[The Blue Blur]

Just spoke with a good source that has a unique take on the prime Ohio targets; he's known them a lot longer than I have. Independently verified with good UK sources that there seems to be something to this, though the details are not worked out yet.

Have heard that Darius West, Darryl Long and maybe even DeShone Kizer want to visit Kentucky this weekend (if not this weekend then very soon).

This source told me he spoke with someone very close to these guys and asked, "Is there any other school that could get involved and sway them from Kentucky?"

The answer was no.

Here's where this gets interesting.

I had been hearing that West and Long were likely UK leans, but this is much 'firmer' than what I had been hearing. In fact, I thought Louisville and UK were pretty even for Long. But according to this source, UK is very strong. In fact, this source said that while those guys might not commit while they're at UK, it could well be shortly after.

On Kizer ... I have confirmed with sources close to UK that they are interested but again, this is not just blowing smoke, UK has not offered a quarterback other than Drew Barker. In fact, after the Twitter mess the other day the topic was brought up between Gillins and UK, and he was informed that he does not have an offer from Kentucky.

Now, UK has told Barker that they have to cover their bases. There are guys like Kizer, Gillins, Kincade, Harris, etc., that they have to talk with to protect themselves. As we've said, Barker is visiting UK on April 8 and 10. Kentucky is working hard to try and convince Barker to go to the UK spring game instead of South Carolina. If that happens you can pretty much guess where he's going.

I still think UK leads for Barker. UK thinks they lead for him. It's not done, but it looks good.