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Your point is valid, and I understand it. But, I don't agree with the mentality of the scheduling. Everyone knocks the Boise States, Utah's, Brigham Young's, and TCU's of recent times because their schedules are so week and they are not deserving of BCS consideration. Then, you have a team that is at best, a middle of the pack SEC team, and they schedule games like this. I don't agree that this is the right direction. Your point about getting healthy is valid, but it does nothing for a program that is trying to be recognized as legit. This game has no business being on the schedule. I would disagree that the athletic department and the football program is not concerned about BCS points. UK wants to be in a bowl, and a win helps make them Bowl elligible, but the bowl they are headed to is based on schedule strength. This kind of win gets them into one of the first games in the Bowl schedule, where it is tape delayed after re-runs of MASH just to see the game.

First off even the top of the pack SEC teams plays these type of games, check Bama's schedule. Second the bowl selection for SEC teams is basically based on the number of wins and placement (ie: second, third, fifth, etc.) within the SEC and not schedule strength. With all of this in mind, at this point in UK's program it is in their best interest to build wins and bowl appearances before worrying about the quality of the schedule.




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