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 [...]
September 28, 2009 – 8:56 pm
And I’m not talking football, but the sport that was, is and always will be #1 in the Land o’ Red & Black: Basketball.
My source is a person of reasonable reliability with no reason to pass along anything so spicy unless he/ she believed it was with merit, a person who has been part of [...]
September 23, 2009 – 3:46 pm
My double trouble panel of football experts has finally weighed in on Louisville’s disheartening loss to UK. State Champ is like Jaws, he never opines until he’s watched the tapes. His sidekick Sportsby never opines until he’s sure he’s right (which means he waits to hear what State Champ has to say then essentially [...]
September 21, 2009 – 9:48 am
Overheard at Commonwealth Stadium before the game was this observation by one Big Blue fan to another:
“We’re gonna score like it’s midnight at Porcini’s.”
– Seedy K
September 20, 2009 – 4:41 pm
My favorite pre-game take on the Governor’s Cup battle came from a rabbi at one of the local synagogues. Yesterday was Rosh Hashonah, the first full day of the Jewish High Holidays. Kidding both Cardinal and Cat fans in his congregation, he mentioned how both have always wanted their teams to play on New [...]
September 18, 2009 – 3:54 pm
The Green Wave is taking the $$$$ — $700 large — to avoid crossing paths with the Bayou Bengals after this season. Lane Kiffin told his father, D coordinator Monte, to wear a duster tomorrow in Gainesville so he can hide beneath daddy’s coattails. And that former U of L coach, whose name no longer [...]
