A Cinderella Story

The match up seemed hopeless on paper, and Kentucky appeared just as daunting when it took the floor before a Big Blue mass of 24,402 Saturday night.

But the Cinderella Vols believed they could win, and for 30 minutes the glass slipper fit in Rupp Arena.

Thats the way the story starts at govolsextra.com.

Its a given that Tennessee played a good game against the Cat’s and its a given that barring a complete collapse by the Vols and a few more arrests they will be playing come March Madness time.

I don’t mind giving credit where credit is due but calling them the Cinderella Vols is stretching the amount of credit I’m really able to extend them.

Don’t they know the story of Cinderella? For those of you who haven’t read it or at least heard of the story I will tell it to you.

Once upon a time there was a basketball team that lived in a conference call the SEC. They cried because they couldn’t win a national championship and a low and behold a fast talking coach magically appeared who promised them they could dance with the trophy.

Now there were a couple of problems for the coach to overcome before this could happen. They didn’t have any designer clothes but that was easily fixed by trips to the mall and the county clothing store. They didn’t have a ride to the big dance so he would turn a pumpkin into a shiny city car come time for the dance and low and behold their problems were solved.

Sadly their two wicked step sisters Kentucky and Vanderbilt wanted them to stay home the evening of the dance so they resorted to judicial magic to escape. The pumpkin changed into a beautiful car with pretty flashing lights and their rags turned into beautiful orange jump suits.

Of course we all know how the story turns out, one and done. It would be a sad story but they got to keep the beautiful orange jump suits.

I know I know its not that good a story but desperation forces a man to write something like this to compete with story like Cinderella Vols. Cornell advancing to the final four would be a Cinderella story but calling Tennessee a Cinderella is a sign or increasing desperation.

Just What The Dr Ordered

Once again the Cat’s showed that when it comes time to turn it on near the end of the game they are extremely comfortable with doing that. Going on a 23-10 run to end the game the Cat’s sent the Vols to their second straight loss 73-62.

The first half the Vols took it to the basket and their zone frustrated the Cat’s but after the break the Cat’s drank some Red Bull and amped up the defense and allowed us to get into our transition game. Bledsoe dominated on defense in the second half and had 16 points including eight in a row near the end of the game to ice it. Wall played a error free second half while scoring and directing the offense. Liggins, Orton, Dodson and Perry Stevenson came up big on the defensive end to help seal the win. Once again the 3 position proved crucial and provided 14 points, 3 steals and 3 blocks.

Cousins had the look on his face that he thought he wasn’t playing a good game but he did what a big is supposed to do when they are having an off night shooting REBOUND.

Others might think differently but the Cat’s played a very good game tonight and looked like a final four team against a long athletic team that took it to them.

Fresh squeezed Orange is just what the doctor ordered to get the Cat’s ready for the next two games at SEC west leader Miss St on Tuesday and at lurking Vanderbilt on Saturday.

Rick leaving Louisville?????

There is a story on espn that Rick Pitinio is wanting to get the job with the Nets. Leaving Louisville while smarter than leaving Kentucky is still one of the stupidest things a coach could do. I mean for the Nets who have won 4 games for crying out loud. Of course Pitinio told Forde there was no truth to it. And we all know how close Rick and Pat are. Does this remind any one of what Ricks disciple Billy Donovan did in Florida?

I don’t have any idea if its true or not but any drama in Louisville makes the BigBlue Nation happy.

Show the Cats a little love

One of our fans, Catlanta, had a great idea on Facebook that you might love too: Let’s fax some love to our Cats directly. Here is the number and the address of the UK Athletics office to send your messages so the Cats will actually get them! :

Send the Cats some love via snail mail, so they will see how much the real Cats fan in the Big Blue Nation really feel about them. Will you please do this too? I am going to send mine right now to the UK Athletics office.

Here is the address:
Mailing Address UK Athletics
Joe Craft Center
338 Lexington Ave.
Lexington, KY 40506-0604
General Phone 257-8000

According to UK Athletics, the fax # is (859) 323-1071.

Please do this! Let them know the Cat fans are behind them. Thanks!!!

The auctioneer is in the house

Did anyone besides me get the feeling that the old fast talking auctioneer Lane Kiffin sold out Tennessee in record time.

Has there ever been a faster talking SEC coach? The fast talking old balls coach at South Carolina couldn’t come close to matching Kiffen’s speed with his mouth and Spurrier at least is willing to give a school his best. Kiffin on the other hand is willing to give a school his dads best shot. If it wasn’t for his dads defensive coaching what would Tennessee have done this season.

Has anyone seen a reason he should be described as a good head coach? I thought not.

He spends not even a year with the Raiders, has a losing record and is fired and called a liar by Al Davis. And you betcha he is a liar as Tennessee fans and players will tell you. All you have to do is watch his lips move to know that.

He wins barely half of his games and hes considered a good coach at Tennessee but his lips were moving there all the time too.

Hes an embarrassment to not only Tennessee fans but all of us SEC fans as well and USC fans will find that out quickly. Thanks Lane and your dad would be ashamed of you but hes watched your lips move your whole life and knows not to get involved watching them and forget whats hes doing.

About the only thing left for Tennessee to do is put the head coaching job up for auction and let the fastest auctioneer get the school a new coach in record time.

Rich Brooks Field

Rich Brooks is stepping down as head coach at Kentucky after seven seasons. What you did at Kentucky and your doing things the right way and sense of humor will long be remembered will be remembered by the players and the fans.

I hope the school renames our field Rich Brooks field so you become the first coach to have fields at two schools named after you. Give the school a call or email and ask them to name the field in his honor.

Enjoy your fishing and tomatoes coach.

Thanks for the memories
Of games I can’t forget
The bowl wins you beget
Our wond’rous win against LSU
And Georgia and Auburn too
How lucky we were to have you

Merry Christmas

We here at BigBlueRules want to wish everyone in the BBN a Merry Christmas. If fate and the post office favors us our Christmas present will finally arrive some time in March.

Merry Christmas

Some good lovin for Jamele Hill

Heres a show just for Ms Shock Jock to show Jamele Hill that not only do we know basketball we know music and what Ms Shock Jock needs is a little Charlie to fulfill her wildest fantasy’s since there is a snowball in hells chance that UK would hire him as a coach.

Here’s Charlie Manson crooning just for her in a Sunrise Show

2000 baby 2000

Celebrate Celebrate dance to the music. Its not just John Wall dancing tonight its the whole BigBlueNation dancing.  There wasn’t any doubt from the tip off that the Cat’s would win and they won 88-44.

That had to be the best first half the Cat’s played all year. Bledsoe, Liggins, Miller, Dodson and Wall played under control better than they have all year which bodes well for the future. The team pass and shared the ball well and 11 out of 13 players scored at least 2 points. I know, I know it was just Drexel but they played good.

Negative were few and far between till the final minutes when turnover climbed to 14 and sadly the Cats missed a couple of free throws which kept the from shooting 100% for two games in a row. They shot 54.3% and almost 70% from the 3 point line, had 20 assists,  8 steals and 6 blocks to go along with 42 rebounds

Just a few quick thoughts on the game. I cried during the post game show, got over it and cried again when they played My Old Kentucky Home and yes pukies real men do cry.

My apologies for sounding like Dukie V in the title. Go Cats!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lady Cats go to 10-0

The Lady Cats moved to a school record 10-0 after a 101-67 pounding of the Lady Cards. Forcing 38 turnovers and seemingly scoring at will  the Cats had four players score in double figures led by junior All-Southeastern Conference forward Victoria Dunlap’s game-high 27 points, eight steals, nine rebounds and four blocks. Point guard Amber Smith had a career-high 19 points and dished out a game-high five assists. A’dia Mathies had 15 points and Carlie Morrow added 12 points as everyone who played scored.

Add the lady Cats 10 wins to the Cats 11 and we are having the best start of any program in the nation.

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