alt.sports.college.sec.kentucky

Big Blue Fan wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:44:53 -0700, GRIGS1970@ wrote:
>
>> On Oct 1, 2:53 pm, Derek wrote:
>>> Crash wrote:
>>>> Interview with OTS on the Big Ten Network website:
>>>> /news/ ?LIST_ID=22&STORY_ID=3365
>>>> "MD: What type of style of play do you want your teams playing offensively
>>>> and defensively? What type of identity?
>>>> TS: We want to be an up-tempo team, always want to take the first open shot
>>>> and want to force as many turnovers as we can."
>>>> Do you think that when OTS says "up-tempo" he means shooting the ball with
>>>> five seconds left on the shot clock instead of three?
>>> Aw, crap. Up-tempo my eye teeth. Then again, maybe compared to a snail...
>>>
>>> And the pain continues...
>>>
>>> "MD: Compare the style of play in the SEC to the Big Ten. Will the
>>> "transition from conferences force you to change your coaching style?
>>> "
>>> "TS: I hope I don't because it's been pretty successful. I think the Big
>>> "Ten has had the reputation of being a very physical conference and the
>>> "SEC has been a conference people have considered more athletic.
>>> "
>>> "But I've competed against the Big Ten schools and we've had our head
>>> "handed to us at Kentucky and we've also won some games.
>>>
>>> MODESTLY successful, maybe. Being responsible for the end of much
>>> heralded and beloved traditions is not "success."
>>>
>>> And can anyone site the stats, off hand, of how UK did against Big Ten
>>> schools over the last 10 years?
>>>
>>> I had hopes when Minnesota signed Coach Smith. Granted, I've not seen
>>> evidence of his coaching there, but my hopes are fading fast.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Derek
>>>
>>> Bigamy is carrying respectability to a criminal extreme.
>> Tubby was 8-2 against the Hoosiers. He was either 3-3 or 2-3 against
>> Michigan St. IIRC. UK played Wisconsin in the NCAA and beat
>> them...game where Bogans was hurt. I'm thinking we beat Purdue at
>> least once in Tubby's tenure, with no losses. Was the win over the
>> Gophers in the NCAA in '97 or '98? There was an infamous loss to Penn
>> State at Rupp.
>>
>> Pretty sure the Cats won around 70% of our games against the Big Ten
>> during the Smith era, due mainly to our dominance of Indiana.
>
> The Gophers win was in '97.
>
> BBF
>
> Number 8 in '08!!!

Actually, it "wasn't", if you follow my drift.

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Derek

It is morally wrong to allow suckers to keep their money.