Who ran to whose message board with news of another soon-to-be-wasted Pitino Lite recruit?Downplaying the annual game against your biggest rival.....simply a pure case of denial.
"Elite program", my a$$...
Who ran to whose message board with news of another soon-to-be-wasted Pitino Lite recruit?Downplaying the annual game against your biggest rival.....simply a pure case of denial.
Isn't that better than some chronic denial which you say is different but we all know is not? Ever visit your own site?Whenever there's UK news, you know full well it's being discussed here....and not just by UK fans.
You need to look closer, courier... The first post on your recruit on this message board was by an LPT fan. Cardio posted his "blue holes" thread three hours later in response. And of course, you and your slapd!ck friends have hijacked this thread which had nothing to with the subject.Whenever there's UK news, you know full well it's being discussed here....and not just by UK fans.
You need to get your "facts" straight. This topic was instigated by LPT fans.The talk about each other's biggest rival is always there... on BOTH boards. Just a simple fact. The denial (described by you as 'chronic') is the undying efforts to downplay the annual basketball game between them. I'm sure the results in those last 8 games has a lot to do with that. The game between UK and uofl on the football field certainly seems to 'matter' to uofl fans. It's pretty reasonable to expect that the game between the 2 schools on the basketball court is just as important to both fanbases, yes?
Here is where you and I absolutely agree, and parallel one another in action. I have never, and will never, celebrate victories in that match-up, for the very reason you state. Its just not that big of a deal.You need to get your "facts" straight. This topic was instigated by LPT fans.
No one downplays anything. A December game is just a December game. Unless you're an LPT fan playing in a Super Bowl. Ask your coach--he knows all about SBs.
I never make a big deal out of beating LPT in any particular game. Find proof otherwise. To make a big deal about it, you have to respect the other team first. How much do I respect LPT at anything?
Really want me to answer that question, courier?
"Elite program", my a$$...
If 38-1 was a 'failure'...please tell me how you describe your team's season.
Just the night before !!! LMAO !!Yeah, right. I may have been born at night.....but I wasn't born last night.
You're blurring the distinction, courier. My threads are various potshots at LPT for humor and recreation. They don't celebrate any particular win over LPT because I have no respect for LPT.There are UK-related threads here all the time, Zipp. You tend to start quite a few of them.... Your long history here and 22,000+ plus posts... if you still contend that you haven't 'celebrated' a win over UK at some point, then be glad you're not Pinnochio.
balderthanu.... what's the issue? Just don't like opposing viewpoints? If this board was nothing but everyone agreeing with each other, it would become pretty boring.
I think someone missed the memo.L1C7
If constant moral victories like "our objectively worse season was more impressive considering our lack of talent" in response to a 1-7 record against a rival to make the case for Rick being a better coach than Cal is not an example of chronic denial, then I'm not sure what is.Isn't that better than some chronic denial which you say is different but we all know is not? Ever visit your own site?
My point, which you missed by a mile, has nothing to do with this year's game. If you feel your goals and expectations somehow surpass our own, that is entirely your right. If you want to discuss how satisfied I was with last season, then you would be wise to listen. A team whose dramatics included a major roster change late in the season, overcame that problem and discovered a deeper bench than we had even suspected. It was pretty thrilling, really, especially considering we were a free throw away from making the FinalFour. Meanwhile, your vaunted team lost their only game of the season at crunch time, causing some of the longest faces in basketball history.If constant moral victories like "our objectively worse season was more impressive considering our lack of talent" in response to a 1-7 record against a rival to make the case for Rick being a better coach than Cal is not an example of chronic denial, then I'm not sure what is.
UK fans do a lot of annoying things, and they say a lot of unfair things about Louisville. But I don't honestly know that there's a corollary for the wishful thinking that UK is going to mysteriously start sucking or that Cal doesn't know how to coach.
Look, maybe you guys will win this year - it's entirely possible. You have strong talent on your team just like we do, and Rick is a Hall of Famer. But would you really put money on it at this point in time, given the precedent?
Yeah, you intentionally never play many. The two best teams on your schedule this past year were from the ACC.Oh yet another conference reference. UK didn't lose to any ACC teams either.
Those were the three best teams they played and beat, but ND wasn't on their schedule. They played ND because they had to.3 best actually. ND, UofL, and UNC. All finished top 5 in the ACC, but all lost.
Money is the priority - and the SEC has the most of it. Barnhart may be an idiot, but he's not dumb enough to leave that much money on the table.Those were the three best teams they played and beat, but ND wasn't on their schedule. They played ND because they had to.
If LPT wanted to play a lotta ACC basketball teams, they should have joined the conference ten years ago when they had a chance. Sure would have helped their football program, not that that was a priority.
"Elite program" my a$$...
So, you're willing to take the LPT side of a debate about the ongoing weakness of their basketball schedule?
"Elite program", my a$$...
Dude - You have bragged about posting on cats pause. Typical UK fan.Realistically, the games in November and December have never met Pitino's criterion of "vital". It can drive UofL fans nutso because it generally means the offense is still working its way through preseason mode in deference to Pitino's obsession with defense - which really pays off during the tough conference schedules we have had for 10 years. Rick coaches for conference success, not for UK's Super Bowl.
I was in favor of dropping this series following the Cousins elbow fiasco. The malevolent "buzz" of pure hatred in Rupp was just a bit too far over the top for my tastes. It will be there again this season, in spades, a sort of dreadful encounter with the worst human emotions.
Of course, it would be awesome to leave with a win - and probably very possible with this version of UK hoops - but anyone counting on it would have to recall the referee intimidation which makes down be up.
UL's upcoming non conference schedule is one of the most brutal I have ever seen.
Apparently during the season, conference affiliation obviously didn't matter.
No. I gave you a logical explanation as to why they won't leave the SEC. Any conclusions you have outside of that are part of your own agenda. SEC basketball is weak.So, you're willing to take the LPT side of a debate about the ongoing weakness of their basketball schedule?
"Elite program", my a$$...
"Why should UofL have to schedule a brutal OOC and Conference schedule?"
....maybe because they have "7 or 8 guys on the roster that will play in the NBA"?
LMAO!! Dam, like a bad penny, here you are. Yeah, bubba gump, I am a UK fan at heart. Fer sure. Aren't you the guy who intimately reported behavior at the UofL tailgates of myself and others and who would never meet a one of us? You acted like your own little FBI, but without pride. I can't even imagination any other man I know who would do that.Dude - You have bragged about posting on cats pause. Typical UK fan.
And UK's conference schedule?Texas, Kansas, UNC, UCLA, uofl.... even the Buffalo team that made the tourney.... that schedule looks quite a bit more difficult than the OOC schedule uofl has so far this season.
Rumor is they might draw 5,000 at Auburn this season.And UK's conference schedule?
Your team did the same thing against UConn a few years ago. The West Virginia game where UK shot 3-32 from 3 and Cousins was brutalized by a 6 foot walk on with a broken shoulder was my favorite. Cal viewed the 1-3-1 gimmick of Huggy's like some scientific discovery gone bad. He's been regularly outcoached at crunch time and my bet is that he always will be - he is not a student of the game, not a gym rat and he gets lazier rather than hungrier.His refusal to study end game antics have cost you guys 3 NC's, lol.I'm a UK fan and I will say it - last year was absolutely a disappointment the way it ended. If you had told me prior to the season starting that we would get to 38-0 and lose to an inferior team in the final four, our you can take your chances - I'm taking the latter. Cal was schooled in the Wisky game.
It has nothing to do with playing a weak conference schedule or freshmen caving under pressure or anything like that. UK should have won that game going away, but they took the air out of the ball with a 60-56 lead on 3 straight possessions. Get one score there and they probably win. But instead, they dribble it around for 30 seconds and come up empty. That's on Cal.