Nothing new here. Just the story of the last 70 years of UK football. New coaches = promises and a couple of mid bowl games then back into the rut of hopelessness. I don’t think Nick Saban could win here.

Good game tied at half.

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NFL won't do shit though but give him a small fine for his hit on Lawrence

Edit: Posted already, whoops

Congrats to the Volleyball team on getting #3 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Also congrats to Brooklyn Deleye on being named SEC POY. Emma Grome 1st team All SEC, Molly Touzzo 2nd team, & both Asia Thigpin and Brooke Bultema on the SEC All freshman team. Oh and I forgot Coach Skinner was named Coach of the Year in the SEC.

per Steezo edits who tagged Kattus

Next year we play Toledo, Eastern Michigan, and Tennessee Tech which should be wins.

However the other nine games are against the very same teams who we went 1-8 against this year. I have no confidence that we can win any of these games in 2025 including Ole Miss and it is reasonable to expect us to be the underdogs in all nine. Vandy and SC and Florida are on the rise. Texas and Tennessee and Georgia will again be playoff caliber teams. Auburn on the Plains might be too tough.

So even if we pull one or two upsets next year our record will be no better than 5-7, but I think 4-8 once again is more likely.

So where does that leave the program after 2025? What will be Stoops fate after next season? What will attendance look like?

How will we get new assistant coaches to come to a program where the coach is on the hottest of seats? How about getting the top portal players or recruits to come to a program where the future looks so uncertain?

I wish I saw a reason to be more positive but some how I actually seeing us going backwards during a season with declining attendance and increasing dissatisfaction with the coaching staff.

1. Hurley is a bitch
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Wanting to hear opinions because I’m torn…

Boley looked awful today and I don’t have faith Stoops can develop him.

But can you risk another portal QB and spend a chunk of money? I don’t think that’s smart either.

This program is in a terrible spot and the most important position is again left with question marks.

with Jon being from Alabama, does anyone have a true feeling on his love for UK? Is it his destination job? We all see him as the savior and I would love to add him. Just wondering if there is any scuttlebutt out there

We really need a solid RB from the portal. A RB who can play every down. Someone with power that can move the pile. Wilcox has potential but he's not going be a workhorse, fumbling questions. I don't see a lead back on the roster.

Was whining and complaining about the Maui Invitational.

Man, imagine if we landed him and this is how his tenure started here.

What a freaking loser.

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NM

Here’s a really good synopsis of where things stand today with Stoops and UK. Worth the listen.

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I know Cal negotiated with Piggy Land in violation of his contract, and you would think Mitch had that stipulation in Stoops contract as well....

You would think.

Bottom line...he wanted to leave.....and to then to have this type of season......he has to go....................Yea, I know, we are stuck with him apparently.

Watched some of IU Purdue game, and at one point they showed that Indiana had the most total starts of transfers of any team in the country this year, as evidence that Cignetti had completely and successfully turned over the roster (he did). No. 3 on the list was also no surprise, Colorado. Coach Prime has silenced a lot of doubters this year with the total rebuild he put together, and probably will have the Heisman Trophy winner to brag about by Saturday night.

So far, so good, sounds like a total retool via the portal is the way to go. But wait . . . .

. . . guess who was no. 2 on the list of most starts by transfers this year?

It was Mississippi State, who is the worst team in the SEC. And since I was watching Purdue (from what I saw, quite possibly the worst P4 team in the country), have to note they brought in highly recruited Hudson Card to be their QB1 last season, and went 4-8 and 1-11 while he was the starter.

Point being, it is a lot easier said than done to just rebuild your roster in the off season with transfers. Cignetti and Sanders did it by taking a lot of kids from lower levels, who they knew could really run and play. Have no idea where Miss State got the bulk of their transfers, but it obviously did not work. We have mainly brought in kids from other P4 programs, e.g., Ohio State, Bama, Florida, Georgia and Tennessee, and that has not worked either.

Personally, if I were the GM of UK football, I would try to keep the younger players happy and build the defense around the young kids already on the roster, e.g., the Smith twins from Corbin, Nichols, Brian Robinson, etc. On offense, I would go with Boley/Wimsatt at QB, Wilcox/Patterson and freshmen at RB; Gilmore/Maclin (try to keep him)/Rodriguez for receivers.

So, main thing I would do with portal is look for offensive linemen, not sure there are enough other good players and NIL resources out there to cure all our ills at once via the portal.

Great to hear another year of stoops thanks MITCH can't wait wish it could start tomorrow you get your bad clock management
You get your grind it out ball control
You get your asinine unsportsman like penalties
You get your players standing on the sidelines that should be in the game playing
You get your non physical offensive line and defensive line performances
Here is the topper we get to watch vandy beamer and louisville kick our ass again can't frickin wait MITCH

Stoops does not deserve another chance nor do the numbers provide an excuse. It's lazy because in the SEC any team is a cash cow.

Stoops has lost this program. Period. You can also see in his eyes he has lost himself. Any inkling of support from players or fans has left. I wish Barnhart would do simple math. The buyout is not that big when you factor it all in from a lower head coach salary to what will be Joker level season ticket sales. I can't even watch on TV and I never missed a moment of what used to be the worst times in UK football. This is unfixable unless Stoops goes. The why is a very long list.

What a real football team would do with our fans. You can't put a number on that.

Stoops is stubborn because of his last name. He has already signed off.

Allow the players to use DoorDash, Grubhub or Uber Eats from the sideline? It would be more fair to the opposing team because they get hungry too. Hungry opposing players would not get in confrontations with drunks in line. Walk-ons could share their fries with someone higher on the depth chart. Builds comradery.

It did look odd seeing a player in the concession line. But if they could just order quietly on the app then an Uber driver could drop off a bag of Chick fil a without a lot of fanfare.