Butt's Blue Light Special

I'm back with another Butts Blue Light Special. Today's special is a double dip of Big East. The games I have focused on are the Big East match-ups of Marquette v Georgetown and Louisville v West Virginia. The first match-up between the Golden Eagles of Marquette and the Georgetown Hoyas is going to go down like this. Georgetown this year came in with high expectations and has turned out to be a disappointment while on the other hand Marquette has come screaming out of the game going undefeated in conference play. The way I see it Marquette is well rested with playing only 5 games in the last 21 days and has yet to take the beating in the brutal Big East. While vegas hasn't caught up to this overratted Hoyas squad.

As for the 'Ville and huggy bears crew, the cardinals got of to a slow start to the season. One in which they were considered by some to be one of the favorites to win the national title. Since the slow start Louisville has become what many thought they were at the beginning of the year, title contenders. Louisville will come into this game winners of there last 8 and 7-1 against the spread. I'll look for Louisville's pressure to cause problems for the Mountaineers and Terrance Williams who has been playing out of his mind to have a big game. The only thing that worries me is if huggy bear comes strolling out in one of these suits that looks like he ripped from Don Magic Juan that can only do wonders to fire up his West Virginia squad.

YOU'RE WELCOME


Play: Marquette -6.5
Louisville - 6.5

Breaking News

The South Carolina Gamecocks are lifting their strict "don't ask don't tell" ban and openly admitting that 75% of the team sucks...if you catch my drift. If that wasn't bad enough they face the most difficult task of the season going into Rupp Arena to be served up to a hungry Wildcat squadron.

When asked about this new development for the game Kentucky Coach Billy Gillispie remarked, "I always knew there was something different about those boys' hand checks. When Coach Horn says 'I want you to get into their jerseys' I had no idea they were just a team full of fa... wait that's a really bad question."

Free Style Friday

What up world, A2 here. I'm just sitting up at E-campus right meow watching the snow melt, eating a Moe's burrito and getting my "Dalyfix" from the hottest new blog on the internet. So I figured I would brighten up everyone's day with a funny ass video of some freestyle artists rippin it up on stage. Check it out...

Freestyle Friday

...Hope yall hadn't already seen that, but if you have, it's still funny, so fuck off.

I'd also like to give a big shout out and thanks to the fellas for letting me crash on their couch this week. We had some good times, shared some laughs, and I beat Kirn's ass in NBA Live like atleast 10 times....nah seriously, he's terrible.

Hope everyone (all 10 of you reading this) has a good night and weekend, be careful out there. I'll see all of you at Two Keys tomorrow after the Cats beat the shit out of South Carolina and get back on track to win our 44th SEC Championship Title....ooops

One from the Vault

The Akron-based duo, who became friends as early as elementary school, have made quite the name for themselves in this past year with their April release of "Attack & Release." The Black Keys gained even more national attention after opening for My Morning Jacket at Red Rocks Amphitheater and releasing a live dvd in the '08. Their collaboration with Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley, The Grey Album) gives their newest album much smoother edges than their previous works. all of which were recorded in a basement in Ohio. If you haven't heard this album, I strongly encourage you to go out and buy it, for it will not disappoint.

If smooth edges isn't what your interested in while waiting for the earth to defrost, then I recommend looking into some of The Black Keys ealier work. While all are sure to please, I recommend "The Big Come Up," which was released in May of 2002. This whiskey soaked album is full of blues, funk, rock, and soul and is as raw as the sushi I'm gonna order when my student loan comes in. Reminding me of my favorite Rolling Stones lp, "Exile on Main Street", "The Big Come Up" keeps you rocking from beginning to end, and probably twice. Dan Auerbach delivers riffs for days, Patrick Carney gives you drums for weeks, and the two combined create a distortion that could last a lifetime. They hit you right in the mouth with the opening track "Busted," and the rest reminds me of a bar room brawl in Shawneetown, IL, blood-soaked.

Legalize It

I’ve been contemplating for a few days what would make a good post on this blog. I really have no idea where to even begin with all the problems we’ve got going on in the world nowadays. I don’t know if my focus should be on CEO bonuses, starving babies in Africa, diamond mines in Russia, or the extinction of the polar bear. However, after much thought and consideration, I’ve decided that I’m going to write about an issue very close to my heart (and the hearts of the other stoned asses that read this thing).

The issue at hand is the legalization of marijuana (street name; dope, weed, herb, chronic, tree, pot, dirt, plus countless others). I cannot for the life of me understand why this plant has not been legalized. First of all, to “legalize it” would completely revive our economy. That’s the overall point I’m trying to make in this rant. All of this is purely speculated* but I’ve thought a lot about this stuff over my countless years as a recreational dope smoker, and now that our nation’s economy has really hit the skids, I think the time for change is now or never. Because we are in dire need of economic help in both our governmental and our private sectors today, legalizing marijuana should really be considered as more than just an absurd wish.

The first people that would be resuscitated by legalizing this crop would be the farmers. I find this especially appealing to those of us born and bred in Kentucky; being a descendant of the tobacco industry myself, I have seen in the last 10 years how the dissolving of the cigarette industry has truly affected agricultural families. Once affluent families in my hometown who owned tobacco farms and warehouses are now filing for bankruptcy or selling their land, and many of them are forced to take jobs at minimum wage, working at that godforsaken hell-hole we know as Wal-Mart.

If marijuana was legalized, these farm families would actually have a chance at continuing the professions they know and were born to do. Imagine if you will; my collective stoners and straight-edgers alike, if the amount of science, ingenuity and initiative put into growing corn, soybeans or tobacco was used on marijuana. The shit they have in Amsterdam wouldn’t even get looked at twice if Kentucky farmers actually got their hands on some goods seeds and got them in the soils they’ve grown crops on for generations.

To look at an angle different than that of our farmers, the effect it would have on our manufacturing and shipping industries would also be very significant. I mean this legalized marijuana wouldn’t go from the field to your lungs by itself. It would have to be cured, packaged and distributed somehow. Legalizing marijuana would effectively jump-start our stalled economy like a little wake-and-bake after an alcohol induced blackout.

Another point I would like to make on how legalizing marijuana would revive our economy involves the issue of sales tax. Everyone knows how much gasoline and cigarettes are taxed right? Simply put, about half of what you pay for gas and cigs is purely tax revenue. To parlay this fact to dope, I know I’d be more than willing to double up on a fifty sack or whatever means I’m buying if I could smoke that bitch on Cheapside’s patio or in front of Rosebud’s without the fear of being arrested and impounded. What I’m trying to say is that the tax generated by the legal sale of marijuana would be such a source of governmental income, that this 10 trillion dollar national debt our generation is about to inherit would rapidly start to disappear.

Let’s consider national spending for a second. If marijuana was legalized, the war on drugs would basically come to an end. How much do the feds spend on this “war”? I don’t have any idea but I’m sure it’s staggering. I’m sure it’s in the billions of dollars…. PER YEAR! Imagine if that was cut out of our nation’s budget. It would relieve some of this ridiculous governmental spending that we’ve all had to face the harsh realities of the past few months. Also consider the fact that without an illegal underground marijuana market, there would be a reduction in the amount of dangerous criminals entering and being created in our country.

Just think, if marijuana was legalized, people also wouldn’t need to experiment with truly devastating drugs, i.e. meth, crack, etc. and just peacefully go smoke some grass.

*This is just a starting point for a piece I’ve wanted to write for a long time. Cut me a break if you think its lame or just way off (hell, I was stoned when I wrote it). Any advice or statistics would be much appreciated….

DJ Clueless..

Yes, Yes, Yes Y'all... Ladies and Gentlemen I am here this evening to bring you one of the latest hip hop home-made videos out on the internet. Some of you may have already tuned in and had the pleasure of listening to this new jam and some of you have not. If you have not then I urge you to get with the program and get this hot item on your ipod. So if you catch this tonight or tomorrow I insist that you kick your feet up, relax, and enjoy the futuristic lyrics that come from the one and only T-Baby.

I just can't get enought of it. I would like to thank 'A2' for showing me this. My days from here on out are surely to be filled. I am almost positive when you hear this joint you are going to rush to sign in to your iTunes and upload it on your iPod.


Yeah, I already did.

Check it out:
"It's So Cold in the D"- T-Baby


HaHaHa...

The snow is ruining my life...

I hate cold weather. I always have unless I'm out west skiing. It could be the the fact that I'm 170 pounds and have no body fat to keep me warm, or it could be the fact that I've sold all my jackets and fleeces to pay my bookie but either way I woke up this morning wishing and praying I was living on the streets of Las Vegas begging tourists for a 5 dollar bill to stick in a slot machine. At least it is hot there. I haven't done anything nice since '96 so I decided to go over to my parents house and shovel their driveway. While I was doing the first physical activity I've done since high school football, my excellent driver mom decided to back her car into my car while I watched in horror. Her world famous response: "I'm sorry, I'll pay for it." No shit mom. I wouldn't want to have to sue your ass.

Everyone I've talked to is wondering if school is canceled tomorrow or if they will have to work. Well I'm wondering why Insight has stopped letting me order those sweet MILF Seekers porns I've been ordering for the last 6 years and why my movie channels aren't working on the one day that I'm pretty much stuck in my house. I know I paid my bill this month so I'm pretty pissed off.

I'm changing subjects left and right but while I'm doing that I'd like to call out the retarded version of Gary Sinise (Billy Gillispie) for being such an asshole to the poor woman reporter last night. Her question was fine and relevant. Jodie Meeks is the 3rd leading scorer in the country and they held him to no field goals at halftime. Don't be an asshole Billy, at least not until you start winning a lot.

I would like to give props to all the writers of the the new blogs on the site. They are fucking awesome (Unlike Diondre Liggins decision making last night) Perry Stevenson: please stop being so soft. The snow picture of the St. Margaret backyard looks great too. Peace

You're in the back seat

Weekly recommendations are back like cooked crack and colder than Billy G's response to moderately attractive side line reporters. Before we dive into what will hopefully become some sort of cult ritual for some, let me wax a little paganistic here and thank the snow and ice gods for giving me a reason to completely blow off academics and spiral into alcohol abuse which will surely last until the first melt. On to the picks that might just a little bit more credible than the Butt Blue Light Special. For this week at least.

Movie - I was going to cheese up some off the wall flick for the first choice here on the blog, but I believe that we'll just pay omage to the film that gave me the title to this post, Old School. Not much needs to be said here other than the obligitory, it had me laughing so hard I, quote. So this movie had me laughing so hard I thought I was looking at the girl I woke up next to Sunday morni...oh wait. Let's just move on.

Book - This is a little bit of a blast from the past for me personally, but its such a good read it was an easy choice for the first edition of recos. Jack Kerouac's On the Road, is a great book about a young guy driving cross country for no discernable reason. It gives a good look into what exactly young men generations ago thought and felt while growing up in a radically different time. Interestingly enough that doesn't stray too far from what is on most men's minds today: booze, women, and most of all freedom.
It's a real nice little read and I highly recommend it to anyone who is trying to fight off cabin fever.

Article - This is a piece from the Wall Street Journal talking about Fidel Castro's communist movement and the fact that many Cubans are growing a little tired of the burden the government now puts on their daily lives. Much like any other populist movement in human history the story is always vaguely familiar.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123255869235402933.html

Television - This one is an easy choice for many reasons, but do yourself a favor and check out the Tool Academy on VH1. Almost too much shallow and mindless comedy for me to go into here.

Those are the first picks of what I hope can be many. You might be asking yourself can I trust this guy to recommend anything? To quote one Billy Clyde Gillespie, "That's a really bad question." Thanks and stay safe.

Jeff Reed is king of all that is douche

This really chaps my ass. Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Jeff Reed is a huge douchebaguette. Every couple months or so a picture comes out of a grossly over served Jeff Reed hanging in some bar with a bunch of skanks surrounding him waiting for his seed. This most recent picture comes from a bar in Tampa where the Steelers and Cardinals are set to play this Sunday in the Superbowl. I mean come on girls you do realize he's the kicker(glorified soccer player) right? I mean couldn't you be running your vodka soaked tongue over somebody who fucking matters or have better porn names(Big Ben, Dick Lebeau). He can't possibly be serious with that hair and the shirt. I will give him some credit he actually does have a shirt on unlike some of his earlier work. I'd try to fuck the long snapper before I go for him the long snapper actually makes contact with people. The guy cannot be smooth what kind of game do you think this guy throws at these turbo sluts? My guess is that its probably something like "hey baby I kick for the Steelers, let me get in between those uprights, what do you think about my bleach job I did it myself?." This goes to show you that as long as you are a professional "athlete" you can pull squirrel like this and it is an outrage. Just another reason to hate the Steelers I guess.

Two Sport Athlete?

Imagine this.

You're the Arizona Cardinals and you are one of the worst professional sports franchises of all time. It's a franchise who can stake their claim to more hometowns than championships (I've heard 1947 was a good year, though). That's right, the loveable losers known as the "Cardinals" have been known as the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cardinals, Racine Cardinals, the Normals (the name of the field they played on), and the Morgan Athletic Club (apparently the M.A.C. has a strict "no bird" policy). For the complete history of the Cardinals, go here: http://www.azcardinals.com/history/index.php

Anyway, imagine the sense of accomplishment that comes with reaching the Super Bowl & being the NFC Champions. As much praise as the Cardinals' D has gotten over the past few weeks, we all know that their bread & butter is the offense. Larry Fitzgerald is arguably the best WR in the league and Anquan Boldin isn't too shabby either. Throw in Steve Breaston and you've got one of the best trios of WR in the league.

So, by this time you're probably pissed that you've read a bunch of crap about the Arizona Cardinals and wondering what the hell a two-sport athlete has to do with any of this? (It's ok, I realize you already forgot the title of the post too).

Can you imagine if Arizona and their potent offense had a guy like their hometown basketball team Amare Stoudemire? I'm not talking about putting Amare on offense or defense. The Suns (or whoever he'll play for in the future) would never allow that to happen. Too high of an injury risk. But what's wrong with letting Amare get a chance to block field goals & extra points?

What's wrong with Miami signing Dwight Howard to a 1-year contract to see how many he can block for the 'Fins? Howard is a 6'11'' 265 pound athlete who can almost touch the top of the backboard. There's no doubt in my mind that he can jump up just behind the line of scrimmage and block a 45+ yard field goal.

How about Kevin Garnett blocking kicks for the Pats? I could go on for days.

And the best part is that it's a win-win situation. The player can get the chance of a lifetime experience by playing a few games in the NFL. His chances of getting hurt would be very limited because he'd play exclusively on field goals & extra points. And the team benefits because he's only taking up 1 of 53 roster spots. What is there to lose?

Think about how many games, particularly in the playoffs, when the game boils down to a field goal. How much would you love to see Amare spike the game winning FG back to Jeff Reed on Sunday? I know I'd love it.

It could revolutionize the game.

That's Just Manny Being Manny

Alright ladies & gentlemen, stoners & boozehounds....this is what you've always waited for. The Kentucky Kid's 1st official post.

Let me start off by saying that tonight I am going to do something out of the ordinary. Typically, I like to focus on whatever sport is in season; however, after Kentucky's disappointing loss to Ole Miss (yeah, Ole Miss), I'd like to take my mind off of this horrendous loss and this freezing weather and talk a little baseball. Spring Training is less than a month away anyway, so it's not too early.

As a Cincinnati Reds fan, I feel like my team has been building for the future since '99. But, this season I have a new hope, and rightfully so. For the 1st time since who knows when (1990?), the Reds have a legitimate pitching staff. Last year's All Star Edinson Volquez, Johnny Cueto, Aaron Harang-atang & Pretty Boy Bronson Arroyo are 4 solid starters who will, without a doubt, be the key to the 2009 season for the Redlegs.

Former St. Louis GM Walt Jocketty is now in Cincinnati, and I like what he is assembling. He has been in pursuit of a big time right handed hitter to fill the void in left field created when Adam "Donkey" Dunn was traded to Arizona last July. So why not go after Manny Ramirez? He fits everything that the Reds are lacking (which is a power hitting right handed hitter & a left fielder.)

In addition, the Reds have a great core of Dominican players. The aforementioned Volquez & Cueto are both Dominican, as is Edwin Encarnacion & Francisco Cordero. Manny is also Dominican. Not that it really matters, just something that I found interesting.

So, how does a small market team come up with the money to sign Manny? What the Reds need to do is get rid of Francisco Cordero. He's making close to $12 million this year, and a self-proclaimed small market club like Cincinnati cannot afford to invest that type of money into a closer. For those of you who are not baseball enthusiasts, I will go ahead and tell you that Saves are the most overrated statistic in baseball - unless it's fantasy baseball. Take the $$$ that we've saved by trading away Dunn, Griffey & Cordero (hopefully), and go after Manny Ramirez.

After all, he did hit .396 with 17 HR and 53 RBI for the Dodgers last year in a whopping 53 games. Can you imagine him spending an entire season in the NL? Here's hoping it's for the Cincinnati Reds.

Thanks for nothing weather channel...

I'm sure most people today were thrilled at the news of getting out of class. That is, unless you had it between the hours of 11 and 3. What am I saying... look who I'm writing to. So, with your blunts in hand, and bets ready to be placed on the UK game (WHAT THE FUCK btw), a good number of you might have had the pleasure of missing out on some of the most inconsiderate, some of the most turrable, some of the most outrageously embarrassing displays of driving i've seen. Now, you might be asking yourself, "Doesn't webb just sleep all day since he has no job, no girlfriend, and no conceivable reason for waking up in the morning? Why was he even up before 9 today?"
Trust me, guys, these questions are valid. But today was different. Today, I took the bull by the horns and put myself out there. Its a metaphor.
I watched Bill Meck this morning and believed him when he told me that people might be in a hurry on the way to work this morning due to the conditions. And I should have expected what I encountered on the way to my first interview in months (due to my increasing responsibilities as associate beverage engineer at everyone's second favorite bar). I witnessed about 9-10 fender benders, more cars on the side of the road than roaches in the garage, and more hapless driving habits than shots purchased by fat and tripp COMBINED... in one night,... and at the same place (while everyone still benefits from this...). Idiots have been spotted video taping themselves driving down the road, driving 45 while every other sane brain is doing 20 and shamelessly cutting off other cars who might happen to be smaller and more 4-cylinderish.
Even with this pro-weather bias being portrayed by many meteorologists, many people on the roads clearly do not adhere to their warnings. They are obviously obsessed with the weather and know exactly what to expect from crazed drivers when they see raindrops freezing to the roads.
Don't be tards. pay attention to the road, friends- not the weather channel. this storm will pass soon. even if the weather channel has nothing else to talk about, they're there when we need their services most... ice storm season.

Billy G Quote of the Game

Jeanine - Coach, so far Ole Miss is been doing a pretty good job at keeping Jodie Meeks covered up he only has 6 points. What adjustments do you need to make for him second half?

Billy Clyde - "Well this is Kentucky, not Jodie Meeks, he's a very good player, what difference does it make, our team's ahead by two, Ole Miss is playing very good, this is not a one man team, and thats really a bad question."

UK (39) and Ole Miss (37): Halftime

Ronnie B's Big Ups Player of the Week

"..that is the only thing that slows me down is the system. No one, two or three was big enough to slow me down, only the system. It was the system that slowed me down to make my numbers fall. Not because I am older." - 32

I don’t know if you’ve noticed lately or not, but Shaquille O’Neal is one of the biggest human beings to walk the face of this earth. I also don’t know if you noticed or not lately, but he is on his way back to putting up numbers the old Shaq was used to putting up. I’m talking about the old Shaq that co-wrote (with Jack McCallum) an autobiography, “Shaq Attaq!,” depicting his early life through the NBA draft and his first couple of seasons with the Orlando Magic that defined his way to stardom. I’m talking about this 7’1” 325 pound monstrosity of a man from Louisiana State, The Shaq that put up 21.8 points and almost 14 boards a game, which are very impressive numbers keeping in mind Patrick Patterson is having a hell of a season and putting up 18 and 9. I’m talking about the man that made Glen “Big Baby” Davis look like a fetus in a yellow and purple jersey. Shaq is a Big Deal. Pun intended.
- After a great start in the league, Shaq may have plateaued, but never dropped below mediocre. The Magic, Lakers, and Heat have all benefited from Shaq’s presence. The Magic drafted Shaq number 1 overall in order to build a franchise around him. O'Neal was the first rookie to be voted an All-Star starter since Michael Jordan in 1985.* The Magic soon added to the fire by acquiring Penny Hardaway making the duo the most feared in the NBA. Shaq "west coasted" it and moved to Los Angeles in a trade to the Lakers in '96 and would combine with Kobe and eventually win 3 consecutive NBA Championships. What is even more baffling, Shaq was awarded the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player honor 3 consecutive times during that run. Shaq’s road in history changed paths when he was traded to Miami in 2004. Shaq teamed up with D. Wade and soon became, yet again, a part of the most dominate duo in the game. They didn’t surprise when Shaq, Wade, and the Heat won the 2006 NBA Championships. Shaq was troubled with distractions during 2007. A divorce from wife, Shaunie, and a crumbling relationship in Miami. Things were getting cold and since diesels run better in warm temps, Shaq moved it out to Phoenix to play for the Suns. Putting aside two mediocre seasons in, Shaq has found a resurgence of energy this year in Phoenix. Averaging 21 points and 10 rebounds in December, Shaq has turned it on these past 3 games grabbing at least 9 boards and 20 points in each game.
- Shaq’s game might not be about putting up 54 points in a game, maybe like Jodie Meeks, but its about being reliable, his game is about consistently pushing his team forward, like a diesel engine is designed, in warm or cold weather, through thick and thin everyone can rely on the Shaq Diesel. Not even making and releasing the smash box office flick featuring a 7 foot genie sporting the name "Kazaam" could hamper his career and that’s why he is Ronnie B’s Big Ups Player of the Week.


*Wikipedia

- rbk

A True Blue Spring Break

As I sit inside waiting for more nasty weather and more importantly waiting to see what Jodie Meeks and P-Pat are going to do the Runnin' Rebels this evening. I imagine Jodie having his typical 26, 8 and 4 and Pat adding his quiet 22 and 16, both leading the Cats to yet another road win in the SEC. While gaining more and more respect weekly, we have plenty more to prove with tonight's game against Ole Miss (ESPN 7ET). Being the first of 7 games that will be played nationally by either CBS or ESPN, there is an opportunity to work our way up the polls. With the SEC being down this year and the CATS seeming to be the only team with any light ahead of them, it is expected of the CATS to win the SEC regular season title (we're sitting on 43 right now).

On to other business, the records show that Tennessee and 'Bama are slowly catching up with our 25 SEC Tournament Titles, with 4 for the Vols' and 6 for the Tide. I think Bruce Pearl will have been dead and gone for some time before the Vols even reach double digits. And Alabama, well Nick Saban ain't recruiting basketball players, so don't expect much of them. But as I recall my two most recent SEC tournament visits, there isn't one fond memory (except those made in Buckhead). A loss to Mississippi State due to a Sheray Thomas/Tubby Smith mis-communication and a last second three by Jamont Gordon sending the Bulldogs home with a victory in overtime. Followed the next year by a natural disaster that was unnoticeable by many just minutes before it struck the Georgia Dome; causing the CATS to play their second round match-up at Georgia Tech's Alexander Memorial Collisium. Locked out of the Collisium, we were forced to watch the game with 3 Georgia Alum (each of which were UNC fans). I think we all know the end of this story, Georgia with the SEC championship under its belt and us dodging tornadoes all the way up I75. With that being said, the CATS haven't won a tournament title since I was running the halls of UCHS and I haven't been paying all this extra tuition to not see the CATS get a tourney title, so now is the time Billy Clyde. With the two most outstanding players in the SEC, there is an opportunity to rake in some more gold, and get BC his first of many championships.

The challenge isn't only on the players and staff though, we, as fans, must show up and be heard in Tampa. We travel as well as any program in any sport so don't be surprised if the regulars at Two Keys and The Rosebud are heard yelling on the streets "We dont, We dont, We dont mess around, Hey!." We are looking to be playing either game 6 (3:15 ET) or game 7 (7:30 ET) on Friday (March 13). So plan on heading down Thursday night to get your head right for the big weekend. CATS fans will run this town Thursday thru Sunday and hopefully the students take over for the week. Beautiful weather, nearby beaches, spring training games , deep sea fishing, and golf all topped off with some new hardware for the CATS sets the week up to be one for the ages. So start saving, reading Butt's Blue Light Special every week, and playing your cards right.

Do we really have to worry about Ole Miss?

The Cats take on Ole Miss tonight on the road in Oxford. Come on, do we really have to worry about the rebels tonight? They come into this game banged up and losing their last three. I don't know if this is the kiss of death but I for one am predicting a 60 point blow out tonight for the big blue with Meeks scoring every point. The only bright spot for the Rebels is coach Andy Kennedy. Kennedy has shown that he can be a very effective coach when he's not hurling fists and racial slurs at cab drivers after getting sauced with some college girls at a fine Cincinnati drinking establishment(allegedly). Having said that Kennedy doesn't have the talent to get the job done tonight and having fans like this doesn't help either.

Farewell Gottfried

Farewell, Mark Gottfried. Your efforts the last two years as the head basketball coach for the Crimson Tide are no longer good enough to keep you there. After being ranked #1 early in the 2002-2003 season, your squad got topped by none other than the Kent State Golden Eagles in the rd of 32 that year. After that beat down, your fan faithful stuck with you (probably because you didn't suck quite yet, as i have failed to mention your 01-02 SEC tourney W), and in doing so, rewarded with 5 straight trips to the NCAA tourney, and one elite 8 berth. Decent track record in a tough, blue-collar conference in the SEC. And I've got nothing but love for the same guy that got his start right here in the bluegrass at Murray State. Even though you wore your crimson boxers under your blue and gold sleeves, no love lost here for your services in KY.
But god damnit, Mark. You just never fail to disappoint. This time, you've done too much. ROTFLMAO just doesn't quite say it... You were forced to resign after a 10 point loss to my boys in blue. And yes, Mr. Meeks DID put up 27 on you bums just 3 games after he dropped the disco ball in knoxville, AND just 2 games after baffling Auburn with his 31. (22 against the bulldogs will go unspoken-of... oops) Your .616 win% didn't hurt your case to stay in Tuscaloosa... and neither should losing to the cats (i mean, we are THE rising stars of college bball). I'm just glad the blue and white silks could escort you out of your adored state early and begin a looong steady decline of alabama basketball. I just hope Tubby doesn't get too comfortable in the sub-zero weather of Minneapolis/St Paul, and go ahead and take that vacancy in the SEC. He'd be scared to death of the C-A-T-S chants of Rupp Arena as a visiting coach, and we'd love to beat the fuck out of the beatnik that half-assed his last 2 years here in lexington. Go coach G.

Ex- Wildcat Trottin' Around the Globe

"They say my boys dont dance, they just pull up they pants, and do the Roc-Away. Now Shagari Alleyne back, Alleyne back, Alleyne back..."

I have recently come to the realization that the Bronx native, Shagari Alleyne, is still hoopin' it up on the basketball court. I could have sworn the last time that I would EVER see Shagari was last year on a random week night at Two Keys Tavern. I kept hearing that the big fella was still trying to make it, but I thought it was just drunken stupidity. And from what I witnessed during his dreadful three years at Kentucky was that this guys future in basketball did not stand a chance. But indeed I was absolutely wrong.

Alleyne left the Wildcats and transfered to Manhatten College. His senior year he did not even play a single game for the Jaspers because he was a transfer. So in 2007 he entered the NBA Draft but obviously went un-drafted. His basketball future did a 180 and he was invited to the Harlem Globetrotters' training camp.

On the basketball court Shagari now goes by the nickname "Skyscraper." The towering 7' 3'', ex-Kentucky Wildcat continues to shock the basketball world. He is the second tallest Globetrotter in history and behind Yao he is the second tallest professional basketball player curently playing in the U.S. They say he loves what he is doing and has always enjoyed entertaining others. Now, Has the big guy made some drastic changes in his game? (like learned to even dribble, pass,use his pivot foot, or left hand??) Or, are the Harlem Globetrotters that desperate?

Who knows? But if you are wanting to check where they are playing this season get on ticketmaster and give it a look. I hear they are coming to Rupp April 17th. (I probably have something to do that night so I doubt I'm attending....)

Give some input.

Jodie Meeks isn't struggling

Not only does Jodie "54" Meeks score on the court he obviously doesn't struggle scoring off it either. I have no doubt in my mind if I bitch slapped Bruce Pearl and the Vols in the mouth with 54 and then followed that up with a nearly 30 point performance I could be taking pictures with girls like this.

Butt's Blue Light Special

Tonight's interstate rivalry between Oklahoma and Oklahoma St. is the first of many Butt's Blue Light Specials to come. Oklahoma and national player of the year candidate Blake Griffin come into this game riding a nice six game winning streak. On the flip side the Cowboys come limping in after losing two or their last three so wisdom and the money have to fall on the Sooners tonight right? Wrong, this is gonna be one of the classic trap games for Oklahoma and you can't overlook Oklahoma State's success at home with a 9-1 record at home this season. I think its going to be upset city tonight with a barn burner in Stillwater. You're welcome.


PLAY: Ok St. +3.

Money ain't a thang

A week after basking in the glow of swearing into office our first black president, the federal government has gone and pissed in everybody's Cheerio's once again. It is just a little surprising to me that it is everybody's favorite party boy, President Barack Obama, in the driver's seat.

In the face of falling GDPs and high unemployment rates, the good old boys up in D.C. have decided to turn to what they do best to help the economy recover. The "plan" (and I use that word loosely) is to pump another $825 billion dollars into the economy through infrastructure projects and other federal spending. The thought process is that if people don't have jobs, then the feds will provide money to local governments and other programs who will then go on a hiring spree and put to work all those disgruntled former Lehman Brothers employees.

If history has taught us anything (and by history I mean a couple of months ago when we printed up another $700 billion bundle of joy) then most of these funds will mysteriously vanish into mid-air and never be heard from again. As much as the banks have robbed the taxpayers of America, I really believe that the feds are about to get their hand in the pot as well. Call me a skeptic, but it appears after they saw how easy it was to dial up a couple of billion in the name of rebuilding the economy the federal government decided that they were going to get theirs too.

The initial post of this blog was to wake up. I'll say it again for more emphasis WAKE UP. You don't just print up abunch of money and create more government programs and change things economically. You just don't. That doesn't change the far too burecratic and meddling tax system we have and it doesn't provide the main driver of our wonderful little world, incentive. Has America become so soft that we will just kick back and wait for the government to help us out of this? What in the world is $825 billion more really going to do to improve our standard of living? The one certain that will come from it is inflation, and I'm sorry but you can keep that crap.

The defeated ones, aka the Republican Party, are attempting to kill this thing and rightfully so. It just so happens that they aren't going to be able to do a thing about it because all of you special voters out there handed the Democratic party keys to the car. This isn't some diatribe to espouse more partisan B.S., but rather a commentary on how our government is about to drop what amounts to most third-world country's whole economy on some roads and "more help for states to provide contraceptives through Medicaid." You can't be serious right? We are being stolen from and quite frankly I don't know that there is too much myself or anyone else is going to do about it.

There are a lot of different points I could make with all of this such as America's entitlement mentality bringing us down, a governing body's natural lust for more money and power, or even simply that they could at least lower a brother's taxes with this package. I was checking and the taxes taken out portion of my W2s looked like a Jodie Meeks boxscore the numbers were so high. Regardless, I'll stop this nonsense and leave you with this. The government takes more and more of our liberties and freedoms everyday. Whether it be in the form of a law against not wearing a seat belt or continuing a war on drugs that is being lost faster than freshman girls lost their innocence at UK in 2004.

This isn't someone else's doing ladies and germs, this is OUR government. We control them not the other way around. Sadly, the more they pull stunts like this the less and less I can believe what I just said.

For the record this is the piece I read right before I was going to post something about how 3 in 4 women globaly now want Patrick Patterson to be their baby-daddy.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/01/26/gop_leaders_balk_at_stimulus/?page=1

The Number 23..

NO, the title of this blog is not referring to the semi-lame movie "The Number 23" which starred the actor, Jim Carrey back in 2007. Speaking of ol' Jim, if I could say one thing to that man I would simply insist him to stop doing terrible corny flicks and stick to his roots and make a "Ace Ventura 3" for crying out fucking loud! But anyway, to the few people who read this, TODAY is a day to remember fellas.

According to that thing referred to as a calender, today is the 23rd of January. And when you think of the #23 who comes to mind? Yeah yeah, of course Michael Jordan or even Lebron James, but come on lets get real UK fans. There is only one #23 wearing that Blue and White uni, and that man is Jodie Meeks. The star who is averging 26 points per game and who brought down the house in Tennesee by droppin' a whopping 54 points on those thuggish Vols. The man is now gaining recognition across the nation. Even the so called best rapper alive Lil' Wayne is giving a shoutout to Meeks (Yeah, go ahead and check that out on KSR about Weezy). Meeks is now healthy and showing everyone that he is one of the top players in the NCAA. There are plenty of games left to be played and I am pretty sure Meeks is destined to suprise the basketball nation a few more times.

Let's get back to that number. The fact that today is the 23rd and that the number is draped across the back of Meeks' jersery isn't the most ironic thing of the day. Today my friends I have come to realize that ESPN has placed the the Kentucky Wildcats #23 in one of their power rankings.

So today, January 23rd is now a day of Celebration. Bring out the long-neck bottles, cigars, or whatever you like to roll up and celebrate!

...Where the hell is my 5th of Early Times?

You mean, Steroids?

As we approach the anniversary of the Mitchell Report and the recent allegations made by Mark McGwire's little brother, I would love to reiterate how fucked up baseball once was. Growing up, I had a Mark McGwire t-shirt jersey (thanks Uncle Joe), a Mark McGwire bobble head, and 2 Big Mac posters hanging in my room, and as a ten year old I was aware that Mark McGwire was juicing. But somehow baseball had no clue. Bud Selig? Really? Really?....how in the fuck could you not see that Mcgwire was juicing. Baseball had been played for over 100 years, and only two of the best players of all time hit over 60 homeruns. Yet, within a 5 year span, 3 players who all entered the show as lean hitters become 50 pounds heavier and 2 hat sizes larger? I mean is it not coincidence that baseball was at its peak in ratings during those years, everybody dug the long ball, well except the pitchers (suicide rates for south-paws doubled in this decade). But hell, even the pitchers were juicing. Honestly, besides a majority of the managers, who wasn't? I mean, it's obvious that McGwire, Bonds, Sosa, Canseco, and Giambi were juicing but what about the rest of the league? Who even thought that Raphael Palmiero was into injecting himself with illegal drugs. Even Viagra won't let him do commercials anymore. All of these players are basically guilty, whether its proven or not. We all think you're guilty. Even you Rocket. Roger Clemens is so fucking guilty it kind of makes me sick. If you would just admit that you used steroids like your old teammate then we could all move on with this and possibly get some more Jodie Meeks highlights on Sportscenter. So please, admit your guilt, so then, just maybe, all you pussies can get to Cooperstown. That's what you cheated for in the first place, right?

Top Ten Road Trip Albums

Since my ideas can't escape the codeine and resin, here's my top ten road trip albums. Please criticize....
1. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
2. The Band - The Last Waltz
3. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
4. Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
5. Kanye West - College Dropout
6. My Morning Jacket - Okonokos
7. Led Zeppelin - BBC Sessions
8. Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
9. Allman Brothers - A Decade of Hits (1969-1979)
10. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Allow myself to introduce...myself

Good Friday afternoon to the three people who will be reading this. Being as this our own new little spot to share some news and idiotic thoughts I figured that the very least we could do would be to let the world know exactly who's behind the blog they are asking to take down.

I'll start with the only people who I actually know are willing to associate themselves with this site, which would lead us directly to me.

Now I could sit here behind my keyboard and make fun of all you nerds on the internet by telling you that myself and my friends that are currently typing the garbage on this blog are way cooler than you. I know there isn't any way to confirm it, and hell you might just be an alright person yourself. But this much is certain about we who give the daly fix: We are all the most awesome minds this side of John Travolta in "Phenomenon."

So instead of doing things like ensuring our beliefs and values are in stone or on paper to survive time and hopefully enlighten a future generation like our Greek or Egyptian ancestors, we'll do it the good old fashioned Amurican way: write this blog. It will probably get erased by the end of the year and never thought of again, but until then this be our time and we will do with it what we please.

Now that's out of the way I'm not sure what I or anyone else will be bringing for the rest of the day or weekend for that matter. So stick around and find the furk out. Peace

WAKE UP, GOD DAMNIT!

Feel free, because you are....

1st Amendment
Constitution of The United States of America
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people peacably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Believe That.

Now Let's Go..