Welcome to the Official Kentucky @ South Carolina Prediction Contest!

Whoever predicts the score closest to the actual score wins. I take the absolute value of the difference of your guess of the Kentucky score and the actual plus the absolute value of the difference of your guess of the opponent score and the actual. You don't have to have the correct winner to make the list but you incur a penalty of the worst score of those who picked the correct winner. In case of a tie, the tiebreaker is used. In case of a tie in the tiebreaker, we have more than one winner.

You can put any comment you would like below your score prediction (put '***' after your prediction to make it easier to separate the comments) but don't put anything above your prediction as my scripts may not be able to find your prediction.

Points are awarded for the first 10 places and including a bonus of 3 additional points for making a perfect prediction. I will track cumulative totals and the number of games you make the top 10. This contest will end after the bowl season.

Your post should look something close to the lines below. Remember the ":"s and the word "Tiebreaker:"! Do not!! use a "-" as a separator because some of our tiebreakers can be negative.

This week's tiebreaker is South Carolina Rushing Yards.

Kentucky @ South Carolina game:

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Kentucky: 26
South Carolina: 23

Tiebreaker: 129
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Cut and paste everything between the lines above into your reply and then modify the scores and tiebreaker as you see fit. If you don't know how to do that, type carefully. Use the word "Tiebreaker:". Anything my scripts can't figure out may not count.

Don't edit your post or try to post a score after the game has started.
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Football Prediction Scores - Kentucky vs Alabama (tiebreaker was 95 Kentucky Rushing Yards):

10 1 . FltDoc : 4 points, tiebreaker=90
9 2 . *CatinIL* : 6 points, tiebreaker=124
8 3 . Littlefeller : 7 points, tiebreaker=122
7 4 . Short-Dawg-69 : 8 points, tiebreaker=99
6 5 . MidseasonTweak : 8 points, tiebreaker=87
5 6 . ORCAT : 8 points, tiebreaker=106
4 7 . kybloo92 : 8 points, tiebreaker=140
3 8 . Roe07 : 9 points, tiebreaker=102
2 9 . LetDueceLoose97 : 9 points, tiebreaker=122
1 10 . blubo : 10 points, tiebreaker=89
.. 11 . BlueWorldOrder74 : 10 points, tiebreaker=88
.. 12 . ArtLaibsGhost : 11 points, tiebreaker=95
.. 13 . Creed Bratton : 11 points, tiebreaker=84
.. 14 . ILiveBlue-GoCats : 11 points, tiebreaker=117
.. 15 . UK Cats1 : 11 points, tiebreaker=136
.. 16 . Kycatspaws : 11 points, tiebreaker=165
.. 17 . warrior-cat : 11 points, tiebreaker=175
.. 18 . tdjohnsky : 12 points, tiebreaker=98
.. 19 . entropy13 : 12 points, tiebreaker=81
.. 20 . Bryguy : 12 points, tiebreaker=75
.. 21 . LordEgg : 12 points, tiebreaker=122
.. 22 . casino_gambler : 12 points, tiebreaker=139
.. 23 . JPFisher : 14 points, tiebreaker=98
.. 24 . CatOnRockyTop : 14 points, tiebreaker=114
.. 25 . UKortho : 14 points, tiebreaker=135
.. 26 . Old_Red : 14 points, tiebreaker=149
.. 27 . jsyeag : 15 points, tiebreaker=98
.. 27 . FormerlyKnownAsSOLLY: 15 points, tiebreaker=98
.. 29 . UK Widget : 15 points, tiebreaker=89
.. 30 . YardCat : 15 points, tiebreaker=104
.. 31 . ala_kat2 : 15 points, tiebreaker=129
.. 32 . Blueisbest : 15 points, tiebreaker=141
.. 33 . Uk##1 : 16 points, tiebreaker=81
.. 34 . cat tat2 : 16 points, tiebreaker=80
.. 35 . Freetaxreturn : 16 points, tiebreaker=114
.. 36 . Chad Rock : 16 points, tiebreaker=119
.. 37 . TOMCATS1990 : 16 points, tiebreaker=124
.. 38 . rivercatinfl : 17 points, tiebreaker=71
.. 39 . U Go UK : 17 points, tiebreaker=125
.. 40 . TheBlueCat : 18 points, tiebreaker=100
.. 41 . Hang_Time_2 : 18 points, tiebreaker=119
.. 42 . M4CAT : 18 points, tiebreaker=121
.. 43 . kywildcat41086 : 18 points, tiebreaker=128
.. 44 . Jazzycat : 18 points, tiebreaker=156
.. 45 . WalterTheHippo : 18 points, tiebreaker=164
.. 46 . howercat : 19 points, tiebreaker=105
.. 47 . kywildcatsfannumber1: 19 points, tiebreaker=110
.. 48 . number8please : 20 points, tiebreaker=90
.. 49 . jameslee32 : 20 points, tiebreaker=120
.. 50 . ukalum1988 : 21 points, tiebreaker=122
.. 51 . RedLotMudcat : 21 points, tiebreaker=67
.. 52 . ThreeHogNight : 22 points, tiebreaker=96
.. 53 . rockycard : 22 points, tiebreaker=81
.. 54 . Nuke99m : 22 points, tiebreaker=78
.. 55 . BurgLife : 22 points, tiebreaker=60
.. 56 . maysvilleky : 22 points, tiebreaker=150
.. 57 . Blueworld_3.0 : 23 points, tiebreaker=95
.. 58 . CUJO_1970 : 23 points, tiebreaker=102
.. 59 . Deli owl : 23 points, tiebreaker=104
.. 60 . docholiday51 : 23 points, tiebreaker=121
.. 61 . wildcatwelder : 24 points, tiebreaker=98
.. 62 . SWVA WildcatFan : 24 points, tiebreaker=107
.. 63 . pappy52 : 25 points, tiebreaker=91
.. 64 . GrandePdre : 26 points, tiebreaker=93
.. 65 . BeardedKatFan : 26 points, tiebreaker=98
.. 66 . cathouse : 26 points, tiebreaker=89
.. 67 . Bilrus61 : 26 points, tiebreaker=84
.. 68 . gblue5744 : 26 points, tiebreaker=110
.. 69 . jimmy cowboy : 27 points, tiebreaker=95
.. 70 . mgp913 : 29 points, tiebreaker=85
.. 71 . Smashcat : 29 points, tiebreaker=136
.. 72 . dyersburgcatfan : 58 points, tiebreaker=120
.. 73 . Bigbluecaleb : 58 points, tiebreaker=193
.. 74 . SpeedisEverything : 59 points, tiebreaker=187
.. 75 . weused2luvhim : 60 points, tiebreaker=111
.. 76 . cat888 : 60 points, tiebreaker=131
.. 77 . RocknRollCats : 60 points, tiebreaker=179
.. 78 . Bigblueboy2016 : 61 points, tiebreaker=167
.. 79 . Dncmaxwell : 64 points, tiebreaker=121
.. 80 . Corbin_Creeper : 74 points, tiebreaker=220
.. 81 . gojvc : 89 points, tiebreaker=310
.. 82 . sluggercatfan : 103 points, tiebreaker=50000

Football Prediction Contest Leader Board:

25 : *CatinIL*
23 : Littlefeller
21 : Short-Dawg-69
20 : cathouse
20 : UK Cats1
17 : BurgLife
17 : kywildcatsfannumber1
16 : Bilrus61
16 : Blueisbest
16 : TheBlueCat
15 : Bryguy
15 : UKortho
14 : JPFisher
14 : jsyeag
14 : Roe07
13 : casino_gambler
13 : Creed Bratton
13 : MidseasonTweak
13 : TOMCATS1990
11 : Blueworld_3.0
11 : Hang_Time_2
11 : ORCAT
11 : RedLotMudcat
10 : Cat4life_
10 : docholiday51
10 : FltDoc
10 : tdjohnsky
10 : warrior-cat
9 : cat888
9 : Chad Rock
9 : Dncmaxwell
9 : nickhorvathsuxazz
9 : pappy52
8 : billoliver40
8 : CatOnRockyTop
8 : Freetaxreturn
8 : maysvilleky
8 : Old_Red
8 : RocknRollCats
8 : WalterTheHippo
7 : FormerlyKnownAsSOLLY
7 : howercat
7 : rivercatinfl
7 : SpeedisEverything
6 : Cobb4uk
6 : Deli owl
6 : Nuke99m
6 : pumpedupcats
6 : rockycard
5 : kybloo92
5 : Ukgold
4 : Kampus Korner
4 : Serenity Now!!!
4 : TheKentuckyKid
3 : cat tat2
3 : number8please
3 : RonRajon
2 : jimmy cowboy
2 : josh72484
2 : LetDueceLoose97
2 : M4CAT
1 : blubo
1 : bthaunert
1 : Jperry1987
1 : mgp913
1 : theGreatestTradition
1 : ThreeHogNight


Players Who've Made the Top Ten at Least Once:

4 : *CatinIL*
4 : Littlefeller
4 : UK Cats1
3 : Blueisbest
3 : Bryguy
3 : BurgLife
3 : jsyeag
3 : kywildcatsfannumber1
3 : RedLotMudcat
3 : Roe07
3 : Short-Dawg-69
3 : UKortho
2 : Bilrus61
2 : Blueworld_3.0
2 : casino_gambler
2 : cathouse
2 : Creed Bratton
2 : Freetaxreturn
2 : Hang_Time_2
2 : JPFisher
2 : kybloo92
2 : MidseasonTweak
2 : Old_Red
2 : ORCAT
2 : pappy52
2 : pumpedupcats
2 : RocknRollCats
2 : TheBlueCat
2 : TOMCATS1990
2 : WalterTheHippo
1 : billoliver40
1 : blubo
1 : bthaunert
1 : cat tat2
1 : Cat4life_
1 : cat888
1 : CatOnRockyTop
1 : Chad Rock
1 : Cobb4uk
1 : Deli owl
1 : Dncmaxwell
1 : docholiday51
1 : FltDoc
1 : FormerlyKnownAsSOLLY
1 : howercat
1 : jimmy cowboy
1 : josh72484
1 : Jperry1987
1 : Kampus Korner
1 : LetDueceLoose97
1 : M4CAT
1 : maysvilleky
1 : mgp913
1 : nickhorvathsuxazz
1 : Nuke99m
1 : number8please
1 : rivercatinfl
1 : rockycard
1 : RonRajon
1 : Serenity Now!!!
1 : SpeedisEverything
1 : tdjohnsky
1 : theGreatestTradition
1 : TheKentuckyKid
1 : ThreeHogNight
1 : Ukgold
1 : warrior-cat


Total Players:
Kentucky vs Ball State : 118
Kentucky vs EKU : 95
Kentucky vs Akron : 94
Kentucky vs Vanderbilt : 94
Kentucky vs Florida : 85
Kentucky @ Georgia : 89
Kentucky vs Missouri : 79
Alabama vs Tennessee : 57
Kentucky vs Tennessee : 75
Kentucky @ Mississippi State : 65
Kentucky vs Alabama : 82

Season Average for Players: 84.8


Football Prediction Champs:
Kentucky vs Ball State : Roe07: 1
Kentucky vs EKU : UKortho: 10
Kentucky vs Akron : cathouse: 4
Kentucky vs Vanderbilt : docholiday51: 7
Kentucky vs Florida : Cat4life_: 3
Kentucky @ Georgia : tdjohnsky: 15
Kentucky vs Missouri : JPFisher: 6
Alabama vs Tennessee : warrior-cat: 3
Kentucky vs Tennessee : Short-Dawg-69: 2
Kentucky @ Mississippi State : cathouse: 7
Kentucky vs Alabama : FltDoc: 4

@Deeeefense

Taking the family to see the Cats next Friday. First time we have stayed the night after a game and thought I'd see if there was any great breakfast places I could take my girls. Any suggestions?

I’m pretty much onto the off-season now. Don’t think we win next week which sets the stakes even higher for our offseason.

That being said, Matt Jones made a quick comment at the end of his show last night saying that the staff has a QB already they’ve selected to get out of the portal.

Any ideas or speculation there? I’m sure this individual isn’t already in the portal.

Ever Since Stoops said that, we have absolutely sucked on the field.

Live in CBS Sports Network vs. Kansas State right now.

They look good early.

In the Age of NIL are Coaches now being pushed to play the high priced players even though those players are underperforming? Does NIL make these players lazy and not hungry knowing they will start and play the most snaps? Are the High paid players causing a rift between the other players on the team?? Of all our NIL players Ray was the only one living up to their expectations. Deone too,but I don’t know if he was a big NIL player.

There is 8-win talent or better on this team. The offense fiddles around and barely gets plays off before a penalty. We've thrown 20 bombs to Barion Brown this year and maybe completed two, yet continue to throw deep balls that are automatic incompletions. Shoot ourselves in the foot with penalties and dumb turnovers. First Levis in '21 and now Leary continues to make bad decisions, lock onto receivers, have no touch on their short passes, almost never check down to open guys in the flat, don't use TEs or middle of the field often enough. Is the system too complicated? It takes nearly all 35 seconds for us to snap the damn ball. And, even then, we look like we're confused on far too many plays.

Defense plays too tentative, especially in crunch time before the half and end of the game. Why we come out so vanilla in every game and give up an easy score early is beyond me.

Clock management is still a huge obstacle for this staff and there is no excuse for that. Players are not being developed like they were earlier in Stoops' regime. The same bonehead mistakes made in Games 1 and 2 are being made in Game 11. We haven't developed a QB since George W was President. We had all the momentum in quarters 2 and 3 and managed a measly 14 points against USC who is bad this year with a complete dumbass for a coach. Yet, he got his team a win when they had no business even being in the game.

In all the years I've watched UK football, this may be the most frustrating year yet. Lots of preseason hype and anticipation of a really solid season only to end up at .500 once UofL kicks our ass.

So frustrated that I'm not even going to watch that game. I firmly believe we'll lose and I don't want to watch them lose to those no-class clowns like they lost tonight to no-class clowns.

Let it begin....

The beginning of the end for him. lost faith in this guy…

Stoops sure has hyped the team up the last 2 years. I don't expect us to play in an SEC title game, but for 9 million, I expect better than this.

Started the season 5-0,against the mothers of poor, got into the real schedule,went 1-5 ! Now lose to an undermanned South Carolina, with junior coaching, then you are pretty much on your way down. Stoops has peaked,and on his way down and out. Letting partying and delegating to incompetent assistant coaches,be his demise! Lost that toughness and grit,that characterized his earlier teams. He’s lost his way,other than cashing those checks at the bank! He’s done!

After watching that debacle last night ,, I actually went back and watched two other games from earlier in season. So here’s what I think I’ve discovered. The coach’s was trying to change Devins throws early by making him come more over the top with his throws. His accuracy suffered tremendously and I think they in order to get the passing game going let him go back to sidearming the ball. Sidearm he’s very accurate but over top and not so much, hence all the deep balls we missed ? Over top his release is at about 6’3” but side arm closer to 4’6”.. His first few games he would deliver the ball straight over top. What do you guys think ?

Unfortunately, we will end up in Charmine Soft Outhouse bowl.

Last year’s darlings FAU lost to #216 Pomeroy Bryant
Arkansas lost to UNCG at home
USC lost

For most of the Kansas game, we looked like a top 5 team

Football season is over for me so I’m buckled up for lots of bball.

IU getting handled by a really good UCONN team.

Other good games coming the next 2 days.

Dumbass analyst(sounded like J Williams) talking about how he could see DJ transferring because we have so many good guards. LOL

Stoops has just completed his 11th $EC season here, and is now the 9th highest paid coach in all of college football.

Here's the conference results for the 9 million dollar man:

2013 0-8
2014 2-6
2015 2-6
2016 4-4
2017 4-4
2018 5-3
2019 3-5
2020 4-4
2021 5-3
2022 3-5
2023 3-5

$EC results = 35 wins 53 losses .397 winning pct.

Meaning we've had a winning $EC record 18% of the time.

Kentucky fan on Saturday. Titans fan on Sunday.

Exact same approach in both cases. Go as slow as possible. Late play calls, multiple checks, snap the ball under 3 seconds on the play clock. Secondary sucks. Very little creativity. Play calls ultra predictable. DL is decent, OL sucks.

Makes me hate the weekend.

I have a hard time seeing it. Teams make the same mistakes they made in year 11 that they did in year 1. Maybe worse. He gets questioned and he pops off with his flippant arrogant answers. It’s time to turn the page. He couldn’t get a job coaching a high school team. 9 million dollars down the shitter for nothing. Most overpaid, overrated coach ever.

17 Threes is the most we have made since we beat LSU in 95 where we made 20.

Thoughts?

There's a couple of interesting games on ESPN today. UConn/Indiana followed by Texas/Louisville

UConn currently up on IU 26-19 first half

I 100% get how the point spread, over/under and moneyline bets work. Money comes in on 1 side so you move the line or the odds on the moneyline. When I go on the Fan Duel site they give me these parlays that 5,000 people have played on random players to be any time touchdown scorers. By the fact that they are advertising that play it means it's overplayed so the odds should go down but for some reason they don't.

He spins it beautifully, but I’ve never witnessed as many batted balls in my life.

I bet a Louisville homer that UK basketball would beat them by more points than UL football team would beat us.
Money in the bank?

What offense and defense does Sumrall run at Troy? I haven’t watched any games of theirs so I don’t know his philosophy on both sides of the ball.