I’m a basketball junkie. It’s the one thing I don’t enjoy about July through September. I’m desperate to get a basketball fix in, but luckily, there are a couple of outlets that will keep me from losing my mind. The first is the occasional pickup game report that you get by reading message boards. I [...]
Archive for July, 2008
PICKUP GAMES AND OLYMPIC BASKETBALL
Posted: 31st July 2008 by Kenny Colston in DeAndre Liggins, Jodie Meeks, Josh Harrellson, Kevin Galloway, Ramon Harris, tayshaun prince, UK basketball, USA basketball0
Does UK Have A New Football Commit?
Posted: 31st July 2008 by Kenny Colston in Football Recruiting, Joker Phillips, Kentucky Football, Mister Cobble, Rich Brooks, Ridge Wilson, UK footballIt’s no secret that Rich Brooks and Co. have been working the recruiting trail hard recently, grabbing a slew of three star recruits and in-state talent before fall practice even starts. Pretty good considering the rest of the SEC has decided to come out firing as well. And now, UK has another kid from the [...]
THE SHOOT: EPISODE 16 – TENNESSEE AND SIDESHOW BRUCE
Posted: 30th July 2008 by Kenny Colston in Billy Gillispie, Bruce Pearl, Tennessee, UK basketballThe views I’m about to express are not necessarily those of anybody else but me, but they ought to be, and as a matter of fact, they probably are. The year was 1997. Tennessee basketball sucked something terrible on the court, but not in recruiting. Kevin “Mad Dog” O’Neill was pulling in some amazing classes [...]
Holy Ticket Sales, Batman!
Posted: 30th July 2008 by Kenny Colston in Kentucky Football, UK Fans, UK footballYou know, we here at UK Wildcat Country have been a little hard on you, the common UK fan. We may have said that you aren’t hyped enough about football season. That you can’t color-coordinate enough to do a blue- or white-out. And then we got wind from UK Athletics that the lower level of [...]
This is nothing more than a list of things in the world of college basketball that really grind my gears, but not so much that each thing deserves its own episode of “The Shoot.” Still, I have a lot on my mind, so let’s get on with this. *Most coaches don’t have a lick of [...]
Jeremy Jarmon: UK's best overall player?
Posted: 29th July 2008 by Kenny Colston in Bobby Petrino, Jeremy Jarmon, Kentucky Football, SEC football, Trevard Lindley, UK footballIf you believe the Gainesville Sun and ESPN.com’s Chris Low, then yeah… Jeremy Jarmon is UK’s best player. The Sun released their list of the top 25 players going into this season in the SEC and Jarmon clocks in at 24 on the newspaper’s list. ESPN’s Chris Low then took a crack at his own [...]
Curtis Pulley Limit his options. Immediately. A kid like this has lost his privilege of choice due to his actions and history of poor choices. So, it’s time to make them for him. Pulley is not a QB, he will never sniff an NFL-related anything from that position. At WR however, the kid could be [...]
WORLD’S GREATEST CLASSIC GAME ANALYSIS: UK VS. TENNESSEE (2001)
Posted: 28th July 2008 by Kenny Colston in Gerald Fitch, Keith Bogans, Saul Smith, tayshaun prince, Tennessee, Tubby Smith, UK basketball, WGCGAHow much do I love this game? I thought Tubby Smith did such a good job coaching in this one that it bought him almost six extra years of me having his back. In 2001, Kentucky was once again the victim of the Larry Ivy schedule, as it was as brutal as ever in the [...]
Brooks Should Name Hartline As Starting QB.
Posted: 28th July 2008 by Kenny Colston in Curtis Pulley, Joker Philips, Kentucky Football, Mike Hartline, Rich Brooks, UK footballSince spring football opened, the quarterback position has been a wide open race according to Rich Brooks. sophomore Mike Hartline and junior Curtis Pulley have been switching between running the first and second team offenses. They played each other to a virtual tie in the spring game. It’s a dead heat. Brooks has even constantly [...]
THE TEN BEST RUPP ARENA CROWDS I’VE EVER SEEN
Posted: 27th July 2008 by Kenny Colston in Billy Gillispie, Florida Gators, Louisville, Rick Pitino, Rupp Arena, Tubby Smith, UK basketballI have always had a somewhat mixed opinion of Rupp Arena. I think that the building and the crowd can energize a team and will that team to win like no other gym in college basketball, but at the same time, I’ve been to games where people are wearing red and yellow sweaters. What’s up [...]