stuck at the SEC Spring Meetings in Sandestin. He tried several last-minute flights with nearby charter companies to no avail.
Insert John Calipari and Mark Stoops.
The two Kentucky coaches offered Pinkel a ride on their jet, so Pinkel could make it to the event he was dying to attend. He accepted, and took the jet on to Cleveland and then home to Missouri after dropping Calipari and Stoops in Lexington.
“Both those guys said, ‘Let’s just go to Cleveland and drop Coach off first,’ ” Pinkel said.