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Anyone’s excitement level down?

bluecoon1

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Been following this program for a long, long time and still do but the Mizzou game wiped me out. I keep waiting for that special season where the O and D both play lights out and thought it would be with the Leary hype but other than Davis it’s been dismal to watch. With NIL and the portal I think a lot of teams are starting to see these guys who are prima donnas which has to cause locker room issues, once again something just isn’t clicking with this team. We play undisciplined and make some really dumb mistakes and a few of those at critical times which is the sign of a team that’s not focused. Maybe it’s age but I’m just really down on this team and just wondered how everyone else was feeling. Win this game tonight and we can put a spark back into the program but I think you’ll see a lot of people check out if we lose.
 
Get what you're saying and feeling brother.

I'm 64 and have been following my entire life....thanks Dad wouldn't change a thing.

But I'm sick and tired of being UT's bitch, but I find myself always going back to being a young kid telling my Dad today we will win and him saying ok son keep the faith.

But damn this team just keeps playing with my emotions with the stupidity and self destructive play.
 
It's sports so I am excited. It's entertainment for me and not gonna be depressed if we lose tonight.

NIL has turned college sports upside down. It's gonna make outcomes even more random n years to come in all sports, as well as the playoff expanding n football. We may see some more variety n national champs and that's great for the sport.

In basketball you had uconn and 3 randoms n the final four. I expect to see more of that.
 
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I think the problem might be that some fans have gotten a little bit ahead of themselves, which I can understand by the way.

But I think it’s important to try to maintain some perspective of where UK is coming from, and to also understand that getting UK football to the next level was always going to be a long term build.

I think Oregon football is a good example of this. It took nearly 30 years to get Oregon football to where it is today, and there were peaks, valleys, and plateaus along the way.

I still think UK football is trending the right direction and hope folks can keep the faith.
 
I think the problem might be that some fans have gotten a little bit ahead of themselves, which I can understand by the way.

But I think it’s important to try to maintain some perspective of where UK is coming from, and to also understand that getting UK football to the next level was always going to be a long term build.

I think Oregon football is a good example of this. It took nearly 30 years to get Oregon football to where it is today, and there were peaks, valleys, and plateaus along the way.

I still think UK football is trending the right direction and hope folks can keep the faith.

Obvious difference is SEC vs Pac 12.

Oregon also did what they did n non NIL era. They also have way deeper pockets n NIL and recruiting pre NIL than UK does.

UK isn't outbidding Bama, LSU, Auburn, Georgia, Florida, UT, Texas and Oklahoma most likely ever. If you don't have the better players you most likely aren't winning the SEC or making a 12 team playoff as it will probably take 10 and 2 to make that. Now when it inevitably goes to 16 teams I think UK would have made it n 2018 and 2021.

I think some just need to consider there is only so high a level you can obtain. Money talks and rules all for the most part. History and tradition on top of having more money is helpful too.
 
If we win tonight I will be the jolliest a$$hole this side of the nuthouse.
But I've seen this movie before. We get all jacked up for the game of the season and end up in a big pile of crap. This team needs to show up tonight. The fans have done their part and now it's time for this team to put on their big boy pants and take care of business.

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In the toilet. We have an annual Halloween block party and I always go through the efforts of bringing the TV outside so I can have game on but I’m not going to bother with it. If it’s close in the 2nd half, I’ll go in and watch it.

In general, I’ve soured on Kentucky sports across the board. Didn’t even know there was a basketball game last night until this morning.
 
In the toilet. We have an annual Halloween block party and I always go through the efforts of bringing the TV outside so I can have game on but I’m not going to bother with it. If it’s close in the 2nd half, I’ll go in and watch it.

In general, I’ve soured on Kentucky sports across the board. Didn’t even know there was a basketball game last night until this morning.


I love chatting on here with other fans about the teams and sports but I no longer let them dictate my mood or get upset after a loss, other than a tough loss n an important game and even then I make it a rule to get over it within 1 to 2 hours.
 
Unfortunately I’m at the point I’m not even going to watch the game because I expect to lose big. This team just makes me depressed, and it’s a huge time suck. I’m going to keep an eye on the score and watch without commercials if they win. Call me a bad fan, I don’t care.
 
If the NFL had no salary cap and unrestricted free agency every year I probably wouldn't watch. No way would I watch if the owners told me they were taking the money I was putting into their team and donating it to charity and that I was responsible for their payroll.
 
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Been following this program for a long, long time and still do but the Mizzou game wiped me out. I keep waiting for that special season where the O and D both play lights out and thought it would be with the Leary hype but other than Davis it’s been dismal to watch. With NIL and the portal I think a lot of teams are starting to see these guys who are prima donnas which has to cause locker room issues, once again something just isn’t clicking with this team. We play undisciplined and make some really dumb mistakes and a few of those at critical times which is the sign of a team that’s not focused. Maybe it’s age but I’m just really down on this team and just wondered how everyone else was feeling. Win this game tonight and we can put a spark back into the program but I think you’ll see a lot of people check out if we lose.
I couldn’t describe the the exact way I feel better than you just did. We have too much talent on this team to be playing this way. This team has been anything but disciplined and that’s a shame. Drops, penalties, bone headed dumbass plays, punting, etc. Just way too much negative rn and I can’t help but to have a terrible outlook because of it.
 
To the OP, I get it. I'm down in the dumps too.

I will say that if stoops can somehow coax a win out of this team tonight, then the whole tone of the season takes a drastic positive turn.
 
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If the NFL had no salary cap and unrestricted free agency every year I probably wouldn't watch. No way would I watch if the owners told me they were taking the money I was putting into their team and donating it to charity and that I was responsible for their payroll.

I mean the NFL is a joke as well. Certain teams are favored and given advantages as well despite the limitations you mentioned.

This is that on steroids though.
 
Been following this program for a long, long time and still do but the Mizzou game wiped me out. I keep waiting for that special season where the O and D both play lights out and thought it would be with the Leary hype but other than Davis it’s been dismal to watch. With NIL and the portal I think a lot of teams are starting to see these guys who are prima donnas which has to cause locker room issues, once again something just isn’t clicking with this team. We play undisciplined and make some really dumb mistakes and a few of those at critical times which is the sign of a team that’s not focused. Maybe it’s age but I’m just really down on this team and just wondered how everyone else was feeling. Win this game tonight and we can put a spark back into the program but I think you’ll see a lot of people check out if we lose.

Let's not try to make it more complicated than it is. When we win, most people (not all) on this board get more excited about UK football. When we lose, anger, intense disappointment, and loss of enthusiasm are very evident on this board. It is a reactive response, and it is very human as far as that goes.

This circles back to the timeframe within which our interest in our football program is couched. Some of us are big fans of recruiting because we understand clearly that recruiting is the mother's milk of our football program. So those of us who are highly interested in recruiting typically have a longer timeframe, because we are watching recruitment and development of younger players as a long term process that gradually frames roster turnover and player advancement as the season-over-season path forward. Given that perspective, we generally tend to take wins with a grain of salt, and losses a little less seriously, because each week is a piece of a much larger puzzle.

But there are obviously lots of fans who have a one-week perspective, in essence. Perhaps the OP is one of these. We win, and most of them are happy for a week. We lose, and they "lose
enthusiasm". This is the immediate gratification crowd that believes, in essence, that UK's football team has a weekly responsibility to entertain them or else become the object of their wrath and disappointment.

And then, there are some who will never be happy, no matter what. We regularly see them here. Even if UK wins, Stoops or Bsrnhart did something stupid, or play calling was bad, or our pass rush wasn't strong enough, or Jaden Burton is lousy. Everyone has seen it. These are unhappy, angry people. In large part, they resent fans who are patient, rational, or happy. After a win, they are still smarter than Stoops. After a loss, it is open season on any fan supportive of our coaching staff or athletics department.
 
I love chatting on here with other fans about the teams and sports but I no longer let them dictate my mood or get upset after a loss, other than a tough loss n an important game and even then I make it a rule to get over it within 1 to 2 hours.
Gets easier to get over a loss when you have a lot.
 
Been following this program for a long, long time and still do but the Mizzou game wiped me out. I keep waiting for that special season where the O and D both play lights out and thought it would be with the Leary hype but other than Davis it’s been dismal to watch. With NIL and the portal I think a lot of teams are starting to see these guys who are prima donnas which has to cause locker room issues, once again something just isn’t clicking with this team. We play undisciplined and make some really dumb mistakes and a few of those at critical times which is the sign of a team that’s not focused. Maybe it’s age but I’m just really down on this team and just wondered how everyone else was feeling. Win this game tonight and we can put a spark back into the program but I think you’ll see a lot of people check out if we lose.
Stoops just doesn’t instill excitement at all. He is a terrible motivator and a worse strategist. I am just hoping like hell we win and don’t care what the score is. But when I see him on the sideline I start losing hope.
 
The chance is still there for a really good year but even though the schedule is lining up (usc and Miss St kinda suck; UT and Bama are vulnerable and at home) it still doesn’t feel like this team can do it. Too many ??? each week for this team to perform consistently
 
Let's not try to make it more complicated than it is. When we win, most people (not all) on this board get more excited about UK football. When we lose, anger, intense disappointment, and loss of enthusiasm are very evident on this board. It is a reactive response, and it is very human as far as that goes.

This circles back to the timeframe within which our interest in our football program is couched. Some of us are big fans of recruiting because we understand clearly that recruiting is the mother's milk of our football program. So those of us who are highly interested in recruiting typically have a longer timeframe, because we are watching recruitment and development of younger players as a long term process that gradually frames roster turnover and player advancement as the season-over-season path forward. Given that perspective, we generally tend to take wins with a grain of salt, and losses a little less seriously, because each week is a piece of a much larger puzzle.

But there are obviously lots of fans who have a one-week perspective, in essence. Perhaps the OP is one of these. We win, and most of them are happy for a week. We lose, and they "lose
enthusiasm". This is the immediate gratification crowd that believes, in essence, that UK's football team has a weekly responsibility to entertain them or else become the object of their wrath and disappointment.

And then, there are some who will never be happy, no matter what. We regularly see them here. Even if UK wins, Stoops or Bsrnhart did something stupid, or play calling was bad, or our pass rush wasn't strong enough, or Jaden Burton is lousy. Everyone has seen it. These are unhappy, angry people. In large part, they resent fans who are patient, rational, or happy. After a win, they are still smarter than Stoops. After a loss, it is open season on any fan supportive of our coaching staff or athletics department.
You couldn’t be any farther away from the truth about how I feel about this program. I follow recruiting closely, always have, but I tend not to write a novel about it and take the elitist attitude of being a judgemental superfan.
 
Obvious difference is SEC vs Pac 12.

Oregon also did what they did n non NIL era. They also have way deeper pockets n NIL and recruiting pre NIL than UK does.

UK isn't outbidding Bama, LSU, Auburn, Georgia, Florida, UT, Texas and Oklahoma most likely ever. If you don't have the better players you most likely aren't winning the SEC or making a 12 team playoff as it will probably take 10 and 2 to make that. Now when it inevitably goes to 16 teams I think UK would have made it n 2018 and 2021.

I think some just need to consider there is only so high a level you can obtain. Money talks and rules all for the most part. History and tradition on top of having more money is helpful too.

UK got Leary over AU and according to AU people they were outbid. UK does very well in the portal, it's starting backfield was from the portal. It's within the rules so not a big deal.
 
Been following this program for a long, long time and still do but the Mizzou game wiped me out. I keep waiting for that special season where the O and D both play lights out and thought it would be with the Leary hype but other than Davis it’s been dismal to watch. With NIL and the portal I think a lot of teams are starting to see these guys who are prima donnas which has to cause locker room issues, once again something just isn’t clicking with this team. We play undisciplined and make some really dumb mistakes and a few of those at critical times which is the sign of a team that’s not focused. Maybe it’s age but I’m just really down on this team and just wondered how everyone else was feeling. Win this game tonight and we can put a spark back into the program but I think you’ll see a lot of people check out if we lose.
That so called special season won’t happen til Stoops is gone.
 
This game will be over by halftime. The Georgia and Missouri shellackings were not a fluke. We are who we are.
 
That so called special season won’t happen til Stoops is gone.
I understand the frustration but not the logic. UK has never had a better 10 year run. All else being equal, the most probable result of a coaching change would be less success, not more.
 
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