LEX18 Lexington’s Keith Farmer on Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope’s ‘wild’ introduction
The longtime sports anchor: 'It's probably one of the coolest things I've covered.'
The longtime sports anchor: 'It's probably one of the coolest things I've covered.'
"I'm like, 'Let's go.' Now, I met with the team. There is no team."
"I should not have made it sound like there was a 'counter offer' situation."
"That’s solid trolling."
"Real ones remember the flip phone version."
"I don't think that's a concern."
On what was normally his off-day, the veteran TV reporter had the biggest scoop of his career
"My dog is walking me."
'I'm going to work. I'll work for this program, for this state, for this university, really work for these young people. That's my commitment.'
"There are only two people on the planet who can coach Kentucky — it's Calipari and Pitino."
"He hasn't shown the agility to adjust to the new culture and environment of college basketball."
"The era of taking these young freshmen and trying to play against older players is over."
"But when the game started, you had some guys not play to the level they could play."
"'Are you going to have a soda?' What are you talking about? A pop?"
"It’s really lame not to do the Postgame Radio interview after this loss. It just is"
No.20 Kentucky (5-0) visits No.1 Georgia (5-0) and No.25 Louisville (5-0) hosts No. 10 Notre Dame (5-1)
"9 months ago when he jumped in the portal, everybody wanted him. 11 years ago, as a foster kid, really nobody wanted him."
ESPN's NFL Draft coverage Thursday leaned heavily into their own Draft Day Predictor model, which projected there was less than a 0.1 percent chance Will Levis would still be available at pick No. 25. Levis was not taken in the first round at all, and that had many questioning the analytics here.
"Of course its the late game."
""What the hell was John Calipari doing right there?"
The Voice of the Wildcats called two games in two days, 2,160 miles apart.
"It’s a little crazy schedule, but when you get to the end of your life, you probably won’t be thinking about the great, extra sleep that you got. You’ll be thinking about the fun experiences that you had."
Happy trails to Jerry Tipton, who had covered the Kentucky Wildcats since 1981 for the Lexington Herald-Leader.