Kentucky Sports Radio
[Moderated by Matt Jones]
[Moderated by Matt Jones]
Fred the Baker wants you to get your morning started right.
Good morning everyone! Big day ahead as your UK Swimming and Diving team takes on Indiana. Also, UK’s Women’s Gymnastics team is set to meet up with Ball State later on in the day. If we can squeeze in anything else, I hear there is a basketball game being played around lunch time. No promises, though. For my money, you can’t get enough coverage of forward approach crow hops off a springboard into a free position that results in a rip entry. Let’s digest some links.
- Ed Davender appeared in Fayette Circuit Court on Friday and pled not guilty to running a ticket scam.
- Keeping with the legal news theme, UK filed its response to James Paxton’s lawsuit yesterday afternoon. I’m not quite sure what to make of this story. At first, I thought Paxton was being vindictive and petty, but after reading this article I’m not so sure. It might be a kid that got roped into a confusing situation and is now trying to clarify everything before further damage is done. Either way, it seems like UK is handling it with some class. UK states that, “James Paxton’s scholarship money and status on the team has never been in jeopardy. . .he was, is and will continue to be a member of the University of Kentucky baseball team.”
- In football news, UK’s Offensive Line Coach, Jimmy Heggins, is a finalist for the National Offensive Line Coach of the Year Award. I think the O-line has done an outstanding job this year and Heggins deserves some pub for it. Fans can vote for the award here. Let’s show the power of KSR and put Jimmy over the top.
- Switching to men’s basketball, it seems that Roy Williams has a rather thin skin. Williams is upset that former recruit Delvin Roe changed his mind on a verbal to UNC and now plays for Michigan State. Tom Izzo was none to happy with some of Roy’s comments regarding the situation. Says Izzo, “he picked the wrong kid, he picked the wrong family and he picked the wrong program. And there’ll be a time. There’ll be a time.” I was never a huge Izzo fan, but stuff like this can win a guy over. Williams has stated he intends to talk to Izzo privately to clarify his statements. I hope Izzo brings a folding chair to that meeting and gets his NWO on.
- UNC is going to see our Lebron affiliation and raise us their association with Michael Jordan. The Tar Heels will be donning new kicks for the game today. Here are the pics of these powder blue atrocities.
- The Cats Pause has a break down of the UNC players. I had totally forgotten about the time Ramon Harris broke Tyler Zeller’s wrist. I’m not sure what is more gruesome: Breaking your wrist or having to look at Roy Williams’ tie. It looks like the design was lifted from an early 1990’s Trapper Keeper.
- Chris Diggs over at the Courier-Journal predicts a win for the Wildcats as well as pointing to this game as the reason UK hired Cal. Well. That and the great pizza discounts.
- Apparently, the Cousins “I’m not impressed” quote made the rounds. One Tar Heel fan (warning: site contains copious amounts of baby blue) posts quotes of Boogie giving his opponent more overt respect.
- If you missed it last night, Matt Jones (via Twitter) stated that there is a strong possibility that Lebron James will be at the game today. Other sites are hinting that he might be the “Y”.
Of course, the game today is carried on CBS at 12:30 EST. Your announcers are Ian Eagle and Clark Kellogg. We will have coverage and updates all day as well as a chatroom setup during the game. This is a big day for the Cats, so go get your donut on and get ready.
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December 5th, 2009 at 10:06 am
Gameday baby! This is the one I’ve been waiting for.
December 5th, 2009 at 10:06 am
I’m gonna down some bud light today while the Cats down some Blue Light
December 5th, 2009 at 10:13 am
I thought the nWo thing was going to be a video of them spray painting nWo on someone’s back, not a wiki site.
December 5th, 2009 at 10:14 am
oh! and GO CATS! BEAT THE TAR OUT OF THE HEELS!
December 5th, 2009 at 10:14 am
I just replaced the “KEG in my Kegorator” and wheeled it close to my chair,with hopes that the CATS wins..Like #1 I’ve had this game circled since the schedule came out…along with the dirty birds, and the hoedown Hoosiers
December 5th, 2009 at 10:16 am
I can’t wait… and I’m nervous as shit!
December 5th, 2009 at 10:17 am
I couldn’t sleep last night. I need this, we need this…Any one in the Houston area? We are going to the BW’s on Grey.
December 5th, 2009 at 10:19 am
T-minus 2 hours and counting… AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
December 5th, 2009 at 10:24 am
This is the first game this year that I will actually watch on TV. The banners are hanging by the chimney with care.
December 5th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Blue Light might be sporting some new shoes today, but after Cal’s two tweets November 22nd:
“Had 2 special guests @ the Rider game. Charlie Denson, Nike Pres. & Lynn Merritt, Global Dir. of Bball. Nike is our partner for UK Athletics”
“We have some great news on that front for Kentucky basketball soon! Go Nike!”
Anyone else think the Cats will come out sporting some new uniforms today???
OOOOOOOHHHHHHHH…C-A-T-S CATS, CATS, CATS!!! C’mon boys! Show those boys in baby blue who’s boss today!!! T-minus 2 hours, 3 minutes!!!
December 5th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Oh, and Forde obviously wussed out and won’t be in Rupp today. He’s in ATL on College Gameday right now. Suck it, Forde!!! You puss.
December 5th, 2009 at 10:33 am
I want this Saturday to end better than the last one. Go Cats!
December 5th, 2009 at 10:34 am
12 - Joker won’t be putting John Wall on the bench in the final minute of the game. I’d say we’re solid.
December 5th, 2009 at 10:36 am
#11 - College Gameday also showed Lebron as one of its guests today. So, which is it? I’m putting my money on Atlanta.
December 5th, 2009 at 10:38 am
It is time, go Cats
December 5th, 2009 at 10:39 am
heard bledsoe probably wont play due to a ankle injury, anyone know anything about this?
December 5th, 2009 at 10:44 am
16 - YOURE WRONG! QUIT SPREADING RUMORS!!
December 5th, 2009 at 10:46 am
I hate Ian Eagle.
December 5th, 2009 at 10:49 am
#14 - I saw the College Gameday thing with Lebron, but I think they’re just showing past “celebrity” game pickers. IIRC, he was on there earlier this season, so it’s completely plausible that he could be in Rupp today. And I LOVE the idea someone posed earlier of him potentially being the “Y” today! How stinking awesome would that be?
December 5th, 2009 at 10:51 am
#18 - Why do we get Ian Eagle and Clark Kellogg when we could’ve had Gus Johnson??? I love me some Gus and how great would it have been to hear him get excited when Blue Jesus dunks all over UNC?
December 5th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Is it here yet?
December 5th, 2009 at 11:10 am
LEBRON JAMES UPDATE: my brother is a Blue Coat guy there at Rupp Arena [the guys who show you your seat Cub 101] and he answers the door at the back of the arena and he just called me and said he recieved a SPECIAL GUESTS paper that told him to look for certain people coming through the door. LEBRON JAMES IS ON THAT LIST. 100% fact , this is not a joke
December 5th, 2009 at 11:16 am
17. im not spreading rumors, wkyt said it on the news, SO FOAD
December 5th, 2009 at 11:33 am
#19 - would be really cool if that was the case!
December 5th, 2009 at 11:37 am
16 - Nice one. Either way this isn’t the case. Grow up.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:49 am
#23 - I got a text from the 2nd row, endzone opposite the eRupption Zone. My buddy’s watching pregame warmups and says this: “Bledsoe is throwing down some nasty dunks…no ankle problem for sure”. Whew! I was nervous there for a second!