[King Kong]

I was too young to experience 92 against Duke, obviously seen the highlights and know what happened, but didn't have the full, live & heartbreaking experience back then.

First real one for Kentucky was 97 Championship against Arizona. I'll never forget that being the first year I filled out a bracket, my dad had brought me one home. For some reason that I'll still never figure out, I picked Kansas over Kentucky in the National Championship game, shortly after while taking a shower, I realized what I'd done and started crying my eyes out! I went to Dad and said I want to change it! He told me no son once you fill it out it's done. Well, I kept on and kept on until he finally decided to let me change it lol. I scrapped it and picked UK over KU. Needless to say, I was thrilled that Kentucky made it, but losing like that to Arizona crushed me as a kid, still to this day remember the score and everything, 84-79 in OT.

Next one for UK was in the 05 elite 8 against Michigan St, Patrick Sparks making that desperation 3 to tie it at the buzzer, ball hit the rim 54 times before it fell through. That MSU team was so good, but I just had that feeling deep down we were going to win, just couldn't pull it out. That was one of my favorite Kentucky teams under Tubby, you had Rondo, Sparks, Kelenna Azubuike who was an athletic freak, and one of my all-time favorite UK players Chuck Hayes, was undersized but no one worked or played as hard as him on those teams.

UK Football? I was in attendance in 2007 for the 6 OT thriller against that puke ass orange team. Never forget the first play, Eric Ainge threw a little screen to Arian Foster and he took it to the house for 75 yards, remember looking at my best friend and saying well this one's over. Down 24-7 at half, done everything they could to come back and send into OT. We were sitting up pretty high, think it was the 5th OT at this point, I said lets go, if we win we're storming this field. We were literally hanging over the ledge when Lonas Seiber was getting ready to attempt the game winning FG, I don't think I've ever had so much anticipation at a sporting event, you gotta think this was to end 20+ years of futility & losing. They blocked the FG and every bit of the energy got sucked out of Commonwealth. UT went onto score and get 2 in the 6th OT. We scored on our possession, went for 2, Andre Woodson ran a hell of a QB draw, got stopped at the 1 yard line, lost 52-50. Normally would be in shock about what just happened, but everyone in that stadium just turned around, and started walking out, like we've seen this same song & dance so many times, just accept it. But that was just so brutal.

NFL? Just the Bengals in the Super Bowl against the Rams, other than they've sucked or just blew it in the playoffs my whole life, after awhile you just learn to live with it.

NBA: I'm a Celtics fan, game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals against the Lakers, and game 7 of the 2012 ECF against Miami. That last one against Miami was a tough one, bc that was the beginning of the end for the Big 3 of KG, Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce.

MLB: I'm a Reds fan, but I am also a diehard Red Sox fan as well, so easily for me was the 2003 ALCS Game 7, Aaron bleepin Boone walking it off.

Was great, and heartbreaking to go down memory lane with all these, now a days if my favorite team loses, I just say a few expletives, get over it and move on with my day.

That game in the elite 8 when Patrick Sparks was there,  vs Michigan St, I'd forgotten about that one.  That's another game that took a bit to get over.  Sparks was one of my favorite players.  

The year UK had a perfect record going into the final 4 vs Wisconsin,  I had some people over to watch the game.  We ate food and hooped and hollered at the TV.  I had some of my in laws over to watch it.  They didn't know what to think with me running,  jumping,  and hollering all over the living room.  I even had to step outside a time or two to try and calm down! They just mostly just sat there barely moving,  with concerned looks on their faces,  towards me 

After that Wisconsin game was over,  even I was dead silent,  you could hear a pin drop in here.  I just sat there pretty much staring into space.  A few minutes later the phone rings.  It was one of my brothers.  Neither one of them care anything about sports.  Anyway,  they both call me back to back.  Just to poke fun at me because my team lost.  Usually I'll playfully go back and forth with them.  This time I just barely spoke.  I was like OK,  yeah,  well,  idk, just keeping my statements short.  It was like I was doing a press conference for the Cat's after the game! They were like,  you said the Cat's were going all the way,  what happened? 

I've calmed down a whole bunch when it comes to handling the outcomes of sporting events.  That Duke game buzzer beater shot,  that one was the worst on me.  For more reasons than one.  I had a cousin on the court for UK when that went down.  Over time I kinda came to terms with that.  Coach K instead of running wild in celebration,  consoled the UK players,  including my cousin.  Coach K is one of the best to ever coach anything.  And that play,  was just a great play, be hard to script that.