[More Cowbell]

Im sorry Beef, but I dont agree with Clay. I think UK is still a lower tier SEC school that has to schedule fairly soft non conference teams in order to give them a fair shot at post season football. I think this is a solid move for both teams, and dont sleep on Western for long. If UK goes to playing a Michigan State or a Texas A&M, its too risky at this time, and would jeopardize a bowl season. Lets face it, UK will be LUCKY to win 2 SEC games this year. Very lucky. They already play in the toughest conference in the nation, so they can afford to pad their non-conference schedule..

I agree, UK is still not to the point where they need to jeopardize a likely bowl game by scheduling a non-conference game they might lose.

Think about it: Right now most experts are predicting the cats finish 6-6 and go to a fourth straight bowl game. And that's assuming they win all 4 nonconference games. But what happens when Louisville gets the ship righted (which will eventually happen) and we no longer have those 4 probable wins? We will have to make up for it by winning another league game, which may or may not happen. It's just too risky.

UK really has some good vibes going right now, with 3 straight winning seasons all capped by bowl wins. We don't need to upset the apple cart and knock ourselves out of a bowl game.