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Kentucky: Joker Phillips has not resigned

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08:38 AM ET 09.29 | Kentucky athletics spokesman Tony Neely said reports that football coach Joker Phillips was resigning are "absolutely false." Phillips has not discussed resigning with athletic director Mitch Barnhart, Neely said. "They haven't even seen each other in the last 24 hours," Neely said. Phillips is 12-17 in his third year as head coach of the Wildcats. UK's five-year bowl streak was snapped last year when the team went 5-7. Pressure on Phillips increased when the Wildcats lost 32-31 to Western Kentucky on Sept. 15.

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September 29, 2012  08:51 AM ET

It was all a Joke(r)....

September 29, 2012  08:56 AM ET

Can't even beat a spammer this morning.

September 29, 2012  08:59 AM ET
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Can't even beat a spammer this morning.

Now....

"Sloggin around in all that mud"

September 29, 2012  09:00 AM ET
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Now...."Sloggin around in all that mud"

Yes I am....again.

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September 29, 2012  09:05 AM ET

Wow harsh words there slim.

September 29, 2012  09:11 AM ET
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Fire the bum Joker he has done a terrible job and destroyed a good Kentucky program Coach Brooks worked so hard to bring up to respectability. Don't pay Phillips anything as separation just ask him to get the hell out of Lexington and go to some Pee Wee league.

IMO I think Joker is doing a decent job with the talent he has. Do you want to fire him and send him but to Butt Crack, Kentucky??? :-)

September 29, 2012  09:40 AM ET

Coach Brooks brought them to the verge of respectability, and then bolted. His recruiting in his last year was not good.
Joker did get them out of one pitiful losing streak-- an accomplishment his predecessor never could do. Unfortunately for them, the other one (against uf) still hangs over their heads. I wouldn't be surprised if it got to the level that the ND/Navy streak did.

September 29, 2012  09:42 AM ET
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IMO I think Joker is doing a decent job with the talent he has. Do you want to fire him and send him but to Butt Crack, Kentucky??? :-)

I think they probably do want to send him there. They would send him to Big Bone Lick, KY (real place-- google it), but that sounds like it could be a reward.

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September 29, 2012  09:52 AM ET

To Mitch: "Ever danced with the devil in the pale moon light?"

September 29, 2012  09:53 AM ET
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I think they probably do want to send him there. They would send him to Big Bone Lick, KY (real place-- google it), but that sounds like it could be a reward.

LOL, no <hit, is there really a place called "Big Bone Lick, KY"??? Damn that's funny!!!!

September 29, 2012  09:53 AM ET
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Doesn't that make you happy to do so!!

Yep

September 29, 2012  09:55 AM ET
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LOL, no <hit, is there really a place called "Big Bone Lick, KY"??? Damn that's funny!!!!

Somehow figured that you get your attention.

LOL

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September 29, 2012  10:11 AM ET
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My Mother was born in Spa, Kentucky.

And you were born in Butt Crack Kentucky???? LOL.

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