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Enjoy,

Bill

* Video and photos courtesy of William Bechmann (2007-2014)

Congrats, UConn Huskies.....

My young Wildcats have nothing to be ashamed of after this game.

They just missed golden opportunity after golden opportunity.

I can't be upset with these young guys.....

I watched the game with my 18 year old son and he is the same age as most players on that court.

Sucks getting old.....

Go Wildcats!!!

Great win Wildcats!

Beat UConn Huskies.....

Great game!

 

Go Wildcats.....

 

It's a freakin' slugfest..... :o

That was one whale of a game!

If there was any other name across Kentucky's chest, America would fall in love with these youngings.

But.....

Go Wildcats!

Great game!

Go Wildcats.....

By the way, I hate the St Louis Cardinals too. How about you?

I am a die-hard Cincinnati Reds and Cincinnati Bengals fan.

I don't like the St. Louis Cardinals or the Pittsburgh Steelers.

But with this stated, I have a great respect for both franchises.

Both franchises want to win championships.

My professional teams and fellow fans seem content on just making the playoffs.

(I have been a UK Wildcats basketball fan and an Ohio State Buckeyes football fan since the early 70s)

I have a pretty great life. I'm not consumed by bitterness, believe me. I had no trouble getting to sleep last night after the UL-UK game. Hating UK basketball and Alabama football is a very small part of my existence.

Great!

Enjoy your weekend and go Wildcats.

But I believe I have valid reasons to do so and I don't think it's going to change.

It won't....

Your bitterness is deep rooted!

Enjoy life, my friend.

To the "axe grinding" point, you are right that I don't like the UK program in ways that go beyond basketball.

Life is way too short to be this bitter......

I love supporting my favorite sports teams.

But displaying a constant "Axe to Grind" attitude towards a certain team(s) is a waste of time and energy in my opinion.

And if I recall correctly, you have been bitter towards the UK Wildcats since the 70s.

Don't most fans hate their team's rival?

Kentucky and Indiana are not rivals.

I believe there is a difference between a rivalry and an "Axe to Grind."

And you have an "Axe to Grind" with the UK Wildcats........

What constitutes a "hater"?

You..... :P

Great Win Wildcats!

 

Beat Michigan.....

 

That was one of the grittiest wins I've seen in a long time. Playing all 40 minutes, making those free throws, and getting CLUTCH play at the end.

 

:clap: :clap: :clap:

Amen!

Even the haters have to give it up to the Wildcats.....

(But they won't)

Great Win Wildcats!

Beat Michigan.....

Nice win UK Wildcats!

Beat Louisville.... :ebert:

The Gettysburg Address : President Abraham Lincoln, November 19, 1863

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom— and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

* Picture of the Soldier's National Monument at the Gettysburg National Cemetery (Spot where President Lincoln gave his speech)

Today marks the 151st anniversary of the largest Civil War conflict in the state of Kentucky.

Enjoy,

Bill

You're next Marvin Lewis ...you've been warned.

 

I think Marvin Lewis is still doing a decent job. The offense was completely inert against the Browns last week, so he does have to make some things happen this week to get it going back in the right direction. Favored against the Pats this week, right on, right on...

 

I think it's terrible that the Reds showed Dusty the door. He is by far the best manager they've had since Sparky Anderson. I understand that Dusty had a vexing problem with postseason play, but seriously, three 90-or-more win seasons in a row, and they boot him? It doesn't make sense to me at all.

 

Marvin Lewis is doing a piss poor job!!!

81-82-1 in 11 years?

0-4 in playoff games?

He is a "yes" man....

And a very poor "game day" manager!

 

Dusty Baker was fired because of his playoff record!

And his lack of control of the clubhouse.

 

You obviously do not watch the Bengals and Reds year after year after year!

And in the previous 12 years, they were 55-137. And 0-0 in the playoffs.

 

Marvin may not be able to take them much further, but he's way better than anything they had in the previous decade..

Wow....

You sound just like the local folks around here in the Tri-State!

Sad!

And tell us being tased 5 times was a blast! :codger:

Ride the Bull.......

Although I'm not familiar with this particular battle - will have to research it - that is a beautiful video. Thank you for posting it. :)

Thank You! :cheers:

They are a blast to construct on YouTube.

Tom Brady is currently licking his chops!

 

I sure hope the Bengals win but.......

 

Patriots - 34 / Bengals - 17

 

Not even close . :eyeroll:

 

Great game from the defense .

 

3-2

13 to 6....

The Reds hammered the Red Sox!

with the score.

I thought Brady would torch this secondary.

Now if they go into Buffalo next week and don't win, then nothing has changed.

But if they go into Buffalo and pound the Bills, then they might be on to something!

And you obviously get a little too upset about sports. You don't need to yell about it, brother, and you don't need to go and make presumptuous statements about me.

 

So that's it; I'm done with this thread. Maybe you won't have to get all upset and start yelling again.

My apologies!

Sorry for going off!

DPR,

I concur with your assessment of the Civil War of 1863.

If the Confederates lost the Battle of Chickamauga, would the Civil War have ended?

The Confederates won this battle but it also sealed their fate spilling into 1864.

1864 was a bloodbath for the Confederacy.....

* Atlanta

* Franklin

* Nashville

You're next Marvin Lewis ...you've been warned.

 

I think Marvin Lewis is still doing a decent job. The offense was completely inert against the Browns last week, so he does have to make some things happen this week to get it going back in the right direction. Favored against the Pats this week, right on, right on...

 

I think it's terrible that the Reds showed Dusty the door. He is by far the best manager they've had since Sparky Anderson. I understand that Dusty had a vexing problem with postseason play, but seriously, three 90-or-more win seasons in a row, and they boot him? It doesn't make sense to me at all.

Marvin Lewis is doing a piss poor job!!!

81-82-1 in 11 years?

0-4 in playoff games?

He is a "yes" man....

And a very poor "game day" manager!

Dusty Baker was fired because of his playoff record!

And his lack of control of the clubhouse.

You obviously do not watch the Bengals and Reds year after year after year!

Tom Brady is currently licking his chops!

I sure hope the Bengals win but.......

Patriots - 34 / Bengals - 17