The "flip the roster project" is going swimmingly! Dude had FOUR STARS next to his name as a recruit way back in 2020. Surely this will be the year he lives up to the hype!

KSR just posted a video by Tyler Thompson about Jaxson Robinson's road to Kentucky including his high school, stops at Texas A&M (COVID year), Arkansas (apparently there was a problem with Musselman that he doesn't want to talk about), finally going to play 2 years at BYU under Pope before following him here. His mom and his aunt, who is a former WNBA player and current WNBA assistant coach are major influences in his life. How Mark Pope helped save Jaxson Robinson's basketball career

Thoughtful kid. Interesting experience with three years at JUCO.

When the ooc schedule got released I circled that week UK had to play at Clemson and then go west to play Zaga. I’ve been focusing more on the SEC schedule, which will be brutal, but one stretch is looking like it will be a doozy.

Feb 22 @ Bama
Feb 26 @ OU
March 1 vs Auburn

That’s currently three top 15 teams in a week’s time. SEC will be a battle every game.

What has been your go to music these last few weeks?

It’s looking like stoops and staff are prioritizing calzada over Murphy.

It's that time of year where it's slow at work and I spend time making worthless spreadsheets.

For the sake of comparison, I made an assumption that all currently ranked SEC teams lose all games on the road to other SEC ranked teams. Any other game at home is considered a win. Any game vs a non-ranked team is considered a win. Any road game vs a ranked team is a loss.

There is obviously some nuance to rankings, but regardless, in this case:

Kentucky 14 -4
Florida 14 - 4
Tennessee 11 - 6
Auburn 14 - 4
Alabama 14 - 4
Oklahoma 13 -5
Texas A&M 14 -4
Ole Miss 15 - 3

If there is any take away, it's that if Tennesee is a stock, you sell now. They face more ranked teams on the road than any SEC team. In addition, their coach is Rick Barnes who is famous for Feb / March collapse.

Does anyone have lower level tickets to the Florida game on Jan. 4th?

My 9 yr old son and I were coming up from SC for our yearly basketball game and wanted to get them on here instead of paying ridiculous Ticketmaster fees. I am willing to pay for them from one of our members

Thanks!

I found this very interesting..

just my opinion, but the portal is starting to devolve into 2 types of players … those who think they can do better either money wise or playing time, and those who have been passed over. For us, other than Dane Key (who I wish well) there are few who I wish had stayed. GBB🏈

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MJ has hinted at this a few times so I’m just assuming this has some truth to it.

good luck and god bless

Did anyone know this?

It seems clear to me that everyone outbid UK for every player in demand.

Just said on the radio that as a player the Louisville game was no different than any other.
Isn’t more important than Colgate.

Very stupid!


Twinkies done went to his brain.

Any chance of getting a running list of committed transfers? Hard to keep updated.

Woods did a full interview this am on KSR 'pre-show' that was fantastic, and he had Richie also during the interview I found this article that reflected what went on in Year 1 of Pitino.

A longer read by the Athletic, some bad, but a lot good, but thought you'd go back and remember that time when the foundation was being started.


Who remembers this time? Woods said it was on national TV, but I think probation kept it off the screen and being in Georgia, it was hard at the time to get any live updates.

Was the next year (1990) on TV? I don't think so, but that was such an incredible display of going beyond what you expected by a group forever linked to greatness at UK.

Is he Carolina’s Tubby. Great success first year with Roy’s players then mediocrity

looking for 5 tickets to the UK vs. Brown game on New Year’s Eve. Thought I’d check here before looking on line. Christmas gift idea for my son who lives out of state.

Although I don't expect the first 2025 commitment for a while, I will go ahead and start this new thread now. I see that we are discussing 2025 prospects on the 2024 thread, so we need a 2025 thread to accommodate the growing volume of 2025 discussions.

Here are instate 2025 prospects already reported to hold UK offers. All four are being recruited by Coach Marrow although Coach Coen has also gotten involved with Boley.

Cutter Boley, QB, LCA, Lexington
Brock Driver, RB, Boyle Co. hs, Danville
Montavin Quisenberry, ATH, Boyle Co. hs, Danville
Makhi Smith, ATH, Woodford Co. hs, Versailles

Boley is the big headliner here, although Driver is also a nice looking prospect.

Here are some 2025 out of state prospects reported to hold UK offers. This is not intended to be an all inclusive list, and I am not predicting where any of these players will actually sign two winters from now.

Jon Adair, OL, Nashville, TN
Sam Afari, DB, W. Chester, OH (Alex's brother)
John Baker, WR, Detroit, MI
Wyatt Becker, QB, Chatsworth, CA
Preston Bowman, WR, Pickerington, OH
Kole Briehler, DL, Princeton, NJ
Kelan Butler, LB, Jefferson, GA
Brandon Caesar, DL, Cleveland, OH
Marquise Davis, RB, Cleveland, OH
Alonzo Esparza, QB, Chatsworth, CA
Jakaleb Faulk, LB, Highland Home, AL
Zy'Aire Fletcher, LB, Springfield, OH
Noah Francis, DB, Bradenton, FL
Ryan Ghea, TE, Alpharetta, GA
Luka Gilbert, LB/TE, W. Chester, OH
Chauncey Gooden, OL, Nashville, TN
Bowen Gossett, OL, Ironton, OH
Tarrion Grant, DB, Murfreesboro, TN
Rafael Greene, OL, Cincinnati, OH
Caleb Harris, OL, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Jackson Heims, LB, Springfield, OH
Justin Hill, LB, Cincinnati, OH
Eugene Hilton, WR, Zionsville, IN
Bo Jackson, ATH, Cleveland, OH
Naim Jackson, DL, Cincinnati, OH
Sandale Jackson, OL, Cleveland, OH
Napoleon Jemison, LB, Toledo, OH
CJ Jimcoily, ATH, Nashville, TN
Zion Johnson, RB, Covington, GA
Peyton Joseph, OL, Ft. Valley, GA
Tucker Kattus, OL, Cincinnati, OH (Josh's brother)
Robert Lee, DB, Kissimmee, FL
Shiren Mabry, ATH, Columbus, OH
Ezekiel Marcelin, DB, Miami, FL
Dante McClellan, ATH, Canton, OH
London Merritt, LB, Atlanta, GA
Ryan Montgomery, QB, Findlay, OH
Kamauryn Morgan, DL, Red Oak, TX
Paul Nelson, LB, Cincinnati, OH
Eli Owens, LB, Alcoa, TN
Emile Picarella, QB, Madison, MS
Caden Piening, LB, Cincinnati, OH
Quincy Porter, ATH, Oradell, NJ
Ethan Pritchard, LB, Sanford, FL
Kendarius Reddick, ATH, Thomasville, GA
Martin Rhyne, LB, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Anthony Sacca, LB, Philadelphia, PA
Stone Saunders, QB, Harrisburg, PA
Cashus Shivers, ATH, Detroit, MI
Stephon Shivers, DL, Humboldt, TN
Quinton Simmons, WR, Cincinnati, OH
Kaylib Singleton, DB, Orange Park, FL
Kahlil Stewart, OL/DL, Philadelphia, PA
Taevion Swint, RB, Kissimmee, FL
Michael Taylor, RB, Pickerington, OH
Soloman Thomas, OL, Jacksonville, FL
Ethan Utley, DL, Nashville, TN
Amari Wallace, DB, Miami, FL
Tavion Wallace, DB, Jesup, GA
AC Walters, RB, Montgomery, AL
Brennan Ward, QB, Columbus, OH
Jackson Wiley, ATH, Lewis Center, OH
Amaree Williams, LB, Palm Beach, FL
Emaree Winston, TE, Calhoun, GA
Dylon Worthen, LB, Bradenton, FL
Ameer Yasin, OL, Tallmadge, OH

Let's not worry yet about whether 2025 will be a strong or weak instate recruiting class. We are nearly two full years away from the 2025 signing dates, so it is just too early to pass judgment.

But as a side note, take a good look at the number of prospects coming out of the Cincinnati area (including W. Chester) on this list. It is not difficult to see why Coach Marrow spends more time recruiting in Cincinnati than in Louisville.

No secret that Liam Cohen will be looking at QBs for this class. So, no coincidence that a lot of QBs are on the above list. Cutter Boley is the local favorite, and Coach Coen will probably make a big run at him. But if you are looking for an out of state QB with major cred who is already showing strong interest in UK, look no farther than Ryan Montgomery out of Findlay, OH. The gossip is that Montgomery and Coen have hit it off. I guess we will see.

Hey BBN, just wondering how many of you will be at the CBS Sports Classic in NYC on Dec. 21st. Got my tickets, hotel, and airplane ride a month or so ago. Can’t wait!

I know how much this board loves Gottlieb, so you'll probably all be disappointed to know his coaching career is off to a rough start. He somehow convinced UW-Green Bay to let him keep his full time radio job while also being the head coach.

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Then his team played DII Michigan Tech at home today. Earlier in the week he called them "Nobody U" and implied they would win by 20.

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Well, they lost to Nobody U and now sit at 2-11 on the year. Very disappointing and I hope he can pull it together because we all know he's such a good guy.

Did we just get a TE commit today?