Appearing on The Paul Finebaum Show on Monday, Greg Sankey once again discussed the possibility of the SEC going to a nine-game conference schedule. The commissioner discussed at length the pros and cons of adding a game, which he's been doing for several years now, especially since the conference decided to add Oklahoma and Texas into the fold.
The only problem? He won't let anyone know which format the SEC would go to if the ninth game is added. Would it be the 6+3 or rotating schedule format? Curious to see what coaches thought, I reached out to a few current and former SEC coaches on their opinions. The majority answered with the same question: well, which format?
So, for the nine-game schedule to get approved by conference coaches in the near future, it seems Sankey must figure out which format the SEC will use and stick to it. Now, let's get into some ramblings.
- The reaction to the video of Tahaad Pettiford, Johni Broome and Miles Kelly using a belt to celebrate Auburn's win at Kentucky on Saturday is being overblown. One, this was a clear 10-plus minutes after the Wildcats had left the court. Second, it was in the corner of the arena where Auburn fans had congregated to celebrate the Tigers winning an SEC title. Third, as Mark Pope said, if you don't want another team celebrating on your home court, don't get your brains beat in. Lastly, these are college kids celebrating a title. Get over it, and 98 percent of Kentucky fans had left Rupp Arena way before this occurred.
- Watching a clip of Cheers the other night, there was a moment where Sam Malone pours a beer out of a can into a cold glass. That's not the problem. The problem is that he doesn't tilt the glass, resulting in the majority of the beer turning into foam. That raises the question: was Sam a bad bartender? If I got that pour, I would be appalled.
- Miles Kelly said he really enjoyed the rims at Rupp Arena, which could be highly convenient considering the Tigers will all but likely be back in Lexington for the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament.
- There's a restaurant in downtown Lexington named Lockbox, and every time I see it, I can't help but say the name in the voice of Darryl Hammond's Al Gore impression on Saturday Night Live during the 2000 election.
- Taking advantage of being in Kentucky and having an away game on Tuesday at Texas A&M, I decided to visit my parents for a few days. I turn into another person when I am in their home. I'm eating dinner at 5:30, going to bed at nine and keeping a blanket while sitting on the couch at all times.
- While visiting Northeastern Kentucky, I went to get some bloodwork done for ordinary purposes and witnessed something I had never before seen and didn't even know existed: a drive-thru where you don't have to get out of your car to give blood. Apparently, the hospital turned a former Jiffy Lube into a lab. You wait in line in your car, the garage door opens, you enter, open your door, they take blood, and you are done. This totally beats going into a place surrounded by sick people.
- I've been watching both The Price is Right and old episodes of Law & Order for the past couple of days, and it's funny that advertisers try to reach the same demographic on the two shows. You know the classics: Ricola, Fancy Feast and, of course, all the prescription pills necessary.
- Watching Jeopardy! with my father last night, an answer came up where the question was the Blarney Stone. This reminded me of the fact that there were bars called Blarney Stone in NYC seemingly every four blocks back in the day. I was in one in my neighborhood and once saw Phillip Seymour Hoffman. I thought that was low-brow for the great actor.
- Staying in NYC, I knew a guy with the first name Atticus and one with the last name Finch and they were best friends, often making me wonder if that was why they became best friends.
- TikTok of the Week: This man is apparently someone who helps guys get into fraternities at the University of Alabama through consulting. All he does is freak me out.
- Unable to fall back asleep last night, I was trying to run through what classes I had during middle school only to remember the time that we had a speaker in the gymnasium who was talking about, well, I don't know because all I could remember was the fact he fired a pistol at one time for some apparent reason. Why in the world did the school allow that?
- Lastly, during the postgame press conference on Saturday in Lexington, it was obviously crowded with local, regional and national media, but lining the walls and behind the television cameras were people who had no business being in the same room as a press conference. I'm not talking about 20 people. I'm talking more than 100. It was bewildering.
