The DVR is set. I’m showered, dressed and, of course, waiting for my better half to get ready so we can head out to the Big Game. I’m of Social Security age. So how come on the day of the U of L/ UK game, I revert to that 13 year old sitting in the [...]
Category Archives: Fandom
Beating A Dead Horse
January 1, 2009 – 12:41 pm
U of L has sold its soul to commerciality. Selling burgers bests the basketball. The UNLV loss is proof that it egregiously affects the game experience and the ability of fans to raise the player’s emotions and efforts.
In the second half, the Cards had pulled to 32-40 at the second TV timeout. Freedom Hall was [...]
Hear Me Now, Believe Me Later
December 23, 2008 – 12:29 pm
I got to Dan Wetzel’s most excellent expose of the whole Bowl Game boondoggle through an article by King Kaufman at salon.com. Which I mention for attribution purposes only. But it is a topic on everybody’s mind this time of year, when football fans look at each other and wonder why there isn’t a college [...]
What If It’s A Tie??????
December 21, 2008 – 11:37 pm
Al Michaels and John Madden are generally regarded as the gold standard of NFL announcers.
Right now, I’m not so sure. I’m watching the Panthers and Giants. Carolina misses a field goal after the New York score and two point conversion. The game goes to overtime. First score wins and that team gets home field advantage [...]
Schadenfreude Saturday Night
December 20, 2008 – 8:21 pm
Leave it to the Germans to come up with the perfect word for those fans who derive as much joy from seeing their arch rivals lose as they do from celebrating a win by their favorite team. Schadenfreude. It’s so hard to avoid.
Thus, for U of L fans, there was a way to salvage a [...]
Is Billy Clyde Losing His Touch?
December 16, 2008 – 10:21 am
UK coach Gillispie is known as a man willing to change diapers if it will get him in on a future superduperstar prepster no matter how tender the youngster’s age. So, I gotta ask, is he asleep at the wheel?
Case in point: Tyler Lewis, a 5-10, 145 pound point guard for Forsyth Country Day in [...]
What’s Happenin’ at U of L Games . . .
December 15, 2008 – 10:52 am
. . . is No Fun!
With apologies to Louisville’s seminal punk band with that name from back in the day — No Fun — I now realize what’s missing from the experience of attending Card games.
Correct answer: Fun.
It’s not just football, where the performance on the field is as distasteful as the relentless cacaphony of [...]
Dylan Advises Liggins
December 11, 2008 – 5:38 pm
Clouds so swift/Rain won’t lift/ Gate won’t close/ Railings froze
Get your mind off wintertime/ You ain’t goin’ nowhere!
Oh my, they’re restless in the Bluegrass. Rumor overload, if you ask me. And I’m a guy who considers innuendo daily sustenance.
DeAndre Liggins hates BCG just like the rest of the players, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah. He’ll [...]
Two Mo’ Years . . . At Least.
December 10, 2008 – 9:10 pm
U of L Athletics Department shill Jack Coffee, publisher of the school house organ, Louisville Sports Report, cheers in his latest rah rah that AD TJ and President Ramsey will stand behind Koach Steve until at least the end of his current four year contract.
Well, “Gimme a C . . . ”
Look at it this [...]
It’s Time for HIM to go Bye Bye
December 4, 2008 – 9:40 am
Dick Vitale is an easy target. He’s become a caracature of himself. And he was a caracature to begin with.
The guy loves the sport. He’s done a lot of good promoting college hoops and promoting the Jimmy V Foundation.
But his ranting and raving and screaming and lack of focus and shilling for the superteams and [...]