A few things:
--- I am all for making fun of UL at any moment...but I am not sure as UK fans there is much we can do Saturday that would not make us look stupid. Considering where we are and where they are, it just isn't the right timing to me...with that said, a few random signs placed in the crowd would be awesome...and I am hearing that they have a couple planned about me that I have to be honest with you, are really funny (including my old Tinder profile)
--- The more I hear, the more I think the story I was told about UK not changing its defensive signals before the Southern Miss game was true...if you didnt hear the radio show, I was told that Dawson picked up on the fact that the defensive signals were the same as last year at halftime and they were then able to know the defensive sets before every play. If so (and I cant swear to it yet but I am starting to feel more and more confident), that is really bad.
--- I am not ready to give up on Stoops and company yet. I still think they can salvage this season and if they do that, the whole thing can still work. But it is getting shaky for me as the same mistakes keep being made over and over. The collapses at any sign of adversity are bad, but the disorganization (which he was very miffed at me bringing up on the radio last year) are my biggest issue. At this point it is what it is, but hopefully we will know for sure by the end of the year one way or the other.
--- This tv show I am doing is quite the production...I have never really been part of a high budget thing where there are multiple people working to make it happen and there is money to spend, so that is kind of cool. But it is nerve-wracking. Having a different co-host every night is going to be a challenge, but my hope is that will make it unique and different. It will be a work in progress and I don't expect it to be great right off the bat, but over time I hope it comes into its own. Either way, I like living on the edge and trying new things to scare and push myself...and this is definitely going to be that.
--- Johnny Bruce and I were talking last night about the Gameday in Lexington and of course the infamous confrontation with Anth (he was the one who came and kind of got me out of the situation). Whats crazy about that whole thing is how little of it I remember (since I was in a post-seizure fog) and how much things have changed. At the time, I hated you guys more than anything in the world and I was mortified at what a goober I was for actually letting someone get to me (especially over something as silly as a sign) and then acting out on them. Now 9 years later, and I read your thoughts every day (even the many of you I don't know) and have genuinely become friends with the Schembaris. Life is weird
--- Props to SAE for getting his random drunken line to me the night of the UL game on the UK wall of "great moments" at the Practice facility...that is genuinely pretty cool.
--- Calipari is feeling the recruiting thing now...I feel better about where they are. One thing I am hearing that is slightly concerning...a lot of guys in this class aren't thrilled with the idea of playing with Trae Young. Getting him may cost us on a guy or two...same thing happened with Brandon Knight a few years back and that turned out ok, so I don't expect it to change the way Calipari goes. But we have at least one guy that I think we would have gotten that may look elsewhere if Cal locks up Young.