ESPN recap of UK v TX

[Jaxcat]

Fresh off a win over Oklahoma, there was reasonable hope Texas had shifted the narrative after a listless start to the year. Instead, against Kentucky on Saturday, Manning and the Horns' offense penned a narrative befitting the bleakest Cormac McCarthy novel. Manning completed just 12 of 27 passes, Texas managed just 179 yards of total offense, and if not for two stellar punt returns and the utter ineptitude of Kentucky's offense, this might've been one of the biggest clunkers of the season. Instead, the Longhorns escaped 16-13 in overtime, and Manning could rest easy knowing that no more than seven members of his own family could've done better.

Sad, but true, unfortunately. 'The utter ineptitude of Kentucky's offense' - truer words were never spoken. Judging from the game Saturday, I have to say it's not a glaring lack of talent, but execution and coaching decisions that are holding us back. When we're not shooting ourselves in the foot with holding, illegal formation, illegal motion types of mental errors, we have an OC who quite clearly does not know what he's doing. His play calling in the red zone is beyond inept and pathetic. It's criminal. For a season and a half, we've made an ingrained habit of tortuously driving inside the opponents' 20-yard line only to abandon anything that was working up until then, being completely obvious what play will be run and/or running a play so badly out of place/time/field position as to lead one to conclude that Hamdan has bet against UK.

Have to give the author of the ESPN article credit: the line about only 7 members of the Manning family was darn funny.

[Pete Hogwallop]

It sounds to me as if the "author" was AI.

[Jaxcat]

Does AI have a sense of humor and/or sarcasm? I honestly don't know. The dig at Arch was funny, I thought.

On another site, a long-time media follower of UK said UK beat UK while #21 TX looked on. Another funny dig.

[Pete Hogwallop]

Does AI have a sense of humor and/or sarcasm? I honestly don't know. The dig at Arch was funny, I thought.

On another site, a long-time media follower of UK said UK beat UK while #21 TX looked on. Another funny dig.

Yes - you can have it write the articles any way you want by asking it to make it sound however you want it to.

Here - I asked it to write a recap article humorously as if it was written in the middle ages:

The Longhorns of Texas Prevail in a Drab, Overtime Scrimmage Against the Wild-Cats of Kentucke

Hark, good people! From the smoky, sodden field of Kroger’s Keep comes tidings of a most curious battle, wherein the Knights of Kentucke (The Wildcats) did fall to the invading Longhorns of Texas, by a margin most meager: Sixteen to Thirteen, after a torturous fifth period of play!

Verily, the folk of Kentucke dominated the parchment scrolls of offense, moving the great leather sphere with the might of a thousand ploughmen. Yet, their efforts oft ended in mere whimper, not roar. Their chief squire, young Boley, tossed the pigskin with abandon, yet many a foray into the Longhorns’ territory ended without the coveted score of the Touchdown.

The Longhorns, on the other hand, played with the cunning of a thief in the night. Their attack was meager, their yardage poor, yet their special band of footmen—the 'Horns of the Punt Return'—did thrice plunder the pitch, gifting their side advantage. And when the horn blew for overtime, it was the stout boot of Shipley, the Texas Kicker, that sent the final dagger through the heart of the Wildcats' hope.

Thus, the Longhorns escape this damp, ill-played affair, a victory as ugly as a boar’s snout, while the people of Kentucke must once more lament the curse of the close contest. May the mead flow freely to numb the pain of this most statistical, yet ultimately, mournful defeat!

Score Final: Texas 16, Kentucke 13 (After Extra Time)

[Trueblujr]

It sounds to me as if the "author" was AI.

Yeah, worded a lot like the AI writeups WildcatRick gets when I beat the snot out of him in fantasy football.

Here's an example..

Beersnob2 (me) Leaves Crazy Train in the Dust, School's in Session

In a Dazzling display of fantasy prowess, Beersnob2 emerged victorious over Crazy Train with a score of 217.64 to 177.94, taking the lead on Monday and leaving Crazy Train wondering if they accidentally enrolled in remedial fantasy football. With a grade of D, Crazy Train might want to consider a tutor before their next matchup!

[Jaxcat]

^Dang, I hope I'm not around when the machines become 'aware'. I've seen that movie and it didn't end well for a lot of us humans.

On a similar note, I believe much of popular music is created by AT (artificial talent) .

[Pete Hogwallop]

Actually, it's kind of a good tool to get sports stories rather than going to ESPN or other websites. You can just open your favorite AI app and ask it for a recap of whatever game you want. Or any other kind of news. Or for a weather report, etc.

[Sjslhill]

All that I know is UK repeated in typical fashion, losers. I watch, probably too much YouTube and UK football is a laughing stock. I should just stop posting on it because it’s just not important to the regime in Lexington.

[Trueblujr]

^Dang, I hope I'm not around when the machines become 'aware'. I've seen that movie and it didn't end well for a lot of us humans.

On a similar note, I believe much of popular music is created by AT (artificial talent) .

Oh, It's coming, and it won't be good, partly by design, but that's a conversation for a political board somewhere.

It will be the end of Hollywood though. Why pay actors and actresses millions upon millions when AI can generate an endless supply of new characters and you don't have to see the same faces in role after role from movie to movie.

[Pete Hogwallop]

My favorite humorous headline/post about the game:
Kentucky beats Kentucky as No. 21 Texas looks on.

[Catsrock]

My favorite humorous headline/post about the game:
Kentucky beats Kentucky as No. 21 Texas looks on.

That’s funny, sad, and true