I hate to say this, but...
 

AOIIAlum, you know that I love you, but darling, did I mention that Vandy beat UK last night for the first time ever in Rupp? And that it had been years (31 or 28?) since they beat UK at home?

First, Vandy beat UTK in football at UTK; then, Vandy beat UK at Rupp....It makes one wonder if someone succeeded in crossing pigs and chickens in a genetics lab.
;)
Silver

(Sorry...just couldn't resist...Mr. Silver and I have taken a verbal lashing for years, decades..really..from the UK fans in our lives...)

Edited to change years...

Why, I do believe that I hear the musical notes of "Duelling Banjos" in the air....:p

Ouch, Silver, to kick a girl when she's down :)

We're knee-deep into what could quite possibly be the most painful basketball season since the years of The Unforgettables at UK. Something is wrong, W-R-O-N-G at Kentucky, and they darned well better get it fixed now. I've had quite enough of this silliness, although, to be fair, I think it's going to hurt a lot more before it's all over this year.

Oh, and it was 31 years between wins for y'all ;)

Sorry, just couldn't resist. You know that I love and appreciate you!
Thanks, I thought is was 31 years. One of the newscasters said 28, so I thought that I might have missed it....
The commentator said that it has been 83 years since Vandy beat both UTK and UK at home in their respective sports. Wow.
:)
Silver

Please pardon the crash.

To AOIIsilver - Congratulations to Vandy on their first win at Rupp Arena. Now please do not let it happen again.

To AOIIalum - I want you to know that I've got your back. If it gets heated here, let me know and I'll see if I can whip out some UK versus VU basketball game statistics for your use.

Waiting for redemption come February 11th at Memorial Gym

GO CATS!

I'm sure you both will find redemption when you play Ole Miss!!!

I hope you are right regarding UK. However, as AOIIalum pointed out, this is turning out to be a not-so-good season. Who knows, perhaps this will be the start of one of those amazing turnarounds for the Cats.

<crossing fingers - knocking on wood - pulling out all good luck clothing to wear>

TS, you know you can crash here any time.

OMG, don't hold your breath. At this point, we need another Mardi Gras miracle, only we don't have time to wait that long! Maybe this Saturday in Tuscaloosa?

Silver, I know because I adore you too! I really can't even blame you for it, either. Just wait though, the skies will re-align and we will go back to our regularly scheduled Vandy beating ways soon :)

Yeah, I'm not holding my breath. However, I would if it meant a win. And who knows, I might turn a nice shade of UK Blue!

By the way, the Bama game is at Rupp this Saturday. But given our last couple of home games, I'm not sure if that is a good thing or not.

Oh well, wherever it is, it too is live on CBS. Go Cats!

Lucky us, we get the Villanova at Texas broadcast out here on the west coast.

However, the sports bar we (UK Alumni and Wildcat Fans) go to for our game watches will pick up the CBS East feed for us. By the way, we usually have at least around 20 to 30 Kentucky Wildcat fans there - even for this 10 a.m. (Pacific) tip-off. Sometimes as many as 50!

And best of luck to Vandy and Ole Miss this weekend as well.

Thanks!
:)
Quick question:
Why use, "Go Cats," instead of, "Go Kats"?

Silver

Quick Answer :)
Because that's the way we do it! Go Cats!

Well, instead of pulling a victory from the jaws of defeat, today we managed to pull a defeat from the jaws of victory. Sheesh.

Oh smack, Ole Miss beat Miss State today! 75-65! It was a great game!

My dear sister, basketball is the most important thing, followed closely by SEC football. ;)

Kentucky Basketball, NCAA Basketball, Kentucky Football, SEC Football and then general NCAA football.

Guess this isn't the time to bring up my NHL Hockey fandom, huh? :D

What do the years 1985, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006 have to do with Kentucky athletics? They are the years that Kentucky won the national cheerleading championship, the latest one being won tonight!

That's another 3 in a row, 11 of the last 12 and 15 overall. Go Cats!

http://www.varsity.com/index.asp?article=2198

Woo hoo! I simply adore watching the UK cheerleaders. It is a dream-come-true to be a UK cheerleader!
Silver

And to add insult to injury (actually, I'm not sure if this was a good thing or not) CBS pulled the feed from DirectTV so we weren't able to get the game locally at our sports bar. We even got a call from an alum to who use to live here and now lives in New York City to see if we were getting the game.

So for the two hours, over twenty of us set around following the game via the score ticker on other telecasts and getting updates off the internet.

"There’s a thin line between life and make believe. Hollywood is make believe. And life is Kentucky basketball." --- Ashley Judd

Woo Hoo and GO CATS!

Cheerleaders Win 15th National Title

What's the world coming to ...

first the UTenn men beat the UK men in basketball and then
the UK women beat the UTenn women ...

Edited to correct ... (thanks TSteven) ... it was the Vandy men not UTenn ... I guess my rememberer isn't working ...

I think the world is upside down .. I guess Tucson should start expecting snow ... :-)

UK grad 1983

I didn't know you went to UK!

First win for the Lady Cats vs. Tennessee in 20 years!

yep ... master of science - computer science - 1983

UK and UT have yet to play in men's basketball this season. It was Vandy that had the honors.

From http://www.ukathletics.com/

UK Hoops Notebook - Women Make History

"Wildcats one of only four unranked teams in NCAA history to defeat a No. 1 team: With its 66-63 win over top-ranked Tennessee Thursday evening, Kentucky became one of only four unranked teams in women’s basketball history to defeat a No. 1 team."

I bet we aren't unranked for long!

GO CATS!

Duhhhh ... you are correct ... why did I remember UTenn and not Vandy ...??? I guess I'm just getting old ... thanks for the correction

Did Vandy beat UK AGAIN?
 

Are my eyes deceiving me? Did Vandy beat UK AGAIN?
Silver

You know it's sad when Vandy tried repeatedly to hand us the game on a silver platter, but yet again, we snatched another loss from the jaws of victory. The best recap of the game is courtesy of alt.sports.college.sec.kentucky, mildly offensive language and all:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.s...b4c3f0992af9de

Ok, I'll say it. Vandy owns UK. At least this season.

Now y'all had better hope that UK and Vandy do not meet in the SEC come March. Otherwise, we might just up and give y'all another win! ;)

Dang. Just saw this. Oh well, I'm sure it's for the best that I missed it since I'm not doing so well. I'm sure y'all know who I have going all the way!


CATS! CATS! CATS!

See what happens when you don't hang out with the cool chicks? You miss out on all the fun! ;)

GEAUX TIGERS!!!!

I cannot believe that that we beat Duke. Even if my Bayou Bengals don't get to the Final Four, I am happy.

AOIIalum, I don't know how I missed the pool but maybe next time.

Definitely next year on the pool! Trust me when I said it was the first and last time I'd ever cheer for LSU, but Duke must die (and they did!!!!)

Number 1 and Done, Baby!

Complete hijack: One year St. Valentine's Day fell on Bacchus Sunday. We had friends, two of Mr. aopirose's fraternity brothers & their wives, in town. The guys told us that they had something special planned. I can't begin to tell you how ticked we, the wives, were when we pulled up to the race track!

Anyway, it became wives vs. husbands. They had a "system" that involved pedigree, the weather, etc. Our system was the cuteness of names, silk color combinations, and the like. The wives ended up $100 ahead!

Our first trip to the Final Four in 20 years!

ETA: For the men that is and our women's team is still going strong too! Geaux Pokey and the Lady Tigers!!!!!!


GEAUX TIGERS!!!!!!

Fan? LSU? You? Huh? But...but...but...THAT'S not supposed to happen! It doesn't work that way. LSU bad! FLORIDA good! (Heading off to hide far, far away from Tania ;))

Seriously, now that we've all had our laugh for the night. I'm all about a Florida-LSU title game. Especially when Florida wins.

That's it! Go pick your switch from that willow tree and it better not be skimpy either.