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Posted on 2/20/26 at 2:19 pm
Posted on 2/20/26 at 2:19 pm
Will always be the standards. Regardless. Period.
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Posted on 2/20/26 at 2:22 pm to Tua_2_Smitty
This would have been a true statement around 10 years ago
Posted on 2/20/26 at 2:25 pm to Tua_2_Smitty
Kentucky seems to have declined and possibly Alabama
Posted on 2/20/26 at 2:32 pm to PSS101
Still the standards in this conference for sure. Im 48, ive lived through and seen more than most here. The lore of both programs cannot be matched. Both may go through some down years(in Bama and UK standards) but, both rise back to the thrones eventually.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 2:36 pm to JasonDBlaha
Always seemed to be a mutual respect and understanding between Bama and UK. We made this conference. One of the best conversations I ever had was at a Bama UK basketball game in Tuscaloosa, around 1999 or 2000 I believe, with some older UK fans sitting next to me. I was 21 at the time and it was just a pleasure to talk to the older UK fans at that time. Mutual respect and admiration for Bama football and UK basketball was a conversation I could have partaken in for days.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 2:40 pm to Tua_2_Smitty
It will be a long time before we aren't the standard, but Kentucky seems to be declining. No reason to say otherwise till it changes. Pope may be the right guy, but he needs help with personnel and needs a GM, but he doesn't want one. Might be his undoing. We'll see.
This is the first bad year, but another like it and a change will have to be made.
This is the first bad year, but another like it and a change will have to be made.
This post was edited on 2/20/26 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 2/20/26 at 2:53 pm to kywildcatfanone
Trust me, us Bama fans understand. Replacing Saban is...well, yall know, you had to replace Pitino at one point. My father always said when I was younger, UK will return the arse whipping we give them in football come basketball season.
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Posted on 2/20/26 at 3:15 pm to kywildcatfanone
Not looking good right now, but we have had worse times and come back. So has Alabama football. If Indiana can rise so quickly then Alabama can come back as quickly. We both have high expectations and will not abide mediocrity. Both programs are what others have aspired to be. Both have been very good for decades and won championships under multiple coaches. That is the common respect.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 3:24 pm to Tua_2_Smitty
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Will always be the standards. Regardless. Period.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 3:33 pm to Tua_2_Smitty
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One of the best conversations I ever had was at a Bama UK basketball game in Tuscaloosa
Similar but reversed. In Tuscaloosa for a football game tailgating with some Bama fans who were avid hoops fans which was a bit of a surprise at the time (pre internet). I was interested in talking football and they kept circling back to the basketball talk.
The one advantage of being a traveling UK football fan is the majority of the time you're not a threat and get fed like a visiting cousin. Believe we all put on about 5 pounds that day.
Peaks and valleys are just part of any program, uninterrupted success is a tough row to hoe.
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