There must be something in the water being supplied to college campuses across the country. There’s no other way to explain the insaneness that we’ve all experienced since the first pigskin went sailing through the sky back in October. But luckily for us; it doesn’t look like the fun is stopping with an upset-filled BCS race. Nope, this craziness could be on pace to go deep into March. That is if the crushing of Kentucky by Gardner-Webb is any indication.
Two games into the Billy Gillespie era of Wildcat hoops and he’s already looking for a rock to crawl under. The coach was blunt, summing up the night by simply saying “We just got our tails whipped.” Of course, that’s like saying that Apollo Creed got his tail whipped by Ivan Drago. Don’t sell your program short, coach.
But to be fair, Gillespie didn’t make any excuses for his team after the game.
It was a great exhibition of basketball by Gardner-Webb,” Gillispie said. “They just came into our place and I thought they whipped us in every phase of the game. The box score was not indicative of how bad they beat us.
Kentucky never led during the 84-68 thrashing as the Runnin’ Bulldogs raced out to a 14-0 advantage. In fact, the Wildcats never got any closer than seven points for the remainder of the game. Everybody might be harping on Michigan for their early season fumble against Appalachian State or USC for falling to a 41-point dog in Stanford, but at least you know those are universities. After we first saw the headline – Gardner-Webb Shocks Kentucky – we thought that the Wildcats had been rolled up by a law firm.
A lot of people will think this is a misprint, but I hope not,” Gardner-Webb coach Rick Scruggs said. “I hope they get to see it and can enjoy it. It’s going to take a few days to settle in.
It might take a few days to settle in, but it shouldn’t take nearly that long for Boiling Springs, N.C., to declare November 7th as “Rick Scruggs Day”.
Links:
[Associate Press]: Gardner-Webb Stuns No. 20 Kentucky
[Local10.com]: Gardner-Webb Shocks Kentucky