In UK’s disciplined practices, Kron often was the target of Rupp’s sarcasm. Once Rupp stopped practice after a Kron mistake and bellowed, “Did you know I’m writing a book entitled ‘What Not to do in Basketball’? The first 200 pages are about you.”

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Beard was the straw that stirred the drink. He was lightning-quick with the ball and tenacious on defense, but his signature quality was his burning desire to win.

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Whatever happens in the Rutgers game, he and the nation’s No. 1 athletics director have some ’splaining to do.

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A transition from Brooks to Phillips would figure to be smoother than the one from Petrino to Kragthorpe at U of L. Phillips knows the players and they know him.

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But the group was unlike anything the painter Rockwell could have imagined in the 1940s and ’50s. In terms of race, religion, and politics, it was every bit as eclectic as the congregation in church. A mixed bag of races, religions, and values, all come together under this one roof, for this afternoon. And best of all, the sense of love was as palpable as the aromas eminating from the kitchen.

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In other words, to many, Liberty represents values that any self-respecting university should disavow. Yet tonight the University of Kentucky mens basketball team will play host to Liberty in Rupp Arena and send it back to Lynchburg, Va., with a big paycheck.

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But wait! There was this: Notre Dame and Duke ranked 1-2 among all major football schools in graduating their players. A story in one of the local papers called it “The Academic Bowl.”

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As it turned out, he had a lot left. He went right from the field to the broadcast booth. Over the next 41 years, he moved from merely popular to immortal.

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But take it from me, nobody has ever covered college football with as much wit, style, and humor as Dan Jenkins did for Sports Illustrated in the 1960s and early ’70s.)

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On a more serious note, “Loose Horse Larry” has been blaming Fletcher’s loss not on Fletcher but on McConnell, Grayson, Anne Northup, Steve Pence and other Republicans who, in Loose Horse’s opinion, underminded Fletcher’s administration.

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