Yeah, pretty sure we are WAY past hand-wringing over this sort of thing. The old “rules” are no longer applicable.
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I don't think BVG could beat out some of the QBs on fraternity intramural teams right now. If nobody wants him is it quitting?
august-west - I'll take that bet.
BVG didn't quit football; football quit HIM.
BVG didn't quit football; football quit HIM.
It's really simple for me now, like most UK fans I would imagine. I'm done giving a shit about Kentucky football until a new head coach comes in. Same as it was with Calipari. The writing is on the wall, and it's smeared in fentanyl-laced feces.
I brought it up because I don't believe it is overly political. I look at it more like a father/son situation. Short of orchestrating 9/11, I'm pardoning my son for basically anything.
In the last ~7-8 years in Lexington Stoops has experienced:
- a scandal involving a co-ed that turned out to be false(???) accusations just to get rid of him.
- a divorce
- The greatest run UK football has ever gone on in recent/modern times.
- NCAA probation that resulted in ^^those^^ accomplishments being tainted.
- rumors of him being an out of control drunk
- A public "Schiano-ing" by A&M
- the loss of his mother
- other stuff
The dude probably hates the majority of the fan base and is going through some sort of depression. I sorta feel for the dude.
But that man is going to get every cent from this University that he can. In other words, if he can hold this place hostage, he will.
- a scandal involving a co-ed that turned out to be false(???) accusations just to get rid of him.
- a divorce
- The greatest run UK football has ever gone on in recent/modern times.
- NCAA probation that resulted in ^^those^^ accomplishments being tainted.
- rumors of him being an out of control drunk
- A public "Schiano-ing" by A&M
- the loss of his mother
- other stuff
The dude probably hates the majority of the fan base and is going through some sort of depression. I sorta feel for the dude.
But that man is going to get every cent from this University that he can. In other words, if he can hold this place hostage, he will.
I don't know. Just the logistics of arranging all of that deserves some kudos. Too soon?
Meh, we ALL got stuff to deal with, but most of us don't have millions of dollars to help us do it. (F*** Stoops)
Other than him losing his mom, probably a lot that he played his role in. The false accusations are horsepoop but also chalk that up to you're worth millions, you're inevitably spending some of that money fighting off some bs.
He's already stated in here he just gets his info from Twitter & other premium boards. Appreciate the easy aggregation he provides in here, but was disappointed to hear him say he leans on Joe Adams and that whole clown show.
- The great thing about UK football being a worldclass loser with sprinkles of mediocrity my entire life is that when we suck I can shake it off and still enjoy college football overall.
- My other losers at least have built-in excuses- Reds are small market and UK football is the 14th best program in a 16-team league. But the F’ing Bengals continue to embarrass themselves despite playing in a deliberately parity-driven league with a Top 2 QB. I hate them.
- I’ve got nothing for arena comedy and am shocked these dudes continually sell out large spaces. It’s weird being upper deck with an ant throwing jokes.
- Big fan of Will Ferrell, Zooey and hokey Christmas movies, but Elf has never much done it for me.
- Ohio State people are a nasty bunch. Midwest Bro is possibly the worst bro of all the bros.
- My other losers at least have built-in excuses- Reds are small market and UK football is the 14th best program in a 16-team league. But the F’ing Bengals continue to embarrass themselves despite playing in a deliberately parity-driven league with a Top 2 QB. I hate them.
- I’ve got nothing for arena comedy and am shocked these dudes continually sell out large spaces. It’s weird being upper deck with an ant throwing jokes.
- Big fan of Will Ferrell, Zooey and hokey Christmas movies, but Elf has never much done it for me.
- Ohio State people are a nasty bunch. Midwest Bro is possibly the worst bro of all the bros.
Adding another controversial, yet correct, take:
- Trevor Lawrence started his slide a little late yesterday. Sort of deserved it.
- Trevor Lawrence started his slide a little late yesterday. Sort of deserved it.
The player that hit him has punched an uninvolved player on the sidelines, had multiple late tackle penalties that caused dust ups and has been fined for conduct all within the past month apparently.
The forearm to the head (regardless of how late the slide was) is the issue I take.
There's trying to make a play and there's clearly being a dirty player.
The forearm to the head (regardless of how late the slide was) is the issue I take.
There's trying to make a play and there's clearly being a dirty player.
-Joe is a booster and gets some good basketball recruiting info from what I've seen IMO.
-Bleed Blue network hosted some good Twitter spaces during the Pope/portal season and still do some post-game spaces that are decent.
-Not sure about their football content haven't checked that out. They obviously aren't my sole source or something I check out every day but from time to time they're useful regarding basketball at least.
-A lot of the football info I've seen is through a friend of Dennis who posts stuff he hears from Vince. That guy just said for us to not get our hopes up about Stoops leaving. Reached out to multiple schools to gauge interest but didn't get interest he was comfortable with. He hasn't gotten the feedback he's looking for. Stuck with him apparently.
I went through the same situation with my freshman year girlfriend. Reached out to other sororities but didn't get interest I was comfortable with. Didn't get the feedback I was looking for either. Stuck with my girlfriend for second semester.
Note: didn't end well.
It only took Cal a month to get Arkansas out of the top 25.
I hope he doesn’t leave but the whole “Vince Marrow is irreplaceable” perspective just shows you the power of positive PR.
Anybody else notice that after the first game or two, Maclin almost never got a target from BVG, but seemed to be the favorite receiver of Wimsatt and Boley? I haven't confirmed with stats or anything because I pretty much checked out on football after Vandy.
The Kenny Payne of college football so to speak.
We are only stuck with Stoops if it depends on him getting a new job, maybe UK decides for him ? Yeap, we are stuck with him.
The idiot from the Texans lead with his forearm, late slide or not, he was trying to injure TL. Needs suspended minimum 3 games.
Loved all the rivalry week fights, some really true "fights". "Rivalry week, it just means more",, fighting.
Need to win the Clempson game, obviously. OK IF we drop the Gonzaga game.
WTF is Purdue kidding that they are too good for Mark Stoops?
He might be perfect for Orville Redenbacher U. Anyone young would leave at the first opportunity. A grizzled veteran who has proven he can take a bad program and turn them respectable in a tough conference is exactly what Purdue ought to be looking for. If they land some whiz-kid coordinator, he will be gone ASAP either way.
Literally no one wants to go to West Lafayette.
He might be perfect for Orville Redenbacher U. Anyone young would leave at the first opportunity. A grizzled veteran who has proven he can take a bad program and turn them respectable in a tough conference is exactly what Purdue ought to be looking for. If they land some whiz-kid coordinator, he will be gone ASAP either way.
Literally no one wants to go to West Lafayette.
Barring a miraculous turnaround, Kentucky is going to LOSE more per every year they hang on to Stoops than the prorated buyout will cost.
His buyout is NOT a valid reason to keep him.
(I used to have to go to West Lafayette a few times a year on business, when I worked for a textbook company back in the day, and it made me want to injure myself to get out of it)
His buyout is NOT a valid reason to keep him.
(I used to have to go to West Lafayette a few times a year on business, when I worked for a textbook company back in the day, and it made me want to injure myself to get out of it)
Not for nothing, but Purdue has an endowment twice the size of UK's. They also have Big10 money. I have a lot of Big10 alums in my family; they're wretched souls, bud dammit, they want to be good at football. Mark Stoops is a hard pass for them.
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The best part of all this, and it’s not getting near enough run, is we had a player just say F it, I’m going to get a hot dog right in the middle of the game. That’s some Bad News Bears shit.
We should see if Chico’s Bail Bonds would be interested in some NIL deals.
We should see if Chico’s Bail Bonds would be interested in some NIL deals.
I mean, if he was trying to get one of those free leftover pizzas they hand out at the end of the game I get it but he was clearly just standing in line likely for a (in my opinion) cold mediocre hot dog.
I'm just now getting around to the Marrow interview. He basically admitted they did no background check or due diligence on the portal guys they brought in? That checks out.
Maybe Stoops was hungry and sent him on a food run?
The concession stands gave fewer shits than the players. Despite it being colder than a witch's hairy nipple, they were serving hot chocolate in souvenir cups. Like "Thanks for showing up in the bitter cold to watch a team that has quit, here's your bucket of scalding liquid with no lid! It will probably be super easy to carry in your mittens and not drop on a kid's head!"
To Mincey's credit, Commonwealth hot dogs are delicious and I would want to make sure I grabbed one during my last game, too.
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