OT: Kentucky Football Pulling It Together
If you haven't recently checked out Rivals 2014 class rankings, you are in for quite the surprise. Kentucky, who finished 2-10 last season and finished without a win in the SEC, currently has the number 1 overall class according to Rivals. While it is still early and bound to change, they currently have 18 overall commitments and 5 four star commitments as well. This is a program that was fighting against Florida Atlantic and Middle Tennessee State for recruits last year... Then again, all of this means nothing because we all know ESPN is the most accurate for the 2014 recruiting class.
In all seriousness, though, Mark Stoops has done a tremendous job of installing hope in a program that really should not be relevant in the SEC year in and year out. They brought in a spring game crowd of more than 50,000 when they were struggling to get 45,000 to games last season, and Stoops has done an excellent job of stepping up their recruiting. In the next couple of years, I think this is one team that could certainly raise some eyebrows in the SEC.
Yeah, they're only #1 because they're out to a hot start. Their class pretty much looks like what MSU or Nebraska usually ends up with. They'll probably settle into the 20-30 overall range. Still pretty amazing considering that it's Kentucky football and all
They currently stand with 1721 points, which would be good for #26 in the 2013 recruiting class. I'm willing to bet they'll still be picking up recruits and will remain in the top 25. West Virginia made the top 25 last year with only two 4-stars.
If we lose Damien Harris to UK, that's an epic fail. Harris has been very open about UM being his leader, and in a very enthusiastic manner. There is nothing UK can offer that UM shouldn't be able to top.
...Money
I expect Damien Harris to briefly entertain UK. BUT....Kentucky football is not Kentucky basketball. Everything that UK can offer, UM can match
1. The quality of UK's coed's.
2. Much closer to his home and easier for his parents to see games.
3. UK plays in the SEC.
There's plenty of hot girls to go around, espeicially for the football team. Yes, proximity is closer, but I think UM has a higher ration of pros to cons otherwise.
The ratio of girls in sundresses to girls in parkas is skewed in their favor. Granted, I know Kentucky isn't Florida in terms of weather.
Also, happened to be in a spring break location this year when UK had their break... I felt like I was at the Miss America pageant.
Your middle school gives you a spring break? Nice!
Shut up cunt. By the way, you look terrible in that a cowboy hat.
I'm going to reply to this just so your wonderful and inspiring comment is saved forever.
You're pretty spiteful judging by your comments. I guess the Boy Scouts can't teach grown men to act as such. As yes, I think cunt describes you perfectly:
1. The female genital organs.
Yup, saving this one as well!
Whoops, found the wrong David from Wyoming the first time. Mmmmmm bacon. Amazing what a little research can turn up. DERrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrpppppp.
I believe that you're an old man less and less
You run your mouth to much. Read you post and all you do is talk shit. Its real easy to post smart ass comments on a blog, bet you wouldnt do it in real life.
Points return at kickoff against CMU, since this is the second time you've been Bolivia'd and I don't think I could have possibly been more clear last night about these kinds of posts.
david from wyoming, just stop with the replies. It's old news, and you don't need to post a snarky reply to every post of his.
Fine by me. But honestly, can you please look at this guy's posts? He doesn't just target me; EVERY SINGLE POST is some sort of snarky retort which adds no value to the conversation. At least 75% of my comments have some value, opinion or evidence. I honestly can't find two posts in a row of his that aren't insulting someone. The guy was obviously bullied as a kid (or, just as likely, still is) and tries to be an internet tough guy.
I'll back off if he has learned his leason, which I think everyone hopes that he has.
Your witch hunt against him is annoying as his old man shtick.
Why do you have to mess with Herm? You are on down vote watch now. Plus your not really making any points by acting like a middle school kid yourself.
4. We can't offer a half-full stadium either.
I truly am weary beyond imagining of the "They Have Hotter Women" meme that seems to come up whenever we're talking about schools from the SEC. Honestly, I suppose now that Mizzou is part of the SEC, their women have been promoted to goddess status as well. In my years at Michigan, I never once thought to myself "Why, why oh Lord, why did I go to a school populated by a race of savage turtle-women?" You know what I remember? Attractive women. And I wasn't even a football star. Then someone will bring up parkas, as if UofM girls walk around completely obscured like Kenny from South Park; as if they wore parkas in class and in the bedroom; as if it doesn't get cold in Lexington KY (it does). Honestly. Women don't become more attractive because they live south of the Mason Dixon Line.
Since when did Kentucky become a mecca for attractive women? Last I checked, Kentucky was known as one of the most hick states in the country.
and faster...
In my experience the fastest women were U Wisconsin. I presumed it was just to stay warm though.
When they were running away from me.
because at this point someone has to be #1 in the ratings.
They'll finish no better than 8th in the final SEC recruiting rankings
The fact that Kentucky is even relevant in national recruiting now is amazing in and of itself... This was a program that in the previous four years had a total of somewhere around 5 four star recruits total.
I'd say they're doing well enough to raise the question of how (a la Ole Miss).
The University of Kentucky in Lexington? Recruiting violations? Never.
Clean as a whistle.
Kentucky is a billion times less suspicious than Ole Miss was. Kentucky's class looks exactly like I'd expect a big name, non-football school to recruit in their good years. A good number of 4* guys, a lot of 3* and 3/4* guys, and finishing up with their usual who dats.
If Kentucky lands three 5* players, they I will cry foul. Until then, I think Mark Stoops is just killing it. Ole Miss still pays people
This. Plus none of their 4-stars were recruited by a ton of elite programs. Their top rated recruit is only 96th according to Rivals. They've poached a couple top 200 types from Ohio. It really does look exactly like a good MSU class.
Recruits are pretty happy to commit to Stoops, they just don't realize it's not Bob at Oklahoma, it's the one at UK.
They must have a REALLY big fountain in their locker room.
The new meme which will never die.
Only thing being pulled together is a larger number of subscribers to Rivals from Kentucky. Vanderbilt wins the SEC before UK even sniffs it.
We're still a long way from NSD 2014 and it may or may not stay together, but for Ketucky to have five four-star recruits in one class is quite interesting considering that, according to Rivals, they've only managed 18 4-star recruits in the last 12 recruiting cycles total and no 5-star recruits.
Indeed, last year was the first time that they had a class that averaged 3 stars in all the time that Rivals has kept data. That might very well be because of some changes to how rankings were done, but when we're talking about a program that could barely muster a 2-star average for several years, this class stands out for them.
If so, hello violations!