Kentucky Sports Radio
[Moderated by Matt Jones, Drew Franklin and Tyler Thompson]
[Moderated by Matt Jones, Drew Franklin and Tyler Thompson]
In just a bit when the clock strikes midnight, it will be Coach John Calipari’s birthday. Hope you baked a cake (or at least cupcakes) and are in the room adjacent to Coach, waiting to surprise him right when the birthday hits. Don’t forget the candles.
Tomorrow is February 10th, 2013. Coach Calipari turns 54 years old this Sunday, and it will be a day of rest after taking care of Auburn at home. However, the fun can’t last too long because JC and the boys must prepare for Florida and then head off for Tuesday night’s game in Gainesville.
I think we can all join together in saying Happy Birthday, Coach Cal! Since his arrival, Lexington has been the capital city of college hoops and the University of Kentucky has been the single most exciting program in the game. We’ve all got a lot to be thankful for as fans with Cal as our coach – One National Title, Two Final Fours, continuous top recruiting classes, countless NBA Draft picks, and an unmatched fan experience. It’s been an incredible ride and I don’t see that stopping just yet. He’s the best in the business and he’s done it in a way that puts the kids first while still delivering the best on and off the court to the university, the state, and the fans. Here’s to hoping we have many more of these birthdays to celebrate in the Bluegrass.
Let’s take a look back at today’s highlights and then some:
- After blasting the cold-as-ice Tigers on the road a couple weeks ago, UK defeated Auburn 72-62. This win puts that Cats at 17-6 (8-2 SEC), which is good enough for second place in the SEC behind Florida. This was not the most convincing win, but hopefully it is enough to boost UK into their upcoming game against the Gators. There were some hard fouls, some ejections, some threes, some Uncle JuJu, some Big Willie Style, but only one Nerlens Noel block. Strange day. See Drew’s post below for more info on the game.
- Speaker of the House John Boehner came to the game today. Coach Cal posted this picture of Boehner and his wife after the game and I must say – I watched every episode of House of Cards in less than 24 hours, and Robin Wright spoiled me with regards to what Senators’ wives look like.
- Before the game, Drew chronicled this really great moment between John Short and Goose Givens (who is also my favorite UK player of all time). Check it out here if you want to relive the good-time-Cat-fan feelings.
- Looks like another slew of talented footballers are coming to town. Check out this list of football recuits visiting soon: Deion Singleton, Jacob Pugh III, De’Eric Culver, Drew Barker, Nacarius Fant, Tevin Lawson, Mikel Horton. The hits keep coming under Stoops. I love it.
- Rajon Rondo is currently getting his ACL surgery options together. Danny Ainge said he expects Rajon to have a surgery procedure finally this week. Ainge also said this re: Rondo: “He’s not one of those guys who reads a lot.” Hmmm, I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt on this one, Danny, and assume you only meant reading press.
- I have no idea what this new Harlem Shake viral video trend is, but there’s a UK themed version already up. See below (and try not to stare directly into the eyes of the Tiger-shirt fellow in the middle).
And on that note, I’m out folks. Have a good Saturday night. Tip your bartenders, drive safe, and don’t do anything I wouldn’t do. And if you’re reading this in the morning, I’ll take two sugars in my coffee please.
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February 9th, 2013 at 11:12 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc_HKK1tX-A GO CATS!!!
February 9th, 2013 at 11:14 pm
UL just lost like a 9 point lead in the last 45 seconds to go to OT
February 9th, 2013 at 11:25 pm
UL should be able to close this out with ND having 3 starters on the bench after fouling out.
February 9th, 2013 at 11:30 pm
Cooley got jobbed, big time
February 9th, 2013 at 11:33 pm
that’s not the Harlem shake…leave it up to white folk to not have a clue what dance they’re doing. having said that, looks like they’re having fun.
February 9th, 2013 at 11:36 pm
Yeah, Happy Birthday! Now come on down to Gainesville and get your spanking. Go Gators!
February 9th, 2013 at 11:36 pm
3. And yet…double OT.
February 9th, 2013 at 11:41 pm
Sometimes you just gotta like being around men, so I hope Coach Cal gets his wish and gets to be around some men on his birthday.
February 9th, 2013 at 11:42 pm
Siva fouls out….advantage Cards
February 9th, 2013 at 11:42 pm
6. You should never show your face here again after letting UofL win the Sugar Bowl………..And Cal beats you every year. Good Day Sir..
February 9th, 2013 at 11:55 pm
Where wud UK be if we had Behanan??
February 10th, 2013 at 12:04 am
#11 – Where’d U of L be if they didn’t have Peyton Siva? Already in the hotel room, asleep with a win, that’s where. What a piece of crap of a point guard he can be at times.
February 10th, 2013 at 12:08 am
Mmmmmmmm thanks Robert!
February 10th, 2013 at 12:09 am
Anyone have the video of Archie getting punched?
February 10th, 2013 at 12:14 am
#14 – You can find the Archie punch video right here.
February 10th, 2013 at 12:16 am
Wow this UL game is crazy
February 10th, 2013 at 12:17 am
And Russ smith is awful
February 10th, 2013 at 12:19 am
A team we don’t like and a team we hate, just running each other into the ground. Maybe no one has to win. This is a fun game.
February 10th, 2013 at 12:23 am
baauer baby
February 10th, 2013 at 12:24 am
OMG, I hope you guys make mention of the Notre Dame/Louisville Game! 5 OT’S now!!
February 10th, 2013 at 12:24 am
@18 – until just recently, it’s pretty much been Notre Dame’s second string vs UL’s starters (sans Siva) and they’re *still* in the 5 the overtime!
February 10th, 2013 at 12:37 am
Notre Dame!!! The hunchbacks win!!!!!
February 10th, 2013 at 12:37 am
I can’t tell if Notre Dame is rushing the court or if Kelly’s subbing the crowd in
February 10th, 2013 at 12:38 am
Who was it that made such a big deal about us losing on the road to Notre Dame earlier this year? Certainly not U of L fans, right?
February 10th, 2013 at 12:39 am
Russ Smith missed a shot at the end of every period..Wow hes clutch!
February 10th, 2013 at 12:39 am
Awful free throw shooting from both teams at the end…. I liked Montrez’s airball
February 10th, 2013 at 12:45 am
Looserville chokes another one. Sweet
Now Chris a few things. First Robin Wright is hot as the wife of the majority whip, not a speaker let alone a senator. No wonder KY has such stellar representation if you “voters” can’t tell the difference
February 10th, 2013 at 12:46 am
and by voters I mean morons
February 10th, 2013 at 12:46 am
Wow Russ Smith sucks!
February 10th, 2013 at 12:46 am
Oh and Happy Birthday to Coach Cal, and myself!!!!!
February 10th, 2013 at 12:47 am
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Louisville’s starters couldn’t put away Notre Dame’s second string in the first 4 overtimes! Finally, they almost all fouled out and ND finished them off. Head to http://www.cardchronicle.com right away! If you’ve never taken the time to troll UL fans after a loss, you don’t know what you’re missing. The world is ending over there right now!
February 10th, 2013 at 12:51 am
What’s better than watching one of the best basketball games of all time? Watching loserville lose it in 5 over times. Go big blue.
February 10th, 2013 at 12:52 am
#31 Good call what a bunch of whining linebeards. It warms the heart
February 10th, 2013 at 12:52 am
Russ smith and siva were TERRIBLE. I love it.
February 10th, 2013 at 12:56 am
They are standing in line on the bridges in loserville right now ready to jump you should head them.
February 10th, 2013 at 1:07 am
31. Why go over there and troll? Who cares, they lost at the same place we did.
February 10th, 2013 at 1:16 am
What a great day to be a CAT
February 10th, 2013 at 1:21 am
@36 – yes, but “we suck” and they’re a “top-3 team”. Don’t believe me? Just ask their fans!
February 10th, 2013 at 1:26 am
Auburn punked the game closer than it was. Willie’s progress very useful, both for Florida and long term. Archie either needs to get it or get benched. Now.
That photo of Boehner – ugh – could cost him an election in his northern Cincy area where UK isn’t very popular. Let’s hope.
February 10th, 2013 at 2:10 am
@31 – wish u hadn’t posted. Never visited a UL board before, it was just bizarre. Gotta take a Brillo pad with me to the shower now and hope I can scrape the dirty bird stink off.
February 10th, 2013 at 2:21 am
OMG its Speaker of I can’t control my own insane House Boner. He presided over the worst Congress in history. And cried to do it.
February 10th, 2013 at 4:24 am
41-Either make an intelligent or shut the hell up. Are you 4 years old? “What Senators’ wives look like”. Boehner is not a Senator.
February 10th, 2013 at 6:22 am
Is that how Christians dance now? Maybe my plan is starting to work. That room had no women, but apparently none were needed.
February 10th, 2013 at 7:57 am
I love it. On the Courier Journal website, the U of Smell fans are roasting Pitino. Ha, Ha, Ha
February 10th, 2013 at 7:59 am
Happy Birthday Cal! Studies show that people who have more birthdays live longer than those with fewer
February 10th, 2013 at 8:29 am
Hutch should be banned. Young children are on this site. You are pitiful.
February 10th, 2013 at 8:51 am
Regarding the comment on Boehner’s wife ….I have never seen Chris Thomas but I do not have to know what he looks like to know that, at least at this stage of his life, he is an ugly ugly person.
February 10th, 2013 at 9:02 am
I am a democrat but yes, please don’t throw indirect or direct darts at the Speakers wife. Just let him & his family enjoy a game. We have to put politics aside in sports when we are all just fans.
February 10th, 2013 at 9:08 am
I’m not certain everyone in the Harlem video is a guy. OK…wait…take a look at the big one at bottom-right of screen with colored long hair. I’m not sold on just what that is. Hmmmmmm,
Anyway, Happy B day Coach!
February 10th, 2013 at 9:12 am
#44 your right, they have some funny stuff over there, bashing siva, smith, and pitino lol. the funniest one i rwad is that smith is better in transistion than john wall, one guy making bank in the nba and the other throwing up crazy shots in college, they live in a funny world
February 10th, 2013 at 9:12 am
I know I have seen this “dance” before now.
Remember the old Charlie Brown Christmas cartoon that comes on like every year as a rerun? Yeah, that’s the ticket…
When Charlie Brown can’t get the kids to pay attention to his Christmas Play “directing”…-they all break out in a dance with one kid playing a piano.
Yeah!
February 10th, 2013 at 9:15 am
–all that video needs is a dog (like Snoopy) dancing on a piano.
February 10th, 2013 at 9:16 am
Ridge – You are 100% right! That’s some funny meff.
February 10th, 2013 at 9:19 am
ridge runner, lmao.
UL goes down and i’m estatic.
February 10th, 2013 at 9:26 am
15- I wonder how many “spins” #46 made it through. I’m guessing 6.
February 10th, 2013 at 9:32 am
“I watched every episode of House of Cards in less than 24 hours, and Robin Wright spoiled me with regards to what Senators’ wives look like”
Chris, you ooze class
February 10th, 2013 at 9:57 am
Chris,
If you are going to insult a politicians wife, at least be intelligent about it.
FYI, the Speaker of the House is not a Senator.
February 10th, 2013 at 10:03 am
Kevin Spacey plays a member of South Carolina’s House delegation, not a United States Senator. That would make Robin Wright the wife of a Representative. Probably should have slowed down on the episode watching, Chris.
February 10th, 2013 at 11:01 am
Happy Birthday Cal, 54 years young!
February 10th, 2013 at 11:18 am
Is it really necessary for U of L to lose for us to have a good day? We’ve got enough on our own plate without worrying about them. Cal may not have given up on No. 10 but most of the fans have.
February 10th, 2013 at 11:31 am
You have to have good guard play to advance in the tourney. We don’t have good, consistent guard play. Without a competent point guard, there can be no consistent, effective offense. Our shooting guard can’t shoot and our point guard has no sense of command over his team. There is still time but I am seeing nothing to think our guards can be dependable. Polston and Mays can be effective against certain teams but they don’t have sufficient foot speed and athletic ability to be the guys against top teams.
February 10th, 2013 at 12:00 pm
You are 25 years old…how in the hell am I your favorite player of all time?
February 10th, 2013 at 12:03 pm
speaking of birthdaze, a mere 2daze ago marked the birthdate of one of the greatest military leaders ever, Wm. Tecumseh Sherman, who invaded & obliterated the deep south, & for that alone, Feb. 8 ought to be a national holiday!!!
February 10th, 2013 at 12:37 pm
#63. You are a major a**hole. Spoken like a true ” damn Yankee”
February 10th, 2013 at 1:14 pm
63. Sherman was also part of the same group of people to begin the genocide of the American Indian right afte they tore up the South. If these guys, the North, were so driven to free the slaves on the one hand why would they do that to the Indians? Because the Civil War was not about slavery. It was about smashing states’ rights and beginning the take over of everything by the federal government and corporations.
February 10th, 2013 at 1:43 pm
43 – It was a video from a Men’s retreat this past weekend.
February 10th, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Hey 1, are you the maker of that video? If so, great job..got me pumped up.
February 10th, 2013 at 2:20 pm
60- I didn’t realize there was a chance we could win 2 titles this year! Sweet!
February 10th, 2013 at 2:21 pm
Chris, I know you probably don’t care but I will never read another post from you again. Comments about someone’s wife should be kept to yourself. Very unprofessional and absolutely ridiculous. I don’t know the guy or his wife but think if his wife read’s your comment. What a [insert male genital] you are. Whenever I see your name, I will pass on by from here on out. You should think about apologizing.
February 10th, 2013 at 3:48 pm
Why are people getting so worked up over someone saying Boehner’s wife isn’t hot? It’s not like you all have to go home to that old bat every night.
February 10th, 2013 at 10:05 pm
Can I get that 33 seconds back of my life; Stupid
February 12th, 2013 at 8:54 pm
The players need to do one! If Cousins was still here it would have already been done!