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Posted by handycat (Member # 2323) on 09-30-2018, 01:32 PM:

About two things actually.

I'm pleasantly surprised to be 5-0. I thought this would be a pretty good team but I can't believe many would have thought we would be undefeated at this point. This is a pretty darn good team.

Surprise two is what appears to be the lack of enthusiasm on here for this team. A few of the hard core are posting occasionally but not many. I don't consider myself a fanatical UK football fan but I'm sure enjoying this team. We're not going to win a National Championship but I no longer have to look at my feet when talking college football and UK.

[ 09-30-2018, 02:00 PM: Message edited by: handycat ]

Posted by Tiptree (Member # 844) on 09-30-2018, 01:56 PM:

Amen. We don't have a national contender, but we have a legitimate shot at winning our division. I haven't dared to think such thoughts for... ever?

It would be sweet to add not only a decent bowl game, but the SEC championship game to our season. Playing 14 games would do wonders for the program. The extra preparation time and experience will serve our younger players well, and set the tone for next year.

I really like our defense -- it is strong and deep (but I don't like the idea of playing A&M without Kash Daniels), and will carry us far. But our offense is dependent upon the extraordinary skills of Benny Snell. Take him out with an injury, and we will still have a good running game, but it will be a notch lower. We go as far as Benny can take us this year.

Posted by PaulCat (Member # 513) on 09-30-2018, 05:38 PM:

We are now the 13th-ranked team in the country! Who would've thunk it?

One concern with this team - it looks like USC showed how to stop Kentucky's offense. Put 8 or 9 guys in the box and dare us to beat you with our passing game. Our offense was abysmal in the second half when USC did that. Hopefully, like someone else mentioned, we were just taking it easy, trying to run the ball and just keep the clock moving.

Anyway, GO BIG BLUE!

Posted by handycat (Member # 2323) on 09-30-2018, 06:21 PM:

I was wondering when was the last time we started 5-0 and found this.

2007: Won first five games, got to 6-1 and No. 8 in the top 25 with a win over No. 1 LSU but lost four of final five games in the regular season before a Music City Bowl win over Florida State to finish at 8-5.

OUCH! However, most seasons we would consider that a huge success and before the season started most of us would have taken this. Not now.

Posted by rlt4uk (Member # 3194) on 09-30-2018, 06:23 PM:

I'm excited, this team has already exceeded expectations. I thought this team would be good, but not undefeated at this point.

Posted by Tiptree (Member # 844) on 09-30-2018, 06:43 PM:

And now for some perspective: There have been decades where a 5-win season was considered good.

Things are definitely lookin' up.

Posted by boomdaddy (Member # 2644) on 09-30-2018, 07:19 PM:

The three games I am worried about are Texas A & M on the road, Missouri on the road, and Georgia.

I think the rest of them are wins.

I see Kentucky having a minimum of 9 wins, after this quick start.

One of the three toughest left on the schedule is next Saturday against the Aggies.

If they can beat them, I see a 10 win season.

Tenn is horrible and UL is down

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 09-30-2018, 07:20 PM:

I have never said much about football here. I guess it's because I'm sort of a bandwagon fan. When they are winning, I'm all in. When they are losing, I find no joy in it. I don't like to advertise that fact by being silent in off years (which have been many), and then run my mouth when I'm enjoying these wins, which I am.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 09-30-2018, 07:28 PM:

We play Texas A&M at their place next and they are 3-2 for the season losing to Clemson and Bama.

Posted by boomdaddy (Member # 2644) on 09-30-2018, 07:35 PM:

I always pull for Kentucky. It has taken a long time for them to put a season like this together. It is hard to believe the coaches, because they give the same pre season hype, and then they come up short. I wasn't optimistic about the Florida game and they proved me wrong. I wasn't confident in the Miss State game and they proved me wrong. This team is not the average Kentucky team.

Even when the Cats don't have a great season, I don't root for other teams, but I do enjoy other star players.

Leonard Fornette is and example. I loved watching him trying to truck over the d guys.

It is a good for all long suffering Kentucky fans to see the team have a good season.

On a side note: Vince Morrow has said recruiting has been a lot easier now, that Kentucky is ranked and they have the winning streak.

Posted by rlt4uk (Member # 3194) on 10-01-2018, 05:03 AM:

I'm excited, this team has already exceeded expectations. I thought this team would be good, but not undefeated at this point.

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-01-2018, 06:15 AM:

I haven't posted as much as I usually do because I'm in the middle of an outage. I normally post play by play even, but I missed the first few weeks and we started winning so I thought "WHY JINX US NOW?"

Posted by handycat (Member # 2323) on 10-01-2018, 07:08 AM:

m Hamilton, and if you start posting play by play now you know who we will blame if they lose. [Wink]

Posted by MountainMafia (Member # 2066) on 10-01-2018, 02:46 PM:

Norm:

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I have never said much about football here. I guess it's because I'm sort of a bandwagon fan. When they are winning, I'm all in. When they are losing, I find no joy in it. I don't like to advertise that fact by being silent in off years (which have been many), and then run my mouth when I'm enjoying these wins, which I am.

This pretty much describes my feelings as well.

This season (so far) has been great and worthy of pride, but we've seen this before...many times. I want a program that is competitive every year, sorta like Va. Tech...don't have to be great every year, but the opponent, regardless, better come ready to play.

Posted by Bama Cat (Member # 153) on 10-01-2018, 04:11 PM:

This is my fifth season of working at the home games. I love working in the middle of the students and the families. I think you get more cheering and louder noise from both of these groups. There is a student in the first row who has been coming to the games with no shirt. His back starts the season with 12-0 written in large letters on his back and he has Benny for Heisman on his chest. They showed him a couple times on TV at the MSSt game but don't believe they showed him at the USC game. On his chest he had something that maybe they didn't want to show on TV. It said: Beat the C___S. Which is short for Gamecocks but they probably were afraid to show it.