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Seems like a lot of old blue farts on here. How many have been following UK for 50 years plus? I will start. I started following the Year of the Kennedy assassination, 1963.
That year I signed on with the Cleveland Browns, LA Dodgers and LA Lakers. Have followed all through thick and thin.
Two of my cousins graduated with Gullett from McKell High School.
Same year for me and about the same age,been a hell of a ride on the Glory Road. Hope we just getting started bro.
I was born in 49 so I missed that,I would talk with my dad and he knew it would get me when he would say I watched the Fabulous five at the old Louisville Garden.he knew I had no come back for that.I got tickets at work when they played Duke in St Pete and someone ask my boss if I was crazy at the game,my boss answered he's not the crazy one in the family talking about my dad.1948 Fabulous Five. I was a young pup.
Two of my cousins graduated with Gullett from McKell High School.
I'm 69...started at 11 keeping stats listening on the radio to Cawood.
I was born in Ky but moved to Ohio at 3. My Parents were both UK fans, but the only thing on Radio (and later TV) was the Buckeyes.
To this day, I still pull for Ohio State (deal with it).
But we moved south to Portsmouth (on the river). And from late 50's on, I was a loyal UK fan (as was my Pop).
NOTE: Young Fans today have no idea what it is like "watching" games through the eyes of Claude Sullivan and Cawood ("Got it!").
Yeah , those tv games were tough. Our antenna was WAY up on a hill and i had to sprint up and down that thing . We had a relay of people hollering until we got it right. Good times.My earliest memories go back to the 66-67 team and listening on the radio in the kitchen with my dad. The toughest loss since I started following was the loss to Jacksonville and seeing Dan Issel fouling out. Man, back in the day the televised games were few and far between. It was truly a treat when the Cats were on the TVS game of the week. I'd go outside up on the hill and move the antenna around, looking at my dad to give me the OK, and you hoped the signal would be good enough to be able to tell the teams apart.
Gullett was an incredible athlete. All State 3 sports.Remember when Gullett scored 72 points in a FOOTBALL game; 11 TDs and 6 extra points?
1958 for me. I will turn 80 on April 30th. Loved every second of it. Was in the gym watching our high school play Lexington high back in 1958, when coach Rupp came in to watch is son play.
50 years and maybe the mind plays tricks with my memories but I seem to recall that big Dan was running backwards in the back court and ran over a Jacksonville player.My earliest memories go back to the 66-67 team and listening on the radio in the kitchen with my dad. The toughest loss since I started following was the loss to Jacksonville and seeing Dan Issel fouling out. Man, back in the day the televised games were few and far between. It was truly a treat when the Cats were on the TVS game of the week. I'd go outside up on the hill and move the antenna around, looking at my dad to give me the OK, and you hoped the signal would be good enough to be able to tell the teams apart.
No it is about a mining community in Muhlenberg county.Graham 51 and Sawanee Cat seem to be the chiefs of our tribe.Anyone older than 86? Graham 51...is that reference to the great Otto Graham?
Great. I come from a long line of miners. Never been in one but admire people who did.No it is about a mining community in Muhlenberg county.
Worked in the mines during summers and winters while going to school (Martin County Coal). Spent five summers shoveling and greasing the belt lines, building cribs, setting timbers, moving belt drives. Fun stuff! No wonder I liked going to college! LOLGreat. I come from a long line of miners. Never been in one but admire people who did.
Yes . That was probably the worst call I have seen in the NCAA tourney. The ref should have said play on and we may have won a ring that year. Oh well...woulda,coulda shoulda50 years and maybe the mind plays tricks with my memories but I seem to recall that big Dan was running backwards in the back court and ran over a Jacksonville player.
Same here. Started paying attention in 1960 when Roger Newman was on the team with Larry Purciful, Billy Lickert and then really caught fire when Cotton Nash hit the floor his Sophomore season at UK.I did the same thing. Always had three sharp pencils at the ready. Had to catch the pregame with cawood so I could get the opposing teams lineup. Always had the stats ready when dad would ask me what Cotton , Louie, Pat had.
Yeah, cathouse hit it right on the head. I used to love hanging out with WW1 and WW2 Vets. To me they were two legged history books. I would sit and listen to their stories until they ran out of moonshine or homebrew .Cathouse- just want to say I enjoyed your post. Brought back memories for me too.
Yep and the “Cats are running”I was born in Ky but moved to Ohio at 3. My Parents were both UK fans, but the only thing on Radio (and later TV) was the Buckeyes.
To this day, I still pull for Ohio State (deal with it).
But we moved south to Portsmouth (on the river). And from late 50's on, I was a loyal UK fan (as was my Pop).
NOTE: Young Fans today have no idea what it is like "watching" games through the eyes of Claude Sullivan and Cawood ("Got it!").
The ‘65-‘66 season was my first so this year was 55 seasons following the Cats.Seems like a lot of old blue farts on here. How many have been following UK for 50 years plus? I will start. I started following the Year of the Kennedy assassination, 1963.
That year I signed on with the Cleveland Browns, LA Dodgers and LA Lakers. Have followed all through thick and thin.
Well said, Blue Max, well said, sir!!These are precisely the kinds of memories that make being 63 years old so sweet...we've lived through and cherished so many of the highs associated with UK basketball for a glory road of over 50 years! How amazing to have those wonderful moments, some of them you speak about here, locked in the brain. I too have that record, an awesome compendium of recordings by Claude Sullivan, Cawood, and Adolph Rupp himself. I remember that he enjoyed going through the stats on the radio with Cawood after the games. His voice...I can still hear it. We revered him even in his last days, and of course Cawood was the very best. These were two superstars of the star-studded program along with guys like Issel, Pratt, and Casey, Dampier, Conley, and Riley before them. Cotton Nash even could be considered one of the greats of all time in college and yet is so unknown to most of America. And, we're not even talking about the guys in the 40s and 50s. There is really no question about which program sits at the very top and if you're from Kentucky with gray or hair, you've been suitably entertained for ions! What a blessing to be card-carrying members of BBN!
Seems like a lot of old blue farts on here. How many have been following UK for 50 years plus? I will start. I started following the Year of the Kennedy assassination, 1963.
That year I signed on with the Cleveland Browns, LA Dodgers and LA Lakers. Have followed all through thick and thin.