'It Was Personal' - There's Nothing More Beautiful Than Seeing Kentucky Go Into Arkansas, Kick John Calipari's Ass And Have Their Fans Leave In Tears
Goddamn did that feel good. Well, to a degree. I still had to deal with Doug Shows trying to make the game his. Not only that, but he single-handedly let Arkansas back into the game with this shitshow
But it didn't matter. It didn't matter because Mark Pope coached laps around John Calipari and Kentucky was the better team for 39 minutes. It was Kentucky from the jump. It was Kentucky running an offense, switching defenses and Pope knowing who he needed out there to win. That guy? That guy was Trent Noah, who shushed the crowd
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Just a guy from the mountains of Kentucky stepping in to hit a couple threes and be a massive rebounder and defender. But you know what? Yeah, it feels fucking good to beat Calipari. It feels so good to remember why the divorce happened and why we wanted him gone. Because that's a game that John Calipari loses. His team was tight, his team couldn't shoot and even settled for a long 2 in a key possession. All shit we were sick of seeing.
So for one night at least, Mark Pope gets to brag. He gets to talk his shit, in any weird way he wants to. Make the game ugly? Sure. Go win it twice? Not a problem. That's what happened tonight. It was the perfect reminder that we are still Kentucky. It doesn't matter who the coach is, we come to town and your team is going to do a white out, sell out the place and set records for attendance. Because all that matters to you is seeing Kentucky. That's what John Calipari learned tonight. That's what all of Arkansas had to be reminded of tonight.
Oh and shout out Collin Chandler for coming off the bench and hitting the shot of the night
Hell yeah we're going to celebrate tonight. It's a road win in conference. It's business for us and it's personal for Otega Oweh. Good to still be Kentucky when we want to.
PS: Nothing prettier than seeing Arkansas fans sadly leaving early. Hate to see it.