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14 April 2010
You wouldn't think it, but we get hundreds (if not thousands) of emails a week from StadiumDrives.com readers. Some of them tell us how great we are, others how bad we are. Often, we'll get tips of stories. Sometimes, sites will even let us know that they stole our work, it was a hit on their site and thank us. Others just write in for advice or have questions about their life. I decided to give the old inbox a cleaning again and pick out some of the best (and worst) emails.* If you can't decipher our e-mail address from the sidebar and would like to send something in, send it via Twitter to @JoshCohron.
I heard you're coming to my city soon. Please don't call/text/email/tweet/Facebook message/contact me. Let it go. - (Name withheld) (Location irrelevant)
Sweet! Another female I've scorned wrote in. Maybe she does want me since she knew I was headed her way. No matter what, I will continue to believe that.
Whenever I come to StadiumDrives.com, at the top of my browser, it refers to your site as, "A College Sports Daily Blog." Almost none of those things are true. - (multiple readers)
You are all correct. My suggestion for a new header would be, "Stadium Drives: A Sometimes College, Sometimes Sports, Rarely Daily Blog." It seems catchy to me. I would wear a t-shirt that had that slogan on it.
I am not a big Kentucky fan. Even more than I dislike Kentucky, I dislike John Calipari. It does make me feel good that he couldn't get to the Final Four with five first-round picks, so it's likely that Calipari will never get to the Final Four at Kentucky. - T. West, Lexington, KY
I can see your point, to a degree. Kentucky is arguably the most talented team (along with the '96 Kansas team) to never get to the Final Four. They looked absolutely confused and befuddled against West Virginia. They kept shooting 3s when they couldn't make one. They stood around against the zone. They... Okay, I need to stop before I get all worked up again.
But, I must say that Calipari will be in the hunt every year to get to a Final Four. He was at Memphis, and Memphis sucks. Kentucky and Calipari are a great match when it comes to recruiting. Kentucky has the best facilities, best fans and some of the hottest females in the country. Calipari could get top players to go to Memphis which has none of those.
Take today, for instance. Brandon Knight, the #1 PG in the country for 2010, is expected to announce he'll be playing for the Wildcats next year. Normally, that would be all the good news a Kentucky fan would need. Calipari will also get a commitment from the #1 player in 2011, Michael Gilchrist (who many say was the best high school player in the country this year).
The Kentucky faithful can exhale, as the 2010-11 year is starting to look like another winner. After Knight commits, another #1 recruiting class for Calipari seems like an attainable goal.
The Kentucky haters may want to think about getting out of town for a week or so, things are going to get blue again real quick.
Click Read More or I'll keep waxing poetically about Kentucky's recruiting classes.
I remember a couple years ago, on your old site, you and Brubaker had daily NBA Playoffs banter. Can that come back? At the very least, can you give some NBA Playoff predictions? - Matt N., The ATL
I love a dedicated fan. If the playoff matches were totally set, I'd break the whole thing down.
Instead, I'll just let you know that LeBron isn't losing this year. No matter how hard Mike Brown tries, even he won't be able to stop LeBron from getting that first ring.
Can you believe Wake Forest hired Jeff Bzdelik? What the (expletive) were they thinking? - Madison, Australia
I believe that is the first international submission to the inbox.
I can't figure out what Wake Forest is doing. They're bringing in a guy who finished 12th, 12th and 8th in the Big XII at Colorado. His teams are incredibly boring to watch, and he's nowhere near the recruiter that Dino Gaudio is. Sure, Gaudio couldn't coach his way out of a wet paper bag, but he could get players to play for him.
Not only will Jeff Bzdelik's Wake Forest teams be bad, but they will also feature no good players and will be very uninteresting.
Can you feel the excitement for the two year era of Jeff Bzdelik at Wake Forest?
There was no hot girl last week. What the (expletive)? - (multiple readers)
Sorry. Audrina will make everything better.
See.
All better?
Good.
How about my new show on TBS? You going to be watching??? - Conan, Los Angeles
A two hour block of television featuring Conan O'Brien and George Lopez should be referred to as, "Must Sleep TV."
That's it for this week, folks. Send your questions for next week.
*As always, these emails are fake, unless otherwise noted.
