August 31, 201412 yr I'm offering valid suggestions to help UK shake out of its history of being mediocre at best at football. You brought Louisville into this. You should call up Stoops and tell him how to do his job...since you are clearly better at it.
August 31, 201412 yr The facilities upgrades are commendable, no doubt. A beefier recruiting budget would do a lot more good, though. How much is UK spending on recruiting now vs the Joker era of recruiting? Compared to other schools? Do you have that information?
August 31, 201412 yr Matt Elam plays quite a bit in opener Wasn't disagreeing with you. Just pointing out that's what they said twice yesterday.
August 31, 201412 yr He still needs to lose another 35-40 lbs. I would like to see him drop another 30 or so. I don't doubt he is a great talent, he just needs some conditioning. Speaking of his talent, iirc, he had an offer from Alabama, which I believe Jim Schue said we would never be able to recruit against without upgrading our schedule..Hmm...
August 31, 201412 yr Wasn't disagreeing with you. Just pointing out that's what they said twice yesterday. They did say that, but I believe they are wrong about his weight and height. I've never seen him in person, so maybe his weight makes him look shorter, but he looks to be about 6'5" to me.
August 31, 201412 yr I wonder if the UK athletics people were satisfied with the number of "butts in the seats" yesterday. Regardless, by the second half that numer was cut by half, I'd guess. I think for the Cats to change the culture, the fans have to act like fans of big-time programs, and show up in greater numbers and stay at the games longer, even if the team is playing an inferior opponent. How many season tickets were sold for this season?
August 31, 201412 yr I wonder if the UK athletics people were satisfied with the number of "butts in the seats" yesterday. Regardless' date=' by the second half that numer was cut by half, I'd guess. I think for the Cats to change the culture, the fans have to act like fans of big-time programs, and show up in greater numbers and stay at the games longer, even if the team is playing an inferior opponent. How many season tickets were sold for this season?[/quote'] I doubt they were happy with the attendance, I for one wasn't, but I expected it to be that way. 12pm gametime against that particular opponent isn't appealing to fans that are not die hards. Which brings us back to what I said about scheduling a Marshal, cinci, or equivalent instead of a team like UT-Martin. No those teams won't prepare Kentucky for SEC play, but they will put people in the seats and provide a competitive game. Which in turn will ease UK into the brutal SEC schedule, without commuting scheduling suicide by scheduling another SEC equivilant type team.
August 31, 201412 yr I wonder if the UK athletics people were satisfied with the number of "butts in the seats" yesterday. Regardless, by the second half that numer was cut by half, I'd guess. I think for the Cats to change the culture, the fans have to act like fans of big-time programs, and show up in greater numbers and stay at the games longer, even if the team is playing an inferior opponent. How many season tickets were sold for this season? Big time programs have the same issue. Heck, Bama had to threaten to take student season tickets away if they left the games early.
August 31, 201412 yr I doubt they were happy with the attendance, I for one wasn't, but I expected it to be that way. 12pm gametime against that particular opponent isn't appealing to fans that are not die hards. Which brings us back to what I said about scheduling a Marshal, cinci, or equivalent instead of a team like UT-Martin. No those teams won't prepare Kentucky for SEC play, but they will put people in the seats and provide a competitive game. Which in turn will ease UK into the brutal SEC schedule, without commuting scheduling suicide by scheduling another SEC equivilant type team. And don't forget it was pretty hot setting in that sun and a big lead at halftime made it real easy to return to the tailgate at halftime. What about the lack of concessions stands open!! On the North Side of the stadium several were closed (due to construction???). The ones that were open had tremendous lines. Could not even get to the "free water" at the concession stands. Many of the water fountains were "closed down due to construction". I sure this also sent many fans to the parking lot!!
August 31, 201412 yr And don't forget it was pretty hot setting in that sun and a big lead at halftime made it real easy to return to the tailgate at halftime. What about the lack of concessions stands open!! On the North Side of the stadium several were closed (due to construction???). The ones that were open had tremendous lines. Could not even get to the "free water" at the concession stands. Many of the water fountains were "closed down due to construction". I completely understand about the heat, I forgot to mention that as an issue. As for construction, I imagine it will be an issue the entire season. To me that's not that big of a deal. It was needed and should be appreciated, even though it is an inconvenience at the moment./QUOTE]
August 31, 201412 yr They did say that, but I believe they are wrong about his weight and height. I've never seen him in person, so maybe his weight makes him look shorter, but he looks to be about 6'5" to me. Matt Elam is 6'5" without shoes unless he has grown the last couple of months. His current weight is around 360.
September 1, 201412 yr How much is UK spending on recruiting now vs the Joker era of recruiting? Compared to other schools? Do you have that information? Hasn't gone up that much, according to this article. That means Stoops is doing a better job of using the resources available to him than Joker did. UK Football recruiting budget According to this piece, the budget for Midnight Madness is "just north of" $400K. KSR article So, I'll cop to being incorrect on the comparison, but not by much. Regardless, to spend this much on a preseason practice in comparison to the entire FB recruiting budget is a perfect example of what I've been talking about in this thread w/re to priority. This piece doesn't give a final tally on the budget, but at a minimum, it seems UK spends double on Midnight Madness and just Cal's flight costs than the FB recruiting budget. FB has no Midnight Madness-type event that would cause its budget to skyrocket that much. Conservative guess is UK spends 2 1/2 times as much on hoops recruiting than football (can't find an actual hard figure). And that's to fill out a roster of 15 as opposed to 85 for football. By comparison, Alabama spent just shy of $1 million on FB recruiting and UT just shy of $1.5 million. Priorities …
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