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FB Recruiting Portal Recruiting Notes

** Marshall LB Landyn Watson is officially visiting Kentucky later this week but it's reported he is first officially visiting Mississippi State.

** Jacksonville State LB Reginald Hughes announced an offer from Kentucky. The 6'2, 240-pound MLB will be at Colorado before Kentucky. He was a very productive player this year.

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** Can confirm a report from Zack Geoghegan that USC EDGE Sam Greene will be visiting this week. I will have more on him tomorrow.

** Believe OT Isaiah World, the player alluded to a while ago, will be visiting this weekend. He would be an important player to lock down.

Honest question- Could colleges

Start a new NCAA organization with bylaws? Members would join voluntarily and agree to abide by the rules of the org. Similar to a country club or civic organization.
Set up a fair compensation agreement that all agree to.

Don’t join if you don’t want. I bet 90% of all ADs and coaches would be willing to start over. It would take some work but could rectify this out of control nonsense.

Would a membership violate the SC decision?

Top 25 Highest Paid CFB Coaches

RankCoachSchoolTotal PayConf.School PayMaximum BonusBonuses Paid
(2023-24)
School Buyout
as of 12/1/2024
1Kirby SmartGeorgia$13,282,580SEC$13,003,000$1,775,000$275,000$118,083,333
2Dabo SwinneyClemson$11,132,775*ACC$11,008,575$1,500,000$175,000$60,000,000
3Steve SarkisianTexas$10,600,000*SEC$10,600,000$1,850,000$300,000$55,044,583
4Lincoln RileyUSC$10,043,418*Big 10$10,043,418---
5Ryan DayOhio State$10,021,250Big 10$9,946,250$1,550,000$250,000$37,276,042
6Mike NorvellFlorida State$10,000,000ACC$10,000,000$1,550,000$750,000$63,778,333
7Kalen DeBoerAlabama$10,000,000*SEC$10,000,000$1,175,000-$70,050,000
8Brian KellyLSU$9,975,000*SEC$9,975,000$1,325,000$100,000$61,738,333
9Mark StoopsKentucky$9,013,600*SEC$9,000,000$3,550,000$200,000$44,437,500
10Lane KiffinOle Miss$9,000,000*SEC$9,000,000$2,600,000$800,000$36,590,000
11Eliah DrinkwitzMissouri$9,000,000SEC$9,000,000$1,300,000$425,000$28,312,500
12Josh HeupelTennessee$9,000,000SEC$9,000,000$1,700,000$200,000$37,500,000
13James FranklinPenn State$8,500,000*Big 10$8,500,000$1,400,000$300,000$56,666,667
14Dan LanningOregon$8,200,000Big 10$8,200,000$1,875,000$450,000$45,366,667
15Brent VenablesOklahoma$8,152,000SEC$8,150,000$1,385,000$25,000$44,808,333
16Mario CristobalMiami (FL)$7,783,059*ACC$7,783,059---
17Mike GundyOklahoma State$7,750,000*Big 12$7,750,000$1,000,000$125,000$25,359,375
18Luke FickellWisconsin$7,725,000Big 10$7,725,000$1,450,000$0$40,186,667
19Jedd FischWashington$7,700,023*Big 10$7,700,023$1,550,000-$40,239,960
20Lance LeipoldKansas$7,500,000*Big 12$7,500,000$1,125,000$275,000$27,800,000
21Billy NapierFlorida$7,370,000SEC$7,120,000$1,600,000$100,000$26,704,167
22Jonathan SmithMichigan State$7,250,000*Big 10$7,250,000$1,785,000-$39,787,083
23Kirk FerentzIowa$7,000,000*Big 10$7,000,000$2,500,000$575,000$31,000,000
24Mike ElkoTexas A&M$7,000,000*SEC$7,000,000$3,800,000-$27,124,985
25Hugh FreezeAuburn$6,728,100SEC$6,725,000$3,300,000$300,000$20,312,500
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FB Recruiting Cats closing in on first portal commit?

Marshall LB Landyn Watson tells CI that he will officially visit Kentucky this Thursday, just a few days from now, and he has said he's looking to make a decision quickly.

Thumper in the middle who played the whole season at WLB for the Thundering Herd.

Cats' depth chart at linebacker needs an overhaul, he's played a lot of football.

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BB Recruiting Caleb Wilson

Nothing new to report here, just wanted to post that things are in a holding pattern. Kentucky’s to lose here in this recruitment. He’s had a great start to his high school season.

People have asked me on here for a comp - I used to say Brandon Miller because of the tools & up and down motor in HS, but the shooting hasn’t made it to where I was projecting it a couple of years ago. The closest UK comp I can come up with is Terrence Jones, like others have said (when his motor is running high). He’s got a frame to put on a lot of muscle, is capable of driving from the perimeter for thunderous dunks, and is capable of guarding a couple different positions defensively.

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Best Christmas Movie - Final Four - Game 1

Best Christmas Movie

  • 4 - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

    Votes: 21 84.0%
  • 8 - Scrooged

    Votes: 4 16.0%

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

Coming in at the eight seed is the Cinderella of the tournament, Scrooged. Their opponent is the number four seed Christmas Vacation. A true comedic battle.

UK collective was 11th out of 16th in SEC


Pony up? Lol, we make as much as UT and we go 4-8.






While collective funding is low, Kentucky has been a top 20 athletic program in total revenue, partly thanks to being a school that profits from its basketball program. Looking ahead to 2025, Kentucky is expected to stay in the top 20 nationally in athletic revenue, fifth in the SEC by bringing in an estimated 131,139,792. Ahead of programs like Georgia, LSU, Florida, and Tennessee.

What needs to change for next year?

Since we know Stoops and Bush H will be back, what changes do you think need to be made? I think a change in the Oline, and Special teams/RB need be made. also think a few on the D side need to get changed out. I feel Stoops has built a coaching staff like Joker had, a lot of his buddies, and not a lot of coaching. Seems like it is just the BIG DOG doing the heavy lifting on the recruiting trail. I would cut Mike Stoops, and Frank Buffalo loose, and maybe AS. Not a lot of push from the D line, and they seem to be taking plays off. With the above changes, that would be 3 of the Youngstown boys gone, and not a lot of recruiting. WVa has an O-Line coach that has put up some good numbers every stop he has had. and he is like a step-son to UK. He played under Hal at Valdosta and has worked under Brown a number of years and is an outstanding recruiter.
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