April 16th: On this date....

..... in 2008, your University of Kentucky Wildcats were in the news yet again, but this time it was indirectly. T. Boone Pickens and Oklahoma State did its best Kentucky impersonation by booting Sean Sutton as their head coach and replacing him with Travis Ford. Ford started coaching at Campbellsville, moved up to Eastern Kentucky, then bolted to Massachusetts. An interesting tidbit: the prospect of playing behind Sean Sutton at Kentucky was the reason Ford started his college career at Missouri. After the scandal of the late 80's, the Sutton's left town, opening the point guard spot for Ford, who led UK to a Final Four appearance in 1993. Apparently it was an upgrade. Also, as this was happening, T. Boone Pickens made a play for Billy Clyde, which did not go over well with the rabid fan base. They wanted to keep their tough, up and coming head coach. Ask around, no one will agree with the last statement. Doesn't make it false though.

Big Blue Booyah on Tom Leach