Update: The Shiver reports Payne will announce at 5:30 p.m. on ESPNU.
Big Blue Links for Thursday:
- Fox Sports’ Jeff Goodman tweeets that Adreian Payne will make his announcement today, with UK West Virginia and Michigan State the finalists.
- Kyle Nagel of the Dayton Daily News confirms that Payne will announce his choice tonight.
- Bruce Pascoe of the Arizona Daily Star also reports that Payne may announce today.
- Bluegrass State Basketball thinks Payne is headed to Michigan State.
- Best of the Best thinks that Payne is headed to East Lansing. (Hat tip to Aaron’s UK Basketball Blog.)
- Wildcat Blue Blog goes rumor-mongering with Payne.
- Jerry Tipton reports that the Cats showed their star power in basketball scrimmage.
- Tipton reports that John Calipari downplayed the John Wall eligibility questions.
- My master-of-the-obvious column that the Cats are much more athletic than in previous years.
- The Herald-Leader slide show of the scrimmage.
- Chip Cosby of the Herald-Leader writes that the football Cats have to throw to grow.
- Brett Dawson of the C-J writes that the Cats unveiled the Great Wall of Kentucky.
- Eric Lindsey of Cat Scratches calls the Cats a sparkling work in progress.
- Tom Leach gives his thoughts on the scrimmage.
- T.J. Walker of the Kentucky Kernel writes on volleyball’s Blake Hiler.
- Keith Taylor of the Winchester Sun writes on freshman Eric Bledsoe.
- Mary Jo Perino opines on the Blue-White scrimmage.
- A Sea of Blue gives its thoughts on the scrimmage.
- Matt Jones of Kentucky Sports Radio gives his thoughts on the scrimmage, and poses for a picture.
- Aaron’s UK Football Blog has some Anterio Sloan news.
- Kentucky Sports Network has some video of coaches talking about Calipari.
- Lance Wilkerson says the Cats look sharp, for a scrimmage.
- Straitpinkie looks at Kentucky’s ties to the NBA.
- Bluegrass State Basketball breaks down the scrimmage.
- Inner Circle says its piece on Blue-White.

John Clay is a sports columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader. A native of Central Kentucky and graduate of UK, he covered UK football for 13 seasons before being promoted to columnist in 2000. He lives in Lexington with his wife and two sons. You can e-mail him at jclay@herald-leader.com.
No need to watch ESPNU @ 6 because Adreian Payne is headed to MSU per link below that did ESPNU interview in Ohio.. thought you might like a heads up.
Local Basketball Star Going To Michigan State
http://www.whiotv.com/sports/21463882/detail.html
I like the “master of the obvious” column. MOTO as we called it in college.