Sunday Update: Big Blue Debacle

Wow, what a weekend!

UK football is 5-0 and a Top Ten team. Who would of thought that?

Unhappy fans, message boards lighting up….

As Wildcat fans know, tickets were up for grabs Saturday. Unfortunately, things didn’t go very well for many, as problems arose.

Many Kentucky fans woke up early to get their Big Blue Madness tickets from Ticketmaster’s website. Only problem was, the site was down or very slow going, which left many ticketless.

Eventually some were able to get in and pickup tickets, but people were able to get more than the limit of four. This of course led Ticketmaster to start canceling orders and causing more chaos.

Then you have some that are selling the free tickets, angering many. (Especially those fans that couldn’t get any)

Brett Dawson covers his day from start to finish. He also talks about the Ticketmaster debacle.

Here’s someone’s Ticketmaster experience. Things worked for them though.

Literally, Big Blue Madness

Brett Dawson reports that as of 12:50pm, 90 tents were setup waiting for Big Blue Madness tickets.

This absolutely doesn’t surprise me at all. After all this is Kentucky!

Brett ponders the question…When was the last time there was this kind of crossover of football and basketball excitement at UK?

That is a good question and makes you think back. I don’t really remember when both programs were at this such high level of enthusiasm. You could maybe look back in the Tim Couch days when football was a little exciting for the fans.

Brett brings up 1977-78, that’s probably it, but as mentioned, the bowl ineligibility did put somewhat of a damper on it.

In the meantime…I’m happy that fans of both programs have so much excitement. It’s long overdue for the football program.

Now, If Kentucky can pull off victories over LSU and Florida, could you imagine what that would be like?

2007 CBA Draft: 53rd Pick - Lukasz Obrzut

Former Cat (Woo) Lukasz Obrzutm, was taken in the 6th round (53rd pick) by the East Kentucky Miners in this year’s CBA Draft.

East Kentucky Coach Kevin Keathley…

Lukasz Obrzut is a player who has a lot of untapped talent”

Indiana Pacer scout Kevin Mackey…

We wanted to go ahead and reserve Lukasz’s rights. I hope Woo can stick with the Pacers. If not, I would love to get him in a Miners uniform.”

Congrats to WOO, I wish him the best and hopes he finds much success.

Update on Rotnei Clarke

According to Matt Jones of KentuckySportsRadio .com, the recruitment of Rotnei Clarke is over.

Billy Gillispie was wanting a quick decision and Clarke was not ready to give one. Therefore, they’ve both decided to part ways on his recruitment.

Hump Links

How about that football team?

Unanswered Questions
A Sea of Blue, along with many others, anxiously awaits the upcoming Kentucky basketball season.

Die Trying
Nobody does it better than Kentucky fans. Fans are already in line for Big Blue Madness tickets.

If I die out here, I die doing something I like doing.”

C-J Notebook
The C-J’s Sunday College Basketball Notebook mentions former Cat Walter McCarty adjusting to his new job.

On wearing UofL gear…

I never wore a red shirt before,” he said. “I didn’t own one and would have never even thought about wearing one.”

They also mention Dukie V and his rankings of the local teams. In case you missed it…Kentucky is No. 15.

Billy Gillispie will have this program firing on all cylinders”

UK Basketball
Jerry Tipton’s UK Basketball Notebook made mention of some newsworthy items.

Ashley Keith, a Versailles veterinarian is selling “G” “The Coach” stickers and T-shirts as a tribute to coach Billy Gillispie. You may find them here on eBay.

Also mentioned is an interview The New York Knicks posted with former cat Randolph Morris.

We also learn that Rajon Rondo has a blog. Check it out at: http://www.yardbarker.com/users/rajonrondo. It currently contains weekly updates and includes a post on his trip back to the area.

Joe Crawford underwent Knee surgery

Kentucky officially announced that Joe Crawford underwent arthroscopic knee surgery last week.

It’s going to take a little time to get back to playing strength, but he should be fine when the season kicks off.

This was rumored on the message boards and alike that he had some knee problems. I guess it was indeed true.

Here’s hoping for a speedy recovery.

Willie Warren Eliminates UK

Highly rated 2008 target Willie Warren, has trimmed his list of schools to Oklahoma, KU, UConn and Cincinnati. Oklahoma is said to be leading the way.

Not too surprising

Hump Links for this week

Here’s this week’s edition of “Hump Links”, with a little of this and a little of that. There’s not too much basketball news happening, as football is dominating the headlines.

Friendly Barb?
Billy Gillispie was one of the coaches that attended the “Legends in Sports Rivalry Dinner” on Monday night.

The highlight of the night included former coaches Eddie Sutton and Billy Tubbs, reminiscing and trading some friendly barbs with one another.

One exchange was Tubbs accusing Sutton of failing to schedule a return game against OU when Sutton was at Arkansas.

Sutton suggested that he settled the debt after becoming Kentucky’s coach.

When I couldn’t return the game, Billy, we were
recruiting Harvey Grant and he was going to come to Kentucky,” Sutton said. “He got into trouble at a junior college up there and we backed off and that was my amends to you. I sent you Harvey Grant.”

Tubbs responded with…

The reason you sent me Harvey Grant is I heard you were over the salary cap that year.”

I’ll just leave it at that. I’m sure many of you already know what he was getting at.

Morgan Update
J’Mison Morgan has returned home uncommitted, after his visit to Kansas.

Morgan still may make visits to Kentucky Alabama and UCLA.

He said he’ll announce his decision on Nov. 2, his birthday.

Madness Visit
Add Jon Hood to the list of recruits attending Kentucky’s Midnight Madness next month.

He’s already visited Tennessee, Indiana, Georgia and Western Kentucky. He also plans on visiting Mississippi, Duke, Florida and Georgia Tech.

Bring Back the Barns
SI’s Luke Winn, gives his proposal of venues to be used during the “Big Dance”.

SOUTH REGION
First/Second Round Sites
Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.: Rupp is one of the few arenas that the current NCAA tournament has right; in ‘07, it hosted an early-round pod that included now-Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie’s Texas A&M squad. The relevant history here — in addition to UK’s seven national-title banners in the rafters — is that Rupp was the scene of Villanova’s miraculous title run in 1985. If the building weren’t attached to a shopping mall, I’d consider it for the Regional Finals.

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