10 Things More Awkward Than The Drew Barker Press Conference If He Chooses USC
Tomorrow afternoon, Drew Barker will go before family, friends and fans in the Conner High School auditorium to announce his college decision. Barker is considering Kentucky, South Carolina, and Tennessee, but many believe it is down to the Wildcats and the Gamecocks. Since Mark Stoops took over, the staff made landing Barker a priority, and had a lot of ground to make up since the previous staff pretty much had no idea who he was. Until the spring game, most believed Barker was a South Carolina lean, but the record-breaking crowd at Commonwealth Stadium opened his eyes to what UK football is about to become. Suddenly, Barker wasn’t as sold on playing for the Ole Ball Coach, and Kentucky was a real contender for his services.
When Barker announced his decision date last week, he invited the general public to attend, which anyone with common sense would say means he’s going to pick Kentucky. However, most national analysts believe that he will choose South Carolina. We’ve gone over the reasons he should be a Cat for the past few weeks–he could be the face of the resurgent UK football program, start a domino effect of top in-state players coming to be heroes at their homestate school, and continue the tradition of UK quarterbacks from Kentucky.
But, what if he puts on that garnet and black Gamecocks hat tomorrow before an auditorium full of Big Blue Fans? That’s going to be pretty darn awkward. Will fans boo? Will the clap politely? Will they cringe and quietly sneak out the back? I still think Barker will choose Kentucky, but if he decides to go to South Carolina, here are ten things more awkward than tomorrow’s press conference:
1) Andrew Wiggins picking Louisville. (Actually, this scenario just makes me want to cry and punch things.)
2) Going on an anti-marriage or anti-children rant to a friend who is about to tell you she’s engaged or pregnant
3) KSR winning a Pulitzer (We’ll be sure to thank Jerry Tipton in our speech.)
4) Sending a tweet that was meant to be a direct message (Am I right, Tom Crean?)
5) John Calipari running into Shabazz Muhammad at the NBA Draft
6) Your boss catching you looking at job listings…while at work
7) Complaining about the gluten-free craze to someone who has Celiac disease (Been there, done that)
8) Your first trip to Porcini’s after hearing about the Pitino/Sypher incident
9) Being in the bathroom at work when other people in the stalls “need privacy”
10) Joker Phillips accidentally going into the home locker room when Florida comes to town on September 28th
Your turn.
48 Comments for 10 Things More Awkward Than The Drew Barker Press Conference If He Chooses USC
I’m curious about #9, where do you work where there are people getting it on in the bathroom? I need a job change.
1 – I was trying to be polite…think of other reasons people would want privacy in the bathroom.
Sypher and JoAnne Pitino running into each other in the bathroom. One of them wouldn’t have a square to spare.
Being stuck on an elevator with an Athletic Director your routinely rip on your radio show.
1 – She meant getting it on by themselves.
Taking your future father-in-law on your bachelor party!
I once was making fun of Will Ferell’s teeth to my brother-in-law, while his wife (who also had skyscraper teeth) stood next to him.
Talking about hunting “female bull elk” at a gun show.
Running into Rick Pitino and Tim Sypher at the coat hanger store
I once told my grandma via text that I was gonna “lick her ass” next time I saw her. Stupid auto-correct, I wanted to say “kick”.
Also, I think you all may be overestimating the amount of UK football fans up here in NKY. I’ve lived here my entire life and I meet UK basketball fans pretty much everywhere I go, and about a handful that’s cared about the football team.
Talking about someone who is downstairs while in the room with the baby monitor.
Back in the day having an old school Nextel with push to talk and telling your friends that your g/f is a bitch and should leave you a lone while the push to talk button is calling her.
Jason Collins showing up at your bachelor party.
Knocking on a door and then asking the person who answered the door “are you the lady of the house”, and to come to find out it was actually the man of the house. I almost pooped my pants when the “Pat” look alike was actually a guy.
Ripping on preppy, obnoxious, ego-driven, Duke law school grads who think they know something about basektba…oh wait. He went where. Well, at least he’s not some hick from Midd…yeah, that too. Yeah. Nevermind.
Barker choosing Kentucky… then saying that he was just joking and puts on the South Carolina hat
I’m a troll. I like peter.
2 – TT, ahh, I got ya. I was reading ‘people’ as plural. Yeah, it can get pretty awkward when your boss is in there dropping a bomb. There, I said it for you.
Go get ’em Cats fans
http://whereisandrewwigginsgoingtoschool.com
whats up with CAL and ShabaZZ?
My son turning his face to the side at the last second.
10. Why would you tell your Grandmother you are going to “kick her ass,” much less “lick her ass” ?
There’s a tad bit of credibility on the line as many of the talking heads here have taken the exact opposite stand of many of the more well known and seasoned football recruiting analysts.
Any chance at getting a new podcast up? Last one is from the 7th.
Rick Pitino getting a tattoo of a big L on his back, wait, that actually happened.
22 – haha, nice.
Yeah, you’d think if he was going to pick USC he wouldn’t have invited everyone. The press conference is going to be worth watching either way. He’ll either 1) pick UK which will be great or 2) pick USC and we’ll get to see a good ole fashioned trainwreck.
Russ smiths father finding out Russ was going to stay in school just after purchasing a new BMW.
Kissing your grandmother goodbye and she wont let go of your tongue.
Wow. That’s really clever. You keep posting sunshine. No wait, that’s even more awkward.
Asking a women wen she is do and she answers, I am not pregnant.
You know, I could actually picture Joker doing what TT has as #10 on her list.
31, I think it was Dave Berry who said to never, EVER ask a woman when she is due unless you can actually see the baby physically emerging from her.
Going to my favorite Italian restaurant for some vino and late night cougar hunting, only to see that Karen got a job as the hostess to help pay her legal bills. (The upside is that she already knows where my favorite table is.)
Hitting on a chick at your 15th HS reunion and finding out she was the star Quarterback at your school………The next morning while ordering room service for two.
Publicly calling coach Cal a cheater… then he becomes your coach.
whipping your rear with your hand then shaking hands with someone when you remember you forgot to wash up…
Wiggins picks South Carolina and Barker picks North Carolina
Laughing about a religious practice of a sect in front of a minister of that sect. [Taxi!]
I’d be more specific but there are many members of that sect in Ky. Way more than I realized at the time.
Trying to let out a fart at your girlfriends house and accidentally *hiting down your pants and onto the expensive carpet and watch them get down sniffing it thinking it was the cat before realizing who it was!!! Oops!!!
@#1 – late to the conversation but here goes : I once worked for a national discount store chain that ships pants. My store was remodeling and one day all work stopped. Seems a female greeting card rep and a construction worker decided to conduct business in the men’s room. For reasons yet unexplained, the commode became detached from the floor and the local fire department was called to stop the flooding. Yeah, that was awkward, especially when you saw those two every day.
1. Billie Clyde teaching a aaa class
2. Adidas makes new uniforms for the filthy cards and when they get them they are orange ( they look stupid)
3. A Indiana basketball player with long shorts, not red headed, doesn’t have a bob knight shrine n his basement, doesn’t live n a rubbed down mobile home on a corn field with his best friend only known as “bubby” and actually has his last name on the back of his jersey!
I meant “runned down” lol crazy autocorrect
We took the family to see my brother in Georgia one year. He has been down there for a while and has really became a racist since living down deep in the south. We were all sitting around having conversation and catching up. He asked my daughter, who was probably 14 or 15 at the time, if she had a boyfriend. She said yea. He said, “well as long as it isn’t some big black n^&*(“. Of course my daughter was actually dating a black guy. My brother turned three shades of red and it really pissed all of us off that he would say that in front of our children
True story. I use to sell insurance door to door and I would run into all kinds of crazy things. Like the story I told above. Another time, I knocked on a door and an old man came to the door completely naked. He said wait just a minute. He closes the door and then returns with some clothes on and invites me in. We sit down and there on the coffee table there was a bird cage and a bird inside of the cage. The fist words that came out of his mouth was…………………………………………………..”I was just sitting here playing with my bird”.My come back was, ” well I kind of figured that”.
Having to drop a duece at the home of a first date and then realizing there isn’t any toilet paper, and having to yell for some. Right Matt
when your grandma knows who sexnnursinhomes is
Sitting next to Joker Philliphs while talking about Mark Stoops and how much Joker couldn’t recruit like him.
Commenting on a woman’s baby bump and her looking at you with hate in her eyes to reply… “What are you talking about? I’m not pregnant you #^%@ing &%$hole.”