John Clay’s Sidelines

Will Shelton, who is actually an Asbury Theological Seminary student while also running writing for the Rock Top Talk blog about Tennessee sports, made a recent interesting post comparing new Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin with new Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari.

An excerpt:

But a few weeks ago, I saw one particular t-shirt that really caught my eye.  I went back on Friday to look for it, and to my dismay couldn’t locate it at several stores in the mall or at Dick’s Sporting Goods.  On my last stop on the way out of town, I went by Wildcat Wearhouse, and there she was: (a “We’re Back” Kentucky t-shirt)

(Side note:  the good people at Wildcat Wearhouse in Hamburg Place are having a buy one get one free sale, and upon hearing this my brain instantly does what one’s does when you hear you’re going to get something free…until I realize that there is literally nothing I want in this store.  So some UK friends of mine are about to reap the benefits, times two.)

The woman behind the counter tells me that they’ve sold a lot of these shirts, which might account for my inability to find them anywhere else.  And I merely wonder aloud if anyone sees anything wrong with this picture.

I don’t care if UK fans want to build up Johnny C before he ever coaches a game in Lexington.  It just makes me nervous, because I can easily envision the same shirt being sold 165 miles south in a certain shade of orange.