Update: Everyone under the sun is reporting that Payne is picking Michigan State — Scout.com may have actually confirmed it first — but we’ll still Liveblog, anyway.
If Adreian Payne is indeed going to make his college choice at 5:30, then we’ll talk about it here. Payne is reportedly down to UK, West Virginia and Michgian State. Buzz this morning is the choice is Michigan State, but people were saying West Virginia last night. Anyway, we can always talk about the Blue-White scrimmage. We’ll start at about 5:15.
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.
I imagine that if he doesn’t pick WVU then there will be a lot of Adreian Payne t-shirts burned in Morgantown tonight.
On a side note, I saw you at the Blue/white scrimmage the other night. I didn’t realize how much time you have to spend doing the liveblog, so I’ve got to give you props for the ability to multitask.
Skip, you should have come up and said hello.
John, wonder if anyone else is NOT driving a new truck?? Have you heard about anyone else not driving one? Just curious here in south Alabama…
Patrick does have a new truck. He told the media that last night in the post-game interviews. Jerry assumed he drove it to and from the game. He was wrong to assume. I’ve made that same mistake from time-to-time, especially on deadline. There was nothing malicious about what he wrote.
John,
In all seriousness, the comments that bookend the article come across as more of an editorial comment than reporting. That the facts were wrong makes the tone of the article appear malicious in nature.
Also, you are THE man at this paper that will engage its readership on a personal level like this, and you are to be commended for it. I appreciate that you defend your colleague, but I think Jerry made a mistake bigger than a simple ‘clarification’ can fix. Just my $.02.
Not trying to speak of Jerry, but think he was trying to tie together Patrick’s new game (three-pointers, perimeter play) with his new ride. That’s all.