September 17th: On this date...

.. in 2002, the NCAA Infractions Committee upholds the penalty of a postseason ban on the Univeristy of Kentucky football program. The penalty was announced on January 31, 2002, as a part of a litany of other infractions. Under the umbrella of wrong-doings by the program included:

recruiting inducements, impermissible tryouts, unethical conduct, falsification of recruiting records, salary control, fiscal integrity and institutional control of recruiting funds. Specifically, the violations included a broad pattern of providing free lodging to recruits, their parents and coaches.

And mentioning lack of institutional control one more time for good measure. Wow. They got all that from a couple of “Atta-boys”?? Needless to say there wasn’t much the University could do as this was a publicity nightmare and we were caught red-handed. In the meantime, PaPaw Brooks was masterminding a plan to give Big Blue Nation a reason to Believe.

Big Blue Booyah on Tom Leach