State of the Union Part Deux

I know everyone has been anxiously awaiting the second part of my State of the Union. Despite the common belief that I waited just because I was too lazy to update in the last couple of weeks, that is in fact not the case. I was waiting for a big win by the Cats (like the one to Tuesday) so we can have a bit of a positive update. Before getting to the current status of the Cats, we will give a little review of the season.

As everyone knows, the Cats opened with 2 home games for the 2K Sports College Classic. HOWEVER, despite what the national media (idiots) believe, Kentucky did not "open up the season with a loss to Gardner Webb." They did however lose to the runnin' bulldogs in the second game of the season, perhaps one of the worst in Rupp Arena history. Maybe this would feel better if G-W continued to have a great season. However, they currently stand at 9-11 on the season. It wouldn't, unfortunately, be the low point of the season.

With a loss to G-W on the books, the season continued with a number of disappointments after that. For starters, the Cats are still without a road win, and losses to IU, UL, San Diego (Yikes!), UAB (in which Robert Vaden played one of the best halves of basketball I have ever seen), Houston, Miss St and Florida.

At points, I have doubted my man crush Billy G. We have been decimated by injury, and have lost several games that we should not have. However, it appears that it is possible we have turned it around. We have competed in all our SEC games and came through the first 4 SEC games against the best competition with a 2-2 record. Recently rivals wrote at article about Billy Clyde's season thus far. Here is the link: http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=766158 It talks about how hard CBC is on his players, but how powerful it was once they bought in. My favorite quote is from a role player on his A&M team: "But once Antoine and Acie bought it, it became contagious and we all bought in. Once the season began we started seeing that it was all worth it. I hated how hard it was at times but, looking back, I wouldn't trade it for the world." Folks, Joe and Ra Smooth have bought in, and it is gonna get nasty. Expect a prediction for the rest of the season after the Cats put a whoopin' on the Cocks 78-59 today.

**************BREAKING NEWS******************* Joe C will not play in today's game, I still feel confident the Cats winning but maybe by not as much.