ThatFan.com — Are You That Fan?

ESPN College GameDay was live from Lexington, Kentucky yesterday at Rupp Arena, the site of the showdown between #2 Kentucky and #12 Tennessee.  I have been saying for the last few weeks that I expected this crowd to be the biggest ever for a GameDay because of how fast the tickets sold out.  I was correct, as 22,144 fans showed up to show the world who the best college basketball town in America is.  The crowd nearly tripled the previous record that was set a few weeks back by Kansas State with 8,159.  I also heard that the crowd broke the record of the football version of GameDay but I can’t confirm that.  The only downside to the huge crowd is that the signs were so spread out that it was tough to get a glimpse of all of them.  If you were at GameDay and you have pictures of signs, let us know so we can post them!

Digger went with a green tie/highlighter combination this week.  I’m kind of surprised he didn’t play to the crowd like he usually does by going with blue.  Come to think of it, I don’t think they make highlighters in UK blue…maybe he should get with Sharpie on that one.  The Kentucky student who shot the half-court shot for a scholarship missed pretty badly, but it wasn’t the worst shot we’ve seen all year.  That makes thirteen straight shows with a miss, and Duke and North Carolina remain the only schools to ever have someone make the shot.  On to the signs!

First things first, I could post pictures of what seemed like a few hundred “We love our Cousins” sign, but I will spare you and just go with a couple (if you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all).  I’m going to withhold my Kentucky jokes here and let you do it in the comment section.  DeMarcus Cousins is certainly one of the most dominate players in basketball this year (even if he does play a little dirty), and the fans in Lexington love him:

As silly as Kentucky fans look holding these signs, at least they aren’t from Tennessee:

Well played.  On to some more Tennessee humor:

There were quite a few plays on the “Orange you glad you…” joke.  One sign will get the job done here:

Tennessee’s football and basketball teams have both had an unfortunate series of mishaps with the law this year.  Think Kentucky fans won’t be making fun of that?  Yeah right…

Just in case you didn’t get the message the first time:

Probably my favorite con-related humor of the day:

I was disappointed in the lack of signs making fun of Digger and the crew, however, one reader did send in a picture aimed towards Bobby Knight.  Needless to say, Knight isn’t too fond of Calipari so it wasn’t a surprise he didn’t make the trip.

Speaking of Calipari…

DeMarcus Cousins vs. Wayne Chism battled it out for best fashion accessory:

Attention all Kentucky fans…I have to find out who this guy is because it is imperative I find out what the rest of this guy’s hilarious sign says.  If you know this guy, or you know what his sign said, please contact me!

Obviously there were plenty of John Wall signs:

Is it just me or is this some form of blasphemy?

In the words of the great Lee Corso, not so fast my friends:

Last but not least, Erin Andrews was in the building, and this Kentucky fan wants her as his valentine (don’t we all?):

Speaking of Erin, here she is from yesterday’s broadcast:

We also had Erin’s arch-rival (not really, but it sounds cool) and That Fan favorite, Jenn Brown:

This is the third time I’ve seen Gumby at a College GameDay this year…he must be a big basketball fan:

Digger sporting the green tie/highlighter combo…maybe he did it for Gumby?

Speaking of Digger, he sure likes to bust a move with the cheerleaders every week:

While we are still on the topic of Digger, one angry fan in the crowd isn’t too fond of him (maybe the cheerleader in the video above is his girlfriend?).  During Rece Davis’ interview with John Calipari, a UK fan can be heard yelling “Digger, YOU SUCK!”

The loudest the crowd got yesterday may have been when Rick Pitino was mentioned:

If you were one of the fans who was boo’ing Pitino (or wish you were there so that you could have), click HERE and HERE because these shirts might interest you:

Lastly, I’ve been waiting to spot fans giving obscene gestures in front of the camera all year, and to my disappointment I haven’t found any…until these guys.  These guys get WAY too excited about giving the “forearm jerk” which is the French version of the middle finger:

This UK fan must have seen those guys and wanted to top them:

Be sure to vote in the poll below for your favorite sign.  At the end of the season we will have a tournament of all the best signs.  If you haven’t voted for last week you can do so HERE.  As of right now “Izzo likes Nickelback” is in the lead.

Next week College GameDay will be in Seattle to watch Washington take on UCLA, and we will be back with all the signs! If you’re going to be there let us know!

Related posts:

1. Best ESPN College GameDay Signs from Syracuse (2/27/10)
2. Best ESPN College GameDay Signs from Washington (2/20/10)
3. Best ESPN College GameDay Signs from Kansas State (1/30/10)
4. Best ESPN College GameDay Signs from UCONN (1/16/10)

This entry was posted on Sunday, February 14th, 2010 at 5:31 pm and is filed under Basketball, ESPN College Gameday, Signs, That Fan Polls. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.