Kentucky Sports Radio
[Moderated by Matt Jones]
[Moderated by Matt Jones]
...not that there's anything wrong with that...
Woe is our football program! For our fans have no hope, our coaches and players are drowning in negativity. Surely at 5-2, we stand on some level of hell.
Look! A few levels down are the Texas A&M program!
Its fair to assume that Texas A&M fans love football more than we do. The have a stadium that seats 88,000 people. Students compete ferociously for Yell Leader. Your football fanbase is referred to as “the 12th man“.
After the firing of publisher Dennis Franchione, current head coach Mike Sherman has led the Aggies to a 2-5 record overall (0-3 Big 12) and lost four of their last five games at Kyle Field. Before this week’s loss to Texas Tech, Sherman issued a press release to the A&M student body, asking for patience. Some of the A&M blogs have handled their misfortune with patience and reason. Meanwhile, another fan’s blog has flipped on the “PANIC!” sign:
Just look at the empty seats this past Saturday against K-State in our Big 12 opener at 1 pm on a beautiful fall day. here had to have been 10,000 empty seats at kick-off and another 15,000 left the game before 4:30 left in the fourth quarter. That’s right: 25,000 empty seats in the middle of the 4th quarter during our Big 12 opener. That’s almost treason at a Texas A&M game. The coaching on the field was horrible and the fans were actually silent most of the game. It was literally a graveyard sound-wise. Then Sherman, unemotional and sloppily dressed, went for it 2 times with the same play bringing in J-Train for the creative “up the middle” call. The alumni were furious and worn out of this decade-old repeat of pathetic play and after-game excuses.
Note: Above emphasis mine.
Two points to contrast with the Wildcats. First, roughly 25,000 to 35,000 of the the 70,000 attendees in Commonwealth Stadium left before the end of the game. This Texas A&M fan feels that 25,000 fans (out of 86,000) leaving is “almost treason”. Secondly, the AggieCoach.com blog’s doomsaying is reminiscent of Concerned in the Dark Tubby Days. So I don’t think we should take it as seriously as Orson.
So, is it nice that our fan base has been negative (according to Coach Brooks) without going into “Concerned” madness? Should we thank our lucky 5-2 stars that we still have a shot at 6 or 7 wins in a year where picked to finish at the bottom of the SEC East again? Do we even care if we win, if we can’t put out a pretty offense?
Life in hell is so confusing.
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October 22nd, 2008 at 3:54 pm
I totally forgor Mike Sherman was their coach.
October 22nd, 2008 at 3:55 pm
We’d whoop A&M’s arse
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:09 pm
I forgor alot
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Nope, you’re back to the misplaced picture again.
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Hey Matt, the new AP poll has Yo’Bama and McCain nearly tied with nearly a dozen days left. If Obama wins and the Dems reinstate the fairness doctrine, you may have to devote half of your radio show to Louisville fans. Heck, your good buddy from Knoxville may want equal time as well.
Swell times ahead if the freshman Senator from Illinois is elected President.
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:30 pm
You know, I think Brooks needs to add a little more focus on the fans that “stayed”, and the fans that kept their TV’s on. I feel like he’s labeling ALL the fans as bad. I have mixed emotions, you could hear fans heckling Hartline FROM THE TV. That is absolutely horrible. If you don’t like our QB, that’s understandable, but don’t go to the game, in UK gear, a fan of the program, and heckle our own players. It doesn’t make you less of a fan to dislike a player, but it does make you less of a human being to belittle our players, so the whole team can hear, when they are out there trying to win a game. At the same time, ALL Kentucky fans are not these people.
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Get your news from someone other than Rush Limbaugh, #5. Try reading, its cool and shit. Google is easy to use, friend.
Obama Does Not Support Return of Fairness Doctrine
There may be some Democrats talking about reimposing the Fairness Doctrine, but one very important one does not: presumptive presidential nominee Barack Obama.
By John Eggerton — Broadcasting & Cable, 6/25/2008 6:25:00 PM
There may be some Democrats talking about reimposing the Fairness Doctrine, but one very important one does not: presumptive presidential nominee Barack Obama.
The Illinois senator’s top aide said the issue continues to be used as a distraction from more pressing media business.
“Sen. Obama does not support reimposing the Fairness Doctrine on broadcasters,” press secretary Michael Ortiz said in an e-mail to B&C late Wednesday.
“He considers this debate to be a distraction from the conversation we should be having about opening up the airwaves and modern communications to as many diverse viewpoints as possible,” Ortiz added. “That is why Sen. Obama supports media-ownership caps, network neutrality, public broadcasting, as well as increasing minority ownership of broadcasting and print outlets.”
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:39 pm
The real UK fans are the ones that left. At least that’s what they say. They had the right to leave(indeed they did), so they’re just as big of fans as the ones that stayed. Except the fans that stayed didn’t give up on the Wildcats.
If you left it was because you gave up. If you got up and left after the failed 4th down play, you gave up. You, the fan, gave up on the Kentucky Wildcats and left the stadium. Yep, you’re just as much fan as those that stayed. Sure you are.
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:40 pm
another dumb post
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:44 pm
rebuttal?
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Hey, you know what we need? MORE posts about fans leaving early!
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Hey F@ck stick, I mean 7. Have you been listening to Limbaugh? Shame on you. I’ll tell all your liberal cronies.
The new AP poll is all over the news.
ALL of the liberal Democrats want the fairness doctrine reimposed. They’re already talking about it. With a far left President and a Democrat controlled congress, they’ll get it done.
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:50 pm
7. That’s why Obama is so brilliant and will be our next President. He claims to not support the controversial buzzword “fairness doctrine,” then lists his plan which is essentially the same thing. House democrats and Obama both want to increase government control over communications; Obama just makes it sound so much better. Brilliant.
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:57 pm
LOL @ “new AP poll.” keep grasping for straws, fella.
classy move on the fu*
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:58 pm
hit enter early, sorry.
I was just going to compliment you on your classy classiness.
Read a book, it won’t hurt you.
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:59 pm
ya know who else wants the fairness doctrine in place?
NRA.
from same source as above:
“Indeed, when it was in place, citizen groups used the Fairness Doctrine as a tool to expand speech and debate. For instance, it prevented stations from allowing only one side to be heard on ballot measures. Over the years, it had been supported by grassroots groups across the political spectrum, including the ACLU, National Rifle Association and the right-wing Accuracy In Media.”
October 22nd, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Move along now, children.
October 22nd, 2008 at 5:18 pm
25000-35000 left the game my ass. There may have been 20,000 remaining at the final horn.
October 22nd, 2008 at 9:19 pm
14. It’s no joke, I wasn’t grasping for any straws, just telling what’s on the news today. The AP poll out today has the difference at 1 point. But don’t take a sports blogger’s word for it. Just look, you’ll find it.
I think there was way more than 20,000 left when the game ended. I was there, a lot of people left, but the place I think was still more than half full.
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:57 am
Nice post, jackass.
January 28th, 2009 at 9:37 am
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