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#51
#51
I can't speak for the UK fanbase but I'll tell you one thing....

That Rukk Arena is a hell of a venue. I've been there thirty or fourty times.
 
#52
#52
Meeks54 said:
would it be so hard to say in all the years you have watched, UK has the biggest basketball following out there?
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Easier to say I don't give a shat about a heap of way below average intelligence clowns who feel entitled and somehow believe that their fandom means something.
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#53
#53
OrangeWilly said:
I can't speak for the UK fanbase but I'll tell you one thing....

That Rukk Arena is a hell of a venue. I've been there thirty or fourty times.
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haha......love the racist back slap. I won't comment on it except to say that I have lived in tennessee my whole life but have lots of family in Kentucky. And Tennessee is a hell of a lot more racist than Kentucky.
 
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#54
#54
BigPapaVol said:
Easier to say I don't give a shat about a heap of way below average intelligence clowns who feel entitled and somehow believe that their fandom means something.
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Below Average Intelligent fans. Well old man, The only thing that shows average intelligence is you. Name calling instead of just answering the questions shows two things. Low intelligence and unwilling to say the truth when it does not fit "ones own ass".
 
#55
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Meeks54 said:
Below Average Intelligent fans. Well old man, The only thing that shows average intelligence is you. Name calling instead of just answering the questions shows two things. Low intelligence and unwilling to say the truth when it does not fit "ones own ass".
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Whomever might have told you this stupidity that tries to link name calling with intelligence was likely a fellow UK fan. You need to reason through that. I'll check back tomorrow to see if you've finished.
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#57
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BigPapaVol said:
Easier to say I don't give a shat about a heap of way below average intelligence clowns who feel entitled and somehow believe that their fandom means something.
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And you might want to check but a diploma from UT is not exactly a Harvard Degree. My mother has one. Love her but she ain't no Einstein.
 
#59
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BigPapaVol said:
Whomever might have told you this stupidity that tries to link name calling with intelligence was likely a fellow UK fan. You need to reason through that. I'll check back tomorrow to see if you've finished.
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Way too old to be on a computer, sounds like.
 
#62
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Meeks54 said:
And you might want to check but a diploma from UT is not exactly a Harvard Degree.
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You probably don't want to use that line of attack against BPV. You're going to end up looking even more foolish than you already have.
 
#63
#63
Meeks54 said:
Way too old to be on a computer, sounds like.
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Hey nimrod, my screen name in no way hints at my age. Keep trying and maybe you'll get something right.

Best served to reflect on the awesome fandom you must display to get accepted onto the UK bandwagon. Hard to imagine the way you cheer and the mileage you accumulate.
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#64
#64
Meeks54 said:
haha......love the racist back slap. I won't comment on it except to say that I have lived in tennessee my whole life but have lots of family in Kentucky. And Tennessee is a hell of a lot more racist than Kentucky.
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Yeah, because we're the ones who worship at the altar of an alcoholic bigot.
 
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#67
hatvol96 said:
Yeah, because we're the ones who worship at the altar of an alcoholic bigot.
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Many basketball teams in the South did not have black players on their rosters or admit black students into their institutions. The Southeastern Conference especially had many member schools so opposed to integration that some schools refused to compete against other schools with black players. Mississippi State at one time had to sneak out of town under the cover of darkness to play in the NCAA Tournament. (This, after ignoring bids in earlier years.)

During that time, Rupp was playing all comers around the country, white or black. He often took his team to Chicago or New York to play against some of the powerhouse collegiate teams with black players. He recruited black players (at least fifteen - Lexington Herald Leader, March 31, 1990.), including Wes Unseld, Butch Beard and Jim McDaniels, but it was a difficult undertaking to convince a black player to come to Kentucky. Doing so, he would be the focal point in college basketball, as at that time Kentucky was the premier basketball dynasty. A black player would be subjected to the worst taunts and slurs imaginable during road games at places such as Oxford and Starkville Mississippi, Athens Georgia, Baton Rouge Louisiana etc. (Not to mention the aspect of arranging lodging and meals in the segregated South.) Nevertheless, there were a number of people who claimed that Rupp did not recruit these players or when he did, Rupp didn't recruit them hard enough.

When Rupp finally did sign Tom Payne in 1969, Kentucky was one of the early SEC schools (starting with Vanderbilt with Perry Wallace, followed by Auburn with Henry Harris, Alabama with Wendell Hudson) to sign a black player (*). Football players Darryl Bishop and Elmore Stephens joined the UK team in the 1971-72 season for a short time, Rupp's last season as coach. (by John McGill, Lexington Herald Leader, "Kentucky a Leader in Integrating SEC Sports," March 31, 1990.)

It is difficult to assess the attitude of a man who is long since dead, especially the Baron who was only well known by those few close to him. A large amount of anecdotal evidence suggests that Rupp showed few signs of being racist and in fact supported blacks while a few specific quotes attributed to him suggest he was indeed racist. So was Rupp racist or not ? The information at hand is too contradictory to say for certain. Most likely he was to an extent, just as the majority of white men his age living in the South at the time would be judged racist by today's standards. There are two explicit instances where Rupp, while angry, made derogatory comments about blacks to people in confidence. Was he overtly racist ? The evidence does not show any public statements or acts to suggest so.

"To put 1997 standards on Coach Rupp during the time that he coached -- in the 1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s and a couple of years in the 70s -- is totally unfair." - C.M. Newton, CNNSI, "New Era in Lexington," October 30, 1997.

"I know there have been a lot of people who thought he was a racist. But I think the times can dictate how people act -- where you're brought up, how you're brought up. If he was a racist, he wasn't alone in this country. I'm never going to judge anybody. . . . That's a long time ago, too . . . You learn from the past, and you go on." - Orlando "Tubby" Smith, Chicago Tribune, "New Face Leads Kentucky These Days," November 30, 1997.
 
#74
#74
Meeks54 said:
I have dyslexia, Or had.

My son has it too.

Very smart guy you are.
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So dyslexia caused you to replace the I with the E, but put it in the right place? Amazingly enough, you used a homonym of the word you intended. Dyslexia never sounded so good.

By the by, dis you son get inducted into the super selective KY fan club too? If so, congrats and you must be proud.
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