[More Cowbell]

Remember folks, UK was not favored to win at South Carolina by the oddsmakers, who I believe had the Gamecocks as a 3-point favorite. Also, many experts were picking the Cats to lose in Columbia as well. The only way we were the "favorite" was by the poll rankings at the time.

My point is I don't buy all this about UK folding when they felt the pressure to win at South Carolina. Yeah, they felt the need to win that game, but that was no different than several other games that they won. There was certainly pressure on UK to beat Louisville this year, considering we hadn't beaten them in 5 years and this was felt to be UK's best chance to break that streak. There was pressure to beat Arkansas and get off to a good start in the SEC. And there was pressure to beat LSU, both to avoid a 2-game losing streak and to show the country that UK is for real after the embarrassing performance in Columbia.

Bottom line, I don't think UK should be under any more pressure this week than they already have been before. They've dealt with pressure before and handled it admirably, save for one game in which they simply didn't execute well.