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UK - looking for a tailgate party to join

It's been 10 years since I traveled to Lexington for a football game. I don't even remember where we tailgated the last time. In addition, I haven't tailgated with anyone since early 2019 (boycott of Mason/Covid and then got used to watching on TV). Now, I'm back and I'm bringing my 6-year-old twin boys with me.

Who is going to Lexington Saturday? Does anyone have room in their party for a Dad and his kids to join?

One more Bama item befroe we move on to UK...

I was raised an Arkansas fan, so I keep an eye on what's happening with them. One of the traditions on one of their board is one of their posters collects the most humorous or generally interesting posts from that week's opponent's boards into one entry. They call it "From Enemy Territory" (FET).

But this week, in honor of our game, they did it for the commentary from Bama fans regarding our game. First time I've ever seen them do this for any other team. I know it's not really about us - it's really about them enjoying the pain of Bama fans, but it's still fun to read.

Hurricanes Suck

Hey guys. First time I have been able to get signal and a place to get on line. Been stuck back in the ^%#=£€ hole that was left of Banner Elk and all of WNC and ETN. I was sitting in the stands in 1984 and was there , many years before that. I didn’t get to see a single %#+*=£>£ snap of the Bama game. Was able to sit in a car an hear it. We just got power, yesterday. My parents were down south of me and are displaced from their home by a mass mud/ land slide. I am out today and was able to finally leave there, yesterday. Diego, if you can see this, please beat the &@$+%# out of the Smurf @&$@&+%#ers. Please beat the sense out of KY and help us enjoy an evening, from a place that needs something to smile about. Thanks. This place is so much worse than news will ever show. I salute all of those that have come to help, especially our military and our National Guard.

Connelly: Playing like that, Vanderbilt would beat Alabama 2% of the time

I'm floored. I can fathom under 50%, maybe 30 or 35%, but this is ONE POINT EIGHT PERCENT. Bill's not saying that from the perspective of the beginning of the game. Bill's saying if both teams played the same way, statistically speaking, Vanderbilt would almost never win.

I didn't watch but I followed live stats and listened to some. In years gone by We've experienced weird flukes where we got outgained by almost 400 to 200 yards and won on a timely fumble. This was not that.

Here's a deep dive from the Alabama perspective. AFAICT our success rate deficit (Bama 55%, Vandy 42%) was because we faced a lot of 3rd downs and were terrific at converting them. I don't know why our explosiveness is so poor compared to theirs -- I don't think of us as "three yards and a cloud of dust" but maybe. Even so... Vanderbilt 418 yards. Alabama 394. How can Bill's stats say that we were that lucky? Anyway it's not just him. Sagarin has us 44 spots behind Kentucky. And you know about this weekend's betting line.

I actually do think there's something those guys' models (at least Connolly's) are missing. And I also think they're not missing much, that recency bias is huge, and that Vanderbilt fans thinking we've solved our problems earlier are no different than Bama fans thinking Kalen DeBoer had solved SEC football a week ago. We're better than 13 point dogs to UK, but maybe not that much better.

Do we still have Recruiting Coverage?

@Chris Lee @Joey Dwyer @Billy Derrick,

Hey guys. This is I think the 3rd time I've reached out in the past week or so to try and get an acknowledgement of what is going on with football recruiting coverage.

We all know Sean is gone, but what's the plan for updating members on recruiting?

We had a Decommitment today too...

I know it's been a wild week, but Sean's been gone for a few weeks.

Thank you for the great coverage in other areas.
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