[ComfortEagle]

I've watched the video several times, and it's clear to me that Swopshire's leg was a deliberate motion. He rolled over and then his leg traveled vertically. It was not a "natural" movement unless we live in some kind of alternate dimension. His body was already on the ground and then his leg traveled upwards toward Cousins.

With that said, the knee to the head is what I believe caused Cousins to elbow him in the face, MMA style. Am I condoning it? No. Cousins should have realized the time to be a thug was over when he put on that blue and white jersey.

Does that mean Cousins should be suspended? No, not IMO. Would I be fine with a 1 to 5 game suspension? Yes, I would actually, but that's not up to me. I would rather Cousins be suspended than for Kentucky to have a "thug" reputation.

Have any of you read the latest blog on KSR, describing the pre-grame activities by UofL?

Here are some excerpts:

During warmups, as both teams did their layup lines, there was a lot of talking from the UL side to the UK guys. Edgar Sosa, Jerry Smith and Reginald Delk were yelling at various UK players, specifically Bledsoe and Cousins, and letting them know that they would be ready to play. Smith even had a couple of instances in which he would run around and through the UK line in order to get into the UL line.

After the national anthem, both teams jawed a bit and a couple of the UL players walked by Cousins and “rubbed” their shoulders against him. The last UL player to do it got a little shove from Cousins and that was that.

I did not see this, but a couple of people have reported that there was some jawing between the two teams behind the scenes right before the introductions. Calipari referred to it a bit in his press conference and Mary Jo Perino said in a Tweet that the Louisville players were screaming “We are Bad M’Fers” in the hallway.

During introductions, the Louisville players didnt “run out” as usual, but stayed in a huddle while their names were called. As both teams came on the floor for the tip, Smith, Sosa, Wall and Bledsoe had some nice words for each other.

After the first little incident with Bledsoe and Delk, people didnt see on television that Edgar Sosa looked towards the UK crowd and started waving at the fans and telling them to “bring it on”, while Bledsoe said some things to Delk that likely werent fit for print.


As they have said on KSR and I have said on here, I do not condone Cousins' actions, but you have to also take into consideration the intensity of the game.