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Kentucky Wildcats Football: Recruiting in the Perfect Storm
Let's start out with this caveat. I am not a recruiting guy. A Sea of Blue in particular and the interwebs in general have many people more qualified to speak on the topic. I'm largely silent during the off-season because I only speak up when I have something to add ...
Kentucky Football: Is history about to repeat itself? Not likely.
There’s an old saying that goes along the lines that if you ignore history, it will repeat itself over and over again until you pay attention. Until Mitch Barnhart arrived, UK Athletics had been run by a good ol’ boy network made up mostly of basketball people, some of whom ...
Kentucky Wildcats: Morning Quickies - APR Edition
There are a lot of stories out there about the APR, most of them meaningless. What isn't meaningless are its consequences. The bottom line is this -- stay above the APR trouble line, and you're fine. Tout your perfect APRs if you want to, but they don't earn you anything. ...
Kentucky Football Recruiting: We Were Wrong
When I first joined this site a few years ago, football was coming off of some pretty good years. "Papa" Brooks was kicking tail and taking names, and that was just in his coaching staff. One discussion after another, thread after thread concentrated on the fact that not long before, ...
NCAA Football: A Brief History of NCAA Football Scholarships
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) was established in 1906 as the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States. The name was changed to its current name in 1910. There was no control over scholarships for any sport, but there was a requirement that a school's athletes had to be ...
Kentucky Football: 4-Star Linebacker Nico Firios Becomes The Newest 2014 Wildcat
Nico Firios (#18 linebacker Class of 2014, 4-star Rivals) has committed to UK for the 2014 class. This should move that class into the Top 5.The 6’2″ 225lb Firios, picked the Wildcats over Louisville, Cincinnati, Wisconsin and others. Hat Tip: Nation of Blue Stoops has made defense a priority for ...
Kentucky Wildcats: Morning Quickies - Kentucky Football Rising Edition
Kentucky continues to turn heads with highly-ranked players commiting to Kentucky in numbers unseen in memory. A reminder to the Big Blue Nation – these guys will take time to develop, for the most part. They will not generally walk on the field as freshmen and make an impact. This ...
Kentucky Football: Mark Stoops Strikes Four-Star Gold Again On The Recruiting Trail
The football commitments keep rolling in. Darius West (remember him from this article by Hank with the tongue-in-cheek title?) committed to Kentucky yesterday. That elevated Kentucky yet another spot in the national recruiting rankings to #6 in the nation, and 3rd in the SEC behind #1 Texas A&M; and #2 ...
Kentucky Football: With Latest Recruiting Commitments, Kentucky Soars Over Rivals
Remember earlier today in the Quickies when I showed you a screenshot of Rival.com and UK's football recruiting ranking was #12 overall in the nation? How quickly things change. Vince Morrow, the peerless assistant and stud Ohio recruiter, today landed Ohio prospect Mike Edwards from the Cincinnati area. Here's what ...
Kentucky Wildcats: Morning Quickies - Catch Up Edition
I'm back in the saddle, ladies and gentlemen of the Big Blue Nation, after an eventful week in the South Carolina low country that saw some good weather, and some bad weather. Fittingly, I drove through rainstorms all the way home. Today's edition of the Quickies will be kind of ...
The Blanton Collier Years 1954 -1961 (Part One)
It's amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit. -Blanton Collier, Cleveland Browns Head Coach (optional) Like Joker Phillips, Blanton Collier was a son of the Commonwealth . Collier was born in Millersburg, grew up in Paris, and graduated from Georgetown College. He returned ...
College Football 2013: Some Early Las Vegas Lines
The Golden Nugget has over 200 game lines already out, and Jason Kirk of SB Nation is on the case. Let's look at a few choice Kentucky lines: Vs. Louisville Cardinals -14 - I'm actually surprised it's this low, considering the hype Louisville is getting. Vs. Tennessee Volunteers -7.5 - ...
Kentucky Sports: Morning Quickies -- Tropical Storm Andrea Edition
Tropical Storm Andrea has put a big-time damper (and I do mean damp) on the last two days of our vacation. Ce'st la vie. We have had such good luck with weather here in South Carolina over the years here that we can hardly complain about the occasional tropical storm ...
The Attrition has begun, but a New Day is Dawning.
The Attrition: Coaching changes usually cause roster attrition. It is a given. Some players just don’t fit in with new coaches’ plans. It has finally reared its head with Mark Stoops and his staff. As I write this, it is June 7th. I just want to provide context in time. ...
The 2013 NBA Draft: The Year Of The Giants
Yahoo sports just ran their mock draft 2.0 for this season. They still show Nerlens Noel in the top slot, but there are some name that follow in the first round that will be a surprise, and some that will be a surprise to none. What is evident from the ...
SEC Football Round Table 2013: Answering The Hard Questions
I'm doing an SEC Round Table organized by SB Nation's Bud Elliott. What we do for this is answer a series of questions that are posed to all SEC blogs, and then the organizer looks at the various articles and picks out notable comments. In the meantime, please add your ...
2013 NBA Draft Evaluation: Archie Goodwin of the Kentucky Wildcats
Archie Goodwin came to Kentucky exactly as he leaves it -- an athletic wing player with an inconsistent jump shot. This normally doesn't happen on John Calipari-coached basketball teams, but it has a few times. Goodwin began his Kentucky career with great promise, having big games against MMorehead St. and ...
Kentucky Basketball: James Young's Latest Mix Tape
This is a new mix tape of James Young, and it tells us a tiny bit about his game. Here is a new mixtape of Kentucky 2013 freshman James Young [Hat tip: KSR]. We all know that mixtapes are pretty useless for actual evaluation, but there are a couple of ...
Kentucky Sports: Morning Quickies -- Kuran Iverson Edition
Memphis' Kuran Iverson thinks that the incoming Memphis class is "Way better" than the Kentucky incoming class. You may recall that Kuran is a second cousin of former NBA star Allen Iverson. Read all about it below. Tweet of the Morning: UK's Mitch Barnhart on fixing college basketball: 'Clutching and ...
The Kentucky Wildcats Football Recruiting Big Board as of 6/04/13
All offers are verbal as are the commitments. No consideration is given regarding committable or non-committable offers. All ratings are from Rivals and all profiles are from 247 Sports. Rivals updated their ratings and rankings a couple of weeks or so ago. Most of those offered by Kentucky have now ...
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