basketball fan yesterday. He used my phone to watch some of the game. He also checked out our site, he saw me taking a look, and he had some fun .... said he was surprised to read Bob Huggins had won NCAA championships at Cincy and WVU. He then laughed and asked I thought ya'll hated AU ... I answered most of us at least strongly dislike them, and he said it is a toss up between Fire Grant and Pearl is God threads. He did add I think ya'll may have started spring practice.
After he was finished making fun ... he said the truth is UA BB fans are as delusional as UK football fans. He made an interesting statement which in time may prove to be true .... he said UK is the ONLY basketball school in the SEC. I countered with UF and he said what happens when Billy leaves ...and he said when the SEC tournament was in Tampa UK had 3 times as many fans. He said at UK people are already starting to grumble about Stoops ... he did not win last year and he did not recruit well this year ... he created excitement the first year because he was new. He accepts football as what it is ... a lowly bowl game every 4 or 5 years and we will get a new coach every 5 years ...
I asked him about Louisville since they seem to have a great BB program ( he was quick to add not UK great) and now have very good FB team. His opinion was Louisville, the city, had joined with the U of L to help build U of L athletic teams ... looking at them as their pro teams. The city does not think they will be able to attract an NFL or NBA team so they work hand in hand with the school to attract visitors using their athletic programs. No clue if he was talking more from opinion or facts.
I do know I got in his pocket ... he was a better golfer but thanks to unlimited data on my phone I was able to keep him distracted with the game ... may have won more if the game had been a contest. Fun bet .. played skins .. and whoever was down had to take care of the beer cart when it came by ...
After he was finished making fun ... he said the truth is UA BB fans are as delusional as UK football fans. He made an interesting statement which in time may prove to be true .... he said UK is the ONLY basketball school in the SEC. I countered with UF and he said what happens when Billy leaves ...and he said when the SEC tournament was in Tampa UK had 3 times as many fans. He said at UK people are already starting to grumble about Stoops ... he did not win last year and he did not recruit well this year ... he created excitement the first year because he was new. He accepts football as what it is ... a lowly bowl game every 4 or 5 years and we will get a new coach every 5 years ...
I asked him about Louisville since they seem to have a great BB program ( he was quick to add not UK great) and now have very good FB team. His opinion was Louisville, the city, had joined with the U of L to help build U of L athletic teams ... looking at them as their pro teams. The city does not think they will be able to attract an NFL or NBA team so they work hand in hand with the school to attract visitors using their athletic programs. No clue if he was talking more from opinion or facts.
I do know I got in his pocket ... he was a better golfer but thanks to unlimited data on my phone I was able to keep him distracted with the game ... may have won more if the game had been a contest. Fun bet .. played skins .. and whoever was down had to take care of the beer cart when it came by ...
