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Jun 21

TGR’s Tuesday Tweets

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TGR’s weekly voyage into the world of Big Blue’s Twitter! Tweets from anyone and everyone in Cat Country…

John Calipari: “It’s neat to see the next generation of the Big Blue Nation learning how special this game & this program are. “

Terrence Jones: “I love this team”

Mike Gilchrist: “Me John Wall & Quin Cooke all in the same boat. But this is what Leads us to be Great!! Our Father’s would be Proud Let’s keep on Grinding”

Stacey Poole: “finna take a shower an cool it fa tonight! Prolly throw in a season of the BOONDOCKS!”

Ryan Harrow: “It’s been that hot outside and today is only the first day of summer ?“

Anthony Davis: “Mad Hungry… But dont feel like walking… Legs Are Dead”

Doron Lamb: “Back to sleep“

Jon Hood: “Nap, class, camp.“

Twany Beckham: “Good pickup runs with the team…..”

Marquis Teague: “Showed her real n now she hate lame”

Eloy Vargas: “i walk around the club …. everybody..“

Patrick Patterson: “Dropped… My… Fone… In… The… Water…kill me now”

Perry Stevenson: “Shredded chicken is gross. Anytime I eat it, I feel like a baby bird being fed chewed-up food by it’s mom.”

Nazr Mohammed: “On Mother’s Day, fathers take the kids so mom can relax & on Father’s Day were suppose to hang w/ the kids & b good dads lol. NODAYSOFF”

Josh Harrellson: “Sittin on this plane 40,000 feet off the ground! Wonderin what will happen thurs. I have done everything I can! Only time will tell!”
Randall Cobb: “I would do anything to get on the show GUTS. nickelodeonflow“

Tee Martin: “We suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or pain of regret. Difference is, discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons“

Morgan Newton: “Sitting in the computer lab over @ CATS, would much rather be doing football stuff over at Nutter.. this school thing is for the birds“

Danny Trevethan: “Watching film. Tryna get better in every aspect of my life. Its a money year.”

Larry Vaught: “Looking more and more like DeAndre Liggins could go undrafted. Sure hope it works out for him“

Matt Jones: “In the continuing search for NCAA hypocrisy, Florida has a banner hanging for it’s 87 and 88 NCAA appearances…both of which were vacated”

Dick Weiss: “this is huge for ohio state. no laws broken in car deals“

Alan Cutler: “Amber Smith is thinking about the Final Four. She also talks about her knee and you can see how it’s doing on LEX 18”

Dick Vitale: “Player whose stock rising Klay Thompson Wash St.- Flat out Reggie Miller shooter.Great genes Dad Michael ex NBA hoopster! Will make it big!“

Anthony Wireman: “Former Louisville big man David Padgett has been added to the coaching staff at IUPUI…“

Ben Roberts: “Cal on if there will be enough shots to go around: “If you’re teaching them to be good teammates and good players, that won’t be an issue.”“

Oscar Combs: “Must say Chip Cosby always did great job at Lexington Herald-Leader. Never had an outside agenda. Never!“

Aaron Smith: “Jay Bilas on SportsCenter says Kyrie Irving has a better NBA future than John Wall.“

Matt May: “ESPN’s Chad Ford has Brandon Knight going #3 to Utah, Enes Kanter #4 to Cleveland and DeAndre Liggins #56 to LA Lakers in latest mock draft“

Next Cats: “ZagsBlog source says No. 1 recruit Andre Drummond has narrowed his list to UConn and Kentucky.“

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Jun 21

ESPN Ranks Kentucky’s Linebackers #6 In The SEC

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Edward Aschoff of ESPN.com continues the positional rankings of the 12 SEC schools today by ranking the linebacking cores. It is no secret that Kentucky returns one of, if not the best, linebacker in the conference in senior, Danny Trevathan. Here is what Ed says about UK…

6. Kentucky: Things start with one of the nation’s best in Danny Trevathan. He led the SEC with 144 tackles a year ago and the word out of Lexington is that he’s looking to be even better this fall and wants to move around the field a lot more. Ronnie Sneed returns as the starter in the middle, after grabbing 61 tackles a year ago. He made some nice improvements this spring. Ridge Wilson will be another hybrid on the outside, and will occasionally lineup as a rush end for the Wildcats. The talented Winston Guy, who has played just about everywhere on Kentucky’s defense has finally settled into his home at linebacker and should play closer to the line of scrimmage and be a nickel linebacker.

The linebackers and defensive backs for the Cats will be the strong suit for the defense. Most of both groups return with a lot of good SEC experience. It is questionable whether or not having your butt kicked over and over again is good experience or not.

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Jun 21

2011-2012 Kentucky Basketball- Written in the Stars- ukcats8fan

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Jun 21

Big Blue Mornin’ Review

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Category: General News

Looks like it may be a little steamy this week in the bluegrass. Temps are going to be high. Humidity is going to be high. Fertig is going to be high.

- Former cat, Dwane Casey, will be named the next coach of the Toronto Raptors. Casey just received a championship ring wile a member on the Dallas Mavericks staff. Casey was the mastermind behind the defensive scheme the Mavs used on LaBron James. Brandon Knight is on the short list of possible draftees for the Raptors Thursday. It could soon be “Big Blue Toronto”!

- After ESPN reported that the Cavs had committed to choosing Duke’s Kyrie Irving, the Cavs administration could not revoke the reports quickly enough. Enes was working out for the Cavs and reportedly meeting the owner and his children when the report was released by ESPN. I am really hoping that none of the Cats go to filthy Cleveland.

- “Draft cat”, Daniel Orton has been cleared medically to get back on the court for the Orlando Magic. Orton missed his entire rookie year with a knew injury. If there is an NBA summer league, Daniel should be able to participate.

- Arkansas sharpshooter, Rotnei Clarke, received his release from the school to transfer. Clarke never seemed to be happy under John Pelphrey and after JP was fired, I expected him to stay. I guess John was not the problem after all. Clarke has a clean jumper and a terribly spelled first name.

- John Wall had his option picked up by the Washington Wizards for the 3rd year of his contract. He will not be tossing out a first pitch anywhere to celebrate.

- Current Louisville football player, Darius Ashley, was arrested for his 2nd Driving under the Influence charge in the last 7 months. The junior cornerback was arrested Saturday after blowing a.186 blood/alcohol level. In December, the 21 year-old was found by police passed out in his car in a fast food drive-thru line and charged with DUI. He was suspended from the cards bowl game in Tampa.

- The TGR-MLB Review looks like this… Tampa got a 4th straight win after they doubled-up the Brewers yesterday, 8-4. Atlanta got their 2nd straight win after shutting out the Blue Jays, 2-0. The Reds lost to the Yankees, 5-3.

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Jun 18

Kanter And Knight Invited To NBA Draft Green Room

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John Calipari will be joined in the green room by Brandon Knight and Enes Kanter according to multiple reports this afternoon. Draftees expected to be taken with picks 1 through 14 are invited to the historical green room for the draft.
BYU legend, and nearly the namesake of my unborn son, Jimmer Fredette, will also be in NYC on Thursday in the green room. This is the list of invites being circulated around the net as of now… Kyrie Irving, Derrick Williams, Enes Kanter, Brandon Knight, Tristan Thompson, Jimmer Fredette, Marcus and Markieff Morris, Kawhi Leonard, Chris Singleton, Klay Thompson, Kemba Walker, Jonas Valanciunas, Jan Vesely, and Alec Burks.

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Jun 17

TGR’s Friday Flatulence

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The views and opinions expressed within this post do not necessarily represent the views of the TGR Crew. The author (R.A.) of the post is solely responsible for the content. In other words, holler at your local media!

In the short John Calipari era at UK, he has managed to make a normally ‘dead period’ for UK athletics news, June and July, very alive. Whether it is recruiting win-falls, the NBA Draft, state wide book tours, NBA coaching rumors, trips to the Orient, home buying, or battles with the NCAA over whether or not he has 500 wins, The road goes on forever and the party never ends. Events and issues that would seem to be very miniscule to other fan bases suddenly turn into world changing events when Kentucky’s Cal is involved.

What bothers me about Cal and his issues with the NCAA is not Cal or the issues; it is how Kentucky fans continue to react. Look, we have said it over and over again… We knew what we were getting into when UK hired him. It did not take much research to figure out that cal was considered an “outlaw” by the media and had been continuously targeted by the NCAA. It was said here, there, and everywhere that if you hired Cal, you would have to deal with plenty of rumor and controversy. Yet, when something is written or something is reported negatively about Cal or UK, we lose our minds.

Jerry Tipton obviously gets his rocks off by attempting to get his name on the radio or on blogs like this one. He is employed by a dyeing newspaper and his only shot at survival in Lexington is writing outrageous opinionated pieces on Kentucky athletics. He has to do things like contacting the NCAA to inquire about why UK was celebrating Cal’s 500th win when the NCAA had taken wins away from him. A story n what UK is doing wrong would probably sale more papers than an article about what they are doing right, right Tipton? Don’t look at it as Jerry trying to bring down the organization that has helped him make a name for himself by writing about them, look at it as Jerry trying to support his family.

Bottom line; let’s pick and choose our battles BBN! Cal is targeted and we have to deal with it. C! A! T! S!

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Jun 17

The SEC 2011-2012 Bowl Schedule Announced

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The Football Bowl Association has released their 2011-2012 Bowl schedule. The 35 game bowl schedule does not include one bowl game played on January 1, New year’s Day. January 1, 2012 is on a Sunday and is the final Sunday on the NFL schedule for 2012.

Below is the schedule for bowl games connected to the Southeastern Conference in 2012. Kentucky will attempt to make their 6th straight trip to the post-season in 2011-2012…

Fri., Dec. 30 6:40 p.m. ET Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
Nashville, Tenn. ESPN

Sat., Dec. 31 3:30 p.m. ET AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Memphis, Tenn. ABC

Sat., Dec. 31 7:30 p.m. ET Chick-fil-A Bowl
Atlanta, Ga. ESPN

Mon., Jan. 2 1 p.m. ET Capital One Bowl
Orlando, Fla. ESPN

Mon., Jan. 2 1 p.m. ET Gator Bowl
Jacksonville, Fla. ESPN2

Mon., Jan. 2 1 p.m. ET Outback Bowl
Tampa, Fla. ABC

Tue., Jan. 3 8:30 p.m. ET Allstate Sugar Bowl
New Orleans, La. ESPN

Fri., Jan. 6 8 p.m. ET AT&T Cotton Bowl
Arlington, Texas FOX

Sat., Jan. 7 1 p.m. ET BBVA Compass Bowl
Birmingham, Ala. ESPN

Mon., Jan. 9 8:30 p.m. ET Allstate BCS National Championship Game
New Orleans, La. ESPN

ESPN Ranks Kentucky O-Line #4 In SEC

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During ESPN’s positional rankings countdown Kentucky has not fared well. The QB came in at #10, the runningbacks came in at #12, and the wide receivers failed to even make the board. Today, Edward Aschoff
Is ranking the strongest part of Kentucky’s offense, the offensive line. Kentucky finds themselves in the top quarter of the SEC…

4. Kentucky: The Wildcats return four starters on their line. Right guard Larry Warford headlines the group after gaining second-team All-SEC honors a year ago. Kentucky also returns two-year starter Stuart Hines at left guard and Matt Smith at center, who was solid in his first year there. Left tackle Chandler Burden missed spring practice, but is expected back by fall practice. Finding a suitable right tackle is the next step for Kentucky.

A good offensive line can make an ‘average’ offense look good or a ‘good’ offense look great. The skill positions are unproven for the Cats, but the line is full of seasoned vets. If the line stays healthy, Kentucky could have a surprisingly good season offensively. All of my hopes and dreams for a 6th straight bowl game are held together by the 5 huge men in front of Newton and the boys.

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Jun 17

Big Blue Mornin’ Review

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I can’t remember ever being more excited about a Friday this entire month!

- Big-ups to Terrence Jones for a great dig he took at himself yesterday during the Kentucky summer media opportunity. When he was asked about how tough it was for him to make his decision to return to UK, Jones said, “It was tough, just because I’m bad at making decisions”. Jones was obviously poking fun at himself for his decommitment from the University of Washington. Jones is on the right track to endearing himself to the UK fan base with a comment like that. Well done TJ and glad to have you back my man!

- Speaking of the 2011-12 season and team, it sounds like they are all getting along just fine. According to Twitter, t there is a lot of NBA 2K playing going on this summer… There may even be some friendly wagering going along with it. Anthony Davis said this recently, “Had to run to McDonalds to get Mike Gilchrist and Stacey Poole they 20 piece nugget… 2K11” Chicken McNuggets are also my favorite form of gambling incentive.

- Kentucky’s battle with the NCAA over the observance of Calipari’s 500th victory continued yesterday. After the NCAA gave UK orders to apologize for recognizing the feat, UK obliged by not apologizing what so ever yesterday in a statement. Correspondence between Sandy Bell and the NCAA indicates that the entire process and subsequent “apology” was spurred by a complaint by a fan of a rival school. Sandy also mentioned the name of the Lexington Herald-Leader’s Jerry Tipton and his multiple inquiries to the NCAA of the 500th win celebration and whether or not they felt it was valid. After Kentucky released their forced statement yesterday, Tipton wrote that UK “cried uncle Thursday and admitted it made a mistake”. Hardly Jerry, hardly you big jerk.

- If you don’t like Jay Bilas, I don’t like you. Bilas had this to say about the Cal vs. the NCAA,” NCAA Logic: When a win is vacated, other team must keep the loss. UK should celebrate Calipari giving opponents 500 losses.” Duke alumni or not, that is brilliant!

- UK football lost two defensive linemen over the summer in Nermin Delic and Brice Laughlin. Delic was the defensive tackle starter last year in the Louisville game. His playing time decreased as the year progressed. I don’t believe either player was going to be an impact player on the d-line, but it will hurt in the depth of the group.

- The UK basketball Father-Son camp starts today at UK. The camp is sold out and has become very popular within the elementary school circuit. Good luck to the entire out of shape dads in their bid not to have a heart attack or stroke during the proceedings.

- The TGR-MLB Review… Atlanta got a 9-8 win over the Mets last night. Tampa lost a second straight to the Red Sox, 4-2. The reds did not play. Inter-league gets going today with the Reds vs. Toronto, Tampa vs. Florida, and Atlanta vs. Texas.