[tomcatfan722000]

Are you serious? UK won 8 games including a bowl game the year before they upset UL last time. Expectations were high. And the high expectations were met as they won 8 games again, including wins over UL and a bowl win over Florida State. They had Woodson, Rafael Little, Keenan Burton, Jacob Tamme, Johnson, Wesley Woodyard, Jarmon, Myron Pryor, Lyons Jr, and on and on. How many guys like that on this roster? This team opened at 3.5 wins over/under on the LV betting line coming off a disastrous 2-10 season. Also, Louisville was coming off a bowl win over Wake Forest last time. Not the same as thrashing Florida.

So no, your scenario doesn't seem familiar at all. Not even close.

You thrashed the most overrated SEC team. They didn't have to play bama got to play a&m early before manziel found his footing and took off. Lost to Georgia at home in a game the bulldogs tried to give away. They really weren't that impressive and had an offense that couldn't score. Also after a month off then playing in a bowl game is a lot different than playing Florida when they are in rythym in the middle of the season. The sugar bowl was a great win for the cards. But to many times we use bowl games as a barometer for next seasons success. I wouldn't look to much into it. Just look at how U of L and Notre dame have faired in recent history after playing in big time bowl games the year before. I understand U of L is the favorite but it was just two years ago a bad UK team had them beat if larod king doesn't drop a wide open pass on 4th down. So with the cats having them at home anything can happen. And I wouldn't be surprised if it does.