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S P O T L I G H T
THE NATION’S BEST
FAN SUPPORT
Kentucky fans are passionate. Everybody has understood that for a while, and so when I wrote a column about Billy Gillispie I knew
the response would be heavy, if only because anything written about the Wildcats garners heavy attention. I'll include some of the
notes in this week's mailbag, but one message caught my attention so much that I had to reply to the guy personally.
It came from David.
It read. ..
Giddy? I just bought a summer home in Arizona so I could register my corvette there because it was the only state
with the 4KYCATS license plate available. We are back! Nice read.
Naturally, I was intrigued. The idea of a man buying a summer home based solely on the idea that a particular license plate
was available in that state seemed like the very definition of passionate. So I e-mailed David and asked for more details.
His response was excellent.
A real estate agent told me how to go online and check the states' computers for
personalized plate combinations. I was looking for a summer home and had tried
other Rocky Mountain States for months to come up with a combination that would
look cool on a red corvette, but everything is taken by all the wildcat fans. Found a
home near Sedona, Arizona. Looked on the state's MVD computer, and lucky me
there was 4KYCATS. Everywhere I drive that car I meet Kentucky bball fans. Bottom
of Bryce Canyon national park: Ky fans. Top of the capitol dome in Denver: Ky fans.
Ran out of gas on a charter boat in the mangrove swamp of the Florida Keys. Who
comes to my rescue? Ky fans who saw my Ky jersey and towed me back, told me if
I had been a Duke fan they would have left me there to die.
… there is no denying members of the so-called Big Blue Nation comprise the most
passionate fan base in the country, and it's really not even close.
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