I sure would welcome it.

Unrelated topic from our usual coaching / portal discourse, but found this tweet interesting. Per Nielsen ratings, we seem to be a pretty decent ratings draw. I suppose there could be some additional discussion that playing in the SEC artificially raises ours, but nonetheless, eyes are on us. More than there are on several playoff teams and big brands too (Penn State, Oregon for example).

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Good game. Iowa up 7 at the half.

Iowa State vs. Iowa the only game involving a top 25 team.
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Plug him in as backup pg. Surely he can give us more production than this:

Wake Forest WR Horatio Fields confirmed with me this morning that he will begin an official visit to Kentucky today.

The 6'3, 202-pound receiver is a big target and a two-year starter at Wake Forest. He had 39 catches for 463 yards with four TD this year.

He has two years of eligibility remaining.

For the majority of the season Fields was three catches a game for 45 yards, about, but he had a couple of games with six shorter catches. Averaged 11.87 yards per reception as more of a possession target.

PFF gave him a 68.3 score including 72.6 in run blocking and 67.2 in receiving on 671 snaps this year.

Kentucky needs to get bigger at receiver so he makes sense.

Welcome to the Final Four! Our movies have fought a long battle and are vying for the title of Best Christmas Movie.

Last matchup before the big one. Choose wisely and may the odds ever be in your favor.

Should UK go after another portal QB, this is my choice. Mendoza played at Cal, completed 68% of his passes for 3000+ yards(a reminder that UK hasn't had a 3000 yd passer since Hartline 15 years ago), 16 TDs, 6 INTs which doesn't knock your socks off but to watch this guy play is a treat. He's 6'5", probably 220, a RS Jr from Miami whose only offer out of HS was....Yale. He seems to be a great leader, commands the huddle, excellent teammate, hard-nosed who can run but has a really good arm. UK has thought to have offered his #1 WR, think his name is Hunter. Being from Miami makes one think they would have the inside track but there may be some left over hard feelings from his HS days. Anyway, the guy went in the portal Wed, 12/11. Fall back option would be Calzada.

It's wayyyy too early in the season to say, but in all seriousness....

Coach Mark Pope looks clearly - at this point - to be solidly at or near the top of the list.

I know time will tell, but Coach Pope is absolutely deserving of the nod at this early juncture. The media will catch up to it in due course.

I believe, when it's all said and done, you're looking at the man that will win Coach of the Year.

Thoughts?

I haven't seen anything to this point that has shown me he's capable, but do others here think he is?

Does Pope try to get him more minutes to find out?

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Love him or not, he is a HUGE part of college basketball and I'm glad to hear this news.

UNLV is in talks to hire Dan Mullen as their next coach. I'm not wanting Mullen here, but they are rolling out the largest NIL/sharing package in the MWC/Big 12. I guess they understand, football is the largest revenue making sport in college and funds most all other sports.

Just saw an 8th girl last night that could start at 90%of Ky high schools. West Clermont jr high school. Already has contact with the Ohio State. Someone needs to contact Brooks.

How much does each departure so far hurt?

Login to view embedded media There pitch was to compare him to Zion at Duke. I get what they are saying but surely they knew not to talk about a Duke guy here.

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Also saw this yesterday. I said when it first broke he was a candidate that he would take an NFL approach to it and that seems to be exactly what he’s gonna do.
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Cal basically made us a one and done program and only Anthony Davis saved his fate. We need the Perry’s and Noah’s for a foundation. I am sure there will be some one and done type players especially due to the portal and NIL, but you need those 4 year guys like Pelph, Feldhaus, Farmer, Travis Ford etc for a foundation. If you want to live and die with a total roster turnover every year you will get Cal part 2. This year is an exception due to the previous coach taking the entire roster and recruiting class with him to Piggyville. Be patient with the young guys and let them develop. They are Ky boys and will play for UK not the coach and his shady agents.

Tells Cats Illustrated that he will officially visit Kentucky from Dec. 18-19.

He announced an offer from Kentucky on social media today.

He has other visits scheduled to Cincinnati, Boston College, and Minnesota, so this is not like Kentucky is making some aggressive move to lock him down before the action starts. They will be battling those schools.

The 6'5, 255-pound defensive lineman was a sophomore this year. A native of West Palm Beach (Fla.) Cardinal Newman, he played sparingly in 2023 but had 46 tackles, four sacks, 5.5 TFL, and two forced fumbles a year ago. Kentucky needs both starters and backups on the defensive line, though they do get a couple of guys back.

We just won comfortably over a scrappy team that it is almost impossible to get motivated for, just four days after a super emotional overtime victory over a top-five team, while missing both of our point guards.

Most teams are not designed to win without point guards. We have gone 2-1 since losing both of them.

Some of you need to calm down and realize that Coach Pope knows what he’s doing. His team is not perfect, and I do not expect us to win the title this year. But I do see that we are a good team that fights for every game.

One other thing I am noticing is that the trolls have gotten tired of waiting for us to lose games so they are just starting to complain when we don’t win by 30. You guys need to watch out for those people. Don’t get wobbly in the knees this early in the season.

That’s my name for this group. They absolutely kill it in the 2nd half. You play Kentucky, they are going to come at you for Forty Miniutes!

Most favor either as a child or an adult?

I looked very much like Kevin McCallister as a kid. My brothers wore glasses and could be Ralphie. I sort of looked Ralphieish. I have in my head what some of you look like that is probably wrong.

So who was Scut Farkas? Grover Dill? Cousin Eddie?

Surely, one of you was a Buzz McCallister.