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Posted on 9/24/14 at 1:32 am
Posted on 9/24/14 at 1:32 am
I just noticed I made it in 
and as many of you know UK football will always occupy a portion of my heart. It reminds of me of family and my dearly missed Mammaw who was hardcore in her support. When UK does well it makes me think of her and would that she'd lived to see the rebound after so many decades in the wilderness.
My Kentucky family had a huge influence when I visited in summer time and as such I cheered for both UK and UT - later that became UK men's basketball, LV basketball and football (that's the privilege of being a border kid, imo :D) and later still only UK only when we don't play (across sports). Even so, my heart will always be torn a bit and I love UK sports. I just have too many wonderful memories of my cousins and Mammaw supporting BBN in everything - some still do. I will always be a bordr kid and one who loves both.
To me UK-UT is a dual sport rivalry and all about family. I look forward to what y'all can teach me and feel UK football is finally on the right track.
So thanks again.
ETA: Mods feel free to move if I put this in the improper place.
and as many of you know UK football will always occupy a portion of my heart. It reminds of me of family and my dearly missed Mammaw who was hardcore in her support. When UK does well it makes me think of her and would that she'd lived to see the rebound after so many decades in the wilderness. My Kentucky family had a huge influence when I visited in summer time and as such I cheered for both UK and UT - later that became UK men's basketball, LV basketball and football (that's the privilege of being a border kid, imo :D) and later still only UK only when we don't play (across sports). Even so, my heart will always be torn a bit and I love UK sports. I just have too many wonderful memories of my cousins and Mammaw supporting BBN in everything - some still do. I will always be a bordr kid and one who loves both.
To me UK-UT is a dual sport rivalry and all about family. I look forward to what y'all can teach me and feel UK football is finally on the right track.
So thanks again.
ETA: Mods feel free to move if I put this in the improper place.
This post was edited on 9/24/14 at 2:38 am
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Posted on 9/24/14 at 2:09 pm to Prof
Welcome Prof!
Posted on 9/24/14 at 2:14 pm to Prof
Welcome aboard and feel free to comment and post as you see fit.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 2:36 pm to BluegrassBelle
Thanks y'all. And BluegrassBelle I will certainly comment when I have something to add but I'm also looking forward to learning from you.
Posted on 9/26/14 at 4:34 pm to Prof
Howdy Prof
You may be my favorite Vol poster. Dunno why but it seems you should have been here long ago.
You may be my favorite Vol poster. Dunno why but it seems you should have been here long ago.
Posted on 9/26/14 at 4:34 pm to BluegrassBelle
I'm hijacking and checking my UK posting privilege.
Belle, I'm 98% sure you made this sig pic for me. Would it be heresy to ask for a tweak?
:ifnotidlikeanirishflaginsteadofthepalmettostatearmorylogothanksandgobigblueexceptinacoupleweekohandwelcomeprof:
Belle, I'm 98% sure you made this sig pic for me. Would it be heresy to ask for a tweak?
:ifnotidlikeanirishflaginsteadofthepalmettostatearmorylogothanksandgobigblueexceptinacoupleweekohandwelcomeprof:
Posted on 9/26/14 at 5:21 pm to Cheese Grits
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Howdy Prof
You may be my favorite Vol poster. Dunno why but it seems you should have been here long ago.
Thanks Cheese. And yeah, I probably should've joined a while back but I'm new to this whole joining other boards thing. I didn't really know how it worked for a while or whether or not that kind of thing was welcomed.
As for getting here sooner... You probably feel that way because you know me well enough to know that Kentucky is a big part of my life both the state and UK. It's where my father was from and all of his family. Even on the TN side a lot of family members went back and forth between TN and KY for generations. It's half of who I am. Hell, on my father's side we have our own mountain there and although I've never seen that particular mountain - I spent summers in Kentucky. So yeah, even without knowing much about how the team boards work, I probably should've asked before now.
This post was edited on 9/26/14 at 5:35 pm
Posted on 9/26/14 at 5:43 pm to Prof
When you get down to the 4 corners it is really pretty much the same crowd. Know lots of folks who have kin across all 4 state lines. Pretty much al of them can make shine!
What county?
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Hell, on my father's side we have our own mountain there
What county?
Posted on 9/26/14 at 6:18 pm to Cheese Grits
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What county?
Bell Co. is where my father's family is from and I think that's where the mountain is as well (could be another county though since my father died before I knew him I don't know as much about his side and I never knew his father either) but oh yeah we baaad.
ETA: I'd tell you the mountain but it carries my surname. That particular branch that had the mountain were teachers, IIRC, but my Kentucky fam is HUUUUUGE.
This post was edited on 9/26/14 at 6:24 pm
Posted on 9/26/14 at 6:32 pm to Prof
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I'd tell you the mountain but it carries my surname.
Which is why I asked for just the county. As KY has so many it would allow you to blend.
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Kentucky fam is HUUUUUGE.
I know that feeling but we seem to be all over the south as some kin would move when another state opened up.
Posted on 9/26/14 at 6:55 pm to Cheese Grits
So far as I can tell we're mainly mountain folk on both sides of the border and we go wayyyy back. My mom's side came from NC - and I've found the surname (there's literally only a handful in all the US) listed as far back as the Revolutionary War (a 'colored' soldier was listed in the records for bravery). They were a product of an indentured servant woman and free black man and as slavery and the color line started to harden in NC, they moved to the mountains of TN. It was wild digging that up because not only were they taxed for being together but some of the children were illegally bound out by the courts as punishment. No wonder they got the hell out of dodge. (They moved to melungeon central). And ran what amounted to a distillery during prohibition - running it up through Middlesboro and even supplying Capone.
The Kentucky side is obviously ethnic in some way. My aunts look like they belong on a rez but it also wouldn't surprise me if they too had black heritage. That surname is so common though that it's nearly impossible to trace.
The dead give away for both sides though is they all claim to not know where we came from. I wish I knew more about our history.
The Kentucky side is obviously ethnic in some way. My aunts look like they belong on a rez but it also wouldn't surprise me if they too had black heritage. That surname is so common though that it's nearly impossible to trace.
The dead give away for both sides though is they all claim to not know where we came from. I wish I knew more about our history.
This post was edited on 9/26/14 at 6:58 pm
Posted on 9/26/14 at 8:15 pm to Prof
Welcome aboard.
Posted on 9/28/14 at 5:57 pm to hoojy
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Welcome aboard.
Thanks!
Posted on 10/4/14 at 3:12 pm to Prof
Prof, we have a bit in common. My father in law is a huge UT fan. He was born and raised in LaFolette and for his birthday and Christmas we buy him UT items.
We take him to the football games up here, and down there. Always a lot of fun.
We take him to the football games up here, and down there. Always a lot of fun.
Posted on 10/8/14 at 7:01 pm to kywildcatfanone
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Prof, we have a bit in common. My father in law is a huge UT fan. He was born and raised in LaFolette and for his birthday and Christmas we buy him UT items.
We take him to the football games up here, and down there. Always a lot of fun.
That's fantastic and I bet he absolutely loves it. I know I sure would.
Posted on 10/9/14 at 8:03 am to Prof
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That's fantastic and I bet he absolutely loves it. I know I sure would.
Yeah he does. When they play UK in Commonwealth, we have to get a picture of him standing beside their equipment truck. It's his favorite part.
When UK broke the streak with UT a few years ago, as the game ended and we watched the student pour onto the field, I turned to him in the stands, and he was doing a casty head shake. It was pretty funny.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 12:41 am to kywildcatfanone
Note: Bottom portion's TLDR details our disasters and stuff few know about (interesting imo but feel free to skip) and also translates to: Stoops and Butch rock - doing it how it should be done.
That's actually really cool, imo. Of course, I'm football junkie who loves every aspect of the game - a foosball nerd, if ya will.
Casty was prolly the universal look at the end of that game and during most of it. Not just due to the steak - our team played dreadful and uninspired. And the weird thing is that, we were ranked 28 in total defense that year plus an offense that despite the performance at Kentucky could score at will throughout the season. UK deserved to win that game, IMO.
Ok imma bout to rant but in hindsight - damn that game signified so much and not in a good way.
Wilcox, our then-DC had us humming as did WR coach Charlie Baggett (one of the best, most respected, WR coaches in the country who decided to to abruptly retire after that loss). Wilcox was considered an up and comer DC (one of the the best) and while it was no secret he and Dooley didn't get along, he was also open to staying until UK and had every intention of staying. We also lost LB coach Peter Sirmon. (Wilcox and Sirmon were our 2 best recruiters and even though Sirmon was a great recruiter he'd been named LB coach as a grad asst in 2010 because the LB coach abruptly left!). We lost 7 assistants post-UK 2011 (during the offseason/after the game which should tell you a LOT about Dooley).
A list of those lost in the offeseason/directly after (much of this had to do with personality conflicts with Dooley BUT by the UK game our team had such a toxic environment that Bray, Da'Rick and other ruled the roost and they "didn't want to go a shitty bowl):
---- *Special Teams coordinator - Eric Russell
---- *Defensive Coordinator - Justin Wilcox
---- *WR Coach/Assistant Head Coach Charlie
---- Baggett (his departure/retirement was
---- abrupt and being Asst. Head Coach makes it
---- all the more striking)
---- *Offensive Line Coach - Harry Hiestand
---- *DBs/Recruiting Coordinator - Terry Joseph
---- *TEs/Special Teams - Eric Russell
---- *Linebackers - Peter Sirmon
---- *Defensive Line - Lance Thompson
****Jay Graham was added to the staff by Dooley in 2012. It's notable that Dooley has NO RB COACH in the prior 2 years. Yes, in the SEC DOOLEY had no fulltime RB coach!****
And there's more if I went back (Dooley was promoting grad students he was so hard up). Strength & Conditioning coaches were pitiful (one didn't even make the team work out - they signed their names). Ja'wuan James, former UT RT, who was recently drafted in the 1st round by Miami, admitted this last season - said it was a team wide issue. And a senior Dlineman said he regretted not putting in the work and instead signed his name because he realized now (now being last season) that it really short changed the team as well well as himself but he was hardly alone.
I'd say that Dooley lost control but imo he never had control to begin with. THAT is one of the many reasons why both Stoops and Jones have been nothing short of a fresh air. I've followed both closely and both tolerate no BS. They're building programs for the long haul, imo and part of that is establishing discipline and consistency.
The other route can build short-term success and/or a quick boost but these two are doing things the right way.
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Yeah he does. When they play UK in Commonwealth, we have to get a picture of him standing beside their equipment truck. It's his favorite part.
That's actually really cool, imo. Of course, I'm football junkie who loves every aspect of the game - a foosball nerd, if ya will.
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When UK broke the streak with UT a few years ago, as the game ended and we watched the student pour onto the field, I turned to him in the stands, and he was doing a casty head shake. It was pretty funny.
Casty was prolly the universal look at the end of that game and during most of it. Not just due to the steak - our team played dreadful and uninspired. And the weird thing is that, we were ranked 28 in total defense that year plus an offense that despite the performance at Kentucky could score at will throughout the season. UK deserved to win that game, IMO.
Ok imma bout to rant but in hindsight - damn that game signified so much and not in a good way.
Wilcox, our then-DC had us humming as did WR coach Charlie Baggett (one of the best, most respected, WR coaches in the country who decided to to abruptly retire after that loss). Wilcox was considered an up and comer DC (one of the the best) and while it was no secret he and Dooley didn't get along, he was also open to staying until UK and had every intention of staying. We also lost LB coach Peter Sirmon. (Wilcox and Sirmon were our 2 best recruiters and even though Sirmon was a great recruiter he'd been named LB coach as a grad asst in 2010 because the LB coach abruptly left!). We lost 7 assistants post-UK 2011 (during the offseason/after the game which should tell you a LOT about Dooley).
A list of those lost in the offeseason/directly after (much of this had to do with personality conflicts with Dooley BUT by the UK game our team had such a toxic environment that Bray, Da'Rick and other ruled the roost and they "didn't want to go a shitty bowl):
---- *Special Teams coordinator - Eric Russell
---- *Defensive Coordinator - Justin Wilcox
---- *WR Coach/Assistant Head Coach Charlie
---- Baggett (his departure/retirement was
---- abrupt and being Asst. Head Coach makes it
---- all the more striking)
---- *Offensive Line Coach - Harry Hiestand
---- *DBs/Recruiting Coordinator - Terry Joseph
---- *TEs/Special Teams - Eric Russell
---- *Linebackers - Peter Sirmon
---- *Defensive Line - Lance Thompson
****Jay Graham was added to the staff by Dooley in 2012. It's notable that Dooley has NO RB COACH in the prior 2 years. Yes, in the SEC DOOLEY had no fulltime RB coach!****
And there's more if I went back (Dooley was promoting grad students he was so hard up). Strength & Conditioning coaches were pitiful (one didn't even make the team work out - they signed their names). Ja'wuan James, former UT RT, who was recently drafted in the 1st round by Miami, admitted this last season - said it was a team wide issue. And a senior Dlineman said he regretted not putting in the work and instead signed his name because he realized now (now being last season) that it really short changed the team as well well as himself but he was hardly alone.
I'd say that Dooley lost control but imo he never had control to begin with. THAT is one of the many reasons why both Stoops and Jones have been nothing short of a fresh air. I've followed both closely and both tolerate no BS. They're building programs for the long haul, imo and part of that is establishing discipline and consistency.
The other route can build short-term success and/or a quick boost but these two are doing things the right way.
This post was edited on 10/14/14 at 1:06 am
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