The House of Blue

Think it's something to do with how the world is right now, look at the crap after the NHL finals right now, people have this idea that doing crazy stuff makes their lives better, sometimes it gets outta hand. I do wonder if I was at UK and a few years younger right now if I would be in the middle of it?

I guess you can't blame young people for being angry in the world right now, job prospects are poor, they get to watch idiots mismanage most countries, I'm 26 and I certainly feel like that to some degree maybe people's resentment is spilling over into sports? It's not like they can do much to affect the sham we all call politics....

Stupid, no doubt, but pretty typical of drunken frat boy culture. Burning your own couch is bad enough, but destroying someone else's car is terrible.

I have to admit that's a pretty funny headline. hah.

I was drunk and running wild through Euclid ave. in 98 with a few thousand just like me but I don't recall (of what I do recall anyway) anything like that going down.
It may have been due to the fact we had just won it all in 96 but I don't know. I figured things would get crazy after a 14 year drought but not to that extent and not with the NC game yet to be played.

It is sad that after a week of wall to wall national media coverage of the commonwealth's two programs playing in the final four, a tremendous game between the two, and for the most part a lot of class and mutual respect that many people's last image will be such foolishness.

I was out there (Woodland and Euclid) as a freshman in '78 and thought it was pretty crazy....a few cars got rocked back and forth......but after watching the news after the game last night, I was disgusted, embarrassed, and it took most of the luster off the victory for me. I am ashamed of some of the students who attend my alama mater. That both ploice forces have to be out there in riot gear and that firefighters are required....it really pisses me off! OP thanks for starting this thread...I really needed to vent on this.

I'm with you on arresting the car vandals, but I don't really care if someone's burning their own couch in their own yard.

Andre Woodson just posted this: "Rumor has it Lexington is bringing in National Guard for tomorrows National Title Game!! Be Safe and Have Fun!! #ProjectLex Go Cats!!"

ABC News just led its prime time news show with this story and contrasted it with the good behavior shown by the UL fans. It truly is embarrassing. I live in California and have had to explain that it's just a few idiots (I hope).

all i have to say to this is welcome to the current world of today with 24 hour news networks, cell phone videos, and social media.

first off 24 hour news networks, not everyday is there enough news to make it so the news they do have they blow out of proportion.

and the cell phone videos and social media, in 1998 none of that was available like it is today so to have footage of the problems/rioting you would have had to have a network camera crew down there to get it on tape not today, everybody is their own network news camera crew.

i was not there is 1998 but my wife was, she watched all the videos last night and all she had to say was, nothing i didn't see or that did not occur after we beat Utah.

I'm not defending anyone who has partcipated in this, but I agree with BT about the couch burning. I could care less and I remember it happening back in '98. As for the car vandalism somebody needs to pay up for their actions.

Most of the kids were born in the 90's and have no recollection of our last 'ship. Doesn't give them am excuse, but that is a fact. Add to that the movie Project X and you have a recipe for a bunch of crazy students doing dumb stuff.

totally agree with this. It's what they say in football after you hot dog it, act like you've been there before. Because all of us know that this will not be the last time we are in this position!! Took all of the excitement and enthusiasm I had for the championship game. Truly embarrased seeing kids jumping on cars drinking and so forth.
But yeah, a friend posted this on facebook. Rick James "F*** yo couch!! UK Fans "F*** MY couch" that made me laugh a bit

clueless. and turn caps lock off

27 arrests have been made for disorderly conduct and public intoxication. 2 for arson.

By Reuters via a Louisville Courier Journal video.
Tried to link, but the URL was a garbled mess.

Exactly what kind of pro are you?

I bet those parents were so proud to see their kids in those pictures the other night. Believe I'd be calling mine and telling him to get his ass out of there and act like he has some sense.