November 20, 2009 – 11:36 am
Let the kvetching commence!
UK beat Sam Houston State handily. Yet, with three fresh faced frosh, playing only their third college game, scoring 66% of the Cats points, the caterwauling still began.
Yes, Kentucky’s defense was as substantial as cardboard that sat at the curb in an all day rain. Giving up 18 threes just days after [...]
November 17, 2009 – 5:44 pm
Revised 11/18. 10:25 a.m. An alert reader advises that Lou Holtz does not have bad dentures, but suffers from a speech impediment. In fact, he has become and advocate for people suffering similar speech disorders. Thus my attempts at humor regarding his speech are seriously ill advised. I thus have edited my comments in this [...]
November 16, 2009 – 10:11 pm
The most disappointing performance of this Monday night — Except for Baltimore and Cleveland who are doing their best U of L vs. ‘Cuse imitation midway through the 2d quarter — is that of the boyz at catspause.com.
I mean they’re actually cutting their 2-0 Cats some slack. Perspective. Whodathunkit?
Okay, one guy was calling for D’Andre [...]
November 12, 2009 – 9:21 pm
Another 3-2 W/L last week, and my season tally is 29-21. And that’s a fact, Jack.
And, if you think I’m going to rest on my laurels and pick a bunch o’ bunnies, think again, shankapatamous.
So, I’ll start at the top and work my way down the totem pole of student athletic pigskinnery.
Syracuse @ Louisville. So, [...]
November 7, 2009 – 9:37 pm
I received ESPN The Magazine’s College Basketball Preview issue in the mail today.
The panel of experts ranks their top 64 schools.
Kansas is #1.
Kentucky is #4.
Louisville is # . . . I dunno. The Cards are nowhere to be found.
Which is to say the sports giant which heralds Bilas and Fraschilla and Gottleib and Vitale and [...]
October 30, 2009 – 12:25 pm
Squish. Splat. Kethunk. Sssssssssshhhhhhhhhh.
A week after going a perfect 5-0, I was back on my less than considerable game when this Saturday ended with a thump. WashU, Colorado and Team Helmet all let me down. My 2-3 tally for last weekend notwithstanding, I’m still 23-17 on the season.
And now that real autumn is upon us, [...]
October 28, 2009 – 5:23 pm
And the Opening Day I’m talking about ain’t the November Madness we used to call the World Series. It shouldn’t take the Bronx Checkbooks more than five games to finish that. Hopefully before the first blizzard of the season. And I don’t mean baseball season.
I am talking about U of L hoops tipoff, which is [...]
October 22, 2009 – 10:07 am
Revised 10/22 @ 10:18 a.m. I stand corrected. I’m advised that the gentlemen were spotted eating dinner not lunch. My apologies for any inconvenience this misinformation might have caused.
From a source both reliable and intelligent, a fellow not inclined to gossip or engage in idle chatter, this nugget, which he swears to be true.
Spotted [...]
October 18, 2009 – 3:55 pm
That’s right, kids, it’s the proverbial Tale of Two Cities.
Lexington: happy :: Louisville: sad.
When I watch how resolute the pigskin Cats are, I think of how much I belittled Rich Brooks during his first couple seasons. And, how wrong I, a naysayer, was. UK’s mentor proves year in and year out, game in and game [...]
October 11, 2009 – 12:33 pm
Somebody mentioned a telling stat about UK football yesterday. That I heard it in the press room at Papa J’s is of no consequence.
It was said, and I have not verified it but it sounds true enough, that the Cats are 1-30 in their last 31 games against ranked opponents in their division of the [...]
