September 23, 2016
Getting into the UK HOF is no short order. I’m sure we’re all familiar with the contributions Rich Brooks, Chuck Hayes and Wesley Woodyard have made to UK Athletics, but the other inductees are equally impressive. Johnson-Belcher was the softball program’s first All-American. She also ended her career atop the UK record books in batting average (.389),…
Everybody likes to think they can predict the future. The Mayans thought we’d all be dead by now, Napoleon figured his army could weather the Russian winter just fine, and Microsoft’s CEO once said “There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share.” When people try forecast the future with little reasonable basis…
September 18, 2016
Former UK player-turned-UK-offensive-coordinator-turned-head-coach-at-Troy Neal Brown defeated former Kentucky offensive coordinator-reject-turned-offensive-coordinator-at-a-worse-program Shannon Dawson in barnburning fashion yesterday. To be clear, Neal Brown doesn’t qualify as a “reject” in the same way that Dawson is. Anyways, Dawson’s Golden Eagles found themselves in a hole when Troy got up on them 24-10 midway through the second quarter, but they came back to make…
Anthony Davis’ unibrow. Nerlens’ flat top. John Robic’s hair. Tod Lanter’s biceps. The BBN has a habit of picking out a striking body part: Most players have two eyebrows. Few rocked the flat top in Nerlens’ day. Robic’s hair’s feathery charm is second only to White Goodman. Tod Lanter looked like he spent a month in Siberia…
While Stephen Johnson had his own coming out party of sorts for UK, Louisville’s dual-threat QB worked his team’s way into the national title conversation, and penned a pretty promising Heisman resumé. In just three games, the true sophomore has racked up 1,377 yards and 18 touchdowns in just three games–both measures higher than UK football…
August 24, 2016
John Wall sat down for an interview with CSN Mid-Atlantic yesterday, and what he revealed was not the usually flattering summer “We’ve been working really hard,” “Eyes on the prize,” positive media hooplah. Nope, he straight up said that he and shooting guard/max contract Bradley Beal don’t like each other. Now, he clarified that it was…
August 20, 2016
The state of Kentucky’s favorite “throwboy” will team up with Lostletterman.com founder Jim Webber for a new college football podcast. The show is already off to a great start, as they came up with possibly the G.O.A.T. podcast name. Here’s a sample of the piece from SB Nation announcing Lorenzen’s new podcast: “I interviewed him…
While all UK fans have reason to celebrate former coach Rich Brooks’ 75th birthday today, he happens to share the day with one of music’s living legends, Robert Plant. As former lead singer of the band Led Zeppelin, we have Plant to thank for pushing rock and roll in a more contemplative, epic, and raucous…
Former UK head coach Rich Brooks turns 3/4 of a century today–that’s right, 75! You don’t look a day over 60, coach. Brooks, one of UK’s most successful coaches in the modern era, retired from football in Lexington riding one of the program’s best streaks in recent memory, as they had reached four bowls in a…
As Football wraps up its second scrimmage of the summer, the positive news cycle is sure to keep churning, and for good reason. The offense should be much stronger than that of seasons’ past, and the secondary will hopefully be able to make up for defensive deficiencies up front. Because of these bright spots most…