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Cal's team that lost to Oakland decimated this Bama team last season. What would you be saying if a Cal-led UK team had lost to Bama today ? Not saying Pope did anything wrong, just saying that Cal beat this Bama bunch by 40 billion points with a worse team than what Pope has.

When have we, as UK fans, changed from being mad after any home loss to being "okay with" just "hanging with" Alabama at Rupp Arena. I am a littl e bummed that we couldn't play just some assemblance of defense to get this win over a team Ole Miss held to 64 points.

Has absolutely NOTHING to do with this game, or these teams.

I think this KY team is good enough offensively to win a couple(or maybe three) tournament games but too awful defensively to win a title. Last year's team couldn't defend either. Hence, an opening round loss to the Oakland Raiders.

Another empty projection.  You are so negative!!

Cats go to Knoxville in ten days. That will be fun. Gotta win home games in this league.

Vols may be hungry.  Vandy just handed them their ass.

Alabama played an almost perfect game. They beat anyone playing like they did today. Love it the UK matched their intensity. Those two teams put on a show today. Two loose balls created by Cats D that went right to Alabama and immediately resulted in 3's late in the game didn't help matters.
Great things ahead for this program.

I agree, no reason at all to feel negative about this game, can we improve, absolutely. But we matched their physicality and their abilities, just came up a couple plays short

EXACTLY!!

Tennessee lost today, Arkansas is currently down 17 to Missouri.  Georgia came awfully close to taking Auburn down.
We are not going to win every game.  But more importantly we have a coach that sees what's wrong and is making strides in teaching our kids how to be better.  This is a brand new team, still learning and still gelling as a team.  Give Pope half the chances you gave Cal.
OSH, even if Kentucky won every game, I believe you would still find something to bitch about.

Nah, basketball games don't mean shit to me. It's an entertaining team to watch, which is what matters for me, in the end. Same for the Reds, the Bengals, the Redhounds. I had a blast with the Hounds this season. Yes, I griped about the flag fest in Paducah and the horrible sportsmanship by the Blue F-0's but I had a helluva football season. The Bengals and Reds did not entertain me much. This KY team has been fun to watch. Can't I say that if they even played any defense at all they would win games like today? It's frustrating but, in the end, it doesn't matter one iota. Losses to Vandy and Tennessee in succession will bring out the bad in about 20% of BBN. Some will calling for the head of Pope on a Mormon alter. Not Old School, but the one out of five crazies in the KY fanbase. I think Pope has been fine but let's not act like he has taught defense any better than the Hall of Famer did. His team's defense, outside of Butler , is garbage. Look at the defensive efficiency ratings for proof.

Riiiiight...then why are you posting in this thread? You don't know whether to sh!t or wind your watch from one minute to the next lol