[Shady Grady]

UK will not beat those teams without better players. Better players come from playing in better bowls. They go hand in hand. Bama and Florida don't only beat the teams in their conference, they beat Florida State, Miami, Penn St. and Va. Tech.

I'm not saying that UK has to play top 10 teams, I'm saying UK needs to drop WKU & play Illinois, which they should beat. I'm saying drop Akron and play Duke, which they should beat. That gives them credibility, thus better bowls, thus better players, thus they can beat the other mid-level SEC teams, thus I would pay a lot more for a ticket price.

You cannot compare UK's schedule with the elite teams, because those teams have DESEVERED to schedule those games. UK should be fighting to get past where they are currently at!

UK is as good as they are going to be, they have peaked. If they continue doing things the way they are doing them, then we will never see anything better.

The bowl they go to does not hinge on playing Akron or Illinois. It hinges on beating the conference teams. Like I said earlier, if UK beats Ole Miss, Miss. St. and Tenn., they are 9-3 and a good bowl. Also, what you don't understand is that teams like Illinois will want a home and home. It's all about the money. UK needs 7 home games a year, just like all SEC schools. Better coaching, better preparation, UK is 9-3 last season and a better bowl. And that includes playing Akron, Western, and Charleston Southern. All other big time schools have big time coaches with big time recruiting budgets. Therein lies the shortfall.