LITERALLY DOZENS OF FANS ARE AT GAMEDAY FOR DUKE/UNC – KSR
Students have been camping outside of Rupp Arena since last night ahead of John Calipari’s return to Kentucky, setting up an all-time environment in the historic venue and around Lexington. You only get this opportunity once in a generation, a Hall of Fame coach returning to the school where they won a national championship on the opposing bench — Rick Pitino’s return at Louisville in 2001 being the closest example to this. And that set up a decade and a half of one of the most vicious rivalries in sports history.How could you not want to be a part of something like this?Fascinatingly enough, the ESPN College GameDay crew willingly turned it down in favor of No. 2 Duke vs. unranked, 13-9 North Carolina — a rivalry game with two regular season matchups and a potential third in the ACC Tournament. It was a decision made by the suits of the Worldwide Leader in Sports, the ratings of Blue Devils and Tar Heels supposedly blowing everything else out of the water year after year. You can’t pass that up in Cooper Flagg’s debut in the rivalry, right? That was the thinking, I’m sure.That decision led to this showing at GameDay — a bunch of nerds with corny signs not even coming close to filling up Cameron Indoor. I mean, look at this. Literally DOZENS of fans enjoying themselves pretending the rivalry ESPN shoves down our throats every year actually matters.Chip Kelly news hits hardKalen DeBoer lands OCLeaving Ohio State for NFLBig changes after chaotic weekNebraska scores big transferBy clicking “Subscribe to Newsletter”, I agree to On3’s Privacy Notice, Terms, and use of my personal information described therein.The Cameron Crazies are ready for College GameDay 🗣️📺 10 AM ET on ESPN pic.twitter.com/GIlHY3DWFlThe crowd grew a bit more when the show actually started, but it’s still not even remotely full for a venue that only holds 9K fans anyway. Mind you, more BBN members show up to Mark Pope’s postgame radio show every game, let alone College freaking GameDay. Another MASSIVE crowd for the postgame radio show. pic.twitter.com/UvqlSgpj5mGreat decision, guys. Well done. You did it.Just remember: no one outside of Lexington and Fayetteville cares about Coach Cal’s return. That’s what they said.We’ll see what the actual ratings show.Comments have moved.Join the conversation and talk about this article and all things Kentucky Sports in the new KSR Message Board.KSBoard2025-02-02Kentucky Baseball won big when infielder Tyler Bell, who was ranked the No. 59 overall player in the Class of 2024, committed to the Cats last…Of all the nights for Arkansas to start hitting shots, the Razorbacks picked the Kentucky game to get hot from outside. Arkansas entered Saturday…Kentucky has racked up some impressive wins early in SEC play, but on Sunday, the Cats faced their toughest test of the season to this point, taking…What do they say about pendulums? As far as they swing up in one direction, they swing in the other? I’m sure there’s a physicist out there (or…Eleven ranked teams lost on Saturday. It’s tied for the most in a single day in the long history of the AP Poll. Many of those losses, including…Loyalty is a heck of a thing. Are former Kentucky players who spent time at Kentucky during Calipari’s tenure more committed to the school or the…Kentucky has racked up back-to-back wins over Arkansas and No. 22 Alabama, and they’ll look to stay hot against Oklahoma on the road (4 p.m. ET)….Coming into tonight, most thought Arkansas would be the team to come out tight, the Razorbacks buckling under the pressure of John Calipari’s return…Chip Kelly news hits hardKalen DeBoer lands OCLeaving Ohio State for NFLBig changes after chaotic weekNebraska scores big transfer© 2025 On3 Media, Inc. All rights reserved. On3 is a registered trademark of On3 Media, Inc.
