Kentucky Windage

21 minutes ago, bugatti said:

Every single player had at least two “what in the hell are you thinking” plays in the ballgame. 

Agree. Cats had a nearly 8 minute spell early in the second half where I'm pretty sure we didn't run one set and looked selfish. That combined with the dumb fouls and careless turnovers was crushing. 

Points off turnovers margin was 18 to 4 in favor of the Aggies.

8 minutes ago, MJAlltheWay24 said:

Have you guys ever seen a player slide as much as Thiero?

His dunk was HARD though. I don't know if he played a minute after that. 

5 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

Isn’t this the second time they’ve scored 90 on UK?

Yes, but that was an OT game. I haven't checked the stats out, but no way they shot a higher percentage then they shot tonight. 

But I'll admit, the main culprit tonight is dribble drive defense. Either UKs defensive rotation is terrible or it's on the guards for getting beat on the 3 point line. 

Either way, kudos to the Aggies. They mixed up their defensive sets, had the Cats flustered, and out muscled them. 

No, none, nadda, zilch, not one bit of perimeter defense to stop the drive. Weak sauce perimeter play. Probably got out rebounded on the board, but it's hard to grab a rebound when you can't make the other team miss. 

All that said, A&M will never be able to repeat that effort. They played way above their ceiling. 

4 seed in the west or 5 in the Midwest

Cal should go small and press the rest of the way

Toast. Bad defense and this team got selfish all the sudden on offense. Not enough ball movement, dumb turnovers and poor post play is the story for this one. 

1 hour ago, nWo said:

 

 

 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 41
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1050 AM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     much of Indiana
     far northern Kentucky
     parts of western Ohio

   * Effective this Thursday morning and afternoon from 1050 AM
     until 400 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
       inches in diameter possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...A broken band of thunderstorms is expected to continue
   intensifying this morning and into this afternoon, as it moves
   across Indiana and vicinity.  Large hail and damaging winds will be
   possible, along with potential for a couple of brief tornadoes
   associated with stronger cells within the broader line of storms.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
   statute miles east and west of a line from 60 miles north northwest
   of Muncie IN to 50 miles south of Bloomington IN. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
   favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
   Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening
   weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible
   warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
   tornadoes.

Unlike the last storm that rolled through, this go around we're getting the day time heating with the sun being out. Humidity doesn't feel all that ripe but who knows how that'll play out as the front approaches. 

1 minute ago, Randy Parker said:

She was for real texting updates.  We were watching 11th Region. 

Tell her "Video or it never happened! "

9 hours ago, Mr. Sixer said:

Garyn Jackson with HUGE game chipping in 23 points!!

Good for him. He's a hard working kid. Always up at NKU working on his game in the off season. Great kid with a great attitude. 

48 minutes ago, nWo said:

The storms are now starting to fire up in central Indiana.

Just walked outside. It's warm and windy. Warmer than the day was. Can definitely hear the upper level winds howling. It feels like it's going to pop any minute. Location is Alexandria, KY.

If this weather came through in the evening with the conditions it's carrying for this early morning, it may have been catastrophic. Just imagine if the sun came out to enhance that daytime heating. I'm not saying we lucked out, but it seems it could be worse. Staying weather alert tonight. 

Thanks for all the hard work, @nWo!

I'm changing my 13 year old boy's name to Reed.... and my dog's name too. 😆

44 minutes ago, nkypete said:

Tomorrow is the first night of fish fries! I will brave the elements for that!

From the rumor mill:

-15 applicants

-admin happy with applicant field

- interviews have been completed

- should find out by Wednesday of this week who will get the job

That's what I heard from voices close to the situation. 

Secret is out. Cats are soft. 

3 minutes ago, bmcrph said:

I've noticed more and more as the season has gone on. Teams are exposing that fact that Sheppard over helps and sags in the paint looking for steals and kicking out to his man for open threes.

Yep. Reed got burnt on that multiple times tonight. 

3 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

How long will I have to work out to burn off this White Castle feast I'm getting ready to eat?

Probably not too much... there's a reason they call'em sliders.

I hope not. My nephew is an assistant offensive line coach at Bama. I'd like to see him stay one more year. 

On 12/20/2023 at 1:58 PM, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

Lol, apparently I think about chili on December 20th each year.

I haven't made chili since last winter. I've got to make a grocery store run today so I was thinking about buying stuff to make a batch. Anybody else gotten out their chili pot yet this year?

Yeah, actually about two weeks ago I made a batch of chili. Actually cooked it on the the smoker. Turned out pretty good. 

Final from Latonia

Plummer has had no time. 

Bend but don't break, Cards!

Plummer just forced a ball to the endzone for an INT. Cards stopped then on defense.  Let's go! 

On 11/16/2023 at 11:57 AM, TheDeuce said:

I used to love a good "Mark it down" statement. 

This one doesn't seem like too far of a stretch. I don't think anybody would be too surprised. 

Blast from the past!