Kentucky Sports Radio
[Moderated by Matt Jones]
[Moderated by Matt Jones]
Sometimes the great moments in life come when you least expect it. Today was one of those days, as the world got the news via Twitter that KSR blogger extraordinaire Beisner is married. Today Beisner took the plunge, with the traditional Thursday wedding ceremony practiced by most of the nation’s social malcontents. Beisner’s new wife is a beautiful bride and she has given him permission to continue on with his life of blogging and misery. Normally this post is his on Thursday night, but being the generous boss that I am, I gave him the evening off in exchange for two months of doing my laundry and one ten minute conversation with Brian the Intern. In all seriousness, we congratulate Beisner on his nuptials and wish him the best as he slowly heads down his journey towards a mid-life crisis.
Lots happened, so we will do notes instead of views:
— The big news of the night is that the Louisville basketball practice that was being considered has been cancelled. UK had reached an agreement with Freedom Hall to have a practice on Sunday from 6-8 pm, but now it has been cancelled. While no official reason has been given, one has to assume that the stink the UL officials raised must have been part of it. A source close to UL told me this afternoon that when the Cards Athletics people heard of the potential deal, they flipped out and confronted Freedom Hall people over the last couple of days. How those conversations went are unknown, but for now, it looks as if the Louisville practice is a no-go.
— Another mini-crisis came and went today with the Jerry Tipton story about Patterson and his truck. If you read the site earlier, you saw the comments from Patrick’s mother as to how Tipton said Patrick drove a truck that he didnt, to and from the game. Tipton has since recanted the story on his blog and there is supposed to be a retraction in the paper tomorrow. While the actuall comments that Jerry made may not be of huge significance, one wonders how a reporter says a person did something with supposed first-hand knowledge, and then gets it wrong. I guess we will never know.
— Two polls came out and UK is ranked #4 and #5 in the preseason. The rankings are not surprising and are probably close to appropriate. There are five teams with more talent than the rest of the country (Kansas, UNC, Michigan State, Texas and Kentucky), and in my view Kansas should be first and the other four are interchangeable. However if all teams reach potential, the Cats will be the Jayhawks’ biggest rivals when it matters most, come tournament time.
— If you missed the post earlier in which Calipari’s Russian was translated by a reader, you need to check it out. The term “Big Gay Nation” has the potential to be a KSR cult classic.
— Dana O Neill reports tonight that the NCAA Board of Governors preliminarily approved all the recruiting changes we talked about last week. Two go into effect immediately, the ban on paying AAU coaches for summer camps and the donations to AAU programs by schools. The other two, ending the payment to “recruiting scouting services” connected to players and the end of “package deals” hiring will be voted on for good in April. Great moves in all regards.
— Adrien Payne ended his recruitment by picking Michigan State. Just two weeks ago, everyone believed it would be UK or West Virginia, but Izzo came in and got the talented big man. Contrary to what I have seen some say online, the UK folks really wanted Payne and were disappointed with the result. But now the actions between UK and WVU will heat up again for Tobias Harris.
— I hate watching baseball. I watched two innings tonight and nearly fell asleep three times. I did however see enough to remember why I dont like Tim McCarver.
— Turkey Hunter (who should be on Twitter) and I watched the NBA (which I do like) and were playing the “who does he look like” game. When the Turkey Hunter said that Greg Oden should be played in his movie by Morgan Freeman, the game ended.
— Manu Ginobli’s hair must have been sent away as part of the Richard Jefferson trade.
— I still have no word on whether the Blackout is still a go. I havent heard one word mentioned about it from UK since Tuesday, so I expect it will fall apart either by intention or neglect. But I will still wear my black hooded UK sweatshirt in protest.
— There apparently will be a UK Homecoming pep rally on Friday night at 7 pm at Memorial Coliseum. Rich Brooks, John Calipari and Matthew Mitchell will all be there and there is entertainment provided by Tim Meadows (yes of Saturday Night Live). We will have more on this tomorrow, but it should be a fun event.
Lots going on today….we have Mississippi State previews, the announcement of the winners of the Blogger Contest and Dustin updating where UK stands on recruiting now. Dont miss it….or do, its your call.
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October 30th, 2009 at 12:05 am
I really hate Louisville
October 30th, 2009 at 12:18 am
- if UL officials truly had Freedom Hall folks cancel this event that’s pretty bush league
- Tim McCarver might be the only sports broadcaster who is actually WORSE than Rob Bromley
October 30th, 2009 at 12:22 am
in honor of Tipton, you should’ve called this “Muckrakers’ Friday News and Views”
October 30th, 2009 at 12:24 am
1. I hate L’ville …Freedom Hall should be shunned.
2. Tipton exhibits the worst in journalism (use that work loosely!)…he should be fired…asap!
3. Wonderful Patterson family…to think Tipton tried to make PP out to be some gangsta in his tricked out truck..unconscionable!
4. Rankings pay homage, but give us something to shoot for..down with that.
5. NCAA..uh…who knows…blind pig/acorn thing
6. Payne..his loss, not ours
7. Congrats to Beisner!
Going to bed now!
October 30th, 2009 at 12:27 am
hmmm, Beisner on a West Wing tour…
October 30th, 2009 at 12:34 am
I hate the University of Loserville! It took me two whole days to get that freaking day off and I finally get it off only to find out the babies at uofl threw a temper tantrum. Whats so funny is I live in louisville and there was an article in the louisville paper about how they didn’t care and they didn’t understand blah blah blah but behind closed doors they were furious. We got under their skin so points for UK and Cal but man I worked hard to get that time off. Gonna see them when they play UNC-Ashville in the Hall so I’ll have to wait til Nov. 30th I guess. January can’t come any faster for this Catfan stuck in dirty bird town!
October 30th, 2009 at 12:47 am
Congratulations, Beisner. Marriage is a great thing if you’re willing to work at it every day - selflessness is the key.
October 30th, 2009 at 12:52 am
selflessness and a lot of Jim Beam
October 30th, 2009 at 12:52 am
Makes me hate UL even more. Just shows how much the Cards really do fear UK. They can try to do everything they can to keep UK out of Louisville, but in the end the UK fanbase will only grow.
October 30th, 2009 at 1:04 am
The Cards are soon leaving Freedom Hall so why do they care if they piss them off?
October 30th, 2009 at 1:04 am
Word on the street in San Francisco is that the big gay nation there are planning to move to Lexington to join the Big Gay Nation. They are giddy (like Jones) with delight about the move, but know very little about basketball. Doesn’t matter though, as they dress in snazzy outfits and boy can they work the pompoms.
October 30th, 2009 at 1:05 am
hmmm… Matt’s complete omission of the Vaught tweet?… color me official concerned.
October 30th, 2009 at 1:13 am
The coal people should buy Freedom Hall, rename it Coal Hall fka Freedom Hall, kick UL out, and allow only UK and Bellarmine to practice and play there.
October 30th, 2009 at 1:25 am
Tim “Lando” Meadows? Awesome.
12) Do tell.
October 30th, 2009 at 1:46 am
I have 2 Upper Level Seats for Monday’s game im trying to unload,section 213 Row FF. Willing to sell them under face value if anyone wants to meet me in Paducah to get them.
October 30th, 2009 at 1:49 am
I found a good hip hop song for the highlight film from when John Wall shows up Sherron Collins for his comments that Wall is “coming out of high school with a lot of hype” and “I ain’t going to let no young boy get the best of me”. It’s by Jahvon “Hypebeast”…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWHYTI1_79Y
October 30th, 2009 at 2:40 am
Rose, Beasley, Griffin, Durant, Oden…all those came out with a lot of hype and proved why while dominating anyone they played against. Wall will only continue the trend. I would LOVE for them to meet in the final four, I’d prefer it to the championship game. Collins will look slow.
October 30th, 2009 at 3:47 am
http://hereticdhammasangha.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/jerry-tipton-on-pa tterson-and-the-blue-white-scrimmage/
Don’t let it go this time. It’s time to take Tipton out of action. He at least deserves to get flamed this time. Don’t let it end.
October 30th, 2009 at 3:51 am
Kentucky is ranked about where they should be to start the year. By season’s end, they’ll be battling it out with KU for the #1 slot. I don’t think UNC will be as good as some seem to think.
October 30th, 2009 at 6:49 am
Matt, Until the LHL fires Jerry, how about taking some interim action. Instead of your or any of the bloggers posting LINKS to any of his articles(if they are worth a read), where the LHL would get advertising hits, just copy & paste the article so we can read it without give them Advertising revenue. Just give credit to the LHL along with the copy & paste.
October 30th, 2009 at 7:54 am
It doesn’t make sense that UL could bully Freedom Hall. UL NEEDs Freedom Hall this year and won’t next. I would think it would be UK that Freedom Hall would want to cater to as they are the ones thinking of playing more games there in the future. Does UL hold any other events there, like the womens BB team?
October 30th, 2009 at 8:37 am
UL Officials are afraid the the remaining fans in the state (In Louisville) will get to se a reall BB team with a Realy electricfying coach.
I noticed that Tipton modified the first sentence to read that Patterson’s Father had purchased the truck for him. In the original piece I really believe Tipton was trying to imply that Patterson got a new truck in some illgeal manner (maybe from Brian Clifton or an agent). He didn’t bother to check the fact that the Patterson’s work and have money and are very capable of purchasing a new car for their son. This truly shows that Tipton has an agenda to destroy the UK program. He loathes Calipari, Lee Todd and Barnhardt. But this time Mr. Tupton picked on the wrong UK player. Fans love the Patterson and from all indications Patrick is a serious student athlete who is doing everything the right way. By Tipton trying to make a truly positive story (Patterson great performance & his parents buying him a new car) into sometype of sleaze story is unforgivable. So once again: FIRE JERRY!.
October 30th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Maybe some folks (about 24000 of them) need to email Kentucky watchdog on the Kentucky.com site about Tipton’s article. It does say “Email us your tips about potential abuses of power…”
October 30th, 2009 at 9:04 am
I love the “Ladies Man” skit Tim Meadows used to play on SNL. “I am The Ladies Man”
October 30th, 2009 at 9:07 am
Can I buy you a fish sandwich?
October 30th, 2009 at 9:11 am
Tipton nurses off the working end of an Enema tube. When he was concieved, the best part of him ran down the rock his mom and the third fleet used. Hell my pup won’t even use the paper his articles appear on b/c he thinks there’s already enough shit on it already.
Actually the LHL is in trouble, subscriptions are down and the LHL is looking for anything to boost circulations. My guess is that they probably pretty damn happy that he’s raised a stink about PP because more folks are reading this article. Just don’t raise anything that jag-in-the-bag writes, and if he steps over a line let the legal services haul his weathered, crusty, shit stained face to court. I’ll get off my soap box now.
October 30th, 2009 at 9:21 am
[...] Kentucky Sports Radio thinks that U of L threw a fit which kept UK from practicing Sunday at Freedom Hall. [...]
October 30th, 2009 at 9:31 am
I’ve got two endzone seats, 19 rows up for Saturday’s game vs MSU for face value. They are my season tickets.
If anyone’s interested, e-mail me @ mtnohalty@yahoo.com.
Tipton’s a hack!
October 30th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Here is an individual breakdown I did of each player from the Blue/White
game. Includes key stats, analysis and individual grades for all players:
http://www.allkyhoops.com
October 30th, 2009 at 9:44 am
Congratulations on the marriage, Breisner!
October 30th, 2009 at 9:47 am
Congrats Beisner on your marriage!! I wish you both great happiness.
October 30th, 2009 at 10:03 am
Grats, Beisner! Prepare for a lifetime of saying “Yes, dear…”.
October 30th, 2009 at 10:20 am
Why does this the pic seem to imply an all night meth binge? Awesome!!
October 30th, 2009 at 10:38 am
Hmmmm…..didn’t we let THE University of Louisville use our indoor practice facility for a couple of their Orange Bowl practices? Bad weather and lack of an indoor facility. What a joke of a university.
October 30th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Tipton has been pissing us off for years…but when he starts pissing off the 1st mother of UK Basketball, I think he may start having problems.
October 30th, 2009 at 11:25 am
You think Mrs. Patterson takes Chunky Campbells soup to the team…I bet she cooks homemade stew for the guys. She seems like that kind of mother.