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Kentucky Football: Slippin' Into the Future
Go here for Glenn's outstanding Compass Bowl preview. It there ever was a team in need of a face-saving victory, it is this 6-6 Kentucky football team. After ending the pigskin season with yet another disappointing loss to Tennessee, UK needs a win over head coach-less Pitt to propel the string...
Quack Fix: 12 Ducks named to Pac-10 all-academic team, BCS 'bridesmaids', & more fake injury news
I thought about faking an injury to get out of writing this post, but I'm better than that. Here's your Wednesday Morning Quack Fix: LaMichael James, David Paulson and Carson York were all named to the Pac-10 all-academic first team, the conference announced yesterday. Three Ducks made the second...
Kentucky Coaches and Alcohol: A Sour Mixture
Back in the mid-'80's, when I could be found running around Lexington terrorizing the locals, and just generally being a nuisance, many were the nights when, as I pulled in front of my house, I asked myself, "How did I get here?" For after work, which ended around 8-9:00 pm, I headed straight for...
Gettin' Greedy: Taking Big Ten Expansion to a Whole New Level
Alright. We've talked about all the logical Big Ten Expansion candidates. Missouri. Pittsburgh. 'Cuse. We've even talked about the not so logical ones. Rutgers. Iowa State. (Just kidding. No one's talked about them. The Big XII is actually trying to give them away.) At this point in the debate...
Why It Is More Important for the Florida Gators to Get Worse Than for the Georgia Bulldogs to Get Better
Last Wednesday, Braves & Birds made some interesting observations about the Mark Richt era, one of which was this: Richt benefited from a weak SEC. . . . Richt's heyday corresponds with the conference's weakest period. Steve Spurrier had been replaced by Ron Zook, Phil Fulmer and Lou Holtz were...
Grading Mark Richt After Nine Years With the Georgia Bulldogs (Part I)
Georgia has gone 7-6 in the Bulldogs’ last thirteen games. These results keep recurring for reasons that continue to be repeated. This is where we are as a program. There is no explaining this away. . . . The saddest and most frustrating part of it is that these players have talent to burn, are...
Evaluating My Preseason College Football Predictions
I’ve already looked back at my bowl picks and preseason conference championship predictions, in which I fared about as poorly as I would if I joined the Crunktown Icers, so it is with some trepidation that I look back at my random preseason forecasts from last August. These are they: Although no...
Final 2009 SEC Power Poll Ballot
Honestly, between the snow, the Kirby Smart debacle, and personal matters, I’m not at all sure that I’m getting this in on time. If I’m not, I apologize to the powers that be, but here is my postseason SEC Power Poll ballot for the 2009 season: 1. Alabama (14-0): If you’re the best team in the...
Rich Brooks: Resolute Man About Town
Much has been written and said over the last four days about the sometimes tumultuous seven-year tenure of newly retired Kentucky football coach Rich Brooks. Most of the commentary has been complimentary of Brooks, citing the many "firsts" the program accomplished under his leadership. And...
Quack Fix: Rich Brooks hangs it up, new academic center opens, and Byrd finishes second in ROY vote
It's apparent now that the offseason is upon us, because there isn't a whole lot of news out there today. But it could be worse. Our hoops team could be losing: Rich Brooks' enduring coaching career has come to an end. The tireless, legendary Oregon coach, whose name still marks the field at...
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