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Randall Cobb has been exactly what we figured he would be this year -- intense, focused, and productive. Cobb is second in the SEC in all-purpose yards behind Alabama's Trent Richardson, and the only reason he isn't ahead is because passing doesn't count in the AP yards calculation.  Cobb averages 5.7 yards/game in passing, which would easily put him past Richardson if it counted toward the stat.

But despite Cobb's heroics, Kentucky comes into this weekend's game at 4-5 on the season.  If Kentucky wins two of the next three, they would be bowl eligible along with most of the SEC.  If they win out, they would weigh in at 7-5, which would be exactly where we wound up last year against what I consider to be weaker competition this year than last.  But no matter what, 7-5 would certainly draw a minor bowl, although it's likely to be a cold-weather bowl.

But the question that comes to my mind right now is can Kentucky get there at all?  FCS Charleston Southern may not be a particularly competitive team, having won only two games so far this year and 0-4 in the Big South Conference.  But after that come two SEC teams, and even though both the Vanderbilt Commodores and Tennessee Volunteers are the dregs of the conference this year, they have more than enough to beat Kentucky.

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