If TCU can
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In state recruiting and an easier schedule helps a whole lot.
They have a better instate recruiting pool and they play in an easier conference. It's pretty obvious.
My thoughts too. How did they get that good to be in the championship? If they can, we can...but, we likely can't in my lifetime.
This year the stars lined up -- or so we thought -- and we were going to win 10 or 11 games. Given the near antiquity of Stoops' tenure, you would have thought we'd be solid at every position, that we would reload instead of retool. So, a typical Kentucky ending...dreary, drab, disappointing, and disheartening. We seem to climb a much, much steeper hill than most others in the college football world. At this point in Stoops' tenure, we should be better. Every team at every school should have their sights set on the championship game, and should be building their programs in a way that will best achieve that goal. Once again, a giant step backwards...so what else is new?
This year the stars lined up -- or so we thought -- and we were going to win 10 or 11 games. Given the near antiquity of Stoops' tenure, you would have thought we'd be solid at every position, that we would reload instead of retool. So, a typical Kentucky ending...dreary, drab, disappointing, and disheartening. We seem to climb a much, much steeper hill than most others in the college football world. At this point in Stoops' tenure, we should be better. Every team at every school should have their sights set on the championship game, and should be building their programs in a way that will best achieve that goal. Once again, a giant step backwards...so what else is new?
While I agree their schedule is much easier they still dominated Michigan. We wouldn't be doing that anytime soon with how we neglect offense and ST's and can't develop a backup QB.
When’s the last time we put up 50 on a power five team? Let alone a good team?
I get your point but being In the big 12 is major advantage compare to the SEC
not to mention they have been investing in football for years UK only started
really investing in football for 7 or 8 years.
Do yall know how many 4-5 star recruits there are in TX? Plenty of resources
Texas has a deeper talent pool and their conference is easier. Way easier. Way Way easier.
Lol you may want to stick to only bball. TCU is loaded. The donors are loaded.
It's about schemes and philosophy! Stoops would never stand for playing like that. He couldn't keep up.
True but our division has sucked balls for years.
Student population 10.5K . They are a small university.
I mean, we also play Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Missouri, and Florida every year who haven’t been good in a long time. It’s not like we play in the west.
Has it though? There is always one really good to great team in it most years.
I agree with others as well that Stoops style won't ever win big.
Yeah, a sucky SEC east team is still better than mid level big 12 team
Tuition is $57,000 a year. So they make up for a small enrollment.
Also looking at some numbers, I think they spent $10 million more on football than we did in some ranking sites (not sure which year it is).
We ain't put 50 on a MAC
We don’t run a modern offense and Stoops values the running game too much! All these games needed over 45 points to win. Stoops isn’t putting 50 points on the board with our offense. Heck, we didn’t score any today!
Agreed ... How many coaches have those four (4) schools had during Stoops' tenure ??
Louisville in 2021. Uk scores 50 plus 2 games in a row to end the 2021 season. We still have an overall archaic and crap offense but just have to report the stats.
Stoops will NEVER PUT THIS TEAM IN A PLAYOFF.
It's unlikely but possible. We would have been close in 2018 and 2021. We really need it to go to 16 or 24 teams to really have a chance at making it on any consistent basis.
Until we beat a Bama or UGA and have that on our resume we will never make a playoff, hell we rarely beat UT, and given their current coach we will not beat them anytime soon. The committee will never give us enough respect to get in without that kind of signature win.
Yeah but play Georgia every season, and at least 2 teams with at least equal the talent of the best big 12 team with Tenn and Florida, plus let’s say Kentucky makes it through that part of the schedule there waits a west opponent who has been in the playoff like 80% of the time since it started.
Much much tougher road than TCU had this season.
I can’t imagine TCU is 13-1 in the sec. However they could go out and beat Georgia and that changes everything
They didn’t have an easier schedule than you guys.
Big 12 will always be easier. I don't care if the east is down. I've loved Kansas State for a long time but that's the toughest opponent on their schedule. Who's their next toughest? Crappy Texas? Talk about the SEC East being down all you want but Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina are better than anyone they played.
So does UK...it's coaching. IT MATTERS!
Different coaching philosophies...that's it. Period.
Texas should have beaten Alabama, Kansas State beat Missouri by 3 touchdowns. The SEC is the best conference but not all teams have that hard of a schedule. TCU SOS is 11, Kentucky’s is 33.
Never, not saying your wrong because honestly I don't know. I feel like he has the resources too if more get on board with nil. Not in a 4 team playofff but a 12 team playofff why not.
TCU may or may not have had a easier schedule than we did but, they are in the championship game with similar talent and only marginally better resources. A bold, aggressive offensive approach can pay huge dividends. Unfortunately, Stoops will never embrace a high-powered, up tempo approach.
Size of their student population isn’t really relevant.
TCU has an endowment worth ~$2.5B. That’s about 25% larger than UK’s endowment.
TCU may be a small school, but there is still big money down there that supports them.
Alabama blew out Kansas State but got beat by Tennessee. TCU would have at least 2 losses if not more with UKs schedule.
