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..is a lock to UK. Take it as you will

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I really want this win over Clemson. A win over a ranked nationally recognized brand is always a big plus for me.

I would love for us to come out on fire for the bowl game. I need this last taste of football before the long wait till next fall.

They had another player enter the portal with freshman Daniel Harris.

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They have had 16 so far hit the portal. Notice there destinations? Other power 5 schools. Not many going to group of 5 schools like a lot of ours do lol.
Shows the level of talent they sign and stockpile

I’ve looked but may have missed the threads.
Are there any specific spots for traveling fans in Jacksonville that you all are going to hit up. I’m very familiar with the area, but downtown is usually a ghost town.

Jax Beach?
Bars?

Help!

Playing IU , a 13 seed and shown as an automatic qualifier because they presently lead the B1G with a 2-0 record, lol. How lazy is Lunardi to simply award the current conference leaders an AQ. Of course pUKe also a 4 seed.

The Wall Street Journal has an outstanding article on the state of athletes being paid by their university to play the game. The synopsis is that the majority of sports fans and a lot of high profile football coaches support this change although the NCAA and conferences oppose it. There are a number of lawsuits working their way through the courts which are likely to force the issue. Change is coming one way or the other. Try and read it if you can.

These past couple of seasons Cal stopped going after every top prospect and did what every team was doing by getting older transfers, but it’s safe to assume that Cal is better with multiple five star freshmen. I think history shows that Kentucky is at its best with these young players under Cal. I’m glad he’s getting back to his roots, adding one or two transfers a year isn’t a bad thing but a team full of them seems to not work for Cal. The downside is the lack of experience, but I would take a team with six 5⭐️ players over a team full of transfer any day of the week. Thoughts?

Last year UK wore the 1992-93 throwbacks to honor the 30th anniversary of that Final Four team.

Is it possible this year they will wear 1983-84 throwbacks to honor that Final Four team?

Just wondering… hoping so.

What throwbacks do you want to see the team wear?

Heading to Jacksonville next week and looking for a good bar downtown Thursday night filled with BBN? Any suggestions?

1-Sheppard
2-Reeves
3-Dillingham
4-Mitchell
5-Bradshaw
6-Wagner
7-Edwards
8-Thiero
9-Ugo

Now tell me Im wrong

Looking at the schedule, if we keep this rotation healthy all season we may not lose again.

Sitting with family, my cousin's son is a senior at CovCath. Asked him if he hung around with Willie, he laughed and said he is my best friend. Asked him about the Tennessee flirtations. He said he wasn't sure until the night before signing.

It has been reported for several days that Houston's Daikiel Shorts is in the sights of the UK coaching staff to take over the WR coach position left vacant after the Cats moved on from Scott Woodward.

Here is some background info:

** Played WR at West Virginia toward the end of Dana Holgorson's tenure with the Mountaineers. He had 176 career receptions for 2,246 yards and 14 touchdowns from 2013-2016 in Morgantown. Team captain who was honored with the "Iron Mountaineer" award.

** On the Buffalo Bills' practice squad in 2017 after his time as a player at WVU

** Was on staff at WVU in 2018 and then in early January was named Director for Player Development at Houston where Holgorson landed

** Holgorson comes from the Mike Leach coaching tree. He learned directly under Leach alongside others like Neal Brown, Graham Harrell, Sonny Cumble, Kliff Kingsbury, Josh Heupel, Lincoln Riley, and others, so that's Shorts' background

** Shorts has been Houston's WR coach for the past three seasons, where he has been since he had the player development role. He was interim WR coach his first year in '21 then took over the position without the interim tag for '22 and '23

** In 2021, he coached Nathaniel "Tank" Dell (90 catches, 1,329 yards, 12 TD). The previous year Dell only had 29 catches for 428 yards and 3 TD. Dell had another monster season in '22 with 109 catches for 1,398 yards and 17 touchdowns

** Replacing Dell was a huge task this year. This year Houston produced Samuel Brown (62 catches, 815 yards, 3 TD), Joseph Manjack IV (46 catches, 577 yards, 6 TD), Texas-bound Matthew Golden (38 catches, 404 yards, 6 TD), Stephon Johnson (24 catches, 277 yards, 3 TD) and Dalton Carnes (20 catches, 263 yards, TD)

** Dell was drafted in the 3rd round, 69th overall pick in the draft earlier this season. Pretty good for a guy who started out at FIU

** The Houston official site notes that Houston's receivers are 5th in the country in receiving TDs over Short's three seasons. They had three top-10 Big XII receivers in their first year in the conference. The site also notes that of the league's top 11 underclassman receivers according to PFF grades, five were Houston Cougars. Matthew Golden had a program-record 7 TD catches as a freshman

** Shorts was the lead recruiter for four-star Rivals250 WR Mikal Harrison-Pilot, who signed with the Cougars early this year. He also took officials to Texas and Cal

** Houston also landed 4-star WR Jonah Wilson, 3-star (5.7 RR) WR Ja'Ryan Wallace, and 3-star (5.7) WR Ja'Koby Banks out of last year's crop. WR was the best position group Houston recruited. Golden was a four-star prospect and Shorts landed 3-star (5.6 RR) WR CJ Nelson as well in '22.

** If Shorts is the choice for UK then it would make a lot of sense for the Cats to become a prime option for near 5-star Jordan Marsh. He is close with Shorts.

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My wife and I are coming to Lexington for the basketball game Friday (staying at the Hilton). Would love to find a low key place to watch the football game since we can't check in until 4:00 pm. We don't get to the area often and usually are able to stay with family, but the flu has hit them, so that is out this trip. Thanks in advance!

The Athletic used a point system and the input of college basketball experts to rank College Basketball Blue Bloods...

It's now official: IUse2Be is a "used to be" when it comes to Elite Blue Bloods.

For those who can't open this and don't want to subscribe, the top rank is Kentucky, North Carolina, Duke, Kansas, UCLA and UConn. The second tier includes U6, Arizona, Michigan State, Villanova and the Hoosiers...Gonzaga is listed just below that rank as a (2B.)

I guess only getting past the Sweet 16 once in over 30 years -- since March, 1993 -- and winning nothing - not even a BIG-10 conference tournament in 37 years proved enough to get dropped from the Elite ranks. Gee, that seems harsh.

The rankings go down fast from there to 3rd Tier schools like Arkansas, Georgetown, Cincinnati, and so on.

I'm sure this has been covered in other threads... but I was at the game tonight and Good Gracious Lord Almighty Blue got in.

The first 5 minutes it was like okay there's a bit of Louisville crowd here but once they came back to earth they were dead the rest of the game.

Honestly it was to my eyes 50% UK 30% UofL and 20% empty seats. You'd be surprised how many empty seats they were tonight for a rivalry game.

I know you all have touched on the game so I won't go there... but from my observation UK knew they were the better team early in the 1st half and coasted. I think if they wanted to they could of buried them by 30+

Go Cats!

David's conclusion: This team is almost impossible to defend

Making the drive to Gainesville for the game this year. Looking for at least 2 tickets if anyone is selling. Thanks!

I'm on vacation from the real world. So, I decided to take on a little project with Kentucky basketball data. The broader question I am trying to answer is:
What, objectively, is different about this team so far this season?

To better understand this, I am comparing 2024 Kentucky's game averages against past successful Kentucky teams (2010-til date).

For the purpose of this analysis, I defined "Successful" as past Kentucky teams who advanced to the Elite 8 or greater. This includes: 2017, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011, 2010.

Data for this analysis came from sports-reference.com (obligatory mention via their free-use CSV exports).

All data included in the analysis includes Kentucky's season average by game. Ex: If team shot 5, 6, & 7 3's over 3 games, the average 3 pt attempt would be 6.

Part 1 of analysis compares 2024 Kentucky against the "successful" programs listed above in the following statistical categories: Field Goals, Three Point Field Goals, Overall Points, Rebounds, Steals, Blocks, Turnovers. Each statistic is broken down first by Kentucky's season average by game then broken down by opponent average.

Part 2 (TBD) of analysis compares overall Kentucky team rankings relative to the greater NCAA & past successful Kentucky teams. I will post that later this week.

One grain of salt I will throw out there is that to date, 2024 Kentucky has not started SEC play, where all others teams have. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out to end of year (doesn't always mean stats go down in SEC play).

I wrote a little program to do this. Apologies if it's not pretty with colors and graphs. Here's the data:

Edit, post was longer than I expected. Can view output text file here rather than multiple posts (if anyone is interested):

Part 1
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Metrics for Field Goals Made by Game
Average: 27.966666666666666666666666667
Median: 26.9
Team 2024 - Field Goals Made: 33.3 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2017 - Field Goals Made: 29.8 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2012 - Field Goals Made: 27.4 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2011 - Field Goals Made: 26.4 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
Team 2015 - Field Goals Made: 25.8 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
Team 2014 - Field Goals Made: 25.1 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
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Metrics for Field Goals Attempted by Game
Average: 59.016666666666666666666666667
Median: 56.8
Team 2024 - Field Goals Attempted: 67 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2017 - Field Goals Attempted: 63.1 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2011 - Field Goals Attempted: 57.4 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2012 - Field Goals Attempted: 56.2 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
Team 2014 - Field Goals Attempted: 55.3 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
Team 2015 - Field Goals Attempted: 55.1 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
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Metrics for Field Goal Percentage by Game
Average: 0.4731666666666666666666666667
Median: 0.4705
Team 2024 - Field Goal Percentage: 0.497 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2012 - Field Goal Percentage: 0.488 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2017 - Field Goal Percentage: 0.473 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2015 - Field Goal Percentage: 0.468 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
Team 2011 - Field Goal Percentage: 0.459 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
Team 2014 - Field Goal Percentage: 0.454 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
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Metrics for Three Point Field Goals Made by Game
Average: 6.8
Median: 6.3
Team 2024 - Three Point Field Goals Made: 10.5 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2011 - Three Point Field Goals Made: 7.4 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2017 - Three Point Field Goals Made: 7 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2012 - Three Point Field Goals Made: 5.6 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
Team 2015 - Three Point Field Goals Made: 5.2 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
Team 2014 - Three Point Field Goals Made: 5.1 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
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Metrics for Three Point Field Goals Attempted by Game
Average: 18.183333333333333333333333333
Median: 16.95
Team 2024 - Three Point Field Goals Attempted: 25.5 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2017 - Three Point Field Goals Attempted: 19.9 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2011 - Three Point Field Goals Attempted: 18.6 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2014 - Three Point Field Goals Attempted: 15.3 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
Team 2015 - Three Point Field Goals Attempted: 14.9 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
Team 2012 - Three Point Field Goals Attempted: 14.9 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
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Metrics for Three Point Field Goal Percentage by Game
Average: 0.3705
Median: 0.3655
Team 2024 - Three Point Field Goal Percentage: 0.414 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2011 - Three Point Field Goal Percentage: 0.397 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2012 - Three Point Field Goal Percentage: 0.378 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2017 - Three Point Field Goal Percentage: 0.353 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
Team 2015 - Three Point Field Goal Percentage: 0.349 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
Team 2014 - Three Point Field Goal Percentage: 0.332 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
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Metrics for Three Point Field Goals Made by Game
Average: 6.8
Median: 6.3
Team 2024 - Three Point Field Goals Made: 10.5 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2011 - Three Point Field Goals Made: 7.4 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2017 - Three Point Field Goals Made: 7 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2012 - Three Point Field Goals Made: 5.6 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
Team 2015 - Three Point Field Goals Made: 5.2 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
Team 2014 - Three Point Field Goals Made: 5.1 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
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Metrics for Three Point Field Goals Attempted by Game
Average: 18.183333333333333333333333333
Median: 16.95
Team 2024 - Three Point Field Goals Attempted: 25.5 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2017 - Three Point Field Goals Attempted: 19.9 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2011 - Three Point Field Goals Attempted: 18.6 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2014 - Three Point Field Goals Attempted: 15.3 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
Team 2015 - Three Point Field Goals Attempted: 14.9 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
Team 2012 - Three Point Field Goals Attempted: 14.9 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
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Metrics for Three Point Field Goal Percentage by Game
Average: 0.3705
Median: 0.3655
Team 2024 - Three Point Field Goal Percentage: 0.414 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2011 - Three Point Field Goal Percentage: 0.397 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2012 - Three Point Field Goal Percentage: 0.378 - *ABOVE AVERAGE* - *ABOVE MEDIAN*
Team 2017 - Three Point Field Goal Percentage: 0.353 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
Team 2015 - Three Point Field Goal Percentage: 0.349 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
Team 2014 - Three Point Field Goal Percentage: 0.332 - -BELOW AVERAGE- - -BELOW MEDIAN-
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Bear Brohm getting all the recruits! Saban fears Brohm. Kirby prays that Louisville doesn’t come near his program. They’re all afraid!!!


Don’t shoot the messenger but I heard from a really good source earlier today that Cooper Manning met with Jeff Brohm this past weekend.

Not sure if it means anything but just thought I would throw that out there. Arch isn’t in the portal but it’s definitely something to watch.