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This story was just too good to pass up even though the FireBilly.com staff is on it’s unannounced summer vacation of indeterminate length. What’s that Jai Lucas? You would like to de-commit? Uhm let me think. Hell no.
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The battle between rival news organizations to be first to break a story is always a heated one. Sometimes they are even fun to watch. The point is, anytime they screw up it’s always a good time to point and laugh. Today, we had just such an occasion. Throughout Patrick Patterson’s entire recruitment he has been playing his cards close to the vest. No one could really get a good read on which school he would choose. That was until today at 3:08pm. That’s right, a full 37 minutes before he officially makes his decision WOWK-TV in Huntington breaks the story and announces that Patrick Patterson is headed to FLORIDA! See for yourself.
Only one problem with that. The press conference didn’t start until 3:45. So, one of a couple of things happened here. Either they had a source that said it was a “done deal” to Florida and they went with it or they just pre-wrote both stories and posted one of them. Here is the corrected version with a misspelled “Kentuckuy” in the first sentence.
Patterson is coming to UK!
The Magic 8-Ball says, all signs point to Kentucky.
UPDATE: The video is streaming live from WSAZ if you want to watch. Click here.
Jai Lucas has (FINALLY!) made his decision and he is headed to Florida. Not a huge shocker here since it was always UK or Florida. Beas Hamga has also pulled the trigger and he is headed out West, sucker. (He wants to be a cowboy, baby.) To be honest, I was a little surprised by this decision.
Unfortunately, that doesn’t leave BCG with too many options for next year. The big name left for next year is of course, Patrick Patterson. Well, there is also Michael Sanchez I suppose. Coach Gillispie had been trying to get him for next year instead of going to prep school. Now it’s time to wait and see what Patterson decides.
Jai Lucas - Will announce his decision on Monday at 2:30. It’s about friggin’ time.
Patrick Patterson - Will announce his decision on Wednesday at 3:45. Dido.
Rivals.com - Yahoo! is rumored to be interested in buying the site for $100 million. WHAT? Million? As in sharks with frickin’ laser beams type money? Amazing.
Billy Clyde has hired….a driver. Chris Walker.
“Here’s what I know of Chris: He’ll help us win,” said Gillispie, who was hired at Kentucky after three seasons at A&M.
Walker drove Gillispie and UK assistant Jeremy Cox to Huntington, W.V., for the high school’s banquet Monday night. Gillispie was the guest speaker, the paper reporter.
Go check out the post over on The Wildcat Blog for an update on how the former Cats are doing in the NBA playoffs. Always good to see how the Wildcat alum are doing on the next level. Wherever that may be.
Jerry Tipton proved that he still has some tricks up his sleeve and doesn’t need message boards or “the Google” by out-scooping all the young whippersnappers and reporting the Tyler Zeller will be visiting campus today. Matt Jones not to be outdone immediately gets on the phone and has an interview with the kid only hours later. Amazing. In the interview Tyler says that “After I had a good tournament down in Texas, Coach Gillispie called me up and offered me a scholarship.”
One thing that cracks me up is how Jerry Tipton always gets the interview with the recruits parents. Makes you wonder if the kid answered the phone would he say, “Hello Tyler, this is Jerry Tipton with the Lexington Hearld-Leader. Is your mom or dad around?”. You know that’s had to have happened at least once.
I wonder what Jerry Tipton thinks about Matt and Kentucky Sports Radio or The Cat’s Pause for that matter. I bet I could guess.
By the way, the auction I mentioned in the last post closed for $81. If that didn’t interest you, how about a nice coffee table sized section.
Well that didn’t take long. As I’m sure you have heard by now, UK is replacing the court in Memorial Coliseum. This is the original floor that Rupp actually built (so to speak). Wildcat Nation is in an uproar because instead of treating it like a state shrine and preserving it like it should be, they are tossing most of it into a dumpster. UK is keeping several specific sections of the floor though such as the lanes and other historic locations. If you didn’t have a chance to go dumpster diving, there is still hope yet for you to get your own piece of history.
You can buy a section off of eBay. This auction is currently at $31. I love the internet.