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KY's Offense (and some of its most passionate fans) Fall Asleep In Second Half

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:45:00 +0000

NASHVILLE — The University of Kentucky took care of one major part of its game plan in the Music City Bowl. It kept Clemson All-America tailback C.J. Spiller in check. That wasn't enough to offset the numerous scoring opportunities the Wildcats squandered. UK moved inside Clemson territory six times Sunday night but ended up with just one touchdown to show for it. That proved to be the Cats' undoing in a 21-13 loss to snap Kentucky's bowl winning streak at three games."It's an extremely disappointing loss," UK Coach Rich Brooks said. "I thought we had quite a few chances where we crossed midfield and we couldn't finish the drives." UK fans Justin West & Andrew Cornell both said "the huge steak dinner and the "festive" chocolate eggnog proved to be too much for us. "Coach Rich Brooks also told the media he's "80% sure" he will not be returning as coach.

Athletes In Action

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:02:00 +0000

Go CATS! Beat Clemson! 8:30pm - ESPN

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:26:00 +0000

Mike's Pick - KY 24-20

Merry Christmas!

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:47:00 +0000

2000 Wins!

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:16:00 +0000

Let the confetti fly!Thank You ESPNU! Their coverage of UK's 2000th win (88-44 over Drexel) was the most amazing coverage by a national network I have seen in all my years as a UK fan. Go Cats! We could beat some NBA teams I have seen play this year.

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:11:00 +0000

Please Keep Them In Prayer

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:25:00 +0000

Great Commercial

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:57:00 +0000

KY Basketball Undefeated!

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:15:00 +0000

from KSR
Another great win by the Cats and they are now 10-0, after the three game stretch Calipari would “tell us where we are.” So where are we? Well we arent perfect…and I still think Kansas is right there as the favorite. But man this team is very good much quicker than I thought they would be…and they are only getting better. This is the most fun team in the country and it improves on a daily basis.

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:35:00 +0000

Click to enlarge (Photo manipulation by Lyndsey Cornell)

It's Official - The Music City Bowl

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:35:00 +0000

MUSIC CITY BOWL INFO

Thank You Coach! We're Back!

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:18:00 +0000

I haven't yelled like I did yesterday for years. A happy yell. I danced in the living room and punched the air. I high-fived Lyndsey, Andrew & Mary and Justin & Kacey through a web cam. KY beat the snot out of NC in the first half and hung on to win in the second half. Thank you Coach Cal! I didn't expect this much this quick, but there's no denying; KY is back and it feels good. Rupp Arena was rocking;especially after this John Wall dunk. KY 68 - NC - 66.

Justin - Getting Famous On You Tube And KSR And Even USA Today

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:48:00 +0000

You Tube Hits as of 12-03-10 = almost 9000!

KSR is ranked as the # 1 sports blog in the country. And as of Friday evening at 5:58, Justin has gotten 1396 hits on You Tube.
Here is the real John Wall doing the original dance.

Please Keep This Family In Prayer. They Are Friends And Our Hearts Break For Them.

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:38:00 +0000

STORY

Typical Ending To A Typical Season

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:03:00 +0000

I have learned to keep my emotions in check when it comes to UK football. KY football is great at ripping your heart out. Last night's game - typical.
On 3rd-and-five and not trusting the freshman Newton to pass with so much at stake, you'd expect Cobb back in the Wildcat, right? Instead, Newton ran a sweep around right end for two yards. At a time when the football gods put victory in UK's grasp, Kentucky had to settle for a game-tying field goal with only 33 seconds left.You know the rest. The game went to overtime. Tennessee won 30-24. And as the ESPNU announcers reminded us at least 47 times, KY has not beat TN in now, 25 years!Hey, but we are going to a bowl, along with 63 other teams. My guess is it will be the "Mediocre Bowl" but at least it will be another opportunity for KY fans to get back on the roller coaster that is KY football.

Tuned In Late For The Parade Today And Missed This Float. Darn It!

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:29:00 +0000

World Record Attempt

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:38:00 +0000

Andrew attempting to "tie" the world record for "napkin rings on yo head." Co-record holder - Justin West.

West Tradition Thanksgiving Notes

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:09:00 +0000

Here's how it works. Post something you're thankful for throughout the day on Thanksgiving via the comment section and I will add your note in the jar. As new notes are added, more notes will show up in the jar. See how it works? The tradition started when the kids were small. We would put a jar on the counter on Thanksgiving morning and as thoughts of things we were thankful for would pop in our heads, we would put a note in the jar. Then we would pull all the notes out at the end of the day and read them. We have much for which to be thankful! We had 94 notes in the jar last year. LAST YEAR'S NOTES

This Will Be A Classic Once BO Is Finally Out Of Office

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:34:00 +0000

My Favorite ESPN Promo

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:39:00 +0000

Huge - I Mean Huge Win For The Cats!

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:46:00 +0000

Big win for KY football fans as KY beat Georgia at Georgia - 34-27! (speaking of big fans, check the guy out on the left) Lyndsey & Andrew came over to enjoy charcoaled burgers, green beans and onion rings before the game. The kickoff was at 7:45 and by the half, Mary, me & Lyndsey were falling asleep. KY was down 20-6 so we all called it a night. Based on it being KY football, the writing was on the wall, right? Thank God I set the dvr to record the second half which Mary & I watched early this morning. Thanks to 2 fumbles and 2 interceptions, KY gets the win and goes to 7-4 on the season. TN coming in next week and if there was ever a season we could beat TN, it's this one. We should be able to secure a pretty good bowl game now. Can you say Chick-Fil-a? Oh yeah - KY won in basketball Sat too over Rider - 92-63. The whole game was a highlight film.

Common Sense From The Smartest Man In The World

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:26:00 +0000

By Charles Krauthammer
Friday, November 20, 2009
For late-19th-century anarchists, terrorism was the "propaganda of the deed." And the most successful propaganda-by-deed in history was 9/11 -- not just the most destructive, but the most spectacular and telegenic.

Travesty in New York
Holder's trials and errors
A terrorism trial's myths
And now its self-proclaimed architect, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, has been given by the Obama administration a civilian trial in New York. Just as the memory fades, 9/11 has been granted a second life -- and KSM, a second act: "9/11, The Director's Cut," narration by KSM.

September 11, 2001 had to speak for itself. A decade later, the deed will be given voice. KSM has gratuitously been presented with the greatest propaganda platform imaginable -- a civilian trial in the media capital of the world -- from which to proclaim the glory of jihad and the criminality of infidel America.

So why is Attorney General Eric Holder doing this? Ostensibly, to demonstrate to the world the superiority of our system, where the rule of law and the fair trial reign.

Really? What happens if KSM (and his co-defendants) "do not get convicted," asked Senate Judiciary Committee member Herb Kohl. "Failure is not an option," replied Holder. Not an option? Doesn't the presumption of innocence, er, presume that prosecutorial failure -- acquittal, hung jury -- is an option? By undermining that presumption, Holder is undermining the fairness of the trial, the demonstration of which is the alleged rationale for putting on this show in the first place.

Moreover, everyone knows that whatever the outcome of the trial, KSM will never walk free. He will spend the rest of his natural life in U.S. custody. Which makes the proceedings a farcical show trial from the very beginning.

Apart from the fact that any such trial will be a security nightmare and a terror threat to New York -- what better propaganda-by-deed than blowing up the courtroom, making KSM a martyr and turning the judge, jury and spectators into fresh victims? -- it will endanger U.S. security. Civilian courts with broad rights of cross-examination and discovery give terrorists access to crucial information about intelligence sources and methods.

That's precisely what happened during the civilian New York trial of the 1993 World Trade Center bombers. The prosecution was forced to turn over to the defense a list of 200 unindicted co-conspirators, including the name Osama bin Laden. "Within 10 days, a copy of that list reached bin Laden in Khartoum," wrote former attorney general Michael Mukasey, the presiding judge at that trial, "letting him know that his connection to that case had been discovered."

Finally, there's the moral logic. It's not as if Holder opposes military commissions on principle. On the same day he sent KSM to a civilian trial in New York, Holder announced he was sending Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, (accused) mastermind of the attack on the USS Cole, to a military tribunal.

By what logic? In his congressional testimony Wednesday, Holder was utterly incoherent in trying to explain. In his Nov. 13 news conference, he seemed to be saying that if you attack a civilian target, as in 9/11, you get a civilian trial; a military target like the Cole, and you get a military tribunal.

What a perverse moral calculus. Which is the war crime -- an attack on defenseless civilians or an attack on a military target such as a warship, an accepted act of war that the United States itself has engaged in countless times?

By what possible moral reasoning, then, does KSM, who perpetrates the obvious and egregious war crime, receive the special protections and constitutional niceties of a civilian courtroom, while he who attacked a warship is relegated to a military tribunal?

Moreover, the incentive offered any jihadist is as irresistible as it is perverse: Kill as many civilians as possible on American soil and Holder will give you Miranda rights, a lawyer, a propaganda platform -- everything but your own blog.

Alternatively, Holder tried to make the case that he chose a civilian New York trial as a more likely venue for securing a conviction. An absurdity: By the time Barack Obama came to office, KSM was ready to go before a military commission, plead guilty and be executed. It's Obama who blocked a process that would have yielded the swiftest and most certain justice.

Indeed, the perfect justice. Whenever a jihadist volunteers for martyrdom, we should grant his wish. Instead, this one, the most murderous and unrepentant of all, gets to dance and declaim at the scene of his crime.

Holder himself told The Post that the coming New York trial will be "the trial of the century." The last such was the trial of O.J. Simpson.

Another Good Weekend For UK Sports

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:14:00 +0000

Randall Cobb escaped the grasp of a Vanderbilt defender during Saturday's game in Nashville.The Cats (6-4, 2-4) rode Randall Cobb and Derrick Locke to a come-from-behind 24-13 victory in front of a heavily blue crowd of 33,675 at Vanderbilt Stadium, erasing a 13-10 halftime deficit on the way. The victory made UK bowl eligible for the fourth consecutive year. Friday night KY won it's basketball opener as Kentucky's talented youngsters thoroughly whipped a veteran Morehead State team 75-59. The John Calipari era is underway.

Thank You Veterans! Especially, Rick, Charlie & Justin.

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0000

It Begins This Friday!

noreply@blogger.com (Mike West) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:47:00 +0000