Edgar Sosa could care more for Kentucky fans
by Mike Rutherford on Dec 31, 2009 2:50 PM EST
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PrintI doubt that anyone on either side of the rivalry is surprised. It is what it is.
From John Clay's blog.
On a related note, one thing I've seen that I would like to address: the number of Kentucky fans on message boards who are claiming that they wish the series with Louisville would end because the Cardinals "are irrelevant" and because "Kentucky has nothing to gain."
Seriously?
This is from Sports Illustrated...a month ago.
Yet for all the excitement among Wildcats fans, there is only one game they really want to talk about. On Jan. 2 Kentucky will play Louisville at Rupp Arena. Or, as it's seen in the commonwealth, Calipari will meet Pitino. "I've been to 20 cities in the state of Kentucky," Calipari says. "I've been everywhere. And all I can tell you is: That is a big game. In Hazard I said to a crowd, 'If we lose to Louisville by 15 and still win the national title, will you be all right?' And there are people who said, 'No, it won't be all right!'"
Couple that with DeMarcus Cousins saying on Tuesday that he has people telling him on Facebook that they don't care if UK loses every other game for the rest of the year as long as they beat Louisville and it becomes painfully clear that this rivalry is so far off the Cats' radar that they really shouldn't even worry about it.
When's the last time Louisville was good enough to beat Kentucky anyway?
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And this is a surprise?
UK fans are masters at talking out of their asses and pretending that everyone else is beneath them and should be happy they have the opportunity to play with them. These are thr same people that claimed las year that had they been in the BIG EAST they would have gone undefeated, or had we been in the SEC we wouldn’t have made the tournament either. It’s unreal the level of arrogance those pricks have.
by CARD_G6 on Dec 31, 2009 4:44 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Trust me not all fans are like that
Of course every fan base has “those kinds of fans” I undertsand where your coming from
UL Football Fan/UK Basketball Fan ~ Okinawa, Japan
by The White Mandingo on Dec 31, 2009 8:59 PM EST up reply actions
exactly
now go jump back on your bandwagon and come back here in April.
by UL is my hot hot sex on Dec 31, 2009 9:19 PM EST up reply actions
What bandwagon would that be?
UL Football Fan/UK Basketball Fan ~ Okinawa, Japan
by The White Mandingo on Jan 1, 2010 7:41 AM EST up reply actions
Their message board posts are because they are scared.
With the mindset this series has always had, Louisville is always the underdog in this state. So when we win, UK sees it as a loss to the inferior team. Plus UK fans are arrogant, are poor losers, and generally disrespectful to us most notably, as Edgar points out.
Well....
Yea your right. Many UK fans are arrogant and poor losers, and many are disrespectful to UL. Can’t argue with any of that. I admit to being a Kentucky homer, but I don’t have the seething hate for UL that many in the BBN have. I love the UK-UL game and look forward to it every year. It is THE game circled on my calender.
As for the pricks that take trash talking to the players facebook accounts, that is beyond lame. How many would be willing to say what they say to Sosa’s face…None. That is the definition of cowardice
I root for all teams from Kentucky, except when they play UK. doesn’t mean I don’t hate you guys for two hours every year, but after that, I look for you to do well.
FWIW, I think Sosa’s shot last year was one of the greatest displays of talent and raw nerve that I have ever personally witnessed. Just hate that he did it that game
You are rare among UK fans.
My friend (a UK fan) and I once came up with a good hypothesis: 10% of the UK fan base is what I describe above; arrogant, poor losers and disrespectful. But that 10% of the fan base accounts for 90% of the stuff posted online in blogs and message boards.
My dislike for UK comes not from the teams or from the school itself, but from UK fans. Although recently the school and team seem to have taken on those same traits, i.e. dancing and “peeing” on the UofL logo at Freedom Hall.
by CardinalDude on Dec 31, 2009 10:31 PM EST up reply actions
What?
You mean UK fans know how to use the “internet”…who knew. Is he sure they were UK fans and not just misguided Chicago Cubs fan looking to fight a different Sosa?
I'd say UK fans are more akin to Yankees fans
The sense of entitlement, the belittling of a rival franchise that has recently been just as good if not better, living vicariously through championships when there was no competitive balance…….yeah.
"Santa Claus doesn't use Craigslist." -- 'tHan
And Cowboys.
That’s why they all form my unholy triumverante.
by CARD_G6 on Dec 31, 2009 7:30 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
yankees won a championship, UK started a season well.
by TheRealSlimShady on Jan 1, 2010 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
While this is true, I have no idea how it relates to my statement
"Santa Claus doesn't use Craigslist." -- 'tHan
GO CATS!!!!!!!
Hey Little Brother,
You’re going to get your little red butts kicked!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sincerely,
A Very Happy Cats Fan
Funny you'd bring that up...
Two days before a HUGE rivalry game. Check some of our boards, they’ve been invaded too. Louisville could learn a thing or two about class… ahem redneck jokes… ahem racist jokes.
What other people do, is on them
You should be responsible for your own actions.
One baseball game, he came to the plate and heard a woman in the crowd shout to the pitcher, "I'll make you a chocolate cake if you strike out that 'so-and-so'!" Says Strong: "I hit that ball out of the park. Then I looked at her like, 'Do I get a cake now?' "
Not saying you're doing anything wrong...
Just saying that the trash-talk is part of the rivalry… I said,“You’re going to get your little red butts kicked!!!!!!” Is that really so bad?
Amazing how many 'cat fans' are out in mass, pounding their chests this year
Where have they been the past few seasons?
Anyway, the level of smack talk is off the page this year for the blue bitties. They are confident they finally have a team that should beat the Cards, rather than biting their nails hoping.
My question is, where will they all go if a Louisville squad picked to finish 14-17 by some absurd prediction system should pull off the upset? Before you little blue radicals spit the bourbon through your noses, laughing hysterically — hold it. And remember a certain UK championship squad (1997-98) who lost on their home floor to a Louisville team that finished 12-20 that year.
Yea, I thought that might jog your memories. I can hardly imagine what ridiculous anecdotes and wound-licking one-liners you guys will come up with if the ‘unthinkable’ happens.
GO CARDS!
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I have been around UK basketball good times and bad same thing with U of L football
One thing that is never guaranteed in a rivalry game is a win, if we go in not expecting a fight from you all that would be a huge mistake. Records and ratings need to be thrown right out the window for this one. I wouldn’t make an excuse if you all pulled out a win obviously you all would be the better team on that day, one thing is for sure both teams will get better by playing this game. Good luck guys and GO CATS!
UL Football Fan/UK Basketball Fan ~ Okinawa, Japan
by The White Mandingo on Dec 31, 2009 9:05 PM EST up reply actions
Good post!
Good luck to you too. Enjoy the game.
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CARDS!!!
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