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Probably accurate; CBS Predicts UK Will Be #4 In Tomorrow's AP Poll

One never knows for sure, but looking ahead, there should be little change over the next 2 weeks or so:

Sumrall staying put

Thought everyone on here would be happy to hear this. I’d Imagine this is because of his ideal win now: playoff potential at Tulane, coupled with the possibility of his alma Mater opening up next year.

Unrelated: I think next year might be stoops last regardless, if he gets us to 8-4 or 7-5 he will take another job (Iowa open?). If we suck again, why get into such nastiness.

SEC Bowl Games

Gasparilla Bowl: Florida vs. Tulane​

Las Vegas Bowl: USC vs. Texas A&M​

AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Texas Tech vs. Arkansas​

Music City Bowl: Missouri vs. Iowa​

Cheez-It Citrus Bowl: South Carolina vs. Illinois​

ReliaQuest Bowl: Michigan vs. Alabama​

Texas Bowl: Baylor vs. LSU​

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl: Duke vs. Ole Miss​

Birmingham Bowl: Vanderbilt vs. Georgia Tech​

For Old-Timers; Was that Dale Brown's 'Ameba' Defense in 2nd Half?

I know Dale Brown at LSU used to run a defense he called 'ameba'. It started as a zone look and either stayed zone or morphed into man depending on which side the offense made the first pass. I believe what Pope was doing was something similar to that. I know sometimes he stayed zone the whole possession, but most times it changed to man. I wasn't sure what the trigger was? Some of you old time X and O guys weigh in.

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* Editor's note *
From The Murray Ledger & Times 3-26-2019:

Rupp’s hatred for the zone defense was legendary. It was bad for the game, he said. But in 1964, he used a scrambling 1-3-1 zone effectively to dismantle Tennessee 66-57. After the game, the Baron denied it was a zone. “That was no zone,” chided Rupp. “that was a stratified, transitional, hyperbolic paraboloid.”

Stock Advice Thread

Let's start a Stock Advice thread where posters can drop stock tips for each other and dissect each others investments. I will start.


For all you value investors out there, there is a really good play in Gilead Sciences GILD. They are currently trading at only 7.2X their earnings. They have a dividend yield of 2.3%. The payout ration is tiny at 15% so the dividend is more than safe. Their Hepatitis C business is declining, but it will be a cash cow for years to come. They have new HIV drugs in the pipeline and a possible cure for non-alcoholic fatty liver coming as well.

This is not a buy and sell soon, this is something to add to your IRA and set on it for 10 years. Good luck and do your own research before buying!!!

Portal Rankings

Looking at 247 their current portal ranking is not a great look for UK. They have the following:

#4 Dane Key
#9 Barion Brown
#21 Keeshawn Silver

Those rankings will change a lot over the next few weeks but as of right now UK and Nebraska are the only schools with 2 guys in the top 10 transferring out and UK is the only school with 3 guys in the top 25.

I know there have been some mixed feelings on here about those guys but that is some serious talent leaving. Granted we were 4-8 this year but still.

****MLB 24 Season Thread****

Braves are loaded once again. Gonna be looking forward to watching y’all Red’s fan battle it out with Chicago.

For division winners I have:
Baltimore Orioles
Minnesota Twins
Houston Astros
Atlanta Braves
Chicago Cubs
Los Angeles Dodgers

Soto for AL MVP but I also placed a bet on Bobby Witt Jr to win MVP
Acuna for the NL MVP

Braves obviously are my pick to win the World Series. I think we have the best lineup in baseball and I think it’s not really that close. Bullpen is my only concern.

EDGE Caleb Redd in the portal

Another edge guy in the portal - need to bolster that position. Honestly, I'm not sure I'd ever heard of Redd before seeing his name this morning. A 2024 signee - I guess he thought he'd be starting by now? How can you know that UK is not the place for you if you've only been on the team one year and basically never played? Maybe he looks around and sees he's been recruited over - I don't know.

Boise St forfeits Mntn West volleyball tourny

After advancing to the semifinals of the Mountain West tournament, the Boise St women’s volleyball team forfeited their semi-finals match vs San Jose St, The coach said it wasn’t an easy decision, but “They should not have to forgo this opportunity while waiting for a more thoughtful and better system that serves all athletes.”

5 other schools have also canceled games vs San Jose St this season. The Nevada team after forfeiting said they “refuse to participate in any match that advances injustice against female athletes,”.

Even though they have not said what exactly this is about, I think we all know .

I applaud these strong young women for standing up for themselves.
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