Kentucky Vaguely Drops Starting Quarterback

Poor phrasing, I know -- our headlines cannot be widowed, as they say in the industry. Let me try and save this sinking ship of an entry: Kentucky has dismissed (we're over the limit for use of the term "booted" at FanHouse today) would-be starting quarterback Curtis Pulley, seen at right having his lunch money taken away.

Why? Wildcat coach Rich Brooks only deigns to hint as to why.

"There is basically a little more as I delved into it than I was aware of at the time,'' Brooks said.

That could mean anything. What we do know is that "at the time" Pulley was merely in the doghouse for a series of run-ins with the law including traffic charges and a citation for marijuana possession. Anyway, out the hook came to drag Pulley off stage and into the likely abyss of "Football Championship Subdivision" football. Who wants to play D-I football anyway?

Insert new starter Mike Hartline at his disingenuous best.

"But in the end it's all about what you have and how you plan to move on. Since he's not on our team anymore, it's tragic and everybody wants him on our team, but we can't really dwell on it."

The Andre Woodson era is over, and I gotta believe people in Vegas are now in a mad scramble to unload whatever minimal investment they've put into Kentucky football this year.