Apparently the good people of Kentucky are a bit taken aback by the fact that at Saturday’s pregame tailgate party before the Texas Tech basketball team faces the Wildcats, students of age will be offered free beer. That’s been such a revelation that it made it all the way to head coach John Calipari when he was asked about it in his pregame press conference earlier this week.
“They’re giving free beer to students,” Calipari asked. “At the game? On campus? Wow. I mean, it’s been hat day, cap day, shirt day, blackout, whiteout, red-out.