Stoops plays 1960's fb...He will NEVER go any further until he does a 180 on his offensive. Even the great Saban says that defense no longer wins big games and championships, but for some reason he thinks he's the sharpest knife in the drawer.
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Stoops plays 1960's fb...He will NEVER go any further until he does a 180 on his offensive. Even the great Saban says that defense no longer wins big games and championships, but for some reason he thinks he's the sharpest knife in the drawer.
I appreciate you calling me a loser fan.
You honestly look at the schedule every year and say, yep 15-0 playoff champion?
Of course I want to win every game even the teams that go 0-12 want to win every game.
You are absolutely lying to yourself if you saw our schedule this year and expected anything better than 10-2.
9-3 is what most of us thought would be a great year, 8-4 somewhat disappointing, 7-5 very disappointing.
6-6 absolute disaster.
Salary does not equate direct results in any sport or team. We have a $9 million dollar coach because our athletic director is a fool and our basketball coach forced his hand.
Cal hasn't evolved with the times (more three pointers), but in all fairness college basketball titles are the hardest in all of sports to win. The best team usually doesn't win it. Only having to play five at a time and a one and done elimination makes it an extremely difficult title to get. Takes some luck .
I agree with that, scheme and players. Has Kentucky gotten pressure on anyone in 10 games?
Next week South Carolina has one of the worst lines in college football so if not next week then don’t see it happening.
At least we pay our coaches well and expect mediocrity. Welcome to those fans that continue to suffer.
It doesn’t have to: wait ‘till Kansas handles Cal’s high school seniors, and we won’t be hearing from most of you!!
I'll still be here. I can handle posting on both boards and support both programs. Unlike your ilk.
My issue with u is stay in ur lane. U were talking crap about basketball the night nefore the tn football game and then disappeared after the UT game.
I think everyone agrees with this, but how?
Did this and won 10 games with an all time great wide receiver and nfl starting quarterback. Tried to stay in that style last year and sucked, this year brought back the offensive coordinator from the offensive minded team, the top transfer qb, supposed to be the best wide receiver core in a while, yet we look like a pop Warner team.
I think he is trying to be more modern and the team keeps getting worse and then maybe he gets stubborn again. No scheme would’ve won this game.
All runs and no passes would have given us a better chance against Missouri, passing game was best all year against Tennessee and lost. Seems like defense lets them down when offense plays good and when offense plays bad defense has to pitch a shutout.
What can fix this?
Bullsh!t!
My Lane is what I make My Lane.
You football cynics are miracle workers: you are the only folk who can get internet reception to post during games.
Almost makes me think the cynics are watching only on television.
I just want to know how in the hell Ole Miss can make it into the national Top 10 with the resources and facilities they have? Are they that much more committed to NIL than we are? What's the reason(s) that the freakin' Ole Miss Rebels are a damned Top 10 team and we can't beat Mizzou or UTeee???
Talent is huge. But.....Missouri is much the same situation as UK, all around....and they line up and compete whether its....anybody.
I can't say that about our Kentucky team.
I can't say that about our Kentucky team.
Stoops has done better than I thought he woukd at UK. That was a big step to get them better. To take the next step, he does not have that ability imo.
We have 3 SEC wins this year with a good shot at a 4th. How many of the last 40 years have we had more than 4 SEC wins?
You fairweather, microwave fans make me sick. Everybody knows it takes fifteen years to build a program in the SEC, and Stoops is only in year 11. Let's let the next four years play out before we jump the gun. Who are you going to get to replace Stoops? This school has no football heritage anyway.
Look what 25th to 30th in the country for recruiting rankings get you in the SEC, you'll be surprised.
I have heard recently that Mizzou has a pretty large and active NIL operation up and running.
As I said after the Georgia drubbing, I don't think UK fans would be as upset by losses to the SEC elite if we were just competitive. It's pretty obvious that UK had no business being on the same field with either Georgia or Alabama this season. Why is that? Is it coaching, talent, scheme or a combination of all three?
Now, I'm a gambler because I want us to field a competitive disciplined team? Get bent.
We are already paying the 8th highest ncaa coach 's salary, per USA today, so not sure how we couldn't outbid a lot of programs.
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The University dragging its feet getting NIL going is going to really damage this program in the long run. Starting to see the cracks beginning to form.
I don’t think firing Stoops is the solution to the program’s problems. At best, Fire Stoops and a new coach can come in and replicate Stoops’ success and maybe take it a little further by realistically competing for NY6 bowls year in year out. At worst, firing Stoops halts any momentum the program has and relegates us to the same level of the Vanderbilts and South Carolinas of the football pecking order.
I just don’t see a path to competing for SEC East titles year in year out. NIL makes it harder for us not easier. Mitch and the University dragging it’s feet the first years of it doubles down on the difficulty.
I don’t think firing Stoops is the solution to the program’s problems. At best, Fire Stoops and a new coach can come in and replicate Stoops’ success and maybe take it a little further by realistically competing for NY6 bowls year in year out. At worst, firing Stoops halts any momentum the program has and relegates us to the same level of the Vanderbilts and South Carolinas of the football pecking order.
I just don’t see a path to competing for SEC East titles year in year out. NIL makes it harder for us not easier. Mitch and the University dragging it’s feet the first years of it doubles down on the difficulty.
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No one is saying Stoops should be winning titles with his current roster. But they damn sure shouldn’t be taking ass whippings against the top teams in the conference either. Their talent level is not that bad.
Do you honestly believe Stoops will ever achieve anything better than the status quo? He's predictable. The other coaches in the league have a book on him. As long as we're playing anybody better than Vandy or maybe SCjr we're going to lose. He can't out-scheme his opponents and he certainly can't out-recruit them.
Why do people keep saying we are a program above south carolina or Missouri. Those teams have won the division, uk has not. Only a couple steps above vandy
Because winning the division means nothing on how your program is at the moment. Kentucky has a national championship in football so does that mean they are better than anyone else who has never had one?
Right now Kentucky is ahead of South Carolina and close to Missouri and a lot of mid level sec teams regardless of the sky falling.
We have a chance to win 8 games. Good, not great. But we've had a few games where this team looks awful being poorly coached. This is unacceptable
The fact they have had the capability to in the recent past means alot, the appeal to a 1950 title from some bogus poll is ludicrous. UK hasn't surpassed these programs, not in recruiting, and if you want to talk about this year lost to mizzou and still have to play usc and beat us at home last year.
The two best coaches in those two program’s history is what it took to get to that level. Since that moment in both programs and the last 7 years Kentucky has been above both of these programs.
Missouri this year shows they are now a little ahead of Kentucky. South Carolina has not shown that at all. If they beat Kentucky next week then there will be absolutely no defense this year is an absolute failure.
Gloom and doom is one thing, but reality is another. Kentucky is right around the bottom middle of the pack in the SEC which is higher than ever before in the modern era but not where the fans want.
This has been going on since Bear Bryant left. UK just can't seem to make the right hire for the football program. Stoops and Brooks have made the program a little respectable but just can't seem to turn it completely around.
Maybe so, but that ceiling is higher than any ceiling we’ve had for 40 years plus.
Actually, yes I have. However there is a world of difference between not criticizing and praising. By your logic, why would they praise him?
1-17 against top 10. Average losses by 28 points. Not sure how else you can define whether or not a ceiling has been reached.
I wasn't being literal there Bigfoot. I was asking what would constitute an acceptable loss to you. You don't like being challenged much, yet totally ok for you to put words in my mouth.
What’s the status quo in your mind? He’s done more here than any other coach has in modern history. The status quo for Kentucky football the first 20 years of my life and the 20-30 years before was always hope and pray we make a bowl. He’s obviously elevated the status quo to expect a bowl every single year.
The point of my post wasn’t to praise stoops really. More so that I think Kentucky football as a program has a ceiling that’s a little lower than most fans are willing to accept unfortunately. There’s maybe 3-4 coaches at any given time that could single handedly elevate Kentucky’s program to a contender and they’re likely never going to want to come here.
Uhhh, the same reason(s) we were highly ranked in 2018 and 2021.
It is a good team, but as you are now witnessing, capable of a thorough beat down by one as good as UGA.
And don’t question Ole Miss’s history: they have eight double-digit winning seasons in their history, and 40 Bowl appearances.
And because of SEC money, facilities across the South are impressive and have a “new car” smell!
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