King: Sturgill Simpson Stopped His Show In Arkansas To Tell The Crowd To 'Get Ready To Get That Ass Whooped. Mark Pope Ain't Fucking Around.'
That's settled, I'm willing to make a sacrifice. It's time to make Sturgill Simpson the guy who sings the National Anthem and give him a front row seat on Cal's return to Lexington. It's only right. This man took a second to stop playing banger (after banger, after banger, after banger) to remind Arkansas who they are. Arkansas is a second-tier program in the SEC who needed to use money to bail John Calipari out and save him from career suicide. That's fine, just accept who you are.
It's also time to put Sturgill Simpson in the music Hall of Fame. This is a man from Kentucky, an elite musician and never lost his roots. He bleeds blue, he's going to talk his shit. That's exactly what you should want from any man like Sturgill Simpson, who also happens to be one of the best musicians out there right now. Doesn't matter the genre, if you don't like Sturgill Simpson, go fuck yourself.
He's not wrong either. Mark Pope isn't fucking around. He's got Kentucky right where we want him to. People doubting him, hitting top recruits still, bringing in transfers. Just the right amount of buzz in year 1 for Pope to built back the standard. The standard he played with at Kentucky, the standard we once had. No more Oakland's, no more St. Peter's, no more UNC-Wilmington or shit like that. Time to get back to what it is - the Commonwealth's team and the best damn program in college basketball history.
This is exactly what I needed to hear too. We're getting close to the season, but it's easy to get lost. You get caught up in watching your MLB team score exactly 1 run in 2 games and lose at home. You get caught up in watching your NFL team basically get eliminated early on in the season or your college football team miss out on the playoffs early. But now? Now it's time to get me to tipoff. I live and breathe for the college basketball season. Mark Pope ain't fucking around, get ready to get your ass whooped.