Is there a more lunatic fan base than Kentucky's?

Rondo played for three years in Louisville before transferring to Oak Hill.

 

Thanks for another solid answer, Crash. And, btw, didn't mean to bash your state (well, maybe a little), but was genuinely curious as to why the number of players from ky has so fallen off the map the last decade. It's not like Kentuckians have lost interest in basketball, they seem every bit as obsessed as ever.

Also, I like the stat about more PGAers than NBAers, really flies in the face of stereotypes about the state.

 

No problem. And the interest in basketball definitely hasn't waned. Like I said, there were 15,000 people at the state title game last weekend. That number may be a little inflated, since it was the little country school that could playing against one of the traditional big city powerhouses, but it's still a ton of people. And obviously, interest in UK (or Louisville) basketball isn't going down.

 

Apparently, there are four Kentuckians on the Tour now.

Kenny Perry, Elizabethtown
Steve Flesch, Covington
J.B. Holmes, Campbellsville
Josh Teater, Lexington

The two Olympians were Elaine Breeden (swimmer) and Tyson Gay, both from Lexington.

As far as I know, Rajon Rondo is the only native Kentuckian in the NBA. O.J. Mayo went to school in Kentucky, but he's from West Virginia, I believe.

 

Mayo went to an Eastern Kentucky school for a year, I believe, when he was in middle school. He then transferred to Oak Hill (or maybe I'm wrong here) and finished his prep career.

Kentucky has also produced several MLB players. Active players: Austin Kearns, Mark Reynolds, Jeremy Sowers, Corey Hart, Jon Rauch, Dan Uggla and Brandon Webb.

 

Mayo was all over the place. I think he played two years at Rose Hill in Ashland before moving to Cincy. He eventually landed in Huntington.

 

End of thread?

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Crimson-Tide-fans-welcome-their-new-son-Crimson?urn=ncaaf,231447

It's stamped yesterday, though I suppose that could be an April Fool's fake, too.

 

Where in God's name are they getting the nickname 'Ty' from a kid named Crimson Tide Redd.

Fail on all counts.

 

While I appreciate all the mentions, I offer up Texas A&M for pure lunacy. There are Aggie jokes for a reason. It isn't a thing that permeates any particular sport or even has anything to do with winning. It just exists. Texas A&M is a school with a fight song that mentions its biggest rival. The fans will argue with you until you leave that there are actually TWO flagship university schools in the state. If I hadn't been gone from Texas for more than a decade, I could remember more. I'll close with this link, as much as I can't stand Jim Rome:

http://mattceni.com/2009/03/21/the-rome-rant/