By a bunch of "macho men" who think because they watch football on TV every week, it adds inches to their dick sizes.
Bring on basketball, typical Kentucky football
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By a bunch of "macho men" who think because they watch football on TV every week, it adds inches to their dick sizes.
Very good post. This is one of the most talented teams we have had in a long time. But, we still have the same dumb luck as always. At some point, the cards have to fall in our favor though... Right?
Wait a minute, we had a thread on here a few weeks back about how all fans aree super fans of both basketball and football. By the looks of this thread, football is simply tolerated.
Did people really think we could win that game? 3 years ago the Sec proved they wouldn't allow it even if we had really earned it... if you got your hopes up... that's your own fault.
I see mention of BB games that were choked. Are there any 30 year streaks Kentucky Basketball has losing to a team....20 years??....10 years??....5 years??
Absolutely silly to compare the greatest basketball program in the game to one of the lowest in D-1 football. I will still root for them but it's always a heart break.
Absolutely silly to compare the greatest basketball program in the game to one of the lowest in D-1 football. I will still root for them but it's always a heart break.
I really hope you have calmed down by now. You compared men's basketball to women's gymnastics? Have you bothered to look at any television ratings (including the regular season) to compare between the two, before making such an ignorant statement?
As far as "big boy sports", College football is definitely at the top. However, to make your claim about college basketball is one of the more asinine statements I have ever read in my years of browsing this board (p.s - that says A LOT).
So you really think Women's NCAA gymnastics could fill Texas Stadium, Ford Field, Phoenix Stadium, etc. etc.? What about college baseball.. something tells me you'll respond again that the nation only cares about it for two weeks. When does national TV cover any other ncaa sport besides football, and men's and women's basketball? By national, I'm talking about national networks, for the uninitiated.
While you're answering, please point me to the women's gymnastics section on ESPN or Fox Sports website, or any other college sport besides football and basketball (be sure to time how long it takes you).
Women's gymnastics gets bigger crowds at Bama, LSU, UGA and quite a few more. Just saying if Mens BB was bigger then might out draw women's Gymnastics.
Well that's about the silliest statement ever made on the board. You want to draw a conclusion by comparing attendance at the most successful women's teams with a men's team that doesn't compete at that level. Compare top to top or average to average across the country. Or compare percent venue filled for similarly successful programs. The numbers will embarrass you. I suggest a measure of common sense because the facts say your are blithering.
Soccer is the big boy sport according to world popularity.... so football people bashing basketball for being slightly less popular should know it would only be fair for soccer people to do the same to them. (I have a feeling football first people wouldn't like it turned around on them like that)
telling basketball fans they are wrong for prioritizing basketball will get you about as far as telling people in England soccer doesn't matter
telling basketball fans they are wrong for prioritizing basketball will get you about as far as telling people in England soccer doesn't matter
No one is telling anyone what to watch. To come on this board and see the glee by UK BB only fans is horse shit. Pure and simple, UK has had their share of heart breaks and no need to rub it in. Wisky loss, UCONN, UNC DUke 92 come to mind. No one is running over acting like an ass. Don't care what the BB crew think, UK fan first and foremost so the shoddy comments don't play here. If you can't accept the hard facts that BB is not considered a big time sport anymore than I am sorry. I wish our primary sport was the biggest but its not.
I cheer hard for UK football and basketball. They aren't mutually exclusive.
BB not a big time sport? You are surely not so stupid as to believe that. If you judge success or failure by only the top spot, then nearly every sport fails.
I agree there is a lot of horse hockey in this thread, the vast majority of it dumped by you.
We all get bent after losses, but I'm not going to go and say I'm a fan of a better football program because I can't handle UK football losses and if you think UK as the only program to "choke" a game away you have a lot to learn.
Basketball is third or fourth ranked at other SEC schools
Baseball is much more popular at a lot of SEC schools than basketball.
Except their fans could care less about basketball. We actually care about football.
Not very accurate about the team talent. The East is again about as good a the MAC. Outside Georgia, there are no impressive teams. Florida barely beats us, barely beats Tennessee, Tennessee struggles with UMass, we barely beat SMiss and EKU gives us a game.
Brutal.. That was the toughest Kentucky loss since the Wisconsin game. Yeah they made some mistakes, but the team is still heading in the right direction. Still think they can get 7 or 8 wins.
Kentucky football and Kentucky basketball fans bickering might be one of the dumbest things I've seen on this board. I'd cheer for the Kentucky Chess team...And to be honest, if you DON'T support the other teams, I'm not sure you should be allowed to identify with Kentucky basketball.
I'm in with Blue, I bleed Blue. I've been a UK Football fan for over 50 years. One game doesn't make a season. UK has quality and very good players this year. The season isn't over at 3 and one. I could join in and say this and that but I wont. I am a UK fan, Win, Lose, or Draw!
I have all but stopped following the FB team other than to read a few articles about them. I don't know their names, I don't care really if they win or lose........I have heard all the, " this is the year" crap. I just don't buy into it any longer.......I read, listen and watch everything I can about the men's BB team. The reason is they most seasons live up to the hype. Don't come out and talk like you are going to be world beaters and then have EKU smack you around. I am sick of hearing coaches say, "we have got to play smarter, we have to get faster, we have to get stronger, we have to recruit better, it is all on us, the coaches". I wouldn't make a good water boy and I know all of the above! It doesn't make it any more palatable to lose to FLA because UK has much better talent. The season is long from over but 31 years is a long time.
I have supported the FB program since 1979 and we are 3-1 & have a great bunch of players. We will win more games this year. Fla. was a tough lost for player & fans but I am not going to give up on this team.
Baseball might be bigger at the other SEC schools but it's definitely not even close for the rest of the country. For example, Collegiate Hockey is popular in the North/Northeast while collegiate baseball is non existent.
While I love and usually can't wait for the start of FB season. We are an improving program during the Stoops era. For me, the biggest difference between the FB and BB season, is I have little to no expectations for the FB team other than to compete and make it to a respectable bowl game. I know that in BB, we have realistic chances to win championships and have done so recently. I would never expect to win a championship in FB, we have never even won our division yet.
Dementia is a heart breaking condition to have and is really the only excuse for such a monumentally wrong post
This wasn't typical U.K. Football.
We lost by one. We usually lose by a lot more to UF.
In all seriousness tho, we spotted them 14 by not covering receivers and only lost by 1. As much as the result is crushing, for the majority of that game we were the better team. I can't remember the last time I watched this team face UF in football and felt that way.
Despite what happened I like the direction the team is heading in
We lost by one. We usually lose by a lot more to UF.
In all seriousness tho, we spotted them 14 by not covering receivers and only lost by 1. As much as the result is crushing, for the majority of that game we were the better team. I can't remember the last time I watched this team face UF in football and felt that way.
Despite what happened I like the direction the team is heading in
Have to disagree. When we had 1st and goal at the 5 and had to settle for 3 is where we lost the game.
Bandwagon. By pulling for two of them, you surely will have at least one winner. Same way people in NY root for Duke. They have no ties to them, but they are fans.
Disagree..We had enough points just needed to make a tackle on that play with Powell. should have been no gain. he made 2 guys look silly
No, they do not. I know their fans like to claim they do, but that is a lie. As at least half those title claims are dubious, and a couple are plain fraudulent.
As one example, consider 1941: Alabama finished 20th in the national polls, 3rd in the SEC (that's right, only third in their own conference), with at least 14 teams having a better record. Yet Bama preposterously claims a national title for that season because some shill publicist in Alabama made up a completely fake poll just to list UA at No. 1. Seriously, how much shameless gall does it take to dishonestly claim a title for that season?
For a primer on some of Bama's other dubious titles, you might take a look at this youtube video.
Every single one of Kentucky's claimed basketball titles is undisputably a LEGITIMATE title. The same can NOT be said for Bama football.
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