but since Kentucky's colors are blue and white, isn't a blackout just about as appropriate as an orangeout?

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Towards the end of the article in the Herald-Leader about Hood and Harrellson's  trip to China, Josh answered a ridiculous question about comparing John Wall to the Great Wall of China.  Josh plays it off well, and doesn't call the guy out on wanting an answer to a question with no relevance to either basketball or Chinese landmarks.  "One stretches across China," Harrellson said. "The other is 6-4," said Josh.

I laughed and came up with a few of my own John Wall/Great wall comparisons. 

I've tried to make them lighthearted, so if anyone is offended in any slight way, that wasn't my intention.Enjoy. Add to them if you can think of anything else; I've had fun coming up with mine.



-One is a wall.  The other is a Wall.

-One cane be seen from space.  The other creates space.

-One sits there with deliberateness.  The other runs around with deliberateness.

-One was created to protect an empire from enemy hordes.  The other was recruited to protect an empire from enemy hordes.

-One was revered for its architectural effectiveness.  The other is revered for his basketball effectiveness.

-One was the number one project for an entire country for decades.  The other is projected number one for our entire country later this month.

-One is widely considered to be one of the most amazing human achievements.  It's also amazing how large of a structure people could have coordinated building so long ago.


-One had the perfect combination of defensive and offensive capabilities to have helped maintain an entire nation's security.  The other had the perfect combination of defensive and offensive capabilities to have helped maintain the entire Big Blue Nation's security.

I can't leave out the obvious one:

-One is a guy.  The other is a fence.

It seems that in the past, the UK football schedule has resembled the basketball one in that all of the easy games are at the beginning of the season. This year is obviously the opposite. Is this because there is a greater chance that more players will be healthier with fewer chances of injury at the beginning of the season? I've felt like we've had great teams in the last few years, but they always had the potential of being crippled by injury. Our bench was never deep enough to make me feel relaxed and confident in the second half of the season. I'm more certain that our critical players will be available for the key games this season with this schedule.

Anybody got any idea why the schedule is set up the way it is?