In view of the changing tide of UK football, WC has pegged this season as a very important year in terms of taking another step. National media calls the Cats “down and out” if only due to losing a few star players. The future is looking bright with many good young guys set to climb [...]
Archive for August, 2008
The Most Important Game Series
Posted: 27th August 2008 by Kenny Colston in Louisville, Rich Brooks, UK football0
WORLD’S GREATEST CLASSIC GAME ANALYSIS: UK VS. LOUISVILLE (2007)
Posted: 26th August 2008 by Kenny Colston in Andre Woodson, Jacob Tamme, Keenan Burton, Louisville, Rafael Little, Rich Brooks, Steve Johnson, Steve Kragthrope, UK footballNow I know what you’re thinking – Why do this game? Louisville beat us in 2007. It wasn’t even close. They shot 46 free throws. It was the worst game of Patrick Patterson’s young career. All of this is true, but of all the weeks of the year, this is the one where basketball is [...]
Bruce Feldman, Busch League Bowl Projectons.
Posted: 26th August 2008 by Kenny Colston in Bowls, College Football, Kentucky Football, SEC football, UK footballBoy I haven’t really ranted in a long time. But thanks to ESPN.com’s Bruce Feldman, you will be treated to one this morning. Why? Because Feldman is a busch league college football columnist. Feldman and Mark Schlabach released their pre-season bowl projections. A silly thing, I’m sure they’ll tell you, but it’s gets idiots like [...]
For those of you not in the know, the first week of school (classes start this Wednesday) at UK is called K Week. It’s week chock-full of events put together by the university and all of its many groups and organizations. All of the events are designed to give new students a feel for the [...]
SEC FOOTBALL: ON THE ROAD AND OUT OF CONFERENCE
Posted: 25th August 2008 by Kenny Colston in Arkansas, Auburn, Bobby Petrino, Florida Gators, Georgia, Louisville, SEC football, Tennessee, UK footballI am a Kentucky fan first, but an SEC fan second. One of the perks of playing football in the SEC is that you don’t have to beef up your OOC schedule with tough games because you play a vicious eight-game gauntlet that is almost always good enough to tilt the BCS standings in your [...]
Attacking Pre-Season Myths
Posted: 25th August 2008 by Kenny Colston in Auburn, Florida Gators, Georgia, Hunter Cantwell, Kentucky Football, Louisville, LSU football, Mississippi State, SEC football, Steve Spurrier, UK footballThe pre-season is usually a bunch of crap. Lies are told, bold predictions made and most people have no idea what they are talking about. That’s why we’re here to seperate the cow from the bull****. 1. Louisville’s experience at quarterback will be enough for the team coast to a 6-6 or 7-5 season. Verdict: [...]
WORLD’S GREATEST POSTGAME ANALYSIS: USA 118, SPAIN 107
Posted: 24th August 2008 by Kenny Colston in USA basketballI promise this is my last post on Team USA, but I just finished watching the gold medal game from Beijing, and I have to talk about it because it was an amazing game. Spain gave the Americans their toughest game of these 2008 Olympics, which surprised me a great deal. I figured Argentina would [...]
An assessment of Morgan Newton
Posted: 23rd August 2008 by Kenny Colston in Football Recruiting, Joker Phillips, Morgan Newton, Randy Sanders, Rich Brooks, UK footballI just finished watching Morgan Newton on ESPN, and I came away extremely impressed by the kid. Here are some bullet points. *The knock on mobile quarterbacks is that they sometimes get impatient when the pass protection begins to break down, resulting in scrambles for minimal gains. I didn’t see that out of Newton today. [...]
Home Game Times Announced, Plenty of Tailgating To Be Done
Posted: 23rd August 2008 by Kenny Colston in UncategorizedThe football schedule took full form with game times being announced for home games for the entire year. Although we have no idea when road games will occur, we should find out within the next week. Looks like there will be plenty of tailgating going on this season as currently five of the seven home [...]
KEVIN GALLOWAY, DEANDRE LIGGINS AND BAGHDAD BOB
Posted: 22nd August 2008 by Kenny Colston in Billy Gillispie, DeAndre Liggins, Kevin Galloway, UK basketballKC already posted on this, but I felt compelled to share my opinion on the matter as well. The University of Kentucky has varied between vague and bipolar when discussing the eligibility of UK point guard prospects Deandre Liggins and Kevin Galloway. First they’re eligible. Then they might not be eligible. Now they’re probably eligible, [...]