Won’t happen, though. Mitch Barnhart is too jealous of those victories.

I think we should replace Louisville with Boise State. :-)

UK would benefit greatly, because you know that would be a national game.

I thought of that when Boise was talking all that stuff. UK would be a good choice. Not the best but a good lithmus test. UK wins Boise shuts up. Neither has anything to lose. Boise isn’t getting into a big game, neither is UK.

If Florida or Albama went and thumped them it wouldn’t stop it. It would be, “We (boise) put up XX points against your best! See we should #3 or #4.” That loss wouldn’t hurt them.

I’ve watched Boise and they aren’t that good. They beat up on WAC teams. Big deal. There’s high school teams that probably could to.

All this is about conferences why don’t someone like Boise, USC, or TCU go join a real conference like the SEC and all this stops again.

I keep writing these things with the blog itself and their intimate knowledge of my “concerns” about our Cats, the NCAA,etc. in mind. I forget that these things get read by people outside our blog. My apologies. My point is that in it’s quest for making itself better, the SEC is making the same mistakes that NASCAR and some other sports have made in taking the fans for granted. I dont advocate kicking anyone out, but by getting so big, and having so much power, they no longer concern themselves with the people that got them here. Look at the rules changes concerning communications devices. All of this is being done to get more and more control of the product. But they are not alone. All of the big conferences are doing it. It is like a huge game of “Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better”. The success MAY be the worst thing that could happen to the SEC.

then the others might actually mean something. More importantly, the coaches and schools would have to start earning those bids….play harder schedules, beat more teams….i.e. the product will improve. In this case, less is actually more. No more being rewarded with post-season play for mediocrity. 6 wins doesnt get you bupkus. Teams could no longer “buy” a bowl game.

but look this over and tell me what you think…..

It seems reasonable to me…Then they can make the rest of the bowl games consolation prizes if they like……

… makes as much sense as anything else I’ve heard, and more sense than most.

That is the measuring stick that is used to judge your program and how much respect you command in college football. If the bowls were no big deal then why does everyone claim the “3 in a row” title when they discuss our success.I am perfectly willing to admit that the system while not perfect, does have rewards for those teams that see a bowl game.

No one asks Ohio State if they should be a ranked football team, they just are. Every stinking year, whether or not the “experts” agree, Ohio State figures into the polls. If the SEC is as good as we feel like it is, then where would we be in say the Big Ten, Big East, or Big 12???

If the 5th best team in the SEC, is better than most other conferences #1, then we should be garnering more respect from what we have accomplished.

thirty four at last count.

Honestly for the reasons I stated WAAAAYYY back up the thread….

You don’t do the same thing over and over and expect a different result each time. We did what we had to do to get to this point. That was to eliminate the “loser” identity that we once had. We have victories over Bama and LSU in the last few years. We now win more than we lose annually. That was a huge first step, but it is only a first step.

We now need to take the next step, which is getting 4-5 star talent in here every year. I dont completely believe in the rankings of high schoolers, but we have done what we have done with vastly inferior talent to the big guns. This program needs to set a goal, no, more than a goal, a mandate, to sign at least 2 of the 4-5 star athletes every year now. 1 offense and 1 defense. 2 of each if possible. If it is a QB, fine, a RB thats fine too, but I would be happy with O-line and D-line guys. We are now having players drafted into the NFL on all levels. That means we have coaching talent in our ranks. We are getting some really good kids. Now it is time to step up and walk in the door right beside Nick Saban and be able to tell a kid, “How would you like to be the guy that gives us our first win over Florida?” We put players in the NFL too.

I just have not yet seen from any of our staff the “gumption” if you will, to get us those kids, IN SPITE OF WHAT SOME PUNDITS THINK. We never get over that hump unless we get the talent.

Winning big in my lifetime??…maybe….I have 40 years of watching the Cats do a lot of things. The last 10 years have been fairly amazing in my estimation, frankly because I had never seen anyone put this much time and effort into football since the days of Claiborne. We were always happy to be a basketball school.

 I loved to watch Hal Mumme’s offense, but his defense scared the living daylights out of me. Bill Curry was a moron when Bama had him, and he didnt disprove it when he came to UK either. I think Hal Morriss was a decent enough guy, but not the man that was going to make this program relevant again. When Brooks was hired I was one of, if not the most vocal about my dislike of the hire in the state. Brooks has turned out to prove me wrong, in 2 ways. He is great in getting a lot out of kids, and 2 he is a good firm hand with the program. His offense is kind of boring at times, but Phillips changed some of that. I really think Brooks would make a great AD somewhere, if he felt like he had the energy to do that job, because anymore, it really takes it.Brooks gets an overall grade of B with me, simply because he seems to be kind of stuck in neutral. I honestly dont know what to say about Joker. He shows flashes of brilliance at times, and pounds of stupidity at others.

Is Joker the guy to take us over the top? I dont know, but since I was wrong about Brooks, I will give Barnhart the benefit of the doubt on this one and wait to see. The real question is, “How long will we wait?” 3-4 more years of Brooks and then putting Phillips in place means that we are 5-8 years out from seeing what Phillips can do with his own talent. That, my friend, is a long time to wait. But we were 50 years getting to this point….lol….

This is supposed to be about the BCS versus a playoff, or bowls in general.

If you want to talk for the 155,000th time about “the direction of the program” or whether Brooks/Phillips/Barnhart should be fired/replaced/retired/taken out back and shot, please start a thread on that topic.

Thanks for understanding.

… certainly seems right to me.

M gripe is that some are benefitting while others are, and I am quoting another article here “the doormats of the SEC”. They were referring to us and Vandy.