The Long Blue Line

Here is another short article from our friend Hondo to start out the football season. Hondo was a UK student from 52-57 and played football for the Cat’s. Some of you might have read his series on the 55 football season and I hope you enjoy reading his posts as much as I do.

WITH COLLEGE FB STARTING SOON–WITH NFL EXHIBITION GAMES ON NOW–WITH SOME HIGH SCHOOL GAMES PLAYED——————————

IT’S TIME TO LOOK AT THE LONG BLUE LINE OF FB AT UK——————–

GOING BACK TO THE DAYS OF SHIPWRECK KELLY WHO MARRIED A RICH SOCIALITE AND LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER TO TODAYS FIRST TEAM UNDER JOKER[2010] WE SALUTE YOU ALL–

NAMES LIKE GEORGE BLANDA–WAH WAH JONES–BOB GAIN–AL BRUNO–BILL MOSELEY–BABE PARILLI–EMERY CLARK–DOUG MOSELEY–JOHN GRIGGS–STEVE MEILINGER–FRANK FULLER–RAY CORRELL–GENE DONALDSON–HOWARD SCHNELLENBERGER–BOB DAUGHERTY–LOU MICHAELS–GLEN ED SHAW–CALVIN BIRD–IRV GOODE–RICK NORTON–RICK KESTNER–RODGER BIRD–JEFF VAN NOTE–DERRICK RAMSEY–ART ???[PLAYED FOR THE CHIEFS] AS DE–CENTER FOR THE STEELERS–CROUCH–AND MANY MANY OTHERS TOO MUCH TO REMEMBER FROM MEMORY–I SALUTE YOU–
{I APLOGIZE FOR ALL WHO I OVERLOOKED AND DID NOT NAME–I DID NO RESEARCH]

HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE PASSED ON THAT GREATNESS IN BLUE AND WHITE TO PLAYERS LIKE LOCKE AND RANDALL COBB–ANY MANY OTHERS ON THIS TEAM AND ON MANY TEAMS TO COME–WE ARE ANXIOUSLY WAITING–

TO THOSE WHO DID NOT ACHIEVE GREATNESS IN BLUE AND WHITE BUT ACHIEVED THAT HIGHEST POSSIBLE AWARD”A PLAYER WHO ACHIEVES THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE PERFORMANCE” –I SALUTE YOU–

3 PLAYERS COME TO MY MIND[THERE ARE OTHERS]

#1–DICK MALONEY–CAME TO UK IN 52–PLAYED A LOT AS A FRESHMEN AT RB AND DEFENSIVE CORNER[BOTH WAYS] PLAYED HARD–HIT HARD–DIDN’T LIKE TO LOSE–STARTED AS A SOPH–JUNIOR–SENIOR–A TRUE TEAM LEADER

#2–IVAN CURNUTTE–CAME IN 53–140 LB RB FROM ASHLAND TOMCATS–IVAN WAS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A PLAYER WHO LAID IT ALL OUT THERE EVERYDAY–RAN THE PITCH INTO THE SHORT SIDE OF THE FIELD WITH ABANDON–FAST–QUICK–LIKED TO RUN INSIDE AS WELL–

#3–TOMMY SIMPSON–CAME TO UK AND PLAYED UNDER CHARLEY BRADSHAW–TOM PLAYED EVERYWHERE–ALL OVER–THE OTHER TEAM KNEW WHO HE WAS–AND WHERE HE WAS–HE LAID IT ON THE LINE EVERY DOWN–EVERY QUARTER–EVERY HALF–EVERY GAME–HE DID NOT LIKE TO LOSE–

I SALUTE YOU ALL[AND THE ONES I DIDN'T LIST]

SO FROM THE OLD DAYS OF “DEATH VALLEY” UNDER COACH BRYANT AT MILLERSBURG TO TODAY’S TWO A DAYS AT THE PRACTICE CENTER, A LOT OF GREAT FB PLAYERS HAVE COME AND GONE–HOPEFULLY THEY CONTINUE TO COME IN LARGER BUNCHES THAN THE LAST FEW YEARS–AND OUR RECORD PROVES IT–

FOOTBALL IS CRITICAL TO BOTH THE STATE OF KY–UK–UK STUDENTS–UK GRAD’S–AND THE SEC–

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IMPROVEMENT–I WANT A “WINNER”–I CAN’T WAIT TOO LONG–

MAKE ME HAPPY THIS YEAR–NEXT YEAR–AND THE NEXT[ALL I HAVE IS A 3 YEAR OUTLOOK TODAY]