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Cal Isn’t Coming Back

For those of you creating a hundred threads about why Pope’s offense isn’t working right due to shooting too many 3s or big man passing, etc.,

Heartfelt, I feel bad for you that you lost your hero, the two point shot king himself, John Calipari. He isn’t coming back, folks, so I guess you’ll have to put up with a highly intelligent coach running his system.

Kentucky is the NINTH most watched team in CFB

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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FB Recruiting Wake Forest WR Horatio Fields visiting today

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.

3-Point Shooting - Updated through 10 games

Career
20-2121-2222-2323-2424-25Overall
BREA0.3550.4230.3700.4980.5610.447
ALMONORDNP0.3430.3810.3940.3700.384
OWEHDNPDNP0.2500.3770.3670.368
CARR0.2860.4050.3110.3710.3570.345
NOAHDNPDNPDNPDNP0.3330.333
BUTLER0.2900.3290.3420.3020.3330.322
ROBINSON0.2860.3260.3430.3540.2940.337
KRIISA0.3680.3360.3660.4240.2630.362
CHANDLERDNPDNPDNPDNP0.2500.250
PERRYDNPDNPDNPDNP0.1430.143
GARRISONDNPDNPDNP0.0000.1430.143
WILLIAMS0.000.5000.2670.3330.0000.308

MINS3PT3PTA3PT%ATT/MINMADE/MIN
ROBINSON
281​
20​
68​
0.294​
0.242​
0.071​
CARR
267​
5​
14​
0.357​
0.052​
0.019​
OWEH
265​
11​
30​
0.367​
0.113​
0.042​
BREA
239​
32​
57​
0.561​
0.239​
0.134
WILLIAMS
212​
0​
0​
0.000​
0.000​
0.000​
BUTLER
180​
7​
21​
0.333​
0.117​
0.039​
GARRISON
158​
1​
7​
0.143​
0.044​
0.006​
KRIISA
156​
10​
38​
0.263​
0.244
0.064​
ALMONOR
129​
10​
27​
0.370​
0.209​
0.078​
CHANDLER
74​
3​
12​
0.250​
0.162​
0.041​
PERRY
34​
1​
7​
0.143​
0.206​
0.029​
NOAH
31​
2​
6​
0.333​
0.194​
0.065​

DATEOPPONENT3PT3PTA3PT%TFGA%3PTAFTFTAFT%OFFDEFWL
11/04/2024Wright State11240.458650.36914190.737103621
11/09/2024Bucknell13360.361790.45611160.688100721
11/12/2024Duke10250.400620.40317240.70877721
11/19/2024Lipscomb12250.480620.40317210.81097681
11/22/2024Jackson State17390.436710.5499100.900108591
11/26/2024WKU8290.276620.46829420.69087681
11/29/2024Georgia State7260.269670.38818220.818105761
12/03/2024Clemson7270.259630.42911180.61166701
12/07/2024Gonzaga7250.280750.33315180.83390891
12/11/2024Colgate10310.323700.4438130.61578671
Averages10.228.70.35567.60.42514.920.30.73491.170.391

QB Fernando Mendoza

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.

Coach of the Year?

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?
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