Coach Cal recently visited a Kentucky fan who just celebrated his 102 year old birthday. This from ESPN.com:
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Kentucky coach John Calipari, master of the positive public relations stunt (and, by all accounts, a genuinely caring and outgoing guy), visited Dr. Gifford Blyton, [URL=”http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100911/SPORTS03/309110087/1002/rss07″][COLOR=#225db7]a 102-year-old Kentucky season-ticket holder[/COLOR][/URL] for 62 years and a former professor under eight different presidents at Kentucky, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal. Calipari is traveling in support of his latest book, “[URL=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416597557/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0345408012&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=09W66324MYMXQBQHYRES”][COLOR=#225db7]Bounce Back: Overcoming Setbacks to Succeed in Business and in Life[/COLOR][/URL],” but he stopped the book tour for the momentary visit with Blyton at Fat Boys restaurant in Georgetown, Ky. (Mmm. Fat Boys. I’ve never been there, but any restaurant named “Fat Boys” is bound to be delicious. I bet there’s lots of gravy.)
In any case, Calipari left the meeting with a ready-made quote straight from the inspirational coachspeak handbook: [INDENT]“You give money, and you’re giving a fraction of what you have,” Calipari said last week. “But when you give your time, you’re giving everything.”
[/INDENT]Which, like all good inspirational coachspeak handbook quotes, has the benefit of being both hokey and true. [URL=”http://beyondthearc.nbcsports.com/2010/09/calipari-continues-to-grow-that-kentucky-fan-base.php”][COLOR=#225db7]Fans eat this stuff up[/COLOR][/URL], and it’s no wonder why. Calipari is good at a lot of things — recruiting, meshing teams together, coaching defense — but creating a genuine sense of outreach and community in his adopted home might be his best, and perhaps most admirable, trait
[/QUOTE][URL=”http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/15221/john-calipari-visits-102-year-old-fan?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter”]Read Entire Article[/URL]
Just to have an idea of what Kentucky basketball was like when Dr. Blyton was born, lets take a look at the schedule from the grand ole year of 1908.
[SIZE=+3]Kentucky Schedule[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+3][I](1907-08)[/I][/SIZE]
[B]Final Record: [/B]Won: 5; Lost: 6
[B]Head Coach: [/B]Unnamed
[B]Manager: [/B]Leo Brewer
[B]Team Captain(s): [/B][URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/Players/Barbee_Richard.html”]Richard Barbee[/URL]
| [URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/roster1907-08.html”]Roster[/URL] |
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[TD][I]Kentucky[/I][/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]227[/TD]
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[TD][I]Opponents[/I][/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]264[/TD]
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[TD]1/10/1908[/TD]
[TD]Kentucky at [URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/LexingtonYMCA.html”]Lexington YMCA[/URL][/TD]
[TD][B]L[/B][/TD]
[TD][I][URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/Games/19080110LexingtonYMCA.html”]19 – 29[/URL][/I][/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
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[TD]1/21/1908[/TD]
[TD][URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/KentuckyUniversity.html”]Kentucky University[/URL] at Kentucky[/TD]
[TD]W[/TD]
[TD][I][URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/Games/19080121KentuckyUniversity.html”]20 – 15[/URL][/I][/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
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[TD]1/25/1908[/TD]
[TD]Kentucky at [URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/CentralUniversity.html”]Central University[/URL] ([URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/followup.html#696541″]*[/URL])[/TD]
[TD][B]L[/B][/TD]
[TD]21 – 32[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
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[TD]2/4/1908[/TD]
[TD][URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/KentuckyUniversity.html”]Kentucky University[/URL] at Kentucky[/TD]
[TD]W[/TD]
[TD]20 – 15[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
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[TD]2/8/1908[/TD]
[TD][URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/LouisvilleColiseum.html”]Louisville Coliseum[/URL] at Kentucky[/TD]
[TD]W[/TD]
[TD][I][URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/Games/19080208LouisvilleColiseum.html”]29 – 28[/URL][/I][/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]2/11/1908[/TD]
[TD]Kentucky at [URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/GeorgetownCollege.html”]Georgetown College[/URL][/TD]
[TD][B]L[/B][/TD]
[TD]22 – 30[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
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[TD]2/13/1908[/TD]
[TD][URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/CentralUniversity.html”]Central University[/URL] at Kentucky[/TD]
[TD]W[/TD]
[TD][I][URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/Games/19080213CentralUniversity.html”]31 – 20[/URL][/I][/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
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[TD]2/15/1908[/TD]
[TD][URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/LexingtonYMCA.html”]Lexington YMCA[/URL] at Kentucky[/TD]
[TD][B]L[/B][/TD]
[TD][I][URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/Games/19080215LexingtonYMCA.html”]19 – 23[/URL][/I][/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
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[TD]2/22/1908[/TD]
[TD]Kentucky at [URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/LouisvilleColiseum.html”]Louisville Coliseum[/URL][/TD]
[TD][B]L[/B][/TD]
[TD][I][URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/Games/19080222LouisvilleColiseum.html”]18 – 30[/URL][/I][/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
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[TD]3/3/1908[/TD]
[TD][URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/GeorgetownCollege.html”]Georgetown College[/URL] at Kentucky[/TD]
[TD]W[/TD]
[TD][I][URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/Games/19080303GeorgetownCollege.html”]18 – 13[/URL][/I][/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
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[TD]3/7/1908[/TD]
[TD]Kentucky at [URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/CentralUniversity.html”]Central University[/URL] ([URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/followup.html#696583″]*[/URL])[/TD]
[TD][B]L[/B][/TD]
[TD][I][URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/Games/19080307CentralUniversity.html”]10 – 29[/URL][/I][/TD]
[TD][URL=”http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/gamestatechampionship.html”]State Championship Game[/URL][/TD]
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