I don't have it in me as a Kentucky fan to want them to lose, I just don't. Do I expect it now? Of course, because this isn't a well constructed team by any metric.
As for the kneeling: I too feel it's a show of total disrespect and should never have been allowed; there's no place for that in college sports, none. What many fail to realize is that, if you actually look at the statistics, blacks are not shot/killed by police at a higher rate than any other race, they just aren't. The percentages tell us that. Look it up. (Per capita of each race's population % )
Of course there are racists of every color, I see it directed at me, as a white, by blacks, almost every day, but that doesn't make ME a racist; I just realize and understand there are black people who are racist, just as there are whites who are as well. All I can do is treat others the way I want to be treated, what others do and think is something I can't control. But the bottom line is do not bring politics into college sports. It's why I refuse to watch/support the NBA now.
No, I want my Cats to win every time they play, and it hurts to see my beloved program fall to such depths, and it never should have occurred, Covid be damned. All other teams have had to work around it and deal with it; UK is not unique so that can't be used an excuse.
Many of us have watched as Cal's "system" has slowly begun to unravel over the course of the past several years; this turn of events was very predictable if you cared to watch and understand the dynamics of what was occurring.
Cal just needs to leave at season's end, his time here is over.