CBS is doing their annual anonymous surveys of 100+ college basketball coaches. This time they asked them which 3 schools they believe have the best NIL situations.

Kentucky ended up 4th, appearing on 25.3% of responses.


Full article: https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...-do-you-believe-have-the-best-nil-situations/

First top 5 player in the rankings from the state since...any I can remember. Will Kentucky be in the mix?

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Thoughts on the team less than two weeks out

Well I have to say thank you to all of you guys/gals that start threads on here. I very seldom start a thread but read almost every one.

I’m not sure we have ever went through a thread drought like we are in now!! I have reread threads all weekend. 😂 I’m sure things will pick up this week but WOW it’s dry now.

Again thank all of you that provide good/bad reading on here. It sure is boring when there is no content. It’s like when your in a room with people you don’t know or care to talk to!!

“Think it’s going to rain???” Is all you can say. Have a good rest of the weekend and let’s get to Saturday night for some 🏈 from our CATS!!!

Big fan of this kid!

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We’re praying for you, brother.

KB & the gang here at CI.

Tashawn Manning and Justin Rogers ( yeah, I know he left) were signed to the Bengals practice squad.
--G Tashawn Manning. Manning (6-4, 340), a first-year player out of the University of Kentucky, originally signed with Baltimore as a college free agent in 2023 and spent his entire rookie season on the Ravens' practice squad. He was waived by the Ravens on Tuesday.
--DT Justin Rogers. Rogers (6-3, 335), a rookie out of Auburn University, was a seventh-round pick of Dallas in this year's draft. He was waived by the Cowboys on Tuesday.

One of these years, Lee Corso may drop dead on the set. It's so sad.

Wesley Woodyard
Danny Trevathan
Avery Williamson
Jamin Davis
Michah Johnson

No disrespect to the older guys, but the top LB's have been more recent. LB U. You could list Dupree (had 91 tackles in 2012) and Allen as linebackers, but both played Edge and LB. But you could make a case for both being LB's. If you did, that is 7 stout players in recent years.

Not to be confused with Bowser (what a prick) Did the browser layout for HOB change for yall very recently. Mine has and its nothing drastic but it has changed just enough to where the layout on the page doesn't quite fit onto the page the same and I can't see my notifications properly. I'm on Google Chrome btw.

There is a few minutes of team practice posted by a kid. Search: UK basketball practice kid YouTube. if interested. I think that gets you there. Sorry, I had to change the search words. Initial ones didn't work.

This deserved a thread of its own, and was just mentioned in passing in another thread devoted to the “Most Overrated” teams.

Most Underrated NCAAF Teams Based on Preseason Rankings vs. Where They Finished


1
Northwestern Wildcats

2
Cincinnati Bearcats

3
TCU Horned Frogs

4
Missouri Tigers

5
Kentucky Wildcats

6
UCF Knights

7
Arizona Wildcats

7
Houston Cougars

7
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns

7
Oklahoma State Cowboys

11
Tulane Green Wave

12
Navy Midshipmen

12
West Virginia Mountaineers

14
Mississippi State Bulldogs

15
Kansas State Wildcats

16
Coastal Carolina

17
Minnesota Golden Gophers

17
Syracuse Orange

17
Wake Forest Demon Deacons

17
Western Michigan Broncos

21
Fresno State Bulldogs

21
Iowa Hawkeyes

21
Liberty Flames

24
Colorado Buffaloes

24
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

24
Indiana Hoosiers

24
Washington State Cougars

Who is the announcer? He is awful. Sounds like he is carrying on a conversation in a coffee shop? Is this the best we can do?

So let's get to talking about the season....it's the most wonderful time of the year!

Our opponents:
-Murray State/Mizzou, Thursday Night
-UGA/Clemson, Noon
-Va Tech/Vandy, Noon
-U6/Austin Peay, Noon
-Tennessee/Chattanooga, Noon
-Florida/Miami, 330
-Texas/Colorado State, 330
-USCjr./Old Dominion, 330
-Ohio/Syracuse, 330
-Ole Miss/Furman, primetime
-Auburn/Alabama A&M, primetime

Of note, Ole Miss & Auburn are the only 2 playing in the late window against us, so we should be able to watch all of our opponents. I put in bold the 4 games I feel like will be of the most interest to us. How does UGA look early, I mean we want to know if they look like world beaters early. Has Vandy figured it out in year 4 of Clark Lea...because if it looks like nothing has changed then he's going to be out the door. Florida and Miami both need this game, Florida losing will begin a possible tailspin as their coach could be gone or a dead man walking by the time we play them.

SC we play next. There's QB, RB, and WR questions. There's a Coach who has a warm seat. ODU actually plays P5 schools pretty well. This will be one to watch. After the Connor Stallions doc....many have now seen Beamer's late 2022 win streak was a fraud from stolen signs?

And then there's Ohio....they're playing a P5 opponent. Coming off back to back 10 win seasons...we always struggle to put down MAC teams. This is a really good program, but they're ranked #133 out of 134 teams in returning production. I really do want to see what they look like....because they're an entirely new team but great program with a great coach IMO. If they're bad, it could be another REALLY GOOD WEEK for us to play a lot of players and gain confidence.


OTHER GAMES OF NOTE:
-NDSU @ Colorado, Thursday night: America will be cheering for NDSU and against Prime

-Penn State @ WVU, noon: Neal Brown getting a big home win? Might make him jump up on some Cat fans wish list?

-WKU @ Alabama, primetime: No Saban, no problem?? Also for WKU, TJ Finley is their new QB...remember he was the Auburn QB when they took Bama to OT in the Iron Bowl a few years ago.

-Notre Dame @ Texas A&M, primetime: Marcus Freeman on the hot seat?? IS Mike Elko the right guy? Or will this game be one of those early season FAKE NEWS stories where the winner will be proclaimed as BACK and then both teams end up failing.

-USC/LSU, Sunday Night: A traditional Big Ten vs. SEC battle in Las Vegas. Lincoln Riley is facing heat....new conference. Brian Kelly now has a LSU program established with his fingerprints...Saban is gone....is it his year to rise up and cement his legacy?

-BC @ Florida State, Monday Night: A bigger than expected game. FSU's loss adds some pressure. Bill O'Brien getting started at BC. It might be worth tuning in?