Kentucky is a school that is starved for football success… but makes legends of those few stars that cross our path. I’ve mentioned before that Commonwealth Stadium as it stands today is “The House that Couch Built.” Two years of extremely modest success, and the state invests millions of dollars into a building that generally sees more losses than wins.

Now we’ve put together two good years. If Newton is a “bell cow” as Ken so eloquently puts it and a few others start to show up… and then he produces on the field, his will be a name remembered throughout the years at UK.

So Newton came down to Lexington to watch the UK-UL game last year as a guest of the Cards, and that was the genesis of his interest in the Cats. If you are recruiting a kid, why would you EVER bring them to a road game, let alone one against your biggest rival? Of course the fans and the atmosphere will be great, and you open the door to getting your rock picked!

Do other schools do this? Does Michigan bring their recruits to the Horseshoe? Florida to Neyland? Surely they aren’t as “smart” as the UL brain trust. But thank you, Coach K, keep doin’ what your doin’. . .

… nobody is more optimistic than me, but, “competing for championships” begs the question, “of what?” Of Kentucky? That I can believe. Of the SEC? Not for some time to come, but I suppose by his senior year it could happen if we keep going the way we are now and we can voodoo away the injury bug for a few years.

Minor bowls for Kentucky every year is a solid goal that is, for the most part, achievable. But an SEC championship? I don’t know, that just seems so far fetched. Perhaps the weight of history is crushing my hopes.

That is the year that UK wins the SEC Championship against Petrino and his Hogs in Catlanta. Get your tickets now, you’ll pay for the whole seat but you’ll only need the edge!!!!!

GO BIG BLUE!!!!!!!!

Does Mossakowski have a legitimate connection to the Kentucky program? I know he’s saying all the right things right now, but I honestly would not be surprised if he reopening his recruiting after the Newton news.

Again, I’ve got no news on his family background, but I imagine A&M isn’t going to give up so easily. A&M is in desperate need of a QB in this class, and they aren’t even on the radar for any of the other top 6 Texas QB’s in ’09 (Gilbert, Shepard, Rollison, Highsmith, and Beaver).

Great gets by Brooks and the rest of the staff.

I am shortening his name because someone made a comment a while ago about fitting his name on a jersey :-)

My thoughts are…he loves baseball also and the coaching staff told him he could play both football and baseball at UK…a definite possiblity. To my knowledge not many coaches offer that to a recruit this day and time. Anyone else know? I do know it happened in many years past. Well, Locke did track and football, but baseball and football?

I hope he realizes the value of a college education…a free one at that!

There is another life after the MLB or NFL.

To have had an equivalent of a college education in my high school years. I am not sure that is still possible. I know it was not with my kids 20 years later in the late 70’s and early 80’s as private Catholic high schools ceased to exist in my area and the public schools were a joke even in the mid 60’s.

And now I have my grandsons, they never bring a book home….no books to study? What is happening to the basic core of education?

Coach Sanders. He is the main reason, then throw in Joker’s offense and Coach Brooks killer style and there is no reason he wouldn’t want to stay at UK even with the sigining of Newton. If they are as good as advertised they will relish competing against one another and if it’s a healthy competition, no matter the starter, both will be able to get their licks in against some great SEC competition before their glory filled NFL careers.

I just don’t see any reason to fret bout losing him. If for some reason some other coach can convince Mosski that there is a better place to develop his mind and arm in college then so be it. Not to mention the homestyle atmosphere that Lexington and the campus provide, even the most homesick of kids would want to stay with the exception our good buddy Jasper, of course. Must’ve wanted the extra year rehab. It’s his money maker I guess.

Point is, I would find it hard to get Mosski to decommit unless you went the route of doubt. Place doubt that he would start with Newton there. That method is terrible because that doubt carries over to the new program he’s committed to. Even if he is far and away the best prospect on campus the doubt comes up in game situations when facing opponent with more “buzz” than them. Much rather have kids fight it out in camp and best man wins with complete support of entire team.

He may think about it a couple of times from now until next summer, but in the end I believe he’ll realize the opportunity he has to be a part of something special, especially with the addition of a great competitior like Newton.

Final point: dude gets to compete for the start on a team that plays in the SEC EAST!!!!!!!!!! That’s a conference schedule EVERY season that is going to test you physically, mentally and most definitly emotionally. I literally had tears in my eyes at the end of THAT LSU game, the one with the desperate last second heave and premature celebration. I also had tears at the end of THAT LSU game, the one with the heart stopping stuff at the line of scrimmage and a third OT victory against the #1 team in the land.

Yes it’s a great team to play on and for. I believe it’s on the rise and any kid that changed his mind about playing at UK would be severly misguided.

GO BIG BLUE!!!

I’ll be looking for that steak dinner and some fun conversation here in Little Rock :O I believe chirop put it best, “Honestly… at this point, who else would take him?”

Just give me the dates you can come through, UK won’t be on the schedule that year unfortunately, but we’ll have plenty to discuss I’m sure. bwah ha ahaha aha ahaha aha

Ya know, when I wrote what I wrote about Petrino I was thinking that ‘10 was a long way off, then I realized, heck this is ’08, 2010 is only two years away! BUT, I will stay true to my wager. If I lose I will gladly come to Little Rock and buy you dinner. I’ve never been to Arkansas, and it might be a nice little getaway for me and my wife.

Perhaps I’ll offer Petrino a job :)