I have no idea.
That is not my responsibility. I just know that he has lied about UK.
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That is not my responsibility. I just know that he has lied about UK.
I assume that it is tied to A year on the brink is why I posted that.
You guys are not easy to help.
Oh he is. He said UK cheated and Indiana didn't.
I used to recruit with Joe B. Hall. He did not have to cheat to get good players.
Do you recall the Lexington Herald article mentioning 26 former Kentucky players on record saying they took payments? Seems like that would be one of the bigger off court moments in school history worth recalling.
I do. It was proven to be not true but I remember the article. I think that that was about 1984 while Joe Hall was the coach. Joe retired in March 1985.
Tipton and his folks at the Herald have had a running feud with UK for years.
Uhhhh... didn’t 20+ Kentucky guys admit to taking money? It was before my time, but...
Spent some time running around Florida and Georgia with Joe.
Some of us are passionate enough to invest time to help our cause.
Sounds like you were paying 20+ guys to come to UK.
I’d say closer to 100%. He uses a lot of numbers. Not much room for bias when you are putting numbers on a spreadsheet.
When I was a kid, I got to read this and there was also an accompanying documentary. It's pretty much the history of ACC Basketball from its formation in 1953 to the Dixie Classic and the scandal that ended it, the epic 1957 ACC Tournament Championship between Wake Forest and North Carolina, back when only 1 team could make the NCAA Tournament, South Carolina's departure from the league after being highly ticked at how things were going, the inclusion of Georgia Tech, and all the way up to 1988.
One of my uncles had it and I got to borrow it for a while. I was usually more interested in reading this than I was the school stuff.
One of my uncles had it and I got to borrow it for a while. I was usually more interested in reading this than I was the school stuff.
Meh, he still claims the 12/29/12 Louisville match-up as a "L" for UK, which is a glaring error. Laughing
The Lexington Herald-Leader and their primary UK sports reporter, Jerry Tipton (who has been there since the 80s), slam UK more than any other publication. You would think Tipton is a Louisville fan. I really don't know how he survives in Lexington without getting his tires slashed daily. Not sure how the newspaper survives either, as much as they slam the school/city they represent.
Few non-UK fans understands this dynamic. Most schools home town newspaper are pro that school. Tipton is a piece of shit who hates Kentucky. He takes personal pride in shots at the head coach. The Lexington Herald-Leader got UK investigated by the NCAA based on their lies.
I know Jon, good guy. It's unbelievable the time he's spent in libraries, newspapers, interviewing etc.
The theme you sense is that I have closely followed Kentucky basketball for 62 years. I basically read everything written about them or against them. I have missed 8 games since 1963.
That is the theme.
I just finished this one a few weeks ago. A gift from previous years Christmas lol. Highly recommend to BBN, so many priceless anecdotes in there:
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