The House of Blue

Hey guys,

Obviously, National Signing Day is one of our busiest days of the year here on the site and I always like to take this time to drop you guys a quick line to say THANK YOU for choosing to spend it with us here at CatsPause.com.

Thank. You.

I can't stress to you enough how much I love my job and love what I do and the fact of the matter is we wouldn't be able to do it without the people that support this site. Thank you, thank you, thank you for subscribing to CatsPause.com and making our community here a daily part of your lives. We try to mention that as much as possible, but we can never mention it enough. We wouldn’t be here without you and we’ll never forget that.

Been seeing a lot of new names on the site in recent weeks not to mention the names I've been seeing on here for years and would like to take this time to thank everyone for being a part of what we do here.

We've celebrated a great year together. Kentucky basketball brought home its eighth national championship in dominant fashion and now Mark Stoops not only brought in one of UK's best recruiting classes in a really long time, he has the buzz and excitement around the program at maybe an all-time high.

From a technology standpoint, 247Sports prides itself on being cutting edge and in 2012 alone, we added the 247Composite, Twitter feeds, mobile enhancements and text alerts. And we aren't done. There are plenty more updates on the way, as outlined HERE. As always, 247Sports is committed as they have been for the last two plus years in building products and features for users with the goal to enhance their experience on the site.

It's been a lot of fun but it doesn't end here. It never does. It will be really exciting to see this basketball team continue to grow and see what the finished product looks like by the time March rolls around. And if Stoops and Co. can put together this type of class in 66 days, imagine what they can do over the course of a full year?

Over the next several weeks, we'll have complete coverage of:

– UK's run toward the NCAA Tournament as the Cats attempt to defend its national title

– All the latest on Andrew Wiggins, Julius Randle and Aaron Gordon as John Calipari tries to put the cherry on top of what could be the greatest recruiting class of all time.

– Big picture coverage of UK's 2014 football targets, including this weekend's junior day event, new offers, camps and other events. It's important to remember the next 12 weeks are one of the busiest periods of the year in terms of football recruiting news.

– Team football news and reports leading up to the Blue/White Spring Game. How different will the team look when the Cats take the field the night of April 13?

So in short, if you're on a 7-day free trial, you're definitely going to want to stick around. If you're on a month-to-month membership, you're definitely going to want to upgrade to an annual and it's honestly in your best interest to do so. Financially it’s the better option (it's cheaper), there’s only one charge your significant other sees on the credit card statement versus having a monthly reminder and you can expect the same great coverage year-round from us here at CatsPause.com.

At the risk of sounding immodest, I truly believe that you won't find better UK and recruiting coverage anywhere else on the internet. There are some sites that excel in certain areas or in one thing or another but I honestly feel like you don't get better well-rounded coverage of basketball, football and basketball/football recruiting as well as a sense of community on House of Blue anywhere else. And you get it at roughly .30 cents a day. You can't beat that.

So once again and I can't say it enough, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you. We thank you. My mother thanks you. We couldn't do it without you.