In our never-ending quest to bring you closer to the Wildcats on and off the

field, TCP presents "Off The Wall With...," a Q&A just a little bit

off the beaten path. 

Today's featured Cat is Artose Pinner, a senior running back from

Hopkinsville, Ky.

AP: First would be Tupac Shakur, one of the best artists who ever

lived. Probably have to go with "All Eyez On Me." He had gone through a lot of

struggles in life, and in my short time here on this earth, I could relate to a

lot of what he was saying. Number two would be Biggie, "Ready To Die." Not that

I'm ready to die or anything. (Laughs) But the song talks about some good points

about life after death. It's real interesting to me. The third would be Jadakiss

with a little club music. If I'm going to be stranded somewhere, I need a little

pick-me-up, you know? I can't be serious all the time. I need to dance around a

little bit. I'd pick "Knock Yourself Out," something I can bob my head to.

AP: That Cha-Cha Slide. What's it called? The Margarita (Macarena) or

whatever it's called. That's it. (Sighs) That's probably the most annoying thing

ever.

AP: Who's that dude with the wild haircut on Cartoon Network that

looks like Elvis? (Johnny Bravo?) Yeah, that's him. He's too cool and has

a way with the ladies. That's me. (Laughs)

AP: I'd probably go to Jamaica or Puerto Rico, those white sand

beaches. I'd like to be riding a horse on the beach in that white sand, no cares

in the world.

AP: Direction. She's got to be focused and have some goals in her

life. Plus, she's got to be independent. And she's got to have a sense of humor.

If they don't, they don't mesh to well with me.

AP: I've got two of them, and they ain't marrying none of these guys!

(Laughs) I'm around these guys long enough as it is. I know too much about them.

Alexis Bwenge is probably the closest. (The Canadian gentleman?) Exactly!

(Laughs)

AP: Sleep in. With football, I'm up every day at six in the morning.

And then with two-a-days, it's pretty rough. So the first thing I'm doing is

giving myself some extra sleep. Once I had that, I could think of some really

big stuff to do.

AP: I can tell you which one I'd like to go back and do. It's not

really an historical event, I guess, but I'd like to play that Tennessee game

again. We had those guys beat bad. I'd go back and try to do some things better

there and make sure we won that game, see the goalposts come down.

AP: That's easy. Ernest Simms. That boy's crazy. He's like a sitcom

every day. He walks around campus with a video camera interviewing people. He's

a character.

AP: That's an easy one. My side dishes would be yams, mashed potatoes

and macaroni and cheese. I always have to have three sides. My main course would

be steak and turkey. My mom likes to fix three sides and two types of meat, so

you get the best of both worlds. She loves to cook. I think that intimidates my

girlfriends, though. (Laughs) They think they're going to have to cook that much

for me someday.

AP: In Living Color. I'm someone who likes to laugh a lot, and that

was one of the most talented casts ever assembled with Jim Carey, the Wayans

brothers, Jamie Foxx and all those guys. I could watch that all day long.

AP: We had a big PlayStation football tournament during camp. It was

intense. (Laughs)  I got knocked out in the first round playing with

Kentucky. I'm still No. 40 on there for some reason. (Pinner has worn No. 20 for

the last two years.) They wouldn't let anybody have someone like Nebraska or

Oklahoma. I wasn't very good at it because I'm used to the X-Box buttons. Plus,

a bunch of them were cheating, putting in all these audibles and substitutions.

I just played the way it was. Oh well. (So who won the tournament?) David

Johnson. He took Virginia Tech and dominated.

AP: Respect all, but fear none. That's the way I play.