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New Dad

Pleased to report I’m a first time Dad! Big boy over 9 lbs was born last Thursday in Lexington. Mom and baby are doing well and we are over the moon (minus the sleep deprivation ha!)

Unfortunately, he came home from the hospital the day of the UK-OSU game. Put him in his first UK onesie. He was not pleased with the game. He expects better effort next time, especially from lazy 22.

God is good!


Go Cats!

Football individual talent

There were two players I was excited about watching individually at Kentucky even if we weren’t that great as a team. Just because they were types of talent we’ve never seen here. One was already on the team in Hardley gilmore. He had the rating and moved the way elite receivers do. Gonna be a stud wherever he goes. The second guy was Marquise Davis. Highest ranked running back recruit in school history and wanted by everyone in the country. Put up video game number and is the type of back Georgia has. With in a month we now have neither of those guys playing for us now. Literally no reason to watch next year and I won’t be.

Georgia Tech vs Vandy

Is anyone else watching this game? The officials have screwed GT bad in the 3rd quarter. Waved off a kicking interference flag. Then called a bad PI and got the head coach for unsportsmanlike. 30 yards after GT had them in 3rd and 8. Now players are fighting because the refs allowed it to get out of control
Edit: Vandy holds on every play it’s so obvious. GT players are flaring around i dont know what else they could do to get the call. The officials just let it happen.

Who would have thought that New York would have brought out the best in Karl Towns?

Stats
Regular Season

GPMINFG%3P%FT%REBASTBLKSTLPFTOPTS
2834.053.844.784.313.73.50.90.93.62.624.6

I remember how most NBA fans had viewed Towns as an asset they didn't want on their team. When Towns was rumored to be heading to NYC a few years ago, Knicks fans were irate and wanted no part of him.

Now, he looks like his team's MVP on a team that's 20-10.


I'm not a big fan of the NBA, as I think it's presently a shizz product, but I love Tows and I'm happy he's playing well for a legitimate contender.

FB Recruiting Things you might not have known about QB Zach Calzada

Definitely wanted to introduce some of these players at greater length, so will be doing some of these profiles with info you might not have known.

Shane Battier

He's on a podcast talking about his recruitment in high school. It got so crazy he narrowed his school list to six, which included UK. He told each coach they had a 15-minute window at night in which to talk to him. UK was the first school eliminated. Why?

Pitino called him from a Yankees game outside of his allotted time. He was sitting in the Steinbrenner box. Battier says "oh wow, that sounds so cool. Go Yankees!"

Gets off the phone and tells his mom to take UK off the list. If Pitino didn't respect his rules in recruiting, he wouldn't respect him as a player.

It's so funny hearing the little things that steer kids in their decision making.

As for us, we got our revenge in St. Petersburg in 1998.

FB Recruiting Tuesday Portal Notes

** When Mark Stoops made his WR coach hire you had to know there would be a "win now" component to it. You're not hiring a guy to recruit high school sophomores. You're trying to get this thing fixed right away. One reason the L'Damian Washington hire is appealing is he has a Shreveport connection with Alabama wide receiver Kendrick Law. One reason for Law's appeal is they believe there is upside there but he can also line up everywhere so he helps the depth situation across the board.

** Wake Forest WR Horatio Fields is visiting Auburn today and then South Carolina on Thursday. I feel good about where they stand with Law, and Ball State's Bowick is very intriguing as a guy with length who can make contested catches.

** Feeling good about Kentucky's chances with Sam Houston State defensive lineman Chris Murray. As mentioned, getting Marshall ILB Landyn Watson does not hurt there because of their history together.

** Once again, reiterating that Vanderbilt offensive lineman Gunnar Hansen is the most likely guy to come on board at that left tackle spot. He arrives for his visit and will be staying the evening. Expect them to put on the full court press.

** Still like where they stand with WKU OL Evan Wibberley. At present, the most likely outcome for the OL portal class is Wibberley, Wollschlaeger, Hansen, and Braun. That would be two starting tackles, a starting center, and a starting guard. Four new starters up front. I ran the numbers, and those four players have seen the field for a combined 8,033 snaps at the FBS level in college football. Bring those guys in, put Farmer with them, and that is an extremely experienced offensive line. How it all would come together and gel is anybody's guess.

** Can tell you that Kentucky has been in on some big-name offensive tackle prospects from the portal, some of the highest-rated guys you will see across various platforms, and these talks have evolved to the possibility of visits. When it materializes, we are letting you know.
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