Meet John Wall...

365 days ago Kentucky would have lost to Miami Ohio. But then came the Johns- Calipari and Wall. Miami Ohio played stifling defense and shot 58% from the field and kept themselves in the game. Hell, they took an 18 point lead over the Cats at one point. But when push came to shove, the Cats took a 3 point lead with 15 seconds left until Miami went down court and sunk a prayer with 6 seconds left. I felt it. Overtime. The days of Gardner Webb and VMI came creeping back into my mind. Until I realized the difference this season. The coach on the bench knew how to draw up plays and there was a player on the court capable of handling the ball. John Wall took the ball and sunk a jump shot with a half a second left.

There would be no repeats of the last two years. The Wildcats are 2-0 and ranked 4th in the country in the AP poll with Sam Houston waiting in the wings on Thursday.


Below is the footage of Wall's game-winning shot:

Realizing the power of Twitter

Over the past couple weeks, with the assistance of friends, I have slowly been starting to realize the true power of Twitter, and what it is that makes this particular social networking tool so cool.

Not only are you able to see the most frequently discussed things on the web in that exact moment via the trending topics list, but you are also able to do live searches. You can see what anyone has said about a given topic and get up the second responses that continue to update while you're reading.

But the greatest part about Twitter is the way it lets you connect to celebrities. Already I was able to talk directly to Tucker Max about his new movie, and set up an interview for the Kernel. In addition Chad OchoCinco tweeted me responding to my request for him to record a video, and he did, and it is posted on this very blog if you want to see it. In addition he also responded to my tweet asking him when he would be on the David Letterman show.

Twitter allows users direct access not only to peers, but celebrities, and gives them a very real view of what their favorite people are like. Jeremy Piven for instance always twitpics pictures of him and the actors of Entourage on the set, or Chad OchoCinco does a live video stream of him making dinner, or showing his workout routine.

Yes, facebook is better for pictures and such and has more features, but nothing allows the instant, gratifying access that Twitter does. For those of you holding out, all you are doing is missing out. And for those who are finally jumping on the bandwagon, congratulations.

My twitter username is Murrnation. Follow me. And for your own entertainment, follow OGOchoCinco as well.

WHO DEY. No seriously, who was that team...

...that scored on every first half possession and allowed only 3 points. The second half is irrelevant, even thought we still outscored the bears 14 to 7 then, we did it with scrubs and obviously we weren't going to risk injury to key players. There is ONE touchdown that mattered in the second half, but I'll get to that later.

As for the first half, I was in awe. We did exactly what we wanted to do on both sides of the ball, and for the first time this season people saw the Bengals at the full potential of their talent... and a shiver went down the spines of every other team in the NFL.



Carson was 20-24 for 289 yards and 5 TDs. Does any more need to be said? Chad had over 100 yards receiving, OVER ONE FIFTH of his total yards last season.

Most importantly, Cedric Benson had 186 yards rushing (career high) and a TD, against the team that cut him. He says it wasn't revenge. His victory lap after his TD suggested otherwise. I personally HOPE it was revenge. The Bears can keep Forte. The Bengals have the number 1 rusher in the NFL.

Great time for a Bye Week, giving them and extra weekend to prepare for their chance to sweep the Baltimore Ravens and then take on the Steelers the following week. For the first time in a long time, it is a great time to be a member of the Who Dey nation.

The Madness has begun

The John Calipari era was finally officially ushered in this past weekend with the first UK basketball practice, and it was explosive- figuratively and literally.

Pyrotechnics, lasers, and intricate player intros abound, but so did basketball. Check out the highlights below.

Also you can click here or here to see the two articles ESPN wrote about Big Blue Madness. Or click here for an article regarding the appearance of up-and-coming rapper Drake making an appearance as a guest coach for the scrimmage.









And for Calipari's Epic Speech:




And the 8 second preview of what people can expect to have happen to them when they take on John Wall this year

Boomslang

I spent just about every waking hour of this past weekend working on the biggest story I have been a part of since joining the Kernel staff last year. I have been incredibly busy this week, but wish I could have postedabout the even closer to when it happened. I could re-tell the story here, but I will just post my column, one with a stylistic edge to it that I hadn't tried before.

My column on Lecington's Boomslang music festival.

To see the full Double Truck and actual page, click here and turn to page 5

OchoCinco talks Ray Lewis hit. Hysterical

This is one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time. All Bengals fans will enjoy. Hell, any football fan will enjoy. He goes into deep detail, throws in hysterical insight, and shows why he is one of the most beloved receivers in the league. It's all about fun.

Oh yeah, and I even tweeted him to make sure he recorded this and asked him to post it. He did. I'm famous. No big deal.

The Office

In light of the phenomenal wedding episode and a mislabeled video on J Ged's blog I was forced to post my favorite scene from the office. Now this doesn't correlate with my favorite overall episode which is probably the basketball episode from season 1.

Obviously this is all opinion so feel free to comment with your favorite moment.

My favorite Office Moment

Finally, it is officially recognized

For those of you who don't follow college basketball year round, ESPN released a college basketball encyclopedia ranking the top all time college basketball programs. The University of Kentucky was ranked number 1. Naturally there were people who wanted to oppose for various reasons, so ESPN took it upon themselves to let people rank the schools themselves. Guess who is number 1? UK. C'mon now.

Now, granted there is ONE argument I think could be made, and that is the fact UCLA has 11 titles to UK's 7. However, the computer took into consideration total wins, and UK is the winningest program in the history of college basketball. In addtion, it took into consideration margin of victory. While in the end this is a trivial and loose ranking, it is the closest thing to a solid ranking we have. And until Big Blue Madness in 2 weeks (The practice that sells out in minutes) this is the fraction of basketball I have to get me through.

Click here to see the original rankings

Click here to see ESPN's new interactive list

Click here for Andy Katz's report on the rankings

Who Deys strike again

So the Bengals won again, but not without making it a nailbiter. As Vin Diesel once said... "It don't matter if you win by an inch or a mile. Winning is winning." The Who Deys are 3-1 and tied for first in the AFC North. You think they care they had to play 15 extra minutes of football to make it so? Not a chance. On to the Ravens. Only things is... I hope the Ravens win... The Nevermores come first in my heart Who Dey nation. No disrespect. Especially after the heartbreaker the Ravens dropped at New England this week. On to week 5.

The best in the game

He's the best for a reason. This play to save the game.

Future Hall of Famer