What does the preview information of the Louisville-Kentucky game tell the fans?”
Lachlan McLean hosts a nightly sports talk show on WHAS-AM in Louisville, a 50,000-watt station that pierces the far borders of the Bluegrass State. Since there are no pro sports in the state and not much goes on between the Kentucky Derby and Labor Day, summertime is usually dominated by talk of one thing: the Louisville-Kentucky football game. But something unusual happened this year. McLean, who’s now in his fifth year at the station, said he received fewer calls about the game than ever before. Same thing on the fan message boards, where smack talk between the rivals went curiously MIA. Have Kentucky and Louisville fans reached a new level of peace and understanding? Not exactly. “I think it’s because expectations are so low,” McLean said. “Louisville, for the first time in years, isn’t expected to be one of the best teams in its conference. And Kentucky fans are afraid to call and talk too much for fear that it will bite them in the butt. “The enthusiasm is still there. But I thin
