lots of renewed following, picking out old timers and new alike ... and keeping up with the Matt Jones's of the world, and whatnot.....
I feel

a summer Runt's Rant coming on, but right now, things are great!

I'm thinking Final Four next year or bust, quite seriously, I might add. Just a little renewed confidence and positive vibe. Next season will be number 51 I've followed Kentucky. I never stopped paying attention since. Funny how my earliest memories are of going to all of those Kentucky basketball games with my mom and dad

. I'll never forget Bloomington

that first year, first time. Scarred me for life.

Seriously.
I want to rip the "OOC BIG 3" on our schedule this year.

Then whip *** on the four horsemen of our conference,

showing them Kentucky owns the SEC.

Don't forget that. Trophies

are going to be incoming.
Maybe it's a good thing to have had the old message board morph into this. I'd pay

if I had to. But as far as everything is going here so far, I'm good with where this is all at.
Remember wayyy back when it was simply the cats' pause?
Our message board has its roots there, and even before that ! Of course, Cats Illustrated took over for all that time....
And many old friends out here,

all coming over here , it is welcomed to see those of us that made it this far, while others are watching us in the sky.
( shout out to

R.I.P. "Cindog"

.... was just remembering her yesterday. You're our angel, girl ! We all miss you.)
I lurked

from 2004 or so (i think) before finally knuckling under and signing up in 2008 - 09 (??) to be a Raftard for life. I guess that was right before Cal got here, with "The Door"

thread we all watched online ... crazy stuff. And then all the drama of the Cal's years.

I tried to make my name just plain : Runt#1969, originally, but it went down, most infamously, as "Runt#69"
So it stuck.

Like it squirted


straight to the ceiling


with that one, and stayed that way.

I know we're a family oriented message board, I don't want to come across as crass. I hope that didn't get me a ban from day one for such off-handed buffoonery on my part.

My Bad, apologies.
But now, On3 has it ! I like it !
So it's a fresh start all around for both the men's and women's basketball

teams this past season, to hopefully go with some changes in football

. Now, a new site and management. We've now entered the Coach Mark Pope era at Kentucky, and we have never been more excited or happy for our future than right now, as a every true card carrying member of Big Blue Nation will attest, I do believe that would not be overly presumptuous to say so.
Feel free to follow me as well, I'm updating as much info as I can on who everyone is now.
And friends, I cannot help but think #9 NEXT YEAR is a very seriously real thing all of a sudden.

Like..............
BOOM

... and that's the kind of boom we all want to see happen!
Ladies and gentlemen, I think we are seeing it unfold before our eyes.
Go Big Blue !
(PS - did all that count as a rant, anyway ??? ..... so be it ! "Runt's Rant #1 is born ! )
