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Big Blue Links for Saturday:
Birmingham investigation says Bledsoe grade change “not credible” but decides to let eligibility stand, reports Jerry Tipton of the Herald-Leader.
Bledsoe grade change ruled questionable, but upheld, reports Pete Thamel of the New York Times.
Many of Bledsoe’s grades were missing, investigation finds, reports Jon Solomon of the Birmingham News.
Garry Parrish of CBS Sports says there is no reason to celebrate the Bledsoe investigation findings.
Eric Bledsoe’s transcript will stand, reports Brett Dawson of the Courier-Journal.
Kentucky can breathe a little easier after the Bledsoe report, writes Kevin Scarbinsky of the Birmingham News.
Eric Crawford of the C-J writes that something feels wrong about so much time focused on one grade.
Ten ways Kentucky could pull off the upset at Florida, according to Chip Cosby of the Herald-Leader.
Can the Cats defy the numbers? asks Cosby.
Danny Trevathan will sit out first quarter tonight, says Bleed Blue Kentucky.
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Kentucky football treating Florida as a business trip, writes Dawson of the C-J.
Wayne Turner joins John Calipari’s staff, reports Tipton of the H-L.
Early spark has been missing from Florida attack, writes Joseph Goodman of the Miami Herald.
Florida says it’s time to put it all together, writes Robbie Andreu of the Gainesville Sun.
Florida is wary of the Wildcats, writes David Jones of Florida Today.
UK’s Donald Russell enjoying the running back competition, writes Larry Vaught of the Danville Advocate-Messenger.
A Sea of Blue tries to answer some “understandable” questions about the Bledsoe case.
Kentucky Sports Network offers a preview of the Florida Gators.
KSR thinks the Eric Bledsoe case was a giant waste of time.
Ryan Clark of the Kentucky Enquirer argues that investigation report proves New York Times was wrong.
In 35 years only two UK quarterbacks have beaten both UF and UT, says Armchair Quarterback.
I think I enjoyed reading the comments on Gary Parrish’s blog more than his article! UK fans (and not the ignorant ones we are ashamed of) rallied and gave him a piece of the BBN’s mind. Many of the comments contained more legitimate information than Parrish provided. I really hope he read the comments on his blog and cried because it truly was a horrible and misleading article.
What are your thoughts on the whole Bledsoe thing, John? Will you write about it or are we left to Tipton’s opinions?
Would as much money have been spent to ascertain whether a student should have had a higher grade in a class or classes as Birmingham Schools and the various news organizations wasted?
It does not surprise me that Bledsoe may have been given multiple opportunities to turn in make up work or extra work to improve his grade. It would not have been the first time for a student who has had a difficult background to be given an extra break or two. Teachers that care do it all the time. Most of the time it is for students that are not going to be earning millions of dollars a few years later and so no one notices, except the student that was given an extra chance. Yes there are situations where atheletes get undeserved breaks or grades, but it can not be proven that this was the case here.