As the days and weeks have rolled along, it seems like there have been a few reports in Joe Crawford’s favor. A good Pre-Draft camp. Detroit coming out and saying he’s been considered for their 2nd round pick. But take a look at any full mock draft and Crawford is no where to be found. [...]
Archive for June, 2008
The $300,000 Question–Will Joe Crawford get drafted?
Posted: 26th June 2008 by Kenny Colston in Chuck Hayes, Joe Crawford, Keith Bogans, Kelenna Azibuke, Kentucky Basketball, NBA, NBA Draft, rajon rondo, Ramel Bradley, tayshaun prince, UK basketball0
2008-09 Roster Breakdown: Kevin Galloway
Posted: 25th June 2008 by Kenny Colston in Kentucky Basketball, Kevin Galloway, UK basketballKevin Galloway is from Sacramento, California, by way of the College of Southern Idaho, which was the top JUCO in the country during the years that Galloway played there. This is not a coincidence. Kevin Galloway ran the show for CSI, and he ran it exceptionally well. This is a player who can cause some [...]
Pizza and Bowling for UK Football?
Posted: 25th June 2008 by Kenny Colston in Bowls, College Football, Kentucky Football, Louisville, NCAA football, SEC football, UK footballI was going to wait a little bit before getting all worked up about UK’s chances to go bowling for a third straight year in football, but ESPN has left me no choice. You see, College Football writer Mark Schlabach has released July bowl predictions to help keep people like me sane. And he has [...]
World's Greatest Classic Game Analysis: UK vs. Alabama (1998)
Posted: 25th June 2008 by Kenny Colston in Nazr Mohammed, Scott Padgett, Tubby Smith, WGCGAI know nobody remembers this one, because I hardly remember it. That’s why I have the tapes. If memory serves me correctly, this was the last time Kentucky played an SEC home game at Freedom Hall in Louisville. This game also immediately followed the Arkansas game I sent in yesterday, so there isn’t much backstory. [...]
First off, sorry for all the change in the scenery recently. We’re trying out a few new styles to bring the best one to all you readers out there. We’re pretty happy with our current layout. But we wanted to get feedback from you guys. Anything you would like to see added? Changed? We want [...]
Bye, Bye, Pillsbury Throwboy.
Posted: 24th June 2008 by Kenny Colston in Andre Woodson, Jared Lorenzen, Kentucky Football, UK footballYou saw this coming months ago. The day when new replaced the old. That’s what happened when Andre Woodson was drafted by the Giants in the sixth round of the NFL Draft. We knew our favorite clipboard holder was soon to leave. That’s right. Jared Lorenzen was cut by the Super Bowl champion New York [...]
Recruit Scouting Report: Daniel Orton
Posted: 24th June 2008 by Kenny Colston in Daniel Orton, Kentucky Basketball, Recruiting, UK basketballIf you would like to contribute to UK Wildcat Country, e-mail me at kennethcolston@gmail.com SCOUTING REPORT: DANIEL ORTON –Seth Stogsdill Well, I know you can’t always believe things you hear on the Internet, but sometimes the news is just too good to ignore. If you believe the rumor mills coming from the Elite Camp, Kentucky [...]
Recruiting: The Past and Present.
Posted: 23rd June 2008 by Kenny Colston in Adolph Rupp, Kentucky Basketball, Recruiting, UK basketball, UK Elite CampEveryone knows that recruiting in today’s sports world is almost a sport itself. Fans foam at the mouth for even the smallest bit of knowledge (Daniel Orton’s facebook page said he loved the Elite Camp! YAY!). So when I ran across the SI.com article talking about the history of recruiting and some of the silly [...]
Phil Steele: Cats No Better than 5th in SEC East.
Posted: 23rd June 2008 by Kenny Colston in College Football, Kentucky Football, UK footballAnother day, another pre-season football magazine saying UK just can’t compete above fifth in the SEC. Sure, Phil Steele has given UK more credit than the other two magazines we’ve reviewed so far, but still. You can put more UK guys on your All-SEC teams. You can say this will be better or that will [...]
Classic Game Analysis: 1998 UK vs. Ark
Posted: 22nd June 2008 by Kenny Colston in Arkansas, Kentucky Basketball, Nazr Mohammed, Saul Smith, Scott Padgett, UK basketball, Wayne TurnerIf you would like to contribute to UK Wildcat Country, e-mail me at kennethcolston@gmail.com WORLD’S GREATEST CLASSIC GAME ANALYSIS: KENTUCKY VS. ARKANSAS (1998) –Seth Stogsdill After 10 days of having no internet, I’m ready to continue the classic UK game series from 1998. The next one is the annual game against the Arkansas Razorbacks, back [...]