Is Jerry Tipton the Dread Pirate Roberts?

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Fire Billy? found this 5/8/2008 on www.aseaofblue.com [flag]
There has been quite a controversy brewing in the last few days here in the Big Blue Nation over a couple of interviews that Marc Maggard of Kentucky Ink did with the parents of two of Kentucky's youngest and most recent verbal commitments -- Vinny Zollo and Michael Avery (Note:  The Howard Avery interview is about 30 minutes long, and the relevant part does not appear until near the ... [link]

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Two Men Enter! One Man Leaves!
Published 5/8/2008 by The Fake Gimel Martinez at Fire Billy?
Whoops! Are we back? Possibly. Sorry for the lack of updates, but some real life issues benched me for the remainder of Billy: Year One. When the season’s over, I suppose its time to pick up the old battles. This weeks entertainment: Jerry “Master Blaster” Tipton vs. “Mad” Marc Maggart! Remember no deals can be broken! This is battle numero 57 (approximately) in the Tipton is Trying to Hurt UK Fan Wars. This time, Jerry interviewed the parents of our new recruits Vinny Zollo and Michael Avery. In follow-up interviews conducted by Kentucky Ink’s Marc ...

Kentucky Hoops Faithful vs. Writer Jerry Tipton
Published 5/9/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... of the Lexington-Herald Leader, a man who has covered college basketball for nearly 30 years, recently wrote a couple stories about Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie’s decision to offer scholarships to an 8th grader and a freshman in high school. (As we noted yesterday, this practice is nothing new.) For his stories, Tipton interviewed the parents of both players. Then, someone named Marc Maggard of the site Kentucky Ink decided to do a podcast with said parents, and everything quickly went south.

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Billy G across the way in Kentucky just picked up a verbal commitment, from an eight grader . Michael Avery, a 6-foot-4 eighth-grader, knows where he will play in four years, but does not know where he will play next year. "That’s the funny thing," Howard Avery said with laugh. "We’ve got our college. Now we need our high school."
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Posted 5/2/2008 on Intentional Foul

In light of the slight hubbub surrounding the University of Kentucky’s signing of Michael Avery , an 8th grader who obviously hasn’t started high school yet, I was reminded of this brilliant Mr. Show skit discussing basketball recruiting. Is this the kind of thing we can expect from schools in the future? How about signing them out of the womb… Post from: ...
Eighth Grader Commits to Kentucky; Undecided on High School

Posted 5/2/2008 on FanHouse

Eighth grader Michael Avery knows he want to play for the University of Kentucky. The 6-4 guard from Encino, CA has decided to go ahead an commit to the Wildcats and is pretty excited about it. "We're very flattered and excited that Michael will have the opportunity to one day play at Kentucky," (father) Howard Avery said. "After going through the thought process and talking to a lot of ...
BREAKING: Cats nab another young-un

Posted 5/1/2008 on A Sea Of Blue: Front Page Posts

Various internet sources now reporting Kentucky has secured a verbal commitment from ... wait for it ... AN EIGHTH-GRADER. Michael Avery , a 6'4" combo guard out of Southern California, joins the nascent UK Class of 2012. Seriously. Clark Francis, the infamous recruiting guru, has Avery ranked as his No. 8 player in the class, No. 2 at his position, inexplicably listed as power forward. A ...