June 27, 200719 yr Whether you care to admit it or not, the Courier-Journal is well-respected on a national basis, and the facts are that the senior sports columnist at the state's largest and most prestigious paper (the C-J doesn't even enter the Kentucky Press Association contests, because no other paper approaches their circulation). Bozich regularly appears on the Sunday Morning Sports Reporters program on ESPN, which is considered the most dignified and highbrow of their commentary shows, along with OTL. The only reason you and many other UK fans dislike Bozich or anyone else at the C-J is because of this silly Louisville v. the rest of the state mentality, and the erroneous assumption that Bozich is biased for UofL because he may have once uttered a critical word of UK. As the senior sports columnist at the state's largest paper, it is imperative that he weigh in on the subject. Ignoring it would be a disservice to the larger public. I have stated time and time again I do not care for Bozich. And my point is just because he is considered prestigious or whatever does not mean that he is always right. I think he made a mistake and is being wrong and stupid with this article. No one is saying UL wasn't a good team that did not deserve to win. Even if Minnifield would have dunked the ball UL still had more time. If you want to compare Bozich to say Bob Ryan. Yes Bob Ryan is very prestigious. He has also said some stupid things like what he said about Jason Kidd's wife.
June 28, 200719 yr Who cares? Either way Louisville was better than UK in the 1983 Dream Game. So Minnifield made an excuse, it is not a good excuse, it was a decision, I am sure a lot of athletes regret going left instead of right on a play in a big game. Either way you live with the decisions you make but to go back and say don't use drugs is fine, but it was not the deciding factor in that game, Minnifields judgement was the deciding factor and whether he did pot or not it was bad judgement that lost that game for them.
June 28, 200719 yr Who cares? Either way Louisville was better than UK in the 1983 Dream Game. So Minnifield made an excuse, it is not a good excuse, it was a decision, I am sure a lot of athletes regret going left instead of right on a play in a big game. Either way you live with the decisions you make but to go back and say don't use drugs is fine, but it was not the deciding factor in that game, Minnifields judgement was the deciding factor and whether he did pot or not it was bad judgement that lost that game for them. I feel like Bozich took the whole situation all wrong. Minnifield made a bad mistake and he does think it affected his play, but could not say that for sure. But what he was trying to do is help young kids not make the same mistake he made and now some peopel are trying to turn it into a "not giving Louisville credit" issue, which is not the case. UL won the game and deserves all the credit in the world for that.
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