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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 05-15-2014, 09:02 PM:

We are rated 104th best team in the country which is 4 better than last years rating of 108th best. Personally I think we will be a little better than 108th rating.

"In recruiting, Mark and his tireless assistant coaches have made an obvious impact with their first two classes and that momentum is carrying forward for 2015," Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart said in a statement.

The general idea is this: Teams in the Southeastern Conference gauge success in different ways, using different barometers, standards and measurements, and unlike Alabama, which weighs its success in crystal footballs, Kentucky has opted for a patient, bottom-up approach to SEC contention.

This is how a two-win coach entering his second season earns a contract extension through 2018 – giving last year's recruits five years of continuity and the members of the current recruiting class the stability of knowing Stoops and his staff are in for the long haul, or at least the duration of their college careers.

Now watch the recruits continue to pour in. Stoops was hired late in 2012, two months before signing day, and led a ragtag, unproven operation to a top-30 class in the country, according to most major recruiting services. Last year's class hit No. 1 during the summer and remained in the nation's elite for much of the fall, though a late charge from a few national powers knocked UK's ranking down a peg. This year's class will be no different.

So how do you pull UK from the bottom of the heap into the conversation? It's not with schemes and offenses and defenses – those they'll be needed eventually – but with three stars and four stars and five stars. Less than two years later, we can say this: Kentucky's new hire has two wins and the program couldn't be happier.

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