The weekend that was...

Another eventful weekend in Kentucky, and what is par for the course in recent months, most of its not the best of news. Kentucky lost another heart breaker to South Carolina and also lost Hartline to an injury. MRI results should be announced today, but the rumblings around the interweb is that it doesn't look good. While many critics were begging for a change at QB, I don't think anyone wanted to see it go down like this. I know we didn't here at BBNR. Yet, it is what it is, and a change at QB seems inevitable, at least for a few weeks, if not longer. Whether that will be Newton, Fidler, or Cobb remains to be seen, but we'll know more after we know the extent of Hartline's injury. Some are already reporting that Hartline is out for the rest of the season, but that has not been officially announced by UK as of yet. Stay tuned.

In other news from around the state, we can't not mention the arrest of Terrence Jennings and Jerry Smith, two basketball players at the University of Louisville. The details of this arrest and fallout that will result from it are still fuzzy. Rick Pitino and the UofL administration has yet to pass down any penalties from the school, but that is expected soon. This is yet another black eye on the downtrodden Cardinal program, that was still dealing with the Pitino scandals. How all of this will actually factor into the upcoming season remains to be seen, but it certainly doesn't look good for our non-friends in red.

Big Blue Madness is only a few short days away. Those of us not lucky enough to be there in person, we'll be able to see it all from the comfort of our living rooms on the Big Blue Sports Network. There may not be another season more anxiously awaited in the history of Kentucky Basketball, and our wait is finally (nearly) over. The madness kicks off the start to an exciting season that will be followed by a Blue-White game on the 28th and then exhibition games the first week of November. Expect full coverage of the Kentucky basketball events in the coming weeks.

Well, I guess that's all for now. Stay tuned for more news and views today and throughout the week. We'll be posting our upcoming preseason top 25 and more previews for the upcoming College Basketball season. Should be fun!