PsychoCat
08-26-2005, 08:16 AM
I found this article which I had never read before thatAshley wrote for Sports Illustrated in 2004 about her passion for the WildCats....kind of an interesting read if you havent seen it before
By Ashley Judd
For six months beginning last September, I played the role of Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on Broadway, and during curtain calls I was always entertained by shouts of "Go, Big Blue!" and "Go, Cats!" or seeing signs expressing our shared passion for college basketball. But while I treasured my time on stage, I deeply lamented the fact that it prevented me from attending my beloved Kentucky Wildcats' games. That's why the first thought I had (after Ouch!) when I injured my left foot during a performance in February was, I can probably catch the rest of the games. Indeed, shortly after I had surgery, I flew to South Carolina in early March to watch the Cats dominate the Gamecocks 84-65.
People often ask me to try to explain why Kentuckians are so nutty about UK basketball. My guess is that it's because the commonwealth is so diverse, from the mountains of the east, where my family hails; to the central bluegrass, where we have a proud tradition of raising the world's best thoroughbreds; to the farmlands of the west. Basketball is one thing that unites us, something for which we all can be proud. An airline pilot once told my Nana that when he flies over the state, he can tell when UK is playing because the roads are empty.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/features/si50/states/kentucky/essay/
Unedited version
http://www.ukathletics.com/index.php?s=&change_well_id=2&url_article_id=13107
By Ashley Judd
For six months beginning last September, I played the role of Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on Broadway, and during curtain calls I was always entertained by shouts of "Go, Big Blue!" and "Go, Cats!" or seeing signs expressing our shared passion for college basketball. But while I treasured my time on stage, I deeply lamented the fact that it prevented me from attending my beloved Kentucky Wildcats' games. That's why the first thought I had (after Ouch!) when I injured my left foot during a performance in February was, I can probably catch the rest of the games. Indeed, shortly after I had surgery, I flew to South Carolina in early March to watch the Cats dominate the Gamecocks 84-65.
People often ask me to try to explain why Kentuckians are so nutty about UK basketball. My guess is that it's because the commonwealth is so diverse, from the mountains of the east, where my family hails; to the central bluegrass, where we have a proud tradition of raising the world's best thoroughbreds; to the farmlands of the west. Basketball is one thing that unites us, something for which we all can be proud. An airline pilot once told my Nana that when he flies over the state, he can tell when UK is playing because the roads are empty.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/features/si50/states/kentucky/essay/
Unedited version
http://www.ukathletics.com/index.php?s=&change_well_id=2&url_article_id=13107