Required reading for any UK fan

Reasons number 1-6 why I will never support the University of Kentucky:


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Chain Gang

Vanderbilt secured its first basketball commitment of the year today in power forward Steve Tchiengang. ESPN's Scouts Inc. rates him the 55th best player in the country, Rivals has him at #81. If there's been one criticism of Stallings' recruiting in the past, it was that he couldn't land the top tier big guys (see Emeka Okafor, Branden Wright, David Harrison). However, within the past year, he's secured the best player at the Under 19 World Championships and a projected first round draft pick (Andrew Ogilvy); another center with offers from UCLA, Florida, an Ohio State (Festus Ezeli); and Tchiengang. Stallings' top target now has to be Lance Goulbourne, who has been one of the fastest risers of the summer and has been considered a Vanderbilt lean for a long time.

Why did I want to go to law school again?

Tensions are at an all time high for the upper level students at school (ok, I might be overstating this). We're in the middle of on-campus interviews, law review stuff is starting to pick up, and oh yea, we still have to go to class. Boy, I miss the days of undergrad where you could get by without reading the material, didn't have to worry about the "Socratic Method," had a professor whose "lab" was at a sports bar, etc. I keep telling myself that I'll make it, but, right now it sucks. I'm going to be stuck in the library tomorrow after Vanderbilt's game, all day Sunday, and possibly Monday through Wednesday. At least I have the one carrot in front of me: NO BAR EXAM (unless of course I decide to actually ditch the hellhole commonly referred to as October-April in Wisconsin.

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First Week College Football Thoughts

1) Appalachian State over Michigan is definitively the biggest upset in college football history. No I-AA/FCS team has ever beat a team in the AP Top 25. Also, in their past 2 years as I-AA champions, Appy State has lost to Kansas and North Carolina State, so this should put the win AT Michigan in perspective.

2) Notre Dame needs to hire Forrest Gump or Rudy to cut their grass because it's obvious the Fighting Irish are keeping their grass tall to counter their lack of team speed.

3) Vanderbilt, overall, looked pretty good tonight. Earl Bennett set a school record with 223 yards on 13 catches, had 3 TDs, and 64 yards returning punts. Chris Nickson was good, and the defense was good in the second half. I think the coaching staff was trying to stay vanilla in the first half to not show too much for Alabama, but that kind of went out the door and they adjusted at half time. We need better production from the running game and for George Smith and Sean Walker to become more involved.