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*** Official CatsIllustrated Kentucky vs Louisville Prediction Contest ***

Old_Red
Welcome to the Official Kentucky vs Louisville Prediction Contest!

This is our final game for the season.

Follow the rules below and make your prediction. I'll publish the results after the game. You can put any comment you would like below your score prediction (put '***' after your prediction to make it easier to separate the comments) but try not to put anything above your prediction as my scripts may not be able to find your prediction.

The rules are simple. Whoever predicts the correct winner with the score closest to the actual score wins. The method of determining your score is to take the absolute value of the difference of your guess of the Kentucky score and the actual plus the absolute value of the difference of your guess of the opponent score and the actual. You now don't have to have the correct winner to make the list but you incur a penalty of the worst score of those who picked the correct winner. In case of a tie, the tiebreaker is used. In case of a tie in the tiebreaker, we have more than one winner.

I will be awarding points for the first 10 places and including a bonus of 3 additional points for making a perfect prediction. I will track cumulative point totals and the number of games you make the top 10. This contest will end after the bowl season.

Your post should look something really close to what is between the lines below. Remember the ":"s and the word "Tiebreaker:"! Do not!! use a "-" as a separator because some of our tiebreakers can be negative.

This week's tiebreaker is Louisville First Downs.

Kentucky vs Louisville game:

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Kentucky: 24
Louisville: 22

Tiebreaker: 21
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Just cut and paste everything between the lines above into your reply and then modify the scores and tiebreaker as you see fit. If you don't know how to do that, type very carefully. Remember to type in the word "Tiebreaker:" so that I can find it. Anything my scripts can't figure out will not count.

Don't edit your post or try to post a score after the game has started.

BTW I really would prefer exact names for the teams, but whenever we play Louisville, I'll make an effort to accept any name you can think of that is not obscene.
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Football Prediction Scores - Kentucky @ Texas (tiebreaker was 211 Kentucky Passing Yards):

10 1 . BurgLife : 3 points, tiebreaker=151
9 2 . howercat : 4 points, tiebreaker=176
8 3 . maysvilleky : 4 points, tiebreaker=160
7 4 . ukalum1988 : 5 points, tiebreaker=180
6 5 . blubo : 5 points, tiebreaker=173
5 6 . Roe07 : 5 points, tiebreaker=155
4 7 . kybloo92 : 5 points, tiebreaker=140
3 8 . TOMCATS1990 : 5 points, tiebreaker=100
2 9 . number8please : 6 points, tiebreaker=149
1 10 . rockycard : 7 points, tiebreaker=218
.. 11 . catsfanbgky : 7 points, tiebreaker=185
.. 12 . Hang_Time_2 : 8 points, tiebreaker=150
.. 13 . ILiveBlue-GoCats : 8 points, tiebreaker=115
.. 14 . CatOnRockyTop : 10 points, tiebreaker=198
.. 15 . docholiday51 : 10 points, tiebreaker=184
.. 16 . Uk##1 : 10 points, tiebreaker=168
.. 17 . ArtLaibsGhost : 11 points, tiebreaker=190
.. 18 . pappy52 : 11 points, tiebreaker=152
.. 19 . Bryguy : 11 points, tiebreaker=148
.. 20 . warrior-cat : 11 points, tiebreaker=147
.. 21 . YardCat : 11 points, tiebreaker=138
.. 22 . kywildcatsfannumber1: 12 points, tiebreaker=170
.. 23 . Blueisbest : 13 points, tiebreaker=217
.. 24 . BigBlueFanGA : 13 points, tiebreaker=175
.. 25 . cat tat2 : 13 points, tiebreaker=140
.. 26 . Chad Rock : 14 points, tiebreaker=162
.. 27 . BC_Wader : 14 points, tiebreaker=148
.. 28 . Kycatspaws : 14 points, tiebreaker=143
.. 29 . *CatinIL* : 15 points, tiebreaker=175
.. 30 . TheBlueCat : 17 points, tiebreaker=170
.. 31 . UK Widget : 18 points, tiebreaker=144
.. 32 . Old_Red : 18 points, tiebreaker=138
.. 33 . kywildcat41035 : 21 points, tiebreaker=155
.. 34 . entropy13 : 25 points, tiebreaker=143
.. 35 . Jazzycat : 27 points, tiebreaker=198
.. 36 . Nuke99m : 27 points, tiebreaker=138
.. 37 . RocknRollCats : 45 points, tiebreaker=201
.. 38 . cat888 : 46 points, tiebreaker=158
.. 39 . SpeedisEverything : 46 points, tiebreaker=277

Those who picked the wrong winner: RocknRollCats, SpeedisEverything, cat888

Football Prediction Contest Leader Board:

50 : maysvilleky
46 : BurgLife
34 : howercat
27 : Chad Rock
25 : BC_Wader
25 : kywildcat41086
25 : rockycard
24 : Old_Red
22 : SpeedisEverything
21 : catsfanbgky
21 : pumpedupcats
21 : TOMCATS1990
20 : blubo
20 : Hang_Time_2
18 : *CatinIL*
17 : TheBlueCat
15 : cat tat2
15 : docholiday51
15 : Nuke99m
14 : BigBlueFanGA
14 : pappy52
14 : warrior-cat
13 : JSgorocks
13 : ukalum1988
12 : Bigbluecaleb
11 : ArtLaibsGhost
11 : Bryguy
10 : kywildcatsfannumber1
10 : WalterTheHippo
9 : Catapult
9 : jimmy cowboy
9 : Short-Dawg-69
9 : UK Cats1
8 : BeardedKatFan
8 : FormerlyKnownAsSOLLY
8 : truckbrandon
8 : UKAlum84
6 : cat888
6 : number8please
6 : tdjohnsky
6 : UK Widget
5 : Blueisbest
5 : CatOnRockyTop
5 : Roe07
5 : YardCat
4 : kybloo92
4 : ORCAT
4 : RocknRollCats
4 : THE_HOOK
3 : dyersburgcatfan
2 : yes_takeaside
1 : Burgcatfan
1 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
1 : M4CAT


Players Who've Made the Top Ten at Least Once:

7 : maysvilleky
6 : howercat
5 : BurgLife
5 : kywildcat41086
5 : Old_Red
5 : rockycard
5 : TheBlueCat
4 : *CatinIL*
4 : catsfanbgky
4 : Chad Rock
4 : Nuke99m
4 : TOMCATS1990
3 : ArtLaibsGhost
3 : BC_Wader
3 : BeardedKatFan
3 : Bigbluecaleb
3 : blubo
3 : docholiday51
3 : Hang_Time_2
3 : JSgorocks
3 : kywildcatsfannumber1
3 : pumpedupcats
3 : SpeedisEverything
3 : warrior-cat
2 : BigBlueFanGA
2 : Bryguy
2 : cat tat2
2 : number8please
2 : pappy52
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : ukalum1988
1 : Blueisbest
1 : Burgcatfan
1 : cat888
1 : Catapult
1 : CatOnRockyTop
1 : dyersburgcatfan
1 : FormerlyKnownAsSOLLY
1 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
1 : jimmy cowboy
1 : kybloo92
1 : M4CAT
1 : ORCAT
1 : RocknRollCats
1 : Roe07
1 : tdjohnsky
1 : THE_HOOK
1 : truckbrandon
1 : UK Cats1
1 : UK Widget
1 : UKAlum84
1 : WalterTheHippo
1 : YardCat
1 : yes_takeaside


Total Players:
Kentucky vs Southern Miss : 70
Kentucky vs South Carolina : 70
Kentucky vs Georgia : 61
Kentucky vs Ohio : 55
Kentucky @ Ole Miss : 53
Alabama @ Vanderbilt : 38
Kentucky vs Vanderbilt : 53
Kentucky @ Florida : 53
Kentucky vs Auburn : 51
Kentucky @ Tennessee : 48
Texas @ Florida : 32
Kentucky vs Murray State : 38
Kentucky @ Texas : 39

Season Average for Players: 50.8


Football Prediction Champs:
Kentucky vs Southern Miss : SpeedisEverything: 4
Kentucky vs South Carolina : rockycard: 26
Kentucky vs Georgia : BurgLife: 18
Kentucky vs Ohio : BurgLife: 2
Kentucky @ Ole Miss : BC_Wader: 7
Alabama @ Vanderbilt : pumpedupcats: 26
Kentucky vs Vanderbilt : docholiday51: 11
Kentucky @ Florida : Chad Rock: 20
Kentucky vs Auburn : JSgorocks: 3
Kentucky @ Tennessee : WalterTheHippo: 7
Texas @ Florida : maysvilleky: 4
Kentucky vs Murray State : kywildcat41086: 1
Kentucky @ Texas : BurgLife: 3


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RT M. Wood

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seccats04 said:
I hate to beat up on the kid but my goodness, it's a shame that he's having to play at all, let alone start. He gets abused on almost every passing down. He shouldn't be on the field until he's a junior or senior. We really have to hit the portal hard on the OL or next year may be even worse.
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Every word the truth. However he gets zero help from his oc which blows my mind.
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POLITICAL THREAD

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sambowieshin said:
Didn't this time but rocked the waitress a 30 percent tip for keeping the buckets of beer coming. Only thing that sucked was Ky football. Cutter Boley has to be the man going forward.
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Didn’t you say you were with like ten others? Gratuity im sure was automatically added to a party that size so you didn’t have a choice right?

And yes, Boley is WAY better. But season is trashed anyway.
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Who In The Crap Was BVG throwing To?

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gamecockcat said:
I couldn't figure it out, either. The ball was too low to be intended for Brown who was well past the group of defenders. Key was crossing into the area but the pass was several yards in front of him. Maybe Brown was supposed to turn in instead of running a post? Definitely one that I couldn't see who he was throwing to.
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Brown was who he should've thrown to. Could've been a td, assuming brown doesn't just lose the ball.
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IF I'M BEING HONEST

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MasonCoBlue said:
To me…and I’m speaking for just me…it was the buyout and who would take the program. I was done as well. But we were in a difficult situation.
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Yeah, the buyout was a big issue, but that doesn't stop us from realizing Cal was washed and no longer the right man for the job.

This is a 10 year job, JC stayed way too long, but he loved being the mob boss.

UK gives coaches and players the big stage with the bright lights, if you have the drive, you can be great here. Cal isn't a HOF coach without the stage UK provided.
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The Ukraine war. (Yes, we'll mind our manners)

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hmt5000 said:
Feinstein had a Chinese spy as her personal driver for over a decade. Swalwell slept with a Chinese spy and she placed a person on his campaign for president. Hunter Biden had video on his laptop of him sleeping with a Chinese Military officials daughter who is suspected of being a spy, Adam Schiff has ties to China, Mitch Mcconnell even has weird ties to China businesses. Money is ruining our government.
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They let a spy balloon fly all over and claimed it was no big deal. The list is endless.
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IF I'M BEING HONEST

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ukcatz12 said:
I've long been accused of being a Cal slurper, so I'll answer.

In the Spring of 2021 the 9-16 season was a complete fluke during a very strange moment in time. Duke had an awful season, Penn St. football had an awful season, weird things happened across the sports landscape. The year before that we had a great team that won the SEC and were in a good position to make a tournament run. We had also mad the Elite 8 two of the three seasons before that. You simply can't fire a coach with Cal's past after a single bad season, no matter how bad it is. Especially during those weird Covid times.

That St. Peter's season we had a legitimately fun and great team for the vast majority of the season. We blew Kansas off their home court. However, TyTy never fully recovered from his injury at Auburn, Grady could barely walk by the end of the year due to plantar fasciitis, and Oscar was a head case before the St. Peter's game (refused to board the plane because he had visions something bad was going to happen). I wouldn't want Cal fired after losing to St. Peter's any more than I would think K should have been fired after losing to Lehigh or Mercer. In a single elimination tournament anything can happen, and quite frankly it was the first time Cal had been upset like that in the first round.

After the Oakland loss I didn't think we would be better off with Cal. I wasn't going to be too excited coming into this year if he were still here. But if you truly believe it was a guarantee we couldn't have been worse off you're kidding yourself. Pope was a great hire, but he wasn't guaranteed. History is littered with schools thinking the grass would be greener with a new coach and getting stuck in a decades long cycle of mediocrity. And there was a lot of pissed off people on this board the night Pope was hired.

Ultimately, it has worked out very well so far. I don't think there's anyone who truly thinks at this point we would have been better off with Cal going forward. But I also think it's perfectly fair to recognize that there was always a risk his successor didn't work out.
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Cal stopped getting top end talent in 2016 (Fox/Monk/Bam), his schtick no longer worked, but the SEC was still weak enough where he could still pull it off, however with the exception of the 2020 team, he couldn't win the SEC, or the SECT.

In 20/21, yeah, it was weird, but Cal sat there and watched Brandon Boston do everything in his power to lose games. Richmond had no problems with Covid, they came into Rupp and beat our NBA draft guys. Dontae Allen was the better player, but Cal refused to play him. and this is Kentucky, why the hell are we rolling with Devin Askew and Sahvir Wheeler? Heck, he rolled with Wheeler for 2 years. How do you go from John Wall to Sahvir Wheeler?

Bottom line is, he used UK to be a middle man for the NBA draft. He was shepparding kids to the draft that were going to get drafted no matter where they went to school. He put individual goals and accomplishments over the program and gave UK fans the middle finger while doing it.

What ended up happening was there wasn't that duper high end talent to cover up the BS.

We should never lose to Evansville, Richmond and UNCW anywhere, let alone at home.

In my opinion, Pope is closer to a Players first coach than Cal and it's not close. Cal has better talent at Arkansas, but when you watch Arkansas, you're seeing UK from 20-24 and the 17/18 team that had 7 future NBA players on it that lost 10 games.

Cal was washed many years ago, some good players just did a good job hiding it from some.
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