Tonight, Kentucky tries to end a NCAA leading 26 game losing streak to SEC foe, the Florida Gators. The last time the CATS defeated the Gators was in 1986, now it's time for a look back at what the world was like in 1986....
TOP NEWS STORIES OF 1986:
President: Ronald Reagan
Vice President: George Bush
The U.S. officially observes Martin Luther King Day as a National Holiday
The space shuttle Challenger explodes moments after take off
Chernobyl nuclear meltdown disaster in the Soviet Union
The video game console, Nintendo out of Japan takes the U.S. by storm
The United States bombs Libya in response to terrorist attacks
SPORTS CHAMPIONS OF 1986:
MLB: NY Mets (defeating the Boston Red Sox)
NFL: Chicago Bears (defeating New England)
NBA: Boston Celtics (defeating Houston)
NHL: Montreal Canadians (defeating Calgary)
NCAA F: Penn State (defeating Miami)
NCAA B: Louisville (defeating Duke)
TOP GROSSING MOVIES OF 1986:
1.) Top Gun
2.) Crocodile Dundee
3.) Platoon
4.) The Karate Kid, Part 2
5.) Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
#1 HITS OF 1986 (US POP CHARTS)
Take My Breath Away (berlin)
You Give Love a Bad Name (Bon Jovi)
Amanda (Boston)
True Colors (Cyndi Lauper)
Stuck With You (Huey Lewis & The News)
A View To Kill (Duran Duran)
Higher Lover (Steve Winwood)
Rock Me Amadeus (Falco)
Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel)
Live To Tell (Madonna)
After that little trip down memory lane you've learned a couple of things. First, the 80's had some of the worst music to ever be written (my opinion) and two, after reading all of that it seems like a million years ago since the CATS have defeated the Gators.
Many of the nations leading sports writers are putting the Gators on "upset alert" after their dismal performance at Tennessee, a game in which they lost their starting quarterback. However, it just seems far fetched, at least to me to think this years Kentucky team will be able to end the streak, but this is the most vulnerable Florida team in recent memory so one can never tell.
I'll give my prediction; Kentucky loses in a surprisingly tight game 32-28, but I hope I'm back on here tonight writing about a VICTORY....
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