Really?!
Every time we go to Florida since I moved here, wearing something UK. Over 30 years. Used to run into UK fans everywhere from Chicago to Orlando back then.
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Really?!
Every time we go to Florida since I moved here, wearing something UK. Over 30 years. Used to run into UK fans everywhere from Chicago to Orlando back then.
If you go to NYC and wear UK gear, you get a lot of nods, respect. There are even some diehard UK sports bars (Jack Demsey's for instance) where they treat you like royalty.
10 or so years ago, my wife and I and another couple were visiting (for a Giants/Packers game) and took in a UK game at Demsey's. A group of black women came in, after they got off work at the Empire State Building. They started talking to us, and couldn't have been nicer. My wife had never "done" the tour of the ESB, and said the line looked too long to deal with. One of the girls gave us her cell, and said to call her the next day and she'd "take care of us", which she did. We got there, called her, she came outside/met us, and took us straight up to the top/private tour etc.
The manager also gave us several shots of various bourbons "on the house'
10 or so years ago, my wife and I and another couple were visiting (for a Giants/Packers game) and took in a UK game at Demsey's. A group of black women came in, after they got off work at the Empire State Building. They started talking to us, and couldn't have been nicer. My wife had never "done" the tour of the ESB, and said the line looked too long to deal with. One of the girls gave us her cell, and said to call her the next day and she'd "take care of us", which she did. We got there, called her, she came outside/met us, and took us straight up to the top/private tour etc.
The manager also gave us several shots of various bourbons "on the house'
What a f******** joke this entire system is across the world. He's able to do everything everywhere except stand trial at home. Such a farce
Aww. Someone get something for cole's postile dysfunction. Poor guy
Yep. Other fanbases just really aren’t into BB all that much, and when the topic turns to FB…. well, you know….
Fortunately, I no longer give two ****s about what other people/fanbases think. LOL
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AGREED.
Agreed. It's astounding
Agreed.
Yep
According to some people, he hasn't and doesn't have a legacy "from day 1."
Like I've said many times. Most of Stoops' problems are a function of being a defensive-minded/DC coordinator HC at Kentucky. That, IMO, puts you behind the 8-ball from the start. Offense is exponentially more difficult to build and sustain than a defense. It makes sense then, that you need the guy that IS going to be here year in and year out, to be the lynchpin of that system.
I'm not saying you have to take a flyer on a radically different guy like Mumme (who DID know how to run an offense, but had none of the other skills a HC needs). It can be just about any system, as long as it is consistent, year after year after year.
It's a lot more important at a place like UK, than it is at powerhouse programs, where talent can sometimes overcome the need for in-house player development that is geared towards a system that they know will be the same in their junior year as it was when they first got here.
Just my 2 cents.
Our fanbase is sore as hell, watching what Cignetti is doing at IU, and thinking, "How can effing Indiana do it and we can't?"
Look at Cignetti's background, and which side of the ball he specializes in...
Look at Brohm/UL
Look at MOST coaches that have success at programs that are not "traditional" powers...
This is also why I don't agree with the Jon Sumrall worship. I don't think he'd be a good hire for Kentucky.
I'm not saying you have to take a flyer on a radically different guy like Mumme (who DID know how to run an offense, but had none of the other skills a HC needs). It can be just about any system, as long as it is consistent, year after year after year.
It's a lot more important at a place like UK, than it is at powerhouse programs, where talent can sometimes overcome the need for in-house player development that is geared towards a system that they know will be the same in their junior year as it was when they first got here.
Just my 2 cents.
Our fanbase is sore as hell, watching what Cignetti is doing at IU, and thinking, "How can effing Indiana do it and we can't?"
Look at Cignetti's background, and which side of the ball he specializes in...
Look at Brohm/UL
Look at MOST coaches that have success at programs that are not "traditional" powers...
This is also why I don't agree with the Jon Sumrall worship. I don't think he'd be a good hire for Kentucky.
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One of the managers at local Truist bank in Austin played for Hal Mumme at Copperas Cove HS. When Mumme took Iowa Weslyan job with Mike Leach, this manager nearly followed him, but decided to remain in TX. Mgr said if you have disciplined personnel, Mumme offense can overcome lack of talent in many cases. Thing of beauty when it's synced.
Leach and Josh Heupel are proof of what the Mumme system "tree" can accomplish (IF you're willing to not IGNORE what is going on around you, and not hire "buddies")
I think the reticence to hire Leach instead of Stoops, back in the day (because of the Mumme "stain") was a mistake that we're still paying for. Yes, Leach had some issues at Tech, but here is the rub; that kind of stuff doesn't bother the REST of the SEC. And so you see where THAT gets you.
I think the reticence to hire Leach instead of Stoops, back in the day (because of the Mumme "stain") was a mistake that we're still paying for. Yes, Leach had some issues at Tech, but here is the rub; that kind of stuff doesn't bother the REST of the SEC. And so you see where THAT gets you.
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If I remember correctly, Wildcat football and basketball both on probation during 1977-78 season. Yet football wins SEC (technically) behind Derrick Ramsey, Art Still + several other studs while BB wins Natty over Duke.
Agree. Craig James and son crap was a bunch of BS at TTU.
You are correct. Attitudes and mindsets linger. MissSt. took a chance on "The Pirate". He delivered decent results. Definitely missed.
Someday, before I'm gone, Wildcat football will turn it around.
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Crowder absolutely draws and quarters Barry... LOL
The “tolerant” left making comments and generalizations about people’s looks. Oh so very high level. Talking about the hubris that comes with having a pretty girlfriend while being tone deaf about the embarrassing hubris that comes with artistic and financial success. The irony of not understanding the value of humility.
And, it was news to me to learn that the ugly guys who get the hot girls have small penises. That news flash is going to wreak havoc if it disseminates.
(aside: my hot wife is laughing as I post this)
I wish that clip showed the response, because rather than hear the positive news about praising the release of 20 hostages it appeared that West and someone else were anxious to address only the praise Jennings gave to Trump. Maybe I would be pleasantly surprised if that was not the case with if the whole clip was offered. IDK, because I only see that show in clips on this thread. lol
“That is why I am giving away all of my real property to the beautiful indigenous people and leaving the country to live in a land without atrocities.” Mic drop.
Those goof balls in the Barneyesque costumes with a handful of other nuts were on an overpass on 64 waving American flags last night with a message that read GOP OMG WTF.
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At least they were not throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails.
Put a crown on your head and drape a flag over your shoulders, grab your scepter (
) and go join the fun!Me? I am waiting for “No Godzillas” and “No Unicorns” Days to get my Barney costume on and protest!!
I think its very telling the best UK teams in the modern era all had at worst a balanced attack and at best a run heavy attack.
I know our fans clamor for entertainment but they really just want to throw the ball. Throwing the ball netted us exactly one ok year that should've been way better considering we had the top overall pick.
I wonder if we're the only fan base that just wants to throw the ball, no matter what? Im guessing yes.
They saw how A&M accepted their pick after news got out that they were hiring Stoops. This is an ops operation to ensure they are praised when their real pick is hired.
I wonder if any Kentucky football fans have tried grief counseling to cope with it all.
This pic really encapsulates Kentucky football:
Ice cream trucks at practice and literally giving up vs Arkansas and blaming lightning.
What a disaster. Just hired a few months apart from Billy G. That was a good set of hires huh.
Heupel is so far removed from the air raid, it isnt even the same offense.
For years, UK fans clamored for Leach. Said he'd kill it in the SEC. Leach gets hired by MSU and has exactly one decent season, all driven by his dc. Iirc UK intercepted Leach 6 times and handed him the first shutout ever in his career.
I don't understand the Leach fantasy of our fan base. Its like some mix of a mandela effect and an alternate reality.
Help me out. Is that “c word” a Spanish word spoken in a very heavy artificial accent?
“Cerveza? Or, rather “SiirrrrBesssssa!”
@cole@854 - Your dislike of Kentucky basketball is well documented on here. But, and maybe I'm mistaken here, I thought you were, at heart, a Kentucky Football fan. Yet you seem to almost relish in their lack of success. Please explain yourself. LOL (or set the record straight.)
Being a Cowboys, Yankees, UNC basketball fan, spawned during those teams' pinnacle of success, you seem to take the "easy way". That doesn't jibe with being a Kentucky Football fan. LOL
Nope...just a long term position of seeing medicority accepted as some sort of success, which is what you are seeing w/ Stoops. He defines mediocrity, and watching the almighty dollar dictate UK's position w/ him is disgusting.
Cowyboys, Yankees....those were spawned as a youth, well before I knew their history. You should understand this w/ your cheesehead fanship (see Vince and Bart)
UNC.....too long a story to share on here.
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Probably still about 6' 7"
Do you remember, in PeeWee Football, he was sitting on the sideline (on his helmet, with his leg sticking out), and Craig Rushing ran a sweep, got knocked out of bounds, landed on Mike's leg, and broke it? LOL His teammate broke his leg.
This is why you ALWAYS have a "GET BACK" coach! LOL
BTW - Craig Rushing was a BEAST. If he played in that age group NOW, they'd put an X on his helmet, meaning he wouldn't be allowed to run the ball. True story. (Positive you knew this, but his Dad was Dick Rushing, who played for Bear Bryant at UK)
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Kentucky football is like a terrible restaurant that everyone hopes might actually serve a good meal once in a 70-year span.
For the last 20 years of this forum, I’ve watched the Lair make the most absurd optimistic predictions every year without ever wising up.
The bright spot of the season in the 90s for us would be to travel two hours to commonwealth to see them face a ranked team just so we knew what it was like to watch a good football team so that meant watching Florida beat the piss out of us like 56-7 regularly.
Bigblue, my post you responded too had nothing to do with some fans wanting to throw the ball all the time haha. Did you mean to respond to someone else's post?
ON further reflection, I though LostinFl got a "Math Clownie" as well. I'll have to check the archives. LOL
I clearly said that the "system" doesn't matter as much as having a HC that runs the offense, and listed the reasons why I think it's more important at a place like Kentucky. The Leach/Mumme/Heupel sidebar (far removed or NOT, at the present time, doesn't negate the fact that he is a direct descendent of that coaching tree) was a separate discussion.
and the cell number was ...? hook us up man!!
Simply shared what was posted, not an endorsement or anything, mods. Simply shining a light on this type of evil bigotry! #ImWithHer Go Kamala 2028! Trans women are real women!
Which of you Central KY peeps are going to the "Lexington Bad Boys" try outs?
Was his dad lincoln collinsworth who played on Ky’s 1958 basketball team?