Kentucky Wildcats

So of course here in central Kentucky, the sun rises and sets with the Kentucky Wildcats, especially the basketball team. And if you don't live in Lexington, you may be surprised to hear that the Lexington Herald-Leader (the local daily rag) has not one, but TWO, sports sections. There is the section called the Sports section. And there is the other section, also know as Section A, which contains the front page. Most of the time, however, when you look at the front page, the lead story is about the basketball team or the coach or which bowl game the football team is going to, or speculation about a bowl game, etc. Unless some current or former politician has been indicted, convicted or "exonerated" for a crime, or the son of a former governor has just shot his girlfriend, the lead story will be about the Wildcats. The latest murder on Race and Sixth will be down at the bottom of the page.

And last Saturday the Kentucky Wildcat basketball team, at that point undefeated, had just been ranked #1 in the country, and was about to play SOuth Carolina (which I think was ranked #7 or something...not sure), when President Obama phoned Coach Calipari to congratulate the team on their #1 ranking. So all these talented and coddled basketball players got to talk on the phone to the President. They were pleased; it was all over the TV and the newspaper, and then they got ready for their basketball game against South Carolina.

Guess what. They lost. I watched most of the game. They missed lay-ups; they missed free throws; they fouled; they couldn't pass the stupid ball. John Wall, the freshman who is (or was) expected to be #1 in the pro draft this year, had a terrible game. It was pitiful.

And according to the local news, the letters to the editor, and the word on the street, guess why they lost? It's Obama's fault. It's all his fault. Nobody else's.

I suppose the current snowstorm and arctic air rolling across the state is his fault, too...

Angels and ministers of grace defend us...

Cheers