Kentucky's defense has long been the butt of jokes, more a necessary evil than frightening unit.

Louisville won't be taking shots at the Cats' defense any time soon.

The Cats thoroughly dominated the latest edition of the Governor's Cup rivalry, throttling the Louisville offense en route to a 27-2 victory in front of the third-largest crowd in Papa John's Cardinal Stadium history.

UK's offense was as anemic as preseason scrimmages indicated but the defense may have been even better than expected, returning two fumbles for touchdowns and picking off three Hunter Cantwell passes in the final 6:37 of the game to serve notice that it won't be a pushover anymore

WHOOT!!

Spanked their little red feathered butts, right in their own house!

Let's see if we can do this again!

Or at least God, please don't let us be embarrassed, Amen.

COME ONE, COME ALL!

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

VS

Everyone, and I do mean everyone, is cordially invited to Bud's house this Sunday to watch the opening kickoff of the University of Kentucky's 2008 NCAA Football season!!

Our adversary will be the hated and despised in-state rivals, the University of Louisville Cardinals!

The game will be played in the slum known as Louisville, inside the miserable confines of Papa John's Cowpasture.

This annual event will be shown on ESPN and the signal will be beamed to my old barn here in Russell, Ky to be watched in 1080i HDTV on my 50" Vizio Plasma with full Surround Sound Stereo for the viewing pleasure of my drunken cronies and myself!

If you plan on attending, please be advized, you MUST be wearing BLUE! RED clothing will be a non-admittable offense!

Pre-game knoshing and conviving begins at 1:00 pm with kickoff scheduled for 3:30.

Oh yeah, and you should bring-

chips

pizza

buffalo wings

and (NOT OR!)

BEER!

Lots and lots of BEER!!!!!!

And, believe it or don't

Ashley Judd is in town this weekend to do a series of plays at the Paramount Arts Center!

(Here's the link to the Paramount's site.)

She is Kentucky's biggest and most famous fan!

I'm calling her!!

Will you come if she will?

Hope to see ya!

Game outcome last year?

Can we do it again?

GO CATS!

The Series - U of L and Kentucky
Sunday's game at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium will be the 21st meeting between Louisville and Kentucky, and the 15th time the two will play for the Kroger's Governor's Cup. UK leads the all-time series, 11-9, but the Cardinals have won seven of the last nine meetings. Kentucky won last year's contest, 40-34, at Commonwealth Stadium with a 57-yard pass in the closing seconds. Louisville has won the last two meetings at home between the two teams and are 3-2 against the Wildcats all-time at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium.