July 30, 201214 yr Well for all those critical of UK for the IU series ending here is Cal's proposition. Time to put up or shut up. Calipari's latest scheduling proposal a change of directions | UK News, Recruiting | Kentucky.com
July 31, 201214 yr Well for all those critical of UK for the IU series ending here is Cal's proposition. Time to put up or shut up. Calipari's latest scheduling proposal a change of directions | UK News, Recruiting | Kentucky.com I thought Cal was hoping to get a game against a major opponent (IU, UNC, Duke, Kansas, Mich State, etc.) played in a Regional Final/Final Four type dome? Sort of like when UK played MSU in (I think) a dome about a decade ago. Or has he given up on that? I think the reason give was, Cal didn't want his players first game in a major dome to be in the tournament, he wanted them to have a feel for that atmosphere before the tournament. That and I am sure telling recruits that if they came to UK they would be playing a game in front of 60,000 fans is a nice selling point.
July 31, 201214 yr Author I thought Cal was hoping to get a game against a major opponent (IU, UNC, Duke, Kansas, Mich State, etc.) played in a Regional Final/Final Four type dome? Sort of like when UK played MSU in (I think) a dome about a decade ago. Or has he given up on that? I think the reason give was, Cal didn't want his players first game in a major dome to be in the tournament, he wanted them to have a feel for that atmosphere before the tournament. That and I am sure telling recruits that if they came to UK they would be playing a game in front of 60,000 fans is a nice selling point. I think that is also still in his plans. Looks like he wants to do both.
July 31, 201214 yr I think that is also still in his plans. Looks like he wants to do both. There was a rumor floating around that Cal wanted to play a combo Football/Basketball in Dallas at Cowboy Stadium on a certain weekend, ie the basketball team would play one night the football team a different night but close enough that UK fans traveling could watch both games on a weekend trip to Dallas. The challenges of this would be 1) can Cowboy Stadium get turned around that quickly to go from one sport to another??? and 2) I think Cal wanted to arrange the opponent to be a team that the UK basketball team would not destroy but on the flip side, a team that would not destroy the UK football team. So Uof Texas can be eliminated obviously which is unfortunate with its huge following in the state. Again this is a rumor so I have no clue if Cal really ever mentioned this.
August 1, 201214 yr There was a rumor floating around that Cal wanted to play a combo Football/Basketball in Dallas at Cowboy Stadium on a certain weekend, ie the basketball team would play one night the football team a different night but close enough that UK fans traveling could watch both games on a weekend trip to Dallas. The challenges of this would be 1) can Cowboy Stadium get turned around that quickly to go from one sport to another??? and 2) I think Cal wanted to arrange the opponent to be a team that the UK basketball team would not destroy but on the flip side, a team that would not destroy the UK football team. So Uof Texas can be eliminated obviously which is unfortunate with its huge following in the state. Again this is a rumor so I have no clue if Cal really ever mentioned this. I think Baylor was the team mentioned to play Kentucky. If I'm not mistaken, a women's game was also included making it a triple-header.
August 1, 201214 yr Next season's game at Cowboy stadium will be a men's/women's doubleheader vs. Baylor.
August 11, 201214 yr Author Whatever it takes to keep from putting the team at risk in proper road games. Did you read the link? He is proposing home and home games. How is that keeping your team from going on the road?
August 11, 201214 yr Whatever it takes to keep from putting the team at risk in proper road games.You crack me up Jim.
August 11, 201214 yr Did you read the link? He is proposing home and home games. How is that keeping your team from going on the road? Nope, I figured it was more of the same "neutral site" garbage. Color me shocked, and wrong on this account. Clay is correct that it's a pipe dream.
August 11, 201214 yr Author Nope, I figured it was more of the same "neutral site" garbage. Color me shocked, and wrong on this account. Clay is correct that it's a pipe dream. The ball is in the other coach's coart at this point.
August 12, 201214 yr Who's paying for the stadium? It wouldn't even be half full, if at Cowboy Stadium...
August 13, 201214 yr Who's paying for the stadium? It wouldn't even be half full, if at Cowboy Stadium... UK vs MSU drew almost 80k to Ford Field in 2003. Thats more than half full at Cowboy Stadium. I'm fairly sure somebody has broken that record since then too.
August 13, 201214 yr UK vs MSU drew almost 80k to Ford Field in 2003. Thats more than half full at Cowboy Stadium. I'm fairly sure somebody has broken that record since then too. Dallas is farther from Lexington than Detroit is. And I'd venture to say that MSU might have a "better" following than Baylor...
August 13, 201214 yr Well for all those critical of UK for the IU series ending here is Cal's proposition. Time to put up or shut up. Calipari's latest scheduling proposal a change of directions | UK News, Recruiting | Kentucky.com He knows that won't happen and I think it's time for you to shut up
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