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P.S. The link for the Wildcat Lodge scandal: http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/rulechanges.html Wildcat Lodge was a dormitory built entirely with fan donations and opened in 1978 across the street from Memorial Coliseum as a place for UK's basketball players to retreat from being in the spotlight on campus. When built, it was considered one of (if not the) poshest athletic dormitories in the nation. With luxury areas, extra-large beds, individual rooms and showers being some of the amenities, it caught the eyes and attention of everyone, including the NCAA. The NCAA soon stepped in and decreed in 1979 that Wildcat Lodge was in violation of a rule which stated that college athletes could not receive better accomodations than what was available to regular students. Kentucky claimed that the rule was put into effect after the Lodge was built, however went ahead and accepted non-athletes into the Lodge in order to comply with the NCAA regulation. In addition, the over-size beds were removed, all residents were required to share a room, fancy sections of the lodge were shut off from use and personal bathrooms were locked in favor of communal bathrooms. Later in 1991, the NCAA passed a tougher rule which was designed to eliminate athletic dormitories altogether. It stated that any dormitory, hall or floor cannot have more than 50% of its residents as student-athletes.

Correct. UK's Wildcat Lodge was the prime example of how NOT to house student athletes.

Yes. Yes.

^same here I did donate (not a whole lot though) while I was in the Alumni Association, but I let my membership lapse.

Mike Ford is the man!

Nice site!

Hold on...flipflop is Grothe's dad? I am new, so please bear with me...

Don't make me turn this car around...

^meh, it's alright...it can only get bettah!

Not really...while I remember some rain, my shirt was far from soaked through, plus what did get wet was dry by the end of the game. I was in the nosebleed section right next to the band, too =/

There have been a few hiccups, but all in all, I love how far we've come.

blah I can't spell...

Sounds ghey...

Wow...never thought of it that way...

Putting mine up tonight. I took over 300 pics in all, so I'll have to pick 'n choose.

NICE!

Next year's schedule is going to kick tail!

Class of 2004 right here. I only went to ONE game while I was a student, so I guess I'm making up for it now. 16 USF games in two years ain't too shabby... And yes, I still do sit in the Student Section. There is nothing quite like the feeling one gets when EVERYONE is into the game.

While I'm sure RU would be a good game, there is no way in hell that you're going to catch me in Piscataway unless I am packing heat.

You should actually hate the UL OL who drew the Offsides penalty...Ito missed his chance the first time. But yeah, I don't like Ito either, since it was his great leg that helped Rutgers beat us this year.

^That would be AWESOME.

USF has a lot to prove next season. We cannot choke against any out of conference foes, or it will only add fuel to the Big East Hatin' Fire.

Speaking of Ford, one of the guys here at work is a HUGE Tide fan. When I told him today that Ford will most likely be playing for USF, he said "We never wanted him anyway. He can't keep his grades up and Alabama is too hard of a school for him. You can have him." Yeah, "Roll Tide" indeed...

MIKE FORD WE LOVE YOU!

Oh, I thought you meant our beloved "Voodoo One".