UK Basketball Schedule is Out! and Other News and Notes

As football season approaches (8 days) we are given a small taste of what basketball season will bring next year. Some interesting early games should definitely show us what the Cats are made of right off the bat. Oklahoma, Virginia or Washington, North Carolina, Notre Dame and Indiana all loom at the top of the schedule. Coach Calipari has definitely beefed up his out of conference schedule compared to last year. What worries the Big Blue Nation, and Coach Cal as well, is that these Cats may be Kanterless Cats. More on that in a bit..

But the biggest early game is on New Years Eve against the Dirty Birds in Rick Pitino's House of Ill Repute. Yes, the Cats will ring in the New Year with a victory over Pitino and his boys in the site where he, Karen Sypher and the rest of their cronies met to discuss payments and extortion. Let's shut em down by giving them a big "L"! "L" Yes!

• Something else that made me smile is that UK's 2011 recruiting class is right now ranked 25th (25th!) by ESPN and are looking to add more. Check out this ESPN recruiting page that has a Joker Phillips profile with the statement "Welcome Wildcats." Phillips got 4 star player Zach West to commit. West is one of the best linemen in the country. Yes, the Cats are on their way and Joker is leading the charge. I have great feelings about this guy as our coach. Oh, by the way Die Hard Cards, Chuck Strong's class has yet to crack the top 25. But I am sure Moses will lead them to the promised land soon enough.


• Mel Kiper (hearts) Randall Cobb. The Hair-Do announced that he thinks that #18 is the best all around player in college football. I am SO glad he wears the blue and white.


• I watched the Colts vs. Packers pre-season game last night and I have to say that Green Bay looked damn good and Aaron Rodgers looked more like Peyton Manning than Peyton Manning. He tossed 3 TD passes in the first half and looked like he is the best quarterback in the league. I think Brett Favre will go 0-2 against the Pack this year.


• Albert Pujols belted his 400th home run last night against the Nationals but the Cards still lost. They are now looking up at Cincy to the tune of 4 full games. The last month of the season is in full swing. It's looking more and more like the Red Legs are going to be division champs. Good for them.


• On the opposite end of the Aaron Rodgers spectrum is Matt Leinart. He is being benched in favor of Derek Anderson. Yes, THE Derek Anderson. I watched Matty Boy run the Arizona offense on Monday night and he looked inept at best. He is terrible. Maybe the worst Heisman Trophy winner ever behind Nebraska's Eric Crouch.

Let's talk Turkey. The 48 hour time limit has passed and I have not heard from them yet. Enes Kanter is still in limbo. I plan on buying a ticket to Turkey, fly over there and face the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a duel. Pistols at dawn my friend!