Raised Some "L", Came Home Beat Blue

Brandon Pigg and I had the fortune and misfortune of going to Louisville to watch the UK/UofL football game at Cardinal Stadium Sunday night. I had a really great time hanging with Paige, David, and Paige’s in-laws. The tailgating was nothing less than spectacular. David’s sister-in-law, Debbie, a closet UK fan, had made a bunch of great food for us. We even broke out David’s mini grill and smoked up some burgers and brats. And when I say smoked, ask Paige if you don’t know what I mean.

We played some cornhole. We wandered around Papa John’s Stadium looking for bathrooms. Shoot! We even saw what Brandon would call, “Beeches (said with disgust)”. Despite the fact Brandon and I were decked out with our true blue, we were welcome by our Louisville counterparts. Not that some didn’t try to take slight jabs at us, like James, a.k.a. the busiest man in the ‘Ville. But, if you roll over on your back and play dead, they will leave you alone.

Unnamed Cards fan: “Do you ever get embarrassed to be a UK football fan?”

Me: “Nah, we don’t have high expectations here. Besides, the Cards have more to lose in this game.”

And I leave it at that. Several UofL fans actually wished us good luck before and during the game. No one really got lippy with us. It was an all around good time.

The misfortunate part of the event was the actual game itself. UK really was disappointing to watch. The Cats have one of the best receivers in the SEC, Keenan Burton, but it didn’t seem like there were many offensive sets that went his way. This guy was in single coverage almost all night. The corner covering him was four inches shorter than Burton. I think he had the ball thrown to him six times. He caught four receptions for 127 yards. Give the man the ball.

The defense was nothing less than what I had expected. Mike Archer, being the most ineffective defensive coordinator since himself, proved himself incapable by starting and finishing the game with a prevent defense that rushed no more than four players at any time. You are down four touchdowns. Obviously, what you are doing is not working. Change something. Put pressure on Brohm. Dee dee dee (Carlos Mencia style).

I thought it was awful that Michael Bush had to end what could have been his Heisman winning season. I felt sick to my stomach when he broke his leg, but then again, it could have been the charcoal.

I am going to Gatlinburg this weekend. We will see most of you cats there. For those of you not making the trip, take it easy and make it cheesy! Out.