[TheRealVille]

The bye week for Kentucky was a good thing in many respects. It helped the Cats get healthy and gave them a lot of practice time, which was needed.

But not all of it was positive. In fact, for the last two weeks, all Joker Phillips and his players have heard is the negative. Without playing a game to get the last four out of their minds, fans are still very down on this football team. Joker has decided he doesn't care.

"I'm not interested in showing the public anything," said the UK head coach on Thursday. "We're interested in going about our business the right way. We're going about our business what we think is the best way to go about our business. We want to show improvement for us. I'm not trying to impress anybody outside this building."

While Joker says he wants students and fans to come in droves early to Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday, he can't listen to them anymore. He says his players can't either.

Joker almost broke out into a little Mike Gundy routine. A few years back, the Oklahoma State coach became a Youtube sensation for a rant that included "I'm a man, I'm 40."

"All the negative stuff, I can handle it. I'm a grown man. I shouldn't say that, I'm a grown man. I'm 48 years old, 48 years old and I can handle it. I understand that. These kids can't handle it."

Joker says his team is embarrassed about their performance up until now. They'll have to try to make some believers on Saturday, whether they want to or not.

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