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No. 96: Kentucky
By Paul Myerberg // May 24, 2012
Congratulations are in order for Kentucky. For the whole basketball thing, of course, but don’t forget this: Kentucky is no longer the 11th-best program in the SEC – or 12th, if we believe Vanderbilt can continue building upon James Franklin’s debut. Yes, congratulations: you did it, Kentucky. Today, after Mike Slive and the league’s decision-makers added Missouri and Texas A&M, the Wildcats are the 13th-best program in the 14-team SEC – or 14th, dead last, under the same conditions as above. Hey, you win some and you lose some; in fact, the Wildcats have long been happy with simply winning one more game than they lose, unlike the overwhelming majority of the SEC. Today, with the SEC deeper than ever, the wins will be even harder to come by for Joker Phillips and the Wildcats. So… John Calipari’s got a heck of a recruiting class coming in next year, huh?
Tags: Avery Williamson, Cartier Rice, Collins Ukwu, CoShik Williams, Darian Miller, Donte Rumph, Gene McCaskill, Joe Mansour, Joker Phillips, Josh Clemons, Kentucky, La'Rod King, Larry Warford, Martavius Neloms, Matt Smith, Maxwell Smith, Mikie Benton, Mister Cobble, Morgan Newton, Pat Washington, Patrick Towles, SEC
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No. 72: Kentucky
By Paul Myerberg // Jun 20, 2011
You’d say Kentucky’s mired in a rut, then you’d look at the team’s win total over the six years prior to these heady days of bowl berth after bowl berth: two, two, seven, four, two and three. So this five-year bowl run is nothing short of miraculous, whether or not Kentucky gets to six wins by going 4-0 during its shockingly weak non-conference slate and 2-6 in the deadly SEC. Who cares? For all the talk about it being otherwise, there are really only three schools which look at football as merely a time-killer: North Carolina, Duke and Kentucky. Any schools that say otherwise are merely trying to lessen the embarrassing play of its football program, more or less. Kentucky football is just here to pass the time, making the idea that Kentucky is stuck in a seven-win rut all the more ludicrous. Seven wins? Sign me up.
Tags: Brian Adams, Danny Trevathan, Joker Phillips, Kentucky, La'Rod King, Morgan Newton, Ridge Wilson, SEC, Winston Guy
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