple solid free-agent signings and a good draft, could you? You had to do something stupid, something Bengal-esque. Listen, I don't care if he's reformed, and is now the greatest guy on Earth (highly unlikely). How does he help you on the field? He was hardly a shut-down corner, and I'm guessing his kick-return abilities are a bit rusty at this point.So why do this? All I know is that when he starts making it rain at bars in Northern Kentucky, I don't weant to be a part of it.
Lastly, Big Ben. You are a piece of trash. For goodness sake, you're a starting quarterback in the NFL. You have tens of millions of dollars, and two Super Bowl rings. Why on earth are you getting 20-year-olds in Milledgeville drunk? It's one thing for someone like me to have to resort to desperate measures to get laid. But you're a professional athlete!! How bad is your game? Tony Romo dated Jessica Simpson and Carrie Underwood. Tom Brady rolled with Gisele Bundchen and Bridget Moynahan. Even Jeff Garcia married a Playmate. And you have to settle for a Kappa Kappa Gamma in the bathroom stall of a college bar? Give me a break. You're pitiful.
That's all I have for now, although I'm sure I'll still be angry about plenty of things tomorrow, and the day after that, and the day after that, etc. etc. If you don't like it, or have problems with any of this, go to hell.
Every sports fan has sat down in front of their TV ready to watch a big event and been disappointed. Be it basketball, baseball, football, or racing, at some point you've been into a game and then something happened (repeatedly in some cases) and you were just disgusted by the product you were witnessing. It's times like these that you scream in frustration, "I wish they'd just make a rule against blah blah blah!" Yeah, I fucking hate blahs too.
So why are all the major sports ran the way they have been for 50 or more years? I say to Hell with all that. Let's add some new rules.
Sport: Basketball. New rule: no flopping. Penalty: Technical foul.
We'll start with basketball. It is without a doubt one of the most interesting sports to watch. The action is generally up-and-down, teams can come back from major deficits, and the play is generally full of energy. What slows down games, changes the entire dynamic of the game, and disgusts me most about basketball is flopping.
Look, I'm a bit of a San Antonio Spurs fan. Have been since the Admiral was in charge down there (he and Duncan are the only reasons I'm a fan). Even I am sickened about 50% of the time watching Manu play though. Every other time he drives the lane he throws his arms in the air or his body on the ground and looks at the ref like he just got raped in Shawshank. It's ridiculous and it should be illegal. In fact, it should be assessed a technical foul in every level of basketball. No matter college, NBA, or junior pro, flopping should be a technical foul. None of this "A" and "B" shit either. You flop twice in the same game and you take your ass to the showers. Vlade Divac would have played about 7 minutes in his career if this were a rule. Also, see "soccer" and "yellow card assessed."
The NBA Playoffs are in full swing, and that usually means one thing...time for the playoff banter column between noted basketball experts, or just between myself and Smooth. However, for unknown reasons, that hasn't materialized this year. So we're left with just my thoughts on the playoffs. If you would like to see the banter resume, you can send an e-mail to Smooth so he can stop making up fake ones when he cleans out his inbox. Or, if you really want to get his attention, you could put your hand in his girlfriend (if you get it, you get it). Either way, like the early brave pioneers of sports blogging, I'm going to forge ahead on my own for now.
Who is Derek Fisher? OK, I get it. The guy has hit some big shots in the playoffs throughout his career. He has played on four championship teams, and has a pretty good shot at a fifth ring this year. But let's not also forget this is a guy who was largely irrelevant for the three seasons he spent away from the Lakers, two with Golden State and one with Utah. In fact, in his first year in Golden State, he was the backup to Speedy Claxton. Yes, Speedy Claxton. So what does that tell us about who Fisher really is? Turns out, it's a little easier to hit clutch shots in the playoffs when you have superstars on your team who, you know, get you to the playoffs. But upon returning to the Lakers, he's once again the darling of the media, who love to rave about his toughness and poise. Well where was that when he was sitting the bench for the Warriors? Hmm.. could it be that Fisher isn't quite the pressure-loving, big shot-hitting player he's been made out to be? After all, he spent the better part of the first round being abused by Russell Westbrook, and in Game 1 against Utah, he lasted all of one possession on Deron Williams before Coach Phil Jackson switched the match-up. At this point, it's questionable whether Fisher could guard a stationary bike, and he has very little offensive game other than hovering by the three-point line. But as usual, he'll hit a shot at some point (wide-open, thanks to Kobe and Pau Gasol's presence), and people will go nuts over his clutch play, as though he's something more than a coattail-riding, mediocre guard who has had the good fortune to play with a number of stars. But on the bright side, maybe one day, Fisher and Robert Horry can sit around and discuss who did the least to earn their rings.
Bad call. Here's a special shoutout to Dwight Howard, who set an NBA record with 22 fouls in four games against Charlotte, although all of them were bad calls. Every last one. He actually didn't commit a single foul the entire series. Hey refs - since when is an elbow to the face or a hip check considered a foul?? Let the guy play!!
You wouldn't think it, but we get hundreds (if not thousands) of emails a week from StadiumDrives.com readers. Some of them tell us how great we are, others how bad we are. Often, we'll get tips of stories. Sometimes, sites will even let us know that they stole our work, it was a hit on their site and thank us. Others just write in for advice or have questions about their life. I decided to give the old inbox a cleaning again and pick out some of the best (and worst) emails.* If you can't decipher our e-mail address from the sidebar and would like to send something in, send it via Twitter to @JoshCohron.
Good effort. Seriously, good effort. You stood no chance ever, but you gave a valiant effort. Now, please never contact me again. - (Name withheld), (Location irrelevant)
Ah, the tradition continues. A female writes into the inbox and makes me feel bad to get things started. And people say that tradition is dead.
Fact or fact? The Stanley Cup Playoffs is the greatest postseason in the sports world. - @scott_ish (Actual reader submission!)
Normally, if someone made a comment like that about hockey, I would ban them from the site forever. But, if you've seen the number of hits we've received lately, you know that we shouldn't be banning anyone.
It's no secret, I don't enjoy hockey. Similar to why I don't enjoy watching soccer, I like scoring. (Obligatory scoring/sex joke).
The only time you'll catch me watching hockey is if the Stanley Cup Playoffs go to a Game 7. If the score is close going into the last period, I might tune in. I just can't commit to something like that right now, though.
As much as most people hate it, the BCS is the greatest postseason in the sports world. The two best teams in the sport play one game to determine the champion. How many other sports can say the same?
The GM of the Dolphins asked Dez Bryant if his mom was a prostitute in a pre-draft interview. Surely you have some thoughts on this. - Mike, Huntsville, AL
Of course I have thoughts on this. First off, Jeff Ireland shouldn't have to apologize for the question. This isn't a job interview, this is a pre-draft interview. Ireland should ask whatever he deems necessary to judge Bryant's (already questionable) character. Second, that's not even that bad of a question. I can think of many questions that would be a lot worse to be asked in an interview. Let's use bullet points to look at some:
"Are you a prostitute?"
"Do you know where Jerome Bettis is from?"
"Do you know where I could get any meth?"
"Is your dad a prostitute?"
"Taylor Swift is hot. Do you think she's a 9 or a 10?"
"Can you bend over?"
"Want to come over and watch Monday Night Raw with me?"
"Do you have a copy of the new Lady GaGa album?"
"Is your grandfather a prostitute?"
See, it's all about context. Plus, did anyone ever get Dez Bryant's answer to the question? Maybe his mom is a prostitute. And I don't blame her. It's a rough economy, people have to put food on the table any way they see fit.
Click Read More or I'll post another hockey question.
After a blistering 17-5 start in non-conference play, the University of Kentucky baseball team has been slowed in SEC play. The Bat Cats are 6-12 in conference play with a series win over Alabama and losses to Ole Miss, Vandy, Arkansas, Florida, and Auburn. Sunday's doubleheader with Auburn (due to a rain out Saturday) started off with an exciting 8-7 UK win, but ended in an even more exciting walk-off 6-5 win by Auburn. The loss to Auburn put Kentucky into a fourth place tie with Tennessee in the SEC East division.
Leading the way for the Cats at the plate are Keenan Wiley (.354), Chad Wright (.354), Gunner Glad (.344), and Chris Bisson (.326) who are all hitting over .300 on the season. Wiley, Wright, Glad, and Andy Burns are all sporting over a .900 OPS and Burns leads the team with 11 home runs. On the defense side, the starting pitching has been a little light for the Cats. None of the starters have an ERA under 5.00 on the year. Relief pitching has been a little more solid with Matt Little (2.54), Mike Kaczmarek (3.24), Braden Kapteyn (3.29), and Walter Wijas (.375) all having less than 4.00 ERAs.
UK has a big stretch coming up in the next two weeks. They visit in-state rival Louisville on Wednesday and then travel to Knoxville for a weekend series with Tennessee. South Carolina comes to town next week and then the Cats will travel to Bloomington to take on Indiana. If UK can get some improved starting pitching and start getting some production out of the bottom of their lineup they can make a move up the East standings. With perennial powerhouse LSU and an unimpressive Georgia team remaining on the schedule, Kentucky could potentially move up to third or fourth in the East prior to postseason play. That's an important position to be in, and UK will need to capture some of their early season magic to get there.
The 2010 NFL Draft is finally behind us and now the fun part starts...ignoring football until September or so.
But until then, here's a few thoughts to wrap up the weekend that was the draft. Due to an immense amount of rain and an embarrassing lack of a social life, I actually watched more of the draft than I care to admit. Therefore, I am anointing myself as an expert. So to the delight of at least one person who reads this site, I will use bullet points to give some draft thoughts.
Mocking Mel: I'm not normally one of those guys who loves to point out how many picks Mel Kiper missed. Any rational fan understands the draft is always a crapshoot, and I doubt anyone could accurately predict more than about 50% of the picks correctly in any given year. But this year, there were just too many misses to be ignored. Here's a list of players that, at one point, were predicted by Kiper to be first-rounders; Everson Griffen (98th overall), Bruce Campbell (104) Aaron Hernandez (111), Ricky Sapp (131) and Johnathan Dwyer (179). Ouch. And this isn't just taking predictions from Kiper's early predictions. Griffen was a first-rounder in all four of Kiper's mock drafts. As was Sergio Kindle, who went 43rd overall, and Taylor Mays, who went 49th. Navorro Bowman, who would go 91st overall, was at one point picked by Kiper to go 24th. But the real story has to be Tyson Alualu, the DE from Cal who went 10th to Jacksonville. Kiper quickly said he wasn't too surprised by the pick, apparently neglecting the fact that he never once predicted this guy would go in the first round, let alone #10. For a guy who has one job - to predict the draft - you would think Kiper could do a little better.
Poor Jimmy: About the only thing funnier than seeing Kiper's mock drafts explode was seeing the reaction of all of the analysts to Jimmy Clausen's drop to the 48th pick. You would have thought Peyton Manning was still on the board to hear the utter shock in their voices. Clausen has good size and a strong arm. His mechanics are apparently perfect (according to an ESPN The Magazine article that was arguably the greatest waste of four pages ever), and he played in a pro-style offense. Fine. Great. He also was a guy who went 16-19 in his career, won a grand total of one bowl game, and has serious attitude issues. He may very well turn out to be a decent NFL quarterback, and he landed in a good situation with Carolina and their running attack. But let's not go overboard here. Clausen is hardly a can't-miss superstar, and the fact that so many teams passed on him, some of them doing it twice, should come as a surprise to no one.
Error on ESPN: Personally, I enjoyed the new draft format, splitting up the rounds and allowing people (not me) to have a life and still keep up with the draft happenings, as opposed to devoting 10 consecutive hours on a Saturday afternoon. But the one downside was three days of ESPN's broadcast, which as Chris "Mad Dog Russo" put it, "set broadcasting back 100 years." It's bad enough to have five guys on one set, where apparently the only rule is that you can never let another person finish a sentence before interjecting your point. But this was also a poor combination of people. Chris Berman and Tom Jackson have a very creepy chemistry together, probably rooted in their ability to speak almost continuously without really saying anything. Kiper...well we've picked on him enough, but suffice to say, his reputation as an "expert" took quite a few hits. But at least he wasn't Steve Young, who provided the comedic relief, albeit unintentionally. Young started the vast majority of his sentences without any clear idea of what he was saying, and because of that, he would sometimes drone on for two or three minutes as the others watched in amazement. Even better, you could tell he didn't even know what he was going to say. It was almost as if his switch would get stuck in the "Talk" position, and no one could figure out how to shut him off. It was enough to make you feel bad for Jon Gruden, the one analyst with any real knowledge of the game. Gruden was simply too good to be included on that broadcast. It would be like LeBron James showing up in my backyard to play pickup ball. As good as he is, he would be dragged down by the utter stupidity of all of us around him. Next year, I'll be watching the NFL Network coverage, if I'm not out on a hot date.
Tebow talk: Of course there will be a Tebow section on here. You saw who wrote this post right? For the record, I do believe Tim Tebow can be a solid NFL quarterback one day. I also believe that he is not ready to be one next year, or maybe even the year after that. If you want to argue that it's a questionable move to spend first-round money on a player who might not see meaningful snaps for two years, that's a fair point. But most of the criticism directed at the Broncos and Tebow has centered around his throwing motion, and the belief by some people that he will never be an NFL quarterback. Admittedly, I am a Tebow fan, and therefore not objective. But I find it a little curious that people are convinced he is incapable of altering his throwing motion. I mean, it's not as if Denver drafted the drum major out of the band and is attempting to teach him how to play the position. Tebow did throw for 88 touchdowns in the SEC over his career. He may not be the next Tom Brady, but he is capable of throwing a football. Will he be able to change his mechanics? Will he be able to be effective in a pro-style offense? Maybe he can, maybe he can't. No one really knows. But I do feel that it's a little early to entirely write off the possibility that he could become a starting QB.
Browns' blues: I would imagine the excitement of draft day for an NFL prospect is overwhelming. You're on the verge of becoming very wealthy, you're fulfilling a lifelong dream, and you're waiting to find out in which town you'll be enjoying loads of female company. But if I were a prospect, I think I would be more than a little upset to get drafted by the Cleveland Browns. Not because of their general ineptitude, or because Cleveland might not have the best nightlife. No- I would hate to go there because of their uniforms. There is not a worse combination of colors, maybe in the history of sports, than brown and orange. It's awful. At least with other bad teams, be it the Lions or Rams, you can at least get some cool gear. You may lose 12+ games every year, but at least there's the possibility of some good-looking apparel, be it the uniforms, practice shorts, or even just a hat to wear on the sidelines. With the Browns, you have none of that. I have yet to see a single piece of Cleveland Browns' apparel that didn't immediately turn my stomach. You could just see it in Colt McCoy's eyes when the Browns selected him in the third round. Even someone who wore burnt orange for four years was less than thrilled to be heading to a place where the main color is often found at the bottom of a toilet. Look for McCoy to demand a trade soon.
It's the draft, not a game: Finally, to the fans who show up to the draft, sporting face paint, and carrying flags...stop. It's one thing for people to have the draft on TV in the background as you're doing something else, pausing occasionally to sit and watch a few picks in a row. It's another thing to get dressed up and sit in an auditorium for hours on end to watch people walk across a stage and shake hands. I understand people get excited about the draft, and for at least a few nights in April, nearly every team can have some optimism for the season. But when you're painting your face and carrying around replica helmets, you need to re-evaluate your life decisions.
Tonight is the NFL's 75th player draft. With plenty of speculation going on, I thought it was time for me to weigh in on what I think should and will happen when Commissioner Gur-dell takes the stage tonight. Well at least the first 10 picks or until it gets boring.
On to the stage!
Gur-dell takes the mic and says "I would like to make one request before this gets underway here at Radio City Music Hall. Adam Jones, stop trying to write me letters. They are incomprehensible drivel and you are doing yourself no favors. Just stop. Please. That said, on with the shit show!"
With the first overall pick, the St. Louis Rams select
A tie. After all, one little tie would be an improvement over last year's 1-15 record. And it'll make a nice sling for Sam Bradford's arm come week 3.
You wouldn't think it, but we get hundreds (if not thousands) of emails a week from StadiumDrives.com readers. Some of them tell us how great we are, others how bad we are. Often, we'll get tips of stories. Sometimes, sites will even let us know that they stole our work, it was a hit on their site and thank us. Others just write in for advice or have questions about their life. I decided to give the old inbox a cleaning again and pick out some of the best (and worst) emails.* If you can't decipher our e-mail address from the sidebar and would like to send something in, send it via Twitter to @JoshCohron.
I heard you're coming to my city soon. Please don't call/text/email/tweet/Facebook message/contact me. Let it go. - (Name withheld) (Location irrelevant)
Sweet! Another female I've scorned wrote in. Maybe she does want me since she knew I was headed her way. No matter what, I will continue to believe that.
Whenever I come to StadiumDrives.com, at the top of my browser, it refers to your site as, "A College Sports Daily Blog." Almost none of those things are true. - (multiple readers)
You are all correct. My suggestion for a new header would be, "Stadium Drives: A Sometimes College, Sometimes Sports, Rarely Daily Blog." It seems catchy to me. I would wear a t-shirt that had that slogan on it.
I am not a big Kentucky fan. Even more than I dislike Kentucky, I dislike John Calipari. It does make me feel good that he couldn't get to the Final Four with five first-round picks, so it's likely that Calipari will never get to the Final Four at Kentucky. - T. West, Lexington, KY
I can see your point, to a degree. Kentucky is arguably the most talented team (along with the '96 Kansas team) to never get to the Final Four. They looked absolutely confused and befuddled against West Virginia. They kept shooting 3s when they couldn't make one. They stood around against the zone. They... Okay, I need to stop before I get all worked up again.
But, I must say that Calipari will be in the hunt every year to get to a Final Four. He was at Memphis, and Memphis sucks. Kentucky and Calipari are a great match when it comes to recruiting. Kentucky has the best facilities, best fans and some of the hottest females in the country. Calipari could get top players to go to Memphis which has none of those.
Take today, for instance. Brandon Knight, the #1 PG in the country for 2010, is expected to announce he'll be playing for the Wildcats next year. Normally, that would be all the good news a Kentucky fan would need. Calipari will also get a commitment from the #1 player in 2011, Michael Gilchrist (who many say was the best high school player in the country this year).
The Kentucky faithful can exhale, as the 2010-11 year is starting to look like another winner. After Knight commits, another #1 recruiting class for Calipari seems like an attainable goal.
The Kentucky haters may want to think about getting out of town for a week or so, things are going to get blue again real quick.
Click Read More or I'll keep waxing poetically about Kentucky's recruiting classes.
I know it's been a while since you've heard from me. Baseball is underway and I'll be checking in on the division races throughout the summer, despite Cohron's best efforts to convince you that the sport doesn't exist. For now, here's some baseball poop humor for you, via Gage.
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