lmfao Demaree just led off with Kirby Smart asking him if hes ever had a better, more stocked QB corp in his coaching career with Fromm, Eason, and Fields.
I was young when he was here, but yeah, it sounded a but like ole Bill was putting out some revisionost history.
Demaree lost all credibility with me years ago with the Donte Rumph situation. If you remember Rumph signed with us but didn't qualify and went Juco. After his first year his name accidentally appeared on a UK roster. Demaree was asked about it on Larry Glover's show and you could tell it took him by surprise because he was stuttering all over the place. He then went on to say that he could confirm that Rumph was going to be on the roster that year. Of course that was not true. He didn't come until the next year. Lost all credibility with me from that point. He should've said I don't know but can find out instead of blowing smoke up our butts. Rumph was a big recruit for us and when that info fell through us die hards were crushed because we knew we were gonna get man handled on the DL again that year.
Wow. Thats pitiful. Ive been listening to the Birmingham radio all week. Good coverage of all SEC teams and the coming football season. Damn shame there isnt a similar program out of Louisville for this state.
Rack.
I spent most of my life living in Lexington and Versailles. Then 5 years ago I moved to Georgia. The sports atmosphere here is pretty much a 180 of what we have in KY. Everyone here is a football fan. They talk football 365 days a year. They live and breathe football 24/7. I have never once had a college basketball discussion with any of the many sports fans I've gotten to know here in Georgia. They'll talk a little NBA and there's plenty of Braves fan, but all anyone wants to talk about for the most part, is football. Mostly UGA, but plenty of Falcons, GA Southern, etc., But they can't name one player on the UGA basketball team.
Exactly. To change the sports culture in the state, we have to get good -- 10+ win good -- for at least a decade. It'd also help if UK basketball had a rough stretch at the same time (not that I'd want that). But neither of these things are likely to happen. We'll continue to be a monster in basketball, and we'll likely continue the same path in football we've been on for 65 years or so. The bottom line is recruiting. We get whoever we want in basketball, and whoever we can in football. The lack of instate talent keeps us forever facing an uphill battle. I go to UGA games and see their roster, loaded with mostly Georgia kids and the reality always sets in. It's been done at other schools, so I'm always hopeful, but Stoops (or whoever) will have to somehow take the recruiting up another notch first. And that will be a very difficult task.
I do too, but the basketball program is #1 in the country in all time wins and #2 in all time titles. It's hard and understandable for football to compete with that.
I guarantee you I’m the SEC. it’s a helluva lot easier to become a “football school” by winning —than it does a “basketball school” by winning. UGA has 1 MNC in football, but I guarantee you if they tore themselves off two NCAAs in basketball in a row, there would be little to notice on the airwaves there in terms of pigskin discussion
Lots of good comments. If you are not from the Deep South you really can't understand. I lived in Georgia for 20 years and in Florida most of the rest of my life. I did live in Kentucky while a UK student and at Ft Knox. If you try to get a basketball discussion here you may as well talk to a grapefruit tree. It is mid July now and young boys are running laps in a blistering sun and getting ready for football season. Peachtree Jam and AAU basketball are as foreign to them as snow in Siberia
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