I guess we can move on to basketball now that Kentucky has gone from an outside chance of being in the CF playoffs (eh oh el) to playing in the Dollar General/Marlboro Light bowl game.
Duke vs. Kentucky
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Oh gawd uve done it now.
Duke football suxks in 3….2……1
UK got screwed hard by the refs and i got the losing ticket number to prove it. However not shedding any tears over it.
Cal got very rich, then got lazy and fat.
Not really. The only emotion I’ve felt so far has been disappointment.
If we can keep the game within 10 pts I'll feel ok about it. Even though we have a lot of experience, its experience not playing with this team. So its another reboot year. When Duke clobbered us, we were just a few free throws that were missed, that would have put us in the final 4. After Duke we have a string of 7 cupcakes to get things straightened out. I"m glad Toppin is back. He probably won't start but he'll get a lot of minutes. Plus he has a 7'4" wing span and is athletic as hell and puts forth effort. If Oscar is healthy, he hasn't been practicing due to a hip injury, and has been practicing, we will at least have 5 alphas. Hopkins will be an x factor for us once he learns to play defense. He's just too athletic and talented. He's going to be good. If Brooks doesn't pick it up, he'll end up as the 3rd option at the 4. His stats were appalling last game.
Tuesday night, I have little optimism, but for the season I'm still pretty pumped.
Tuesday night, I have little optimism, but for the season I'm still pretty pumped.
If Duke is already in mid season form I’d be surprised. Not many teams (any?) look like they’re far more prepared than any other this early.
Toss up......One could be the shit out the other---Possible. Who knows. First game vs a Duke/Kentucky is tough---I don't care who you are. Game will probably be sloppy at times. But there's a ton of talent on both sides.
They are the unofficial November Champions often. I’ve seen them come out of the gates strong a lot only to sputter a little bit around February. At this point I usually expect them to play really well to start the season.
Duke has 2 Final Fours in the last 17 seasons. They are wildly inconsistent.
I would argue that they are consistently not in the Final Four. Which would make them consistent.
What happened?
Heck, I'm surprised I haven't been banned over there yet.
Let’s just say some imposter of mine may or may not have started a thread at halftime of your exhibition titled “Now we know why Calipari ducked Michigan”
Duke does tend to open strong. Doesn't always keep it up, but...
Pretty weird honestly. Ud think constantly fielding young teams like they have since 2015 theyd get better as the year went along. But not always the case i guess.
Talent can take over, then all that pesky coaching gets in the way as the season goes along 😉
Man. If we lose tomorrow night I’m just not sure much more sports I can take the rest of the year. Kentucky started off 6-0, lost three in a row. The Panthers started off 3-0, and are now 4-5. Duke comes in and smashes our basketball team tomorrow night, would be a definite downer.
Look on the bright side, when Duke goes up by 20 in the first half you will be able to go to bed at a decent hour.
Thank god we are getting rid of that old guy on the bench. Guy was fainting like 20 years ago, but we waited this long? #dobetter
Sort of weird that we will go from playing basketball to watching basketball. We should stay in party when the game starts
Kentucky Basketball: 3 keys to beat Duke in 2021 Champions Classic matchup
1. Kentucky must find a way to defend Paolo Banchero
2. Kentucky has more backcourt depth than Duke but will it matter?
3. AJ Griffin vs Kellan Grady
I think 2 does matter. Even without we're better in the backcourt. I'll take Grady this time of the year. He's proven and also has an outside shot. I think we have to put up 30 3's to win this thing.
I don't think we can do anything about 1. Banchero is a stud. On 2 So is Washington.....
1. Kentucky must find a way to defend Paolo Banchero
2. Kentucky has more backcourt depth than Duke but will it matter?
3. AJ Griffin vs Kellan Grady
I think 2 does matter. Even without we're better in the backcourt. I'll take Grady this time of the year. He's proven and also has an outside shot. I think we have to put up 30 3's to win this thing.
I don't think we can do anything about 1. Banchero is a stud. On 2 So is Washington.....
The current spread is Duke -1 which seems too low unless you don't buy into the teams' performances in the secret scrimmages and exhibition games.
Apparently Duke beat Nova pretty convincingly according to our Insiders and Banchero looked incredible to the point where they think he could have an AD or Zion type impact as a OAD.
UK looks to have underperformed in their exhibition games. It doesn't surprise me that the line is moving in UK's direction since Duke was awful last year so your average better probably doesn't know all the changes to both rosters.
Pretty sure Vegas just copies KenPom these days and he has it at -1.
I think the line should be more like 5 or 6 so you're getting some big value here.
Smart to hammer these inefficient lines early before everyone gets all the data after a few games have been played.
Impressive with Nova, but in these scrimmages both play consecutive offense and defense trying different things so its not really a game played type scrimmage. But its great in the sense you get other competition in the practices.
I'm with you Jimbo. I am a Chicago Bears fan and a Detroit Tigers fan, on top of my UK fandom, it's been rough.
Heck, I tried fantasy football for the first time ever, I've been getting smoked every week, no matter what moves I make.
I would love a UK win tomorrow night. I know it's only a regular season game in early November, but it's still a big game.
This might be the only time I get to post this.
Of course the Duke logo is the biggest. Who made this shit, Vitale?This might be the only time I get to post this.
I think you neutralize Banchero on the defensive end, make him guard out on the perimeter and run him through a lot of screens, then throw a combination of Toppin, Collins, Brooks, Hopkins and Grady at him. Banchero is a stud, he's going to get his.
He'll be must see TV this year.
Throw the lines out the window this early.
I just hope it's a back and forth game where the team that has the ball last wins.
Thats a crazy stat....So crazy, I looked it up. FF's in 2004, 2010 and 2015. BUT...they have been to the Elite 8 , six times in that same time frame.
Getting to a FF is tough.
But they also won the title both times. I'd take 2 titles every 17 years.
if i was a gambler i’d put money on duke. we looked awful in those exhibitions. didn’t even bother trying to play defense until we were down double digits to a d2 school late in the first half.
i remain unconvinced John Calipari is still capable of coaching a dominant team.
i remain unconvinced John Calipari is still capable of coaching a dominant team.
Your post about Cal talking about all the Duke flops was way better.
