Not to put any added pressure on Louisville but...

[zx150]

If you wanna talk about pressure when Dickie V tells your coach it will be a disappointment if you don't win it all that is some big pressure.

[Netboy Extraordinaire]

If you wanna talk about pressure when Dickie V tells your coach it will be a disappointment if you don't win it all that is some big pressure.

Calipari has pressure every game he coaches at Kentucky. Unlike Louisville, Kentucky is expected to win every game. He can't just show up, be mediocre, lose to in state teams, then lose in the first round of the NCAA 2 years in a row and still earn $6 Million from the University. Cal is expected to hang a banner that says NCAA Champs, each and every year.

[Tim_T]

Cal is expected to hang a banner that says NCAA Champs, each and every year.

He must be viewed and extreme failure then. Heck, if past history is any indication, the NCAA is expected to swoop in and take the banner down before it even has a chance to gather dust. :-)

[Netboy Extraordinaire]

He must be viewed and extreme failure then. Heck, if past history is any indication, the NCAA is expected to swoop in and take the banner down before it even has a chance to gather dust. :-)

Elite 8, Final Four and with the Favotite to win it all this year, now that's a failure. What did Calipari do to get any banners taken down? If you know this, then pass it along to the NCAA because Cal received letters from the NCAA clearly stating he had done nothing wrong. Can you say Marcus Camby and Derrick Rose?

[bplgocards]

Elite 8, Final Four and with the Favotite to win it all this year, now that's a failure. What did Calipari do to get any banners taken down? If you know this, then pass it along to the NCAA because Cal received letters from the NCAA clearly stating he had done nothing wrong. Can you say Marcus Camby and Derrick Rose?

Can you say 2 Final 4's vacated and tons of wins? Why did Calipari pay back his bonus at Memphis from making the championship? Because he knew if he kept it he would be f$#%ed. You are something else.

[Netboy Extraordinaire]

Can you say 2 Final 4's vacated and tons of wins? Why did Calipari pay back his bonus at Memphis from making the championship? Because he knew if he kept it he would be f$#%ed. You are something else.

So you obviously have the inside scoop that The University of Kentucky did not have. Please enlighten us all with your wisdom Obe Wan Kanobe. Do you think for one second that Kentucky would have hired Calipari if he had ANY issues relating to the NCAA regarding rules violations? Calipari was given a clean bill of health, in writing might I add, stating that he did nothing wrong at UMASS or Memphis. After the Eddie Sutton Era of the FedEx envelope scandal and getting put on probation and Kentucky would hire a coach that has issues with the NCAA. Kentucky is not Indiana for anywhere close to Indiana. Maybe he gave the money back to Memphis because an illegal player helped him obtain that bonus and he felt it was not deserved? Maybe he has character, an obvious lacking trait in Pitino, that takes and keeps $6 Million last year including a "Loyalty Bonus" after getting bounced by a Double Digit Seeded Morehead State team. It sure wasn't a "Performance Bonus" because if it was then Louisville would be "Syphering" some of that money back from him. There is no way that Kentucky hires Calipari if he had any past issues with the NCAA.

[bplgocards]

So you obviously have the inside scoop that The University of Kentucky did not have. Please enlighten us all with your wisdom Obe Wan Kanobe. Do you think for one second that Kentucky would have hired Calipari if he had ANY issues relating to the NCAA regarding rules violations? Calipari was given a clean bill of health, in writing might I add, stating that he did nothing wrong at UMASS or Memphis. After the Eddie Sutton Era of the FedEx envelope scandal and getting put on probation and Kentucky would hire a coach that has issues with the NCAA. Kentucky is not Indiana for anywhere close to Indiana. Maybe he gave the money back to Memphis because an illegal player helped him obtain that bonus and he felt it was not deserved? Maybe he has character, an obvious lacking trait in Pitino, that takes and keeps $6 Million last year including a "Loyalty Bonus" after getting bounced by a Double Digit Seeded Morehead State team. It sure wasn't a "Performance Bonus" because if it was then Louisville would be "Syphering" some of that money back from him. There is no way that Kentucky hires Calipari if he had any past issues with the NCAA.

Calipari has no class - he is the biggest slime ball in all of sports. Kentucky was desperate because they saw Louisville making consecutive elite 8s while they were at home playing in the NIT. You are a fool.

[Netboy Extraordinaire]

Calipari has no class - he is the biggest slime ball in all of sports. Kentucky was desperate because they saw Louisville making consecutive elite 8s while they were at home playing in the NIT. You are a fool.

Still waiting on that PROOF that Calipari cheated at either school OBE. So Calipari has no class and he is the biggest slimeball in all of sports. If this is true then "Having an affair, paying for an abortion and the rest of the Karen Sypher Scandal" makes Pitino the Pope. Again, I have listed FACTS and you have listed wild stories with NO FACTS from the NCAA to backup any proof of NCAA cheating by Calipari.

[bplgocards]

Still waiting on that PROOF that Calipari cheated at either school OBE. So Calipari has no class and he is the biggest slimeball in all of sports. If this is true then "Having an affair, paying for an abortion and the rest of the Karen Sypher Scandal" makes Pitino the Pope. Again, I have listed FACTS and you have listed wild stories with NO FACTS from the NCAA to backup any proof of NCAA cheating by Calipari.

You are too ignorant to even bother with, you aren't worth my time.

[Devils Horse]

And I thought political discussions got testy.

You boys need to chill with the name calling...maybe go fishing and consider if sports actually matter enough to sling personal insults over.

You're ignorant...well you're stupid...well you're a fool...blah blah. Come on now, wield the written word like a rapier, not a claw hammer. It has a lot more effect that way.

Kentucky AND Indiana college basketball is exceptional, end of story.

Go WKU! All the way to the final 4. UK in the first round? No problem, they ain't got nothing, WKU'll beat em like a tied up goat.

Y'all are arguing about the wrong thing, college football is what really matters. Roll Tide and War Eagle!

Oh, and it's painful to say it, but a big ole Gator chomp to you Don.

[Tim_T]

And I thought political discussions got testy.

You boys need to chill with the name calling...maybe go fishing and consider if sports actually matter enough to sling personal insults over.

You're ignorant...well you're stupid...well you're a fool...blah blah. Come on now, wield the written word like a rapier, not a claw hammer. It has a lot more effect that way.

Kentucky AND Indiana college basketball is exceptional, end of story.

Go WKU! All the way to the final 4. UK in the first round? No problem, they ain't got nothing, WKU'll beat em like a tied up goat.

Y'all are arguing about the wrong thing, college football is what really matters. Roll Tide and War Eagle!

Oh, and it's painful to say it, but a big ole Gator chomp to you Don.

This is a statement I could get behind if the champion was decided on the field instead of a popularity contest. I know it is not the right thing to say in Kentucky, but I much prefer football to basketball (please don't let lightning strike me).

[Devils Horse]

This is a statement I could get behind if the champion was decided on the field instead of a popularity contest. I know it is not the right thing to say in Kentucky, but I much prefer football to basketball (please don't let lightning strike me).

Now Tim, we've disagreed about this before. Don't think it got to the name calling stage though.

The BCS has some supposedly impartial number crunching, and has replaced the old polling system that definitely was a popularity contest. IMO it does as good a job as whoever does the seeding in the NCAA basketball tournament.

I understand your point, but the 2 best teams DID play for the CF championship, and in my mind it was decided on the field...convincingly.