re: Death, taxes, and beating Kentucky

Posted on 11/29/10 at 11:58 am to Crompdaddy8

Posted by Crompdaddy8

Jimmy Rustler

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Posted on 11/29/10 at 11:58 am to Crompdaddy8

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Lot of angry UK fans here as well. Then you have the other extreme...despair.
I have a lot of kin in Kentucky, and my cousin Derrick is as big a Wildcat fan as they come. And after the game Saturday, I heard something in his voice I've never heard before. Despair. Usually we joke about the Streak (I never smack talk about it, it's an anomaly to me) but Saturday afternoon, Derrick said "Tee, I'm going to die before Kentucky beats Tennessee again." He said it as a simple statement, and he MEANT it. His father was a big UK fan, and he's now in the ground. His older brother is now in the ground. We both have our health issues now that we're older. Like he said, he went through his 30s and 40s without a win. Now that he's in his 50s, it's the same old same old.
I think a lot of the anger comes from the perception(reality?) that Tennessee has hit rock bottom with nowhere to go but up. And still beats Kentucky by double digits, with a future star QB in Bray. It could be that too many fans put all of their chips into a win THIS season and it didn't happen...but yes, there's anger all around.

reading their board makes me feel kinda bad for them. but then again, they were talking so much shiet when we were having an off-season from hell, so maybe they deserve this.