ESPN Reporter Travis Haney Reporting...

[Yahtzee43]

The best clue yet!! The puzzle is starting to get solved, piece by piece.

Yes, but are Professor Peacock and Mrs. Plum accounted for ??

 

[Shavers48]

You guys kill me...if this is true some of you wanna blame Barnhart....like he is supposed to know his footbsll coach would do something like this...cmon

so, it's ok for him to not hire people because they'd do something like this. but you can't hold him accountable when people do something like this. is that about right?

 

[carolinacat]

Maybe Eliot is getting the axe...along with some other coaches.

 

[ulismyman]

Petrino already had done it....that was fact...Stoops had no history of this

 

[thefolker]

He also had no history of running a football program.

 

[Jon(-24)]

In before the lock!

 

[ukats22]

Petrino already had done it....that was fact...Stoops had no history of this

The irony of Kentucky football, truth is Petrino you would think would be the one to keep his nose clean as he was down to his last chance. I know when he was in bg that he was at a restaurant to meet someone on business that was a woman and she said follow me to her table in the back and he refused to go without the other people meeting them there because of how it would look. That is how careful Petrino is.

We didn't hire Petrino for the 2 weeks of bad press we would have received.

Dave

 

[Blueaz]

I posted before
Damnit, if ANY truth to to the rumors!
We could have easily had a proven adulterer and coach...we ended up with a novice at both

 

[ulismyman]

Petrino would have never stayed here long...first good job he would have been gone

 

[Kooky Kats_anon]

I tell you what....

The only way Stoops gets canned is if Mitch already has a sure fire replacement in the wings.

Nevermind- we talkin Mitch.

BTW: Stoops is awful, Mitch is awful and UK Football will remain awful as long as these two are at the helm... Which will be at least for another 2 years.

 

[Crushgroove]

I don't know everything. Just intelligent enough to know you don't get fired for cheating on your wife.

You have met Mitchy Poo, right?

 

[Comebakatz3]

I'm. Positive.

 

[1daysoon]

Herald Leader has announced Sunday paper will be delayed because of UK football. Have they ever done this for a late game. Did they do this for Southern Miss? Or are they expecting another story after the game?

 

[Jon(-24)]

Delivered papers with my dad when I was young. Final 4 and title games would delay run, its possible with them moving the printing to L'ville deadline jumped up a few hours and so late run happens more often than before. But that's a theory, a rumor if you will. Feel free to ignore it and press charges.

 

[Doc4UK!]

If what I'm hearing is true, then UK isn't going to have worry about paying the buyout.

What I don't get, is what a win or a loss against South Carolina has to do with anything. If it's true, Stoops should be fired immediately.

This really blows my mind.

A win or a loss against SC will not matter at this point.

 

[sparky59]

.......Elliot falls on his sword for Stoops......or Stoops resigns because he won't let Elliott be the sacrificial lamb..........

 

[420grover]

He also had no history of running a football program.

What program did everyone's savior, Petrino, run before he first got the job at UL?

 

[sparky59]

.......Elliot falls on sword for Stoops ....or.......Stoops resigns because he won't let Elliot be sacrificial lamb...... That's my story and I'm sticking to it.........

 

[dorkmeister]

Does anyone think Barney is smart enough that Stoops contract has any out for UK? I bet it states he can not be fired for any reason including killing the program.

 

[OH_catfan]

Does anyone think Barney is smart enough that Stoops contract has any out for UK? I bet it states he can not be fired for any reason including killing the program.

I would imagine Barney's decisions are being made for him.

 

[Rawrrr]

Maybe Barney is going to give Stoops an extension and raise?

 

[dyersburgcatfan]

Shakespeare: "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."

 

[dorkmeister]

I need to revise my prediction on tonights game

 

[Bluesnky]

.......Elliot falls on his sword for Stoops......or Stoops resigns because he won't let Elliott be the sacrificial lamb..........

I wouldn't mind if Eliot took a demotion, stuck around and replaced Brumbaugh. He coached those great DEs at Fla St.

 

[LadyCaytIL]

if you add this to the tweet Johnson made and deleted.... its not good news thats for sure.

 

[BigBlueBenny]

I wouldn't mind if Eliot took a demotion, stuck around and replaced Brumbaugh. He coached those great DEs at Fla St.

Uhh...Elliott is coaching the UK d-ends now

 

[Rawrrr]

You guys kill me...if this is true some of you wanna blame Barnhart....like he is supposed to know his footbsll coach would do something like this...cmon

Well Art Briles is being held accountable for the actions of people beneath him, so what's good for the goose is good for the Barnfart.

 

[Mike-D]

Yeah, like The Firm by John Grisham. Maybe not Barney but I could see a booster doing it. There is a lot of money and a whole program at stake. I hate to say it but people are desperate at this point.

[roll]

put the firm on his ***.

 

[Mojocat_rivals48469]

Hmm. Interesting. Met a lawyer from Lexington last week. Not necessarily in the know but is around conversations enough to pick up on things. Won't say what he told me that was surprising - nothing more than rank gossip far as I can tell - but he ended with a prediction of sorts. He said the buy-out wouldn't really be an issue, that if UK wanted to get rid of Stoops, pretty soon you'd start hearing rumors (to increase our leverage and decrease his, reducing the $12 million by some or a lot, depending). And here we are.....

 

[andreIGUODOLLAsigns4UK]

It would make no sense to fire him after the South Carolina game.

Right we need to fire the guy before the game if we want a chance.

 

[DaBossIsBack]

Remember Larry Eustachy? He got fired for less.

For less? There were pictures of Eustachy with alcohol in his hand, drunk, and kissing sorority girls at frat parties. I don't think that's less.

 

[Bluesnky]

Uhh...Elliott is coaching the UK d-ends now

Isn't he the outside linebackers coach? I know one of those is the JACK, but still.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Wow. If these rumors are true then it won't matter what happens in the SC game. I also don't see how Mitch survives. First he hires BCG, an abusive drunk, and now this?

 

[BluffaloSlim]

What is on the Tennessee board is what I heard except I heard it wasn't a student rather an employee of the University.

Also heard Stoops is gone and it's inevitable. Only a matter of time. Could even be as soon as next week.

Idk if it's true. Just saying what I heard. I wouldn't repeat if I didn't trust the source 100%

If this is true.. My guess is a resignation may be in line.

 

[Bluesnky]

IF what was posted on the UT Premium Board is true, folks that bashed Petrino are going to be in a bad spot.

Only if they still support Stoops.

 

[DaBossIsBack]

if you add this to the tweet Johnson made and deleted.... its not good news thats for sure.

What was Johnson's tweet?

 

[432BleedsBlue]

What program did everyone's savior, Petrino, run before he first got the job at UL?

Why does it matter? This time around he had a history of running both UL and Ark.

 

[LadyCaytIL]

What was Johnson's tweet?

I dont remember the exact wording but it was something like This one is going to hurt for a while... or something like that

 

[Bluesnky]

It actually kind of sounds like the players know that a decision regarding Stoops has already been made. Will he even be on the sideline tonight?

 

[law1127]

Stoops being" distracted", explains why thy the defense sucks,and the players are jealous,hence have laid down!