Louisville starting quarterback

[MrHotDice]

Because it makes more money, provides more advertisement for your programs and allows very important extra practices that can build your program. Bowls aren’t obsolete to a football program, what we should say is now that we have NIL, they are obsolete to the top players unless it helps their pro stock. Unless it’s a meaningful bowl, imo, teams should play as you’re preparing for the future. Of course there are examples were a win can help build stock if you are a struggling program. People get upset, but I get why elite prospects would sat out games like the Sun bowl. Bowls have always been meaningless unless they are one of the elite bowls and more about building the program for the future. Bowls have always largely been more about a reward for the team and fans and making more money. The players are now weighing the risk vs the reward and while many old school fans hate it, the teammates and coaches largely support those who opt out. The reality is there has always been a gap between how much the teams care vs how much the fans care. The landscape we are in now just exposes it. It’s a business and there is no loyalty in it on any front. Schools, coaches, agents, all put their importance first, why shouldn’t a player? It’s no different than us walking into our jobs and saying I’m leaving for a new gig. Most just don’t want to see it as a business

Did all the bowl practices ever help UKs football program? 12 in a row I believe should have made UK a powerhouse.

 

[catsfanbgky]

The QB from Yale seems to be the quality of player we are looking for. We aren't shooting for the moon.

How do you know what we are shooting for ? Do you have access to who the staff has reached out to ? If so, please let us all in on the list.

 

[catsfanbgky]

Did all the bowl practices ever help UKs football program? 12 in a row I believe should have made UK a powerhouse.

Well you think it did not help develop the younger guys we had play this year ? We have several young players who are very talented whether you want to admit it or not. I would like to think the extra practices helped them develop faster, at a minimum. Or chose to just post negative thoughts without any reasoning behind them. I am going to be as real with you as I can, UK had the one down year this year, it happens. The coaches missed on QB and we had some "me" guys who just didn't want to be leaders. To turn our noses up at 7-5 or hell even 6-6 seasons when we had NEVER had that kind of continued success is just silly. Sprinkle in a couple 10 win seasons, 9 wins and 8 wins, and UK has been very STEADY over the last decade. WE are NEVER going to be a contender in the SEC year in and year out, do not try to kid yourself. UK doesn't have home grown recruiting in state and are competing with powerhouses for what top guys we do land. I will close by saying this, EVERY team has a year like we did last year, hell just look back a few years at Tenn. They are a SEC top tier program with a recruiting base a hell of a lot better than UK's, and they suffered a several years of very bad results. 4-8 / 3-9 type years.

UT recent years of down years :
2021 - 7-6 (down year for UT)
2020 3-7
2018 - 5-7
2017 - 4-8
2013 - 5-7
2012 - 5-7
2011 - 5-7
2010 - 6-7
2008 - 5-7
2005 - 5-6
From 2020 back to 2008 they had losing seasons 8 out of 12 seasons. At UT. Look at other top programs, they have went thru the same thing, though maybe not as severe as UT. It happens, some years you miss on guys or have no leadership on the field. Even in our 4-8 year this year we beat a top 10 Ole Miss team on the road, played Georgia within 1, played a couple other very good teams close. A couple plays fall in our direction at UT and v/s Vandy, and we are 6-6. Even the Texas game was not near as bad as the scored reflected. But I chose to try and find the positives and build on them, rather than just sit back and scream the sky is falling and there is no end in site, when in reality only having this ONE 4-8 season sandwiched around several winning and a few really good years is not something that has happened at UK for this long of a period.

 

[TNCatfanforever]

Bowls are now obsolete. If you aren't in the playoff no one cares. Why would the ncaa setup such a stupid system?

Exactly correct. Bowls are now worthless and a total waste. Also think about this. Teams that lose on Dec 20 and 21st have no bowl games. Season over. Weird scenario.