[Shady Grady]

Amun-Ra, I posted earlier in the thread my reasons and what I think UK should do. Take a look at that and let me know your thoughts.

UK is not elite, and doing things the way they are now will not get them to be in any better situation than what they are already in. They have peaked, they won't bet over this hump without a change. For a team like Bama, Florida, LSU, Auburn, they are well above an average football program, so their scheduling need not change. But if UK ever wants to take the next step, they have to get better players. To get better players, they have to do a host of things to get those players.

A recruit does not want to come to UK just to play in the SEC, there are other factors. One of which is to play in meaningful Bowl games. UK plays in the "X-Box I don't Care" bowl because of their non-conference strength of schedule. If they want to play in a truly meaningful bowl, I'm not talking BCS bowl, but a meaningful bowl, then playing WKU is not going to help their cause.

I have to disagree with you Dusty. With the same schedule, if UK beats Ole Miss, Miss. State, and Tennessee, then they are 9-3 instead of 6-6. 9-3 gets you in a meaningful bowl with the same schedule. That would put the only three lossed being to Florida, Auburn, and Georgia. I bet that 9-3 with that schedule gets them a very good bowl. To step up, UK doesn't need to play more tough teams, just beat the SEC teams who are middle of the pack. That's why Alabama, Florida, and teams like that go to the good bowls, they beat the teams they have to.