50 Years Plus Club

[serdi]

Spelling is irrelevant when it comes to Cawood and the age group of fans in this thread. I don’t think anyone here has had a problem figuring out who is being described. You could spell it Kaywould and I bet my mule none of us this age would have a problem figuring it out. No need for your post imo.

That is one of the weaknesses of children being educated these days. Spelling doesn't
count and we no longer teach cursive writing. Say what you want. Out of respect and if you are a truly knowledgeable UK basketball person, you know how to spell the name.

 

[Backer cutter]

“You know how to spell the name”- yes, as does most of the posters here. No disrespect, but my point was listerners of Cawood from the old days would recognize his name and know what it meant, regardless of a spelling error. Grew up around a lot of old folks that couldn’t write their names, but were a hell of a lot smarter than lots of people today. Education has more than one meaning, thank God.

 

[anon_9qtxg60vqzy0y]

Started watching in late 60’s. Earliest game I can recall is the Jacksonville game against Artis Gilmore in the Regional finals. I still to this day hear my dad and brothers screaming how we got hosed on Issel’s 5th foul.

 

[anon_q409idbs5m40a]

I think that one of those guards for Jacksonville passed away a few years ago. They had Wediking and Rex Morgan as the ones I recall.

Just looked it up. It was Rex Morgan. He passed away in 2016.

 

[fs-ripcord65]

I saw my first U.K. basketball game in person on January 30, 1954. I’ve been a ‘Cats fan ever since. I was 7 years old. The ‘Cats beat Vandy 85-63 in Nashville. Cliff Hagan had 22 and Frank Ramsey had 24.

 

[ColonelCat_rivals376764]

It's all good Brother. Not meant to be a criticism of your post. Sorry if it came off that way.

I can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday on most days. Short term memory issues.

But I am amazed at how some of these posts trigger memories of my childhood and so many past occurrence that revolve around UK basketball and football.

Better days and wonderful times spent with many that have passed on from this life. Keep posting what you remember.
After all, it is your memories and that makes it ok with me.

Very nice post sir, thanks for putting up with my fading memory.

 

[KyFaninNC]

“You know how to spell the name”- yes, as does most of the posters here. No disrespect, but my point was listerners of Cawood from the old days would recognize his name and know what it meant, regardless of a spelling error. Grew up around a lot of old folks that couldn’t write their names, but were a hell of a lot smarter than lots of people today. Education has more than one meaning, thank God.

Yeppers. All these educated people are one reason this country is so f@@ked up. Brain washed beyond help. And challenging spelling on a message board was all I had to do, I would cut off all social media, because it has its on language.

 

[kygrandpa]

Yeppers. All these educated people are one reason this country is so f@@ked up. Brain washed beyond help. And challenging spelling on a message board was all I had to do, I would cut off all social media, because it has its on language.

Exactly!!! My dad only went to the first grade.. He was raised during the depression and had to work on the farm to support the family.. My mom only had an 8th grade edu.. I to was raised on a farm as a young child, I did however finish high school. Then I had to go into the USAF and went to Vietnam for a year..
Education is only good if you use it to promote family first.. The family comes first, then every thing else.. My dad was very smart because he had lot's of good old fashioned common sense.. He was a trucker most of his life and owned 5 or 6 other trucks hauling coal..
I to started driving truck's a few years after I got out of the Air Force.. I started driving for my dad along with a younger brother.. we hauled coal to the East Kentucky Power Co. in Boonesborough, Ky and also Burnside, Ky.. When the coal business died out I started driving over the road and was gone for sometimes 4-6 week's. Sorry for the history of my family lesson..
I worked at a coal tipple for a few year's before I started over the road driving.. I was a coal tipple foreman and had to load truck's and train car's.. One of the men who came by was a state rep from Laurel Co. I got to know him and did some work on his farm with the end loader I ran from work.. He would let me pick out the ticket's I wanted to attend at Rupp Arena.. It was when Sam Bowie was there and they were playing Auburn. That was the first game I ever saw in person.. I went to a few more but that game stood out to me the most.. Charles Barkley was all over big Sam and Melvin. Great game and the crowd was very loud..
Keep the stories coming, I love reading about us old dudes when we were young and dumb and full of ----..

GBB

 

[KyFaninNC]

Grandpa. Give me common sense over over educated book sense any day.

Family farmers had to be everything. Laborer, electrician, plumber, veterinarian, engineer, carpenter, agronomist, mechanic etc. Show me one diploma that covers all that.

 

[Backer cutter]

And when the s..t really hits the fan one day, and it will, the ones with the most common sense will be the last ones standing. I’m all for education, don’t get me wrong. It doesn’t hurt to have both.

 

[spartacat]

Exactly!!! My dad only went to the first grade.. He was raised during the depression and had to work on the farm to support the family.. My mom only had an 8th grade edu.. I to was raised on a farm as a young child, I did however finish high school. Then I had to go into the USAF and went to Vietnam for a year..
Education is only good if you use it to promote family first.. The family comes first, then every thing else.. My dad was very smart because he had lot's of good old fashioned common sense.. He was a trucker most of his life and owned 5 or 6 other trucks hauling coal..
I to started driving truck's a few years after I got out of the Air Force.. I started driving for my dad along with a younger brother.. we hauled coal to the East Kentucky Power Co. in Boonesborough, Ky and also Burnside, Ky.. When the coal business died out I started driving over the road and was gone for sometimes 4-6 week's. Sorry for the history of my family lesson..
I worked at a coal tipple for a few year's before I started over the road driving.. I was a coal tipple foreman and had to load truck's and train car's.. One of the men who came by was a state rep from Laurel Co. I got to know him and did some work on his farm with the end loader I ran from work.. He would let me pick out the ticket's I wanted to attend at Rupp Arena.. It was when Sam Bowie was there and they were playing Auburn. That was the first game I ever saw in person.. I went to a few more but that game stood out to me the most.. Charles Barkley was all over big Sam and Melvin. Great game and the crowd was very loud..
Keep the stories coming, I love reading about us old dudes when we were young and dumb and full of ----..

GBB

Thanks for your service in Vietnam. That to me(and this is my opinion ) is the equivalent of a bachelors degree in itself. Hell its probably better. You mature much faster under the intense pressure you are under. You learn to make hard decisions on the fly, and the technical training is crammed in your brain at an alarming rate. Then there is the guarantee that you will lay down your life to defend your country. Give me a vet any day. You steer them in a direction and you can walk off and do other things knowing that the job will be done right.

 

[KyFaninNC]

Thanks for your service in Vietnam. That to me(and this is my opinion ) is the equivalent of a bachelors degree in itself. Hell its probably better. You mature much faster under the intense pressure you are under. You learn to make hard decisions on the fly, and the technical training is crammed in your brain at an alarming rate. Then there is the guarantee that you will lay down your life to defend your country. Give me a vet any day. You steer them in a direction and you can walk off and do other things knowing that the job will be done right.

Actually, when you are in actual combat, life or death, kill or be killed, you aren’t fighting for your country, you are fighting for your buddies, you are trying your best to keep them alive, because you know they are doing the same thing for you.

 

[spartacat]

Actually, when you are in actual combat, life or death, kill or be killed, you aren’t fighting for your country, you are fighting for your buddies, you are trying your best to keep them alive, because you know they are doing the same thing for you.

Agree. Your world narrows considerably in a foxhole. You find out who has your six very fast

 

[joecat]

Seems like a lot of old blue farts on here. How many have been following UK for 50 years plus? I will start. I started following the Year of the Kennedy assassination, 1963.
That year I signed on with the Cleveland Browns, LA Dodgers and LA Lakers. Have followed all through thick and thin.

 

[kycat14]

My earliest memory...Issel/BW tv/NCAA tourney game. We had just re gained possession late in a close game. Big Dan was still in the back court, not looking in front of him. Issel was looking down.
A defender stopped in front of him to try and draw the charge. Issel ran him over and the charge call was made, his 5th foul, by an Ohio State defender
I am 65 years . If anyone can recall this I’d like to hear if my timeline and opponent could be correct or am I just dreaming?

 

[joecat]

I first started in 1954 with the undefeated team. I am 79. The first game i attended was in 1957 and they won by a large margin. I am not sure who they were playing.

 

[joecat]

My earliest memory...Issel/BW tv/NCAA tourney game. We had just re gained possession late in a close game. Big Dan was still in the back court, not looking in front of him. Issel was looking down.
A defender stopped in front of him to try and draw the charge. Issel ran him over and the charge call was made, his 5th foul, by an Ohio State defender
I am 65 years . If anyone can recall this I’d like to hear if my timeline and opponent could be correct or am I just dreaming?

 

[joecat]

It was against Jacksonville with Artis Gilmore.

 

[maxpugsby_rivals385075]

Since Rupps Runts in 1966. I was 13 then and will turn 68 in October.

No it is about a mining community in Muhlenberg county.

Hail Graham High school we are proud of you!
My maternal grandparents lived across the street from Morris Uzzle's service station. Paternal grandparents owned Sparks Grocery, just down the road from Gillaspies grocery. Big John Gillaspie used to cut my hair in the back of the grocery store, the Sparks's lived in the back of their store. How times have changed.

 

[kycat14]

Thanks Joecat, I guess I got ‘er close enough. Pretty good for an old “Bastage”....

 

[spartacat]

It was against Jacksonville with Artis Gilmore.

Man I hated Gilmore when he was at Jacksonville. Loved him with the Colonels. That championship team in 75 had four future Hall of Famers in Issel, Dampier, Coach Brown and Gilmore. The NBA should have brought the Kentucky Colonels in when they absorbed the old ABA. Heck, the colonels won more games than any other ABA team.
MY favorite player to play for the Colonels was "The Enforcer" Wendell Ladner. Baseball had Pete Rose, Football had Conrad Dobler but neither was as tough as Ladner, imo. He went into the stands and wailed away on fans when he got bored out on the floor. Hockey player in sneakers.