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Lil’ Buddy Lights a Lighter in his Nose
By: nickev | July 27th, 2010 | Category: Hilariousness -VideosBefore
“So, I’m gonna stick the lighter up my nose, there. Whatever.”
After
He cries like a lil’ baby and says, “I can’t smell anything”.
You do realize you just lit a lighter inside of your nose, right lil’ buddy?
Moran. Nice headband by the way.
Lil’ DJ Doggie Scratches Like a Pro
By: nickev | July 26th, 2010 | Category: Hilariousness -VideosI love beasts.
Lil’ Buddy Misses the Pool
By: nickev | July 25th, 2010 | Category: Hilariousness -VideosHe tries to jump from the fence into the pool. Not even close.
Mondays suck.
Lil’ Buddy the Anchor Flips Off Reporter
By: nickev | July 24th, 2010 | Category: Hilariousness -VideosHe asked her out. She said no. He is pissed. He doesn’t think he’s on air.
Cobb Announced as Nominee for the 2010 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team
By: nickev | July 23rd, 2010 | Category: CatsOn Tuesday, it was announced that University of Kentucky wide receiver/quarterback/punt returner/ do-it-all-monster Randall Cobb is one of the 112 student-athletes nominated for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®. It is the most ever in the 19-year history of the award. It is often recognized as the, “most prestigious off-the-field honor in college football.”
Cobb is being recognized for his many service accomplishiments which include:
Following a visit with 13 year-old leukemia patient Bradley Wilson, Cobb shaved his head for the his first bowl game as a tribute to the teen.
Mentors local youth, speaking at area schools and visiting patients at regional hospitals.
Served as guest speaker at a Chi Omega Dinner that benefitted the Make-A-Wish Foundation to support terminally ill children.
It’s good to see that Randall Cobb is a beast, both on and off the field. The Legend of Cobb continues to grow. Congrats to Randall on the nomination and thanks to our boys over at Hugging Harold Reynolds for the tip. Visit their blog, now!
Here are some videos of Cobb, Derrick Locke and DeQuin Evans during SEC Media Days, courtesy of UK Athletics’ official Cat Scratches Blog.
Cobb on Becoming a Leader
Cobb on Embracing His Role as Receiver
Locke on Getting More Players Involved
Evans Wants to Raise the Bar (’cause the way I feel / I’m strong enough to the the club / or the corner pub / and lift the whole liquor counter up / ’cause I’m raising the bar / I shoot for the moon / but I’m too busy gazing at stars / I feel amazing / and I’m not afraid –Eminem)
ESPN Profiles the 2010-11 Version of the Kentucky Wildcats Basketball Team
By: nickev | July 22nd, 2010 | Category: Cats
If you don’t have ESPN insider, you can’t read most of it. I’ll provide the link at the bottom just in case you do.
The gist of the Kentucky coverage is that they are replacing young talent with more young talent. But, the question is, will the incoming freshmen be as successful as the departing freshmen?
ESPN’s Mike Hume points out that the biggest difference might have nothing to do with the incoming guys. Remember, even though last year’s squad relied a lot on the rookies, they returned 62.4 percent of their game minutes. This year they return 25.6 percent.
With all due respect to Mr. Hume, these numbers can be very misleading. Last year they did, in fact, return 62.4 percent of their minutes. But, out of the returning guys only Patrick Patterson averaged over ten points-per-game in Calipari’s first year, with 14.3. Darius Miller was fifth on the team in minutes played last year, but was very inconsistent. The other returnees, Deandre Liggins, Ramon Harris, Perry Stevenson and Josh Harrellson all averaged under 15 mintues-per-game a season ago.
Still, there is a big difference between 62.4 and 25.6 percent and Kentucky will definitely lack the leadership of Patterson. That is where junior and former Kentucky Mr. Basketball, Darius Miller comes in. Calipari tells Hume that he believes Miller could potentially jump into the Draft with a solid campaign, but he needs to find some conistency. He needs to be able to miss a couple of shots and move on and have the confidence to take the next shot. He needs to make plays every game.
Hume then profiles the newcomers, Brandon Knight, Enes Kanter and Terrence Jones, all of which who are listed on Fran Fraschilla’s Top Ten List of One-and-Doners. I’ll get to this later.
Calipari tells Hume that Knight is different than Derrick Rose, Tyreke Evans and John Wall. He says Rose loved the 7-footer and could over power you. Evans was 6-6 with long arms. Wall could get to the rim whenever he wanted. He then said that Knight’s ability to get by defenders and create for teammates could be better than the three aforementioned point guards.
Kanter, whose eligibility is up in the air, is being projected by many, including ESPN’s Doug Gottlieb, as the 2011 NBA Draft’s No. 1 overall pick. With the departure of Cousins, Orton and Patterson, it will be Kanter’s job to fill that rebounding void. Miller raved about Kanter’s strength, size, footwork and overall court vision to Hume.
Jones, who is still catching grief, as he probably should, for his non-commital commitments, looks to take over the role of P Twice. Remember, prior to last season, Patterson spent the majority of his time in the paint. Jones is big and is already comfortable handling the ball and shooting it from the outside. Miller told Hume that he is going to cause matchup problems.
Click the link below to read the rest. Remember it’s ESPN Insider.
CBB Summer Buzz: Kentucky by Mike Hume
ESPN’s Eammon Brennan says it’s unlikely that this UK team will be as dominant as Calipari’s first squad.
He is right in saying that there are a ton of question marks. That is going to be the case when you replace freshmen with freshman. His main questions are will Knight be able to run the show as seamlessly as Wall? Will Canter be able to rebound and guard down low like Cousins? Can Jones replicate Patterson? And will Doron Lamb and Stacey Poole provide them with much-needed outside shooting?
After reading the first three questions you realize that Brennan may be right in his assertion that it will be tough for next year’s team to surpass what they did last year. Can Knight run the show for the Cats in his freshman season as well as the future overall No. 1 draft pick did? Will Canter even be eligible to attempt to guard and rebound like the beast, Cousins? Can a freshman who flip-flopped more than a politician replicate the play of a three-year starter who was as hard-nosed and mature as anyone in the country?
That’s going to be extremely tough.
He does say that this team will be better equipped for Cal’s Dribble-Drive, which is true. Last year Kentucky shied away from the dribble-drive simply because their bigs were too talented. Canter and Jones are big men who are much better suited for the up-tempo offense.
Brennan closes by saying there is too much turnover to really predict how good this team will be. But, he knows they will play incredible team defense, as Cal’s teams have done the past five seasons. In those five years, Cal’s squads have finished in the Top 11 in team defense every year. Last year’s squad finished sixth. In his last year at Memphis, they finished No. 1 overall. He will get these kids to buy into team defense.
Click here to read the rest of Brennan’s take. It’s not an insider, anyone can read it.
Finally, here is what Fran Fraschilla had to say about Kanter, Knight and Jones in his Top Ten One-and-Done List.
4. Enes Kanter, 6-11, Kentucky Wildcats
While Kanter still has to clear up some NCAA amateurism issues, there’s no denying his prodigious rebounding ability. Possibly the best young prospect Turkey has ever produced, Kanter will bring his hard hat to the game every night for the Wildcats, because he has the size and strength to throw his weight around.
5. Brandon Knight, 6-3, Kentucky Wildcats
There’s little difference between a combo guard and a scoring point guard, especially in John Calipari’s system. Cal will highlight Knight’s explosive offensive talent and allow him to build a one-year resume at UK that will end with a spot in next June’s lottery. Learning to distribute the ball better will increase his stock even further.
9. Terrence Jones, 6-9, Kentucky Wildcats
Even if Jones is not ready to be a “one-and-done,” Calipari will push him out the door if he has a solid freshman season. However, the odds are that the multi-talented forward will be ready to make the jump into the draft next June. The potential to be an NBA small forward some day is very strong.
Click here to read the rest of Fraschilla’s List. You need ESPN Insider.
Global Warming is Causing Squirrels to Get Fatter
By: nickev | July 21st, 2010 | Category: HilariousnessAOL Weird News – Some squirrels are getting a lot plumper than they used to be, but the root cause of their weight gain isn’t what you might suspect (not saturated-fatty nuts, sorry!): It’s global warming.
That’s the conclusion drawn in a three-decade-long study on the yellow-bellied marmots — large ground squirrels also known as rock chucks — that inhabit the Upper East River Valley in Colorado, the results of which are in the latest issue of the journal Nature. It’s reportedly the first time that climate change has been linked to physical changes in an animal population.
The study’s authors — researchers from the U.S. and the U.K. — observed that as the summers in their 2-mile-high territory in the Rockies got longer over time, the marmots became heavier by about a pound. But…why?
“The researchers found that marmots are waking up from hibernation around 21 days earlier now,” Discovery News explains. Less time hibernating means more time spent scrounging for and consuming food — which can include grains, fruit and bugs. In addition, as an article accompanying the Nature story notes: “The marmots may, for example, have changed what they eat, not just the length of time in which they eat.”
The longer summers also mean more time for love: The population of marmots has tripled in the last decade alone, passing their heft onto their offspring, which in turn have more time to grow even larger thanks to the shorter hibernation period.
Ironically, unlike humans, fatter marmots are actually fitter too: The team found that the marmots’ mortality rate had declined substantially over the period of the study. However, before you start to worry about “super marmots” reproducing out of control and taking over the world, remember that the grand global warming experiment continues and the end result is far from certain.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT THE FAT SQUIRRELS
Al Gore has gone too far.
Quit trying to scare us and force us to believe in some global warning by throwing fat squirrels in our face. First off, no one wants a bunch of fat squirrels running around. The more fat squirrels out there, the more difficult it will be to find a nut. Well, it might not be difficult to find a nut, because you know a fat squirrel out there has one. But, try stripping a nut from a fat squirrel. I’m not trying to strip a nut from a fat squirrel. You’ll get you hand bit off. I’m not trying to get my hand bit off.
Now perspect this for a second. There are people who walk the earth and live and breathe normal air everyday whose everyday jobs are to figure out if the squirrels in Colorado are getting fatter because of global warming or because they are eating too many trans fats and not running on the treadmill enough.
Joker Phillips Speaks at SEC Media Days
By: nickev | July 21st, 2010 | Category: Cats
University of Kentucky head football coach took the podium at the SEC Media Days around 4:30 this afternoon. He began by talking about transitioning from offensive coordinator to head coach and said that the biggest difference is that he is now forced to make, “hardcore decisions”. As an offensive coordinator he had a lot of opinions, but he often kept them to himself and would even laugh about them. No more.
When talking about his new assistants, he said the most important things were, could they recruit, what are their schemes and how do they teach those schemes, and do they have the “juice”.?
They better have the “juice” and it better get loose, real quick.
He then spoke about Operation Win and the GameDay Ready campaign. He said that Operation Win was in full effect and it means they want to win in the classroom, in the community and on the football field. He said their goal is to take that next step in the SEC and to win a SEC Championship. They do not worry too much about National Championships, because if you take care of business (TCB) in the SEC, the National ”thing” will take care of itself.
The “3″ in the GameDay Ready billboards refers to the 3-dimensional promotional items you will see around town, not the three strait wins over Louisville.
Randall Cobb has to touch the football. He said that Cobb would be the sorest guy in the SEC and that they will get him touches in a multitude of ways, including at wide receiver, quarterback, and punt returner. They look to put in him motion a little more this year. He is a 1st Team All-SEC player. He has to touch the football.
Much has been said about the upcoming quarterback battle and Phillips said that it was important that the quarterback do more than just manage the game. They need to help them win games. He said it has been three seasons since Andre Woodson was under center and it’s time for someone to step up. He said all three guys (Hartline, Newton, Massakowski) are competing and he doesn’t expect quick separation.
He would like to announce a starter as soon as possible, but will not avoid entering Louisville week without a named starter, if the best option has not popped out at him.
Redshirt freshman wide receiver Brian Adams was a topic of conversation and he mentioned that he was the key player to watch out for this year. He’s big, he’s fast and he has hops. He should be a beast.
He talked about recruiting briefly and said they are much further along than they were at this time last year with 14 verbal commitments. Last year they had two.
Phillips closed by talking a little bit about former head coach, Rich Brooks. He said the main thing that he learned from Brooks was to stick to the plan, even when everyone around you is trying to get you to change it. He said many people wanted Brooks to change everything early in his tenure, but he held his ground, and eventually it worked.
That’s it from Joker Phillips at the SEC Media Days. We’ll be starting our position-by-position outlooks here in the coming weeks so keep an eye out for those.
I love football.
8:23 PM Update – Found some videos of Joker Phillips
Joker on Some Roster Changes
Joker on the QB Situation
UK’s Warford to Miss Senior Season
By: nickev | July 21st, 2010 | Category: CatsThere was speculation that UK cornerback Paul Warford would be academically ineligible for his senior campaign and today it was announced that he will not return.
The news was announced via the UK media guide during SEC Media days.
Warford started nine games last year and played in 11, recording 32 tackles for the Whomp Squad.
He also sat out the 2008 season because of academics.
It is also being said that freshman defensive tackle Mister Cobble could be ruled academicly ineligible.
Cobble redshirted last season and was named the most valuable defensive scout team player. If eligible, he is expected to contend for a starting spot.
Will Johnson and Myron Walker are expected to transfer.
Head coach Joker Phillips took the podium at SEC media days at about 4:30 this afternoon. We’ll break down his comments later tonight.
Happy Football Pinkie Nation!
Dog Makes Lil’ Baby Crack Up
By: nickev | July 21st, 2010 | Category: Hilariousness -VideosWe love beasts so much on the Pinkie. Why? Cuz they’re hilarious. Don’t believe me. Ask lil’ buddy in this video.
Oh, speaking of beasts. Please watch Pit Boss on Animal Planet. Shorty is one of the most unstoppable humans alive.
