[ComfortEagle]

I am not condoning Cousins' actions, because I know for a fact that he has had these same problems off the court and PPat had to stop him from doing something REALLY stupid that would have put his season in jeopardy.

But with that said, UK and UofL were both acting like a bunch of thugs at the beginning of the game. People were jawing, getting rough, etc. Then Bledsoe gets benched by Calipari because he and a UofL player were having some words. Things were already tense.

Next thing you know, Cousins is going for a ball and he feels someone knee him in the face. Boom, you're already ****ed off and then someone sends a knee your way? Can any of you really say you would have just smiled and helped the guy up? **** no! This was a rivalry game, and game between two fan-bases and teams who despise each other.

If Cousins was just being an ******* and threw the elbow, then that's one thing, but to get a knee sent into your face and THEN throw the elbow completely changes things. It still doesn't make it right, but it makes it a bit more understandable. Whether the "knee" was part of his natural movement or not in that situation is irrelevant. What the **** is Cousins supposed to do? Sit back and say, "Ohh, you just kneed me in the face, but I won't do anything about it because during the tense battle I completely understand that it was just part of your 'natural movement.' Allow me to help you up and french kiss you." :please: