[RunItUpTheGut]

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To be quite honest, im not really a fan of KY football, what is there to cheer about?

[SaveUK]

How about a constant upgrade in recruits, the most hyped QB to come along since Couch, and what seems to be a much better Defense. maybe we can all wait until the Louisville game or at least fall camp to start before all the shit talk.

[RunItUpTheGut]

How about a constant upgrade in recruits, the most hyped QB to come along since Couch, and what seems to be a much better Defense. maybe we can all wait until the Louisville game or at least fall camp to start before all the shit talk.

Please explain to me where the upgrade in recruits are? Were signing the same type of players we always have, actually with Joker, a little worse.

How is Towles hyped as much as Couch? Couch was hyped more than any other QB ever seen at UK. He was seen as the golden child coming in to UK. Dont get me wrong, i think Towles is a good QB and should polly deserve to start over the jokes we have now, but really? Cmon, Couch was the end all be all. I honestly believe Lorenzen was even a more highly touted recruit then anyone weve had since then.

We can wait until the Lville game where we will get smoked. Mr Strong and company have put together a decent little team over there and we havent. Im a realist, not a dreamer.

[PaintsvilleTigerfan]

Please explain to me where the upgrade in recruits are? Were signing the same type of players we always have, actually with Joker, a little worse.

How is Towles hyped as much as Couch? Couch was hyped more than any other QB ever seen at UK. He was seen as the golden child coming in to UK. Dont get me wrong, i think Towles is a good QB and should polly deserve to start over the jokes we have now, but really? Cmon, Couch was the end all be all. I honestly believe Lorenzen was even a more highly touted recruit then anyone weve had since then.

We can wait until the Lville game where we will get smoked. Mr Strong and company have put together a decent little team over there and we havent. Im a realist, not a dreamer.

Clearly you are not a realist If you actually think that it will ever get better, that is the dreamer talk. UK doesn't care about football and it never will. We have had 3 straight good recruiting class by our standards and a good D already in place you will be mighty surprised this year at how they do. Wait to see them play before you put them down.

[FBALL]

Please explain to me where the upgrade in recruits are? Were signing the same type of players we always have, actually with Joker, a little worse.

How is Towles hyped as much as Couch? Couch was hyped more than any other QB ever seen at UK. He was seen as the golden child coming in to UK. Dont get me wrong, i think Towles is a good QB and should polly deserve to start over the jokes we have now, but really? Cmon, Couch was the end all be all. I honestly believe Lorenzen was even a more highly touted recruit then anyone weve had since then.

We can wait until the Lville game where we will get smoked. Mr Strong and company have put together a decent little team over there and we havent. Im a realist, not a dreamer.

1st you claim not to be a UK football fan and then refer to them as we. Which is it. I think you just like to bitch and moan.

[RunItUpTheGut]

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Ill take the high road.

See you guys after the 3-9 year.

[dangerousdaneerfan]

11 Maxwell Smith 6-4,224 SO-1L Granada Hills, Ca./Birmingham
12 Morgan Newton 6-4,240 SR-3L Carmel, Ind./Carmel
14 Patrick Towles 6-5,242 FR-HS Ft. Thomas, Ky./Highlands
17 Jacob Russell 6-4,224 SO-TR Lburg, Ky./Anderson Co/Eku*
13 Jalen Whitlow 6-2,202 FR-HS Prattville, Ala./Prattville^

*dont know if he has sat out a year for transferring from EKU yet?
^might be playing wide receiver?


Question 1. who will start the first game of the year?

Question 2. who will be the starter by the end of the season?

Question 3. what kind of bear is best?

I read last week in the Parkersburg, WV paper that Parkersburg South's QB Tyler Bolen was MVP at a camp in Lexington and was rated higher than either UK Freshmen QB. He could very well be the best HS qb WV has produced since JR House.

[FBALL]

House was over rated

[vundy33]

Wow...surprised at the stupidity and hate coming from quite a few members that I wouldn't expect that to come from.

#1...so far in training camp, Newton has put every other QB to shame. Max Smith has had a hard time hitting WR's. Towles has had a horrible time with taking pressure.

#2...How many of you have paid ANY attention to the program so far? If you had, you'd know better to say something as stupid as playing Towels over Newton, or even Smith.

#3...even with your hate of the head coach, why so negative about the team? We CAN beat Louisville, and will beat Kent St and WKU. We could beat USC, in Lexington, where we'll be in our black out uniforms and all the hype our fans get going about that. We can beat MSU, again in Lexington. We could beat UGA in Lex, even though the odds will be against us, we've done it before. We can beat an overconfident Mizzou team at home, especially if we're as physical as we're capable of being. We WILL beat Vandy and Samford. And finally, we can beat Tennessee. If we have a medium passing game where Newton can take the snap, drop back and scan his WR's, then put the ball on target...whether it's a bit high or outside or inside, our wide outs can make this catches. This isn't 2011.

Solid defense with one of the best D line's in the conference, go-to impact player such as Martavious Neloms, Avery Williams, and Le'Rod King...a deep RB corps which not only includes veteran Coshik Williams, but strong, hard-nosed back Raymond Sanders, super-quick back Josh Clemons, and the new rookie who has been praised by MANY for his speed AND strength and who the coaching staff says could break alot of records before he lives Kentucky, Dyshawn Mobley. Not to mention our WR and TE Corps, especially the TE's, who include 3 upperclassman who have all started multiple games, let by Tyler Robinson.

Another playmaker at WR/HB/Slot receiver/Jet back/kick & punt returner is DeMarco Robinson...who can do many, many things.


So why all the hate? Alot of people, and quite a few on this board, are going to be surprised come Sep 1 and the rest of the season.

My Prediction for the 2012 Kentucky Wildcats:


09/02--at Louisville (W)

09/08--vs. Kent State (W)

09/15--vs. Western Kentucky (W)

09/22--at Florida (W)

09/29--vs. South Carolina (L)

10/06--vs. Mississippi State (W)

10/13--at Arkansas (L)

10/20--Georgia (L)

10/27--at Mizzou (W)

11/04--Vandy (W)

11/17--Samford (W)

11/24--at Tennessee (L)


Take it how you want it, but this is how I sincerely believe this season will turn out. Not because of the head coach, because of the assistants and the players will.

[RunItUpTheGut]

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Vundy, if we win at florida i will never doubt joker again.

It wont happen lol.

[PaintsvilleTigerfan]

They are more than capable of beating doing what Vundy said. If the team stays intact and there are no major injuries they will be as good as the Rich Brooks era teams. All they need is some offense.

BTW it is funny that all these guys are saying newton is terrible, it isn't his fault that his receivers couldnt catch the clap in a vietnamise flop house last year. These are the same guys that sang his praises over hartline when we beat auburn and georgia in the same year on the road. Now he has a bad year and he sucks? The kid is playing major college football clearly he would not be there if he wasn't a good qb. We have a great QB coach who worked with some unknown guys like Peyton Friggen Manning. If he is starting next year don't be surprised. And don't be surprised if he has a breakout year and ends up in the NFL.

[zaga_fan]

They are more than capable of beating doing what Vundy said. If the team stays intact and there are no major injuries they will be as good as the Rich Brooks era teams. All they need is some offense.

BTW it is funny that all these guys are saying newton is terrible, it isn't his fault that his receivers couldnt catch the clap in a vietnamise flop house last year. These are the same guys that sang his praises over hartline when we beat auburn and georgia in the same year on the road. Now he has a bad year and he sucks? The kid is playing major college football clearly he would not be there if he wasn't a good qb. We have a great QB coach who worked with some unknown guys like Peyton Friggen Manning. If he is starting next year don't be surprised. And don't be surprised if he has a breakout year and ends up in the NFL.

Well this guy right would have taken Hartline over Newton...

ALL DAY...

ERR DAY...

[zaga_fan]

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Vundy, if we win at florida i will never doubt joker again.

It wont happen lol.

Florida will be down compared to recent years - but they will still blow out UK in the swamp

[RunItUpTheGut]

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I remember the last time we had a "decent" chance at beating Florida, and i think the final score was something like 73-7.

[honestjchsfan]

You guys on here knocking Max Smith probably havn't watched a full football game in your life! I am glad Towles is at UK and I think he will a great someday but MAX Smith has more talent! Max Smith has NFL first round draft pick arm talent! Max Smith done pretty good last year for a freshmen threw into the fire. He is hands down UK's QB barring injury. Plus if any of you guys actually watched a game last season you know that Smith also showed a lot of heart.

[Pulp Fiction]

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I remember the last time we had a "decent" chance at beating Florida, and i think the final score was something like 73-7.

2002: 34-41 (7 points)
2003: 21-24 (3 points)
2007: 37-45 (8 points)

Those are the closest games we've had with the gators in the last 10 years.

How said.
3 Close games in 10 years....

[PaintsvilleTigerfan]

Max smith will be a great SEC quarterback his junior and senior years. Towles needs to redshirt so he can do the same his junior and senior years. Newton will be good this year and I would say we will see him in alot of wildcat looks because of his size and speed.

[zaga_fan]

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I remember the last time we had a "decent" chance at beating Florida, and i think the final score was something like 73-7.

I don't know what it is about Florida...
they literally beat the dog piss out of us every year.

We can play the Patriots and they wouldn't beat us as bad as Florida does.

[geauxtigers75]

If Vundy's predictions come true I will burn every couch I see.

I can't make my mind up about QB. NCAA 13 can't either, Max is an 81 and Newton is an 80 lol. I'm just going to trust whoever they put out there, the competition should breed some good results.

[Pulp Fiction]

I don't know what it is about Florida...
they literally beat the dog piss out of us every year.

We can play the Patriots and they wouldn't beat us as bad as Florida does.

Quality Depth at every postion. Our starting Off/Def/Spc. Teams are equal, but when you can put in your 2nd and 3rd string Linemen/RB's/WR's/TE's/QB and be just as good as your first team, it's hard to compete with that.

A team of 5 star players as compared to a team of 3 star players....

Florida is a football school; UK is a basketball school. We have Rupp; Florida has the Swamp.


I've been a season UK football ticket holder for 6 years now. And nobody wants to see UK beat Florida worse than me. Heck, I'll probably be the first person trying to tear down the goal post when we do beat them. But it's gonna take several wildcats having career days all together and Florida playing pretty bad all at the same time for us to beat them.
We can play ball with them... we just need a few lucky bounces, maybe our D steps up big like they did against LSU in '07.... Maybe our offense pulls a trick out their hat like they did against Tennessee last season.... We can beat Florida!

[RunItUpTheGut]

3-9

[#1 Blackcat Fan]

Wow...surprised at the stupidity and hate coming from quite a few members that I wouldn't expect that to come from.

#1...so far in training camp, Newton has put every other QB to shame. Max Smith has had a hard time hitting WR's. Towles has had a horrible time with taking pressure.

#2...How many of you have paid ANY attention to the program so far? If you had, you'd know better to say something as stupid as playing Towels over Newton, or even Smith.

#3...even with your hate of the head coach, why so negative about the team? We CAN beat Louisville, and will beat Kent St and WKU. We could beat USC, in Lexington, where we'll be in our black out uniforms and all the hype our fans get going about that. We can beat MSU, again in Lexington. We could beat UGA in Lex, even though the odds will be against us, we've done it before. We can beat an overconfident Mizzou team at home, especially if we're as physical as we're capable of being. We WILL beat Vandy and Samford. And finally, we can beat Tennessee. If we have a medium passing game where Newton can take the snap, drop back and scan his WR's, then put the ball on target...whether it's a bit high or outside or inside, our wide outs can make this catches. This isn't 2011.

Solid defense with one of the best D line's in the conference, go-to impact player such as Martavious Neloms, Avery Williams, and Le'Rod King...a deep RB corps which not only includes veteran Coshik Williams, but strong, hard-nosed back Raymond Sanders, super-quick back Josh Clemons, and the new rookie who has been praised by MANY for his speed AND strength and who the coaching staff says could break alot of records before he lives Kentucky, Dyshawn Mobley. Not to mention our WR and TE Corps, especially the TE's, who include 3 upperclassman who have all started multiple games, let by Tyler Robinson.

Another playmaker at WR/HB/Slot receiver/Jet back/kick & punt returner is DeMarco Robinson...who can do many, many things.


So why all the hate? Alot of people, and quite a few on this board, are going to be surprised come Sep 1 and the rest of the season.

My Prediction for the 2012 Kentucky Wildcats:


09/02--at Louisville (W)

09/08--vs. Kent State (W)

09/15--vs. Western Kentucky (W)

09/22--at Florida (W)

09/29--vs. South Carolina (L)

10/06--vs. Mississippi State (W)

10/13--at Arkansas (L)

10/20--Georgia (L)

10/27--at Mizzou (W)

11/04--Vandy (W)

11/17--Samford (W)

11/24--at Tennessee (L)


Take it how you want it, but this is how I sincerely believe this season will turn out. Not because of the head coach, because of the assistants and the players will.

Vundy, i don't know what Kool-Aid you've been drinking. I wish you would share it with some other members though. I actually have some respect for your post now. I kicked you a bit in the Kasongo thread & you replied with class :Clap:. Now we have some posters downing our Wildcats & the old Vundy would have went insane, but not the new Vundy. Good post.
The only part i disagree with is Florida. Like Zaga said "for some reason they just beat the piss out of us every year". :HitWall:

[RunItUpTheGut]

Lville - Loss
Kent State - Win
WKU - Win
Florida- Loss
South Carolina - Loss
Mississippi State - Loss
Arkansas - Loss
Georgia - Loss
Mizzou - Loss
Vandy - Loss
Samford....(really?) - Win
Tennessee - Loss

3-9

or 4-8 with an upset, but most likely 3-9

[FBALL]

I never said Newton should play over Hartline.

Newton sucks.

I hope he proves me wrong.

[zaga_fan]

You guys on here knocking Max Smith probably havn't watched a full football game in your life! I am glad Towles is at UK and I think he will a great someday but MAX Smith has more talent! Max Smith has NFL first round draft pick arm talent! Max Smith done pretty good last year for a freshmen threw into the fire. He is hands down UK's QB barring injury. Plus if any of you guys actually watched a game last season you know that Smith also showed a lot of heart.

I could play QB for UK for a season and throw less picks than Max Smith.

Exaggerating a bit....
But it would be close!

[honestjchsfan]

I could play QB for UK for a season and throw less picks than Max Smith.

Exaggerating a bit....
But it would be close!

Max Smith Threw 4 INTs last year 2 vs SC and 2 vs UGA both were very good defensive teams. He played in 7 games last season with 153 passing ATTs. as a grey shirt Freshmen. I think you have him confused with someone else. Did you actually watch him play last season? He showed a nice zip on the ball and stood in the pocket and took some hits.

[honestjchsfan]

[quote=#1 Blackcat Fan]Vundy, i don't know what Kool-Aid you've been drinking. I wish you would share it with some other members though. I actually have some respect for your post now. I kicked you a bit in the Kasongo thread & you replied with class :Clap:. Now we have some posters downing our Wildcats & the old Vundy would have went insane, but not the new Vundy. Good post.
The only part i disagree with is Florida. Like Zaga said "for some reason they just beat the piss out of us every year". :HitWall: I think they beat UT again this year.