Bipsic

I don't pretend to know the ins and outs of recruiting, let alone everything that went into Brents' decision, but I was always under the impression that made the decision early in his recruitment to favor schools away from home. It wasn't that Louisville didn't want him, it was that they couldn't get him. I'm curious what happened with Pitt, but from everything I've read it seems like after visiting this past week his camp reached out to Louisville. It seems to me the few hour delay in signing was more of figuring out scholarship numbers as opposed to not actually wanting the young man. As a fan, I was thrilled when he decided to come, and I can't imagine him not seeing the field quite a bit, hopefully early.

Sounds like an unbelievable game. I can only imagine the tension in both dugouts for every pitch.

Considering it is a group of dudes and dads I immediately thought of a beefsteak but obviously I don't know of any locally. Keeping with the gluttonous theme this group sounds like more of a enjoying dinner and having a couple drinks crowd rather than the hit the town and get hammered type of bachelor party. If cost isn't a concern I would go for a good steak. Obviously any of Jeff Ruby's restaurants or Jimmy G's are fantastic choices, and while I haven't been to Boi Na Braza this sounds like a good opportunity to try it out. Of course if you think this might be an occasion where one of the guys is going to try to pick up the tab, a group meal at any of these places is probably a little much especially compared to the prior suggestion of Eli's. Another consideration is the Montgomery Inn Boathouse as you can get barbecue, have a guaranteed spot, and already be in a central location. Off the top of my head I'm struggling a bit with bars, but I assume the crowd is well beyond the stage where they want to be somewhere with loud music and too many people that you can't move, so two suggestions. If the group is big on bourbon, I've been with a group of a similar size that had space sequestered at Wiseguys in MainStrasse and it worked out ok. Old Kentucky Bourbon Bar is probably too small, and I would consider calling ahead at Newberry Brothers as well. Otherwise, since Rhinegeist opened its rooftop bar there's probably more room in the main area and people request tables there all the time.

Bullet!!!

I'm guessing this is reference to Taco Bell?

Sweet 16 and All-A. You can't just say I don't like these points so they don't count. You're welcome to your opinion and you're not alone with it, but many people love the Sweet 16. Personally, I'm not in high school and I don't have kids in high school. I honestly only care about Kentucky high school basketball at the state-wide level because there will only be one champion. And yeah, some people have valid complaints about the All-A, but with Kentucky keeping its one true champion, I'd definitely rather there be the tournament as it is than not have it at all.

Wow, awesome old thread resurrected! As far as I know, there were 3 guy I played against that made the show. Justin Marks - Owensboro Catholic Nate Jones - Pendleton County Chaz Roe - Lafayette Marks was really good and had an awesome career at Louisville, but wasn't as intimidating as the other two. Jones was really wild but was tall, had long arms, and threw hard. Roe was by far the best. Definitely the hardest thrower I ever saw between the lines, and worst of all, his slider just wasn't fair.