What can I say , great win fot the Cats they found a way to get the job done!

...given that UK had converted that phantom 2-pt. conversion..UK attempts and, again, converts another 2-pt conversion, making the score then 42-35

 

You realize you're more likely to come out with 0 points than even 2, let alone 4 points, by trying a two point conversion twice?

 

That would make your score 38-35, meaning the Cards only need a field goal to send it to OT, and a touchdown leaves UK need a TD of their own to win.

 

If UK kicks the PATs, its 40-35 and a FG does nothing for UofL. If the Cards score a TD, UK can win with a field goal.

Despite all the Woodson-Brohm talk, I think its Raphael Little who just upped his draft stock considerably. On a national stage, he showed great vision and that he will not be brought down by the first tackler.

Curry should have pointed that out.

 

:sssh:

 

Nice win for the Cats.

I'm not even going to read the previous posts in this thread. I just want to congratulate the Cats, and ESPECIALLY Coach Brooks. If there is one thing I can be happy about, relative to the Cat's win over my beloved Cards, it's that Coach Brooks is proving that Mitch Barnhart was right to hire, right to keep him and a coach "worthy" of coaching at UK. I have HATED some of the things I've heard and read about Coach Brooks and his abilities. Great win, Coach! Congratulations!

 

Cards...There's still a lot of football left to play! Let's go get 'em!

Way to go big blue. :dancingpa :dancingpa :dancingpa :dancingpa

I'm not even going to read the previous posts in this thread. I just want to congratulate the Cats, and ESPECIALLY Coach Brooks. If there is one thing I can be happy about, relative to the Cat's win over my beloved Cards, it's that Coach Brooks is proving that Mitch Barnhart was right to hire, right to keep him and a coach "worthy" of coaching at UK. I have HATED some of the things I've heard and read about Coach Brooks and his abilities. Great win, Coach! Congratulations!

 

Cards...There's still a lot of football left to play! Let's go get 'em!

 

Very classy post, you make it not so hard to root for the Cards, which I do all but one game a year.:thumb:

I have no idea what point you're trying to make in that comparison. I don't think I said anything about the win suddenly changing UK's overall profile. What I was pointing out is that the win received plenty of national exposure and that is obvious from the Fan's Poll. You can maintain that UK didn't receive as much notice from a week 3 win as they would have from playing the game during week 1. What you can't do is offer any proof, especially since UK won, that they failed to achieve the same level of exposure. After all, if it hadn't have been for the first two games would UK's staff have been able to see and exploit UL's defensive shortcomings? We'll never know--I'd rather take a win on week 3 on ESPN Classic than what might have been a close loss on week 1 on the big channel. That certainly wouldn't have gotten UK as much attention and since neither you nor I have a time machine.........The only things that can be said with any certainty is that UK has its first win over a top 10 team in 30 years, they are now 11-5 since the beginning of 2006 and the rest of the country has started to take notice.

 

Plus they show the score and highlights on all the ESPN channels. High school kids are much more likely to turn on to ESPN news or sportscenter than to watch a complete game anyway.

I'm not even going to read the previous posts in this thread. I just want to congratulate the Cats, and ESPECIALLY Coach Brooks. If there is one thing I can be happy about, relative to the Cat's win over my beloved Cards, it's that Coach Brooks is proving that Mitch Barnhart was right to hire, right to keep him and a coach "worthy" of coaching at UK. I have HATED some of the things I've heard and read about Coach Brooks and his abilities. Great win, Coach! Congratulations!

 

Cards...There's still a lot of football left to play! Let's go get 'em!

 

Probably a pretty good move...

I'm not even going to read the previous posts in this thread. I just want to congratulate the Cats, and ESPECIALLY Coach Brooks. If there is one thing I can be happy about, relative to the Cat's win over my beloved Cards, it's that Coach Brooks is proving that Mitch Barnhart was right to hire, right to keep him and a coach "worthy" of coaching at UK. I have HATED some of the things I've heard and read about Coach Brooks and his abilities. Great win, Coach! Congratulations!

 

Cards...There's still a lot of football left to play! Let's go get 'em!

 

You have to give Brooks credit for turning the program around the right way...............not the Mumme/Bassett way. It may take a little longer, but it should last a lot longer.

Enjoy the win. Live it. Love it. But please don't give a poor management decision credit for it...

 

You crack me up. :lol: Changing the date of the game had ZERO impact on recruiting, or the importance of the win. UK defeating their in-state rival, and a Top 10 ranked team is big. It might not be the top story nationally, but it is here, in the Bluegrass State.

 

I read over and over again that we'd wait to see the outcome of the game to see if it was a good move by UK to change the date. Well, we've seen the outcome, I believe its time to put it to bed. Let's move on to the next game

My brother from Texas called me yesterday to ask me about Kentucky's win over Louisville. He wondered where the coverage was on the last TD by Johnson. My uncle e-mailed me from California. He was born and raised in Louisville and said he saw the highlights Sunday morning. My cousin from Wisconsin called me and said he lost $50 betting on Louisville. I think it's safe to say that news of Kentucky's win over Louisville found a way to escape the borders of the Commonwealth Saturday night.

 

As far as moving the game, a win over Louisville in any week does more good for the program NOW and in the future than getting drummed in front of a national audience. People make it sound like Kentucky's only motive for moving the game was to keep it off national TV. I can see why they moved it to week three. It's called scouting Louisville in weeks one and two. You can't tell me that Kentucky didn't exploit things Saturday that they had seen against Murray State and MTSU.

 

The bottom line is, as everyone knows, it's about winning. Kentucky catches more flack for losing to non-conference Louisville than they do SEC opponents Tennessee or LSU. UK has been losing the in-state recruiting battle with Louisville, which has been dictated by wins in the series.

 

Call it chicken. Call it a bad move. UK folks call it a win. Over Louisville. On live TV. Everything else is just conjecture and sour grapes because no one really knows how this will play out in the grand scheme of things.

 

UK moved the game. Big deal. They play first next year and every other year. I'm amazed at how many people are making such a big deal about this. If you drove around your community Saturday night, I'm sure you saw gatherings of people at homes with a dish. It's not like NO ONE saw the game.

My brother from Texas called me yesterday to ask me about Kentucky's win over Louisville. He wondered where the coverage was on the last TD by Johnson. My uncle e-mailed me from California. He was born and raised in Louisville and said he saw the highlights Sunday morning. My cousin from Wisconsin called me and said he lost $50 betting on Louisville. I think it's safe to say that news of Kentucky's win over Louisville found a way to escape the borders of the Commonwealth Saturday night.

 

As far as moving the game, a win over Louisville in any week does more good for the program NOW and in the future than getting drummed in front of a national audience. People make it sound like Kentucky's only motive for moving the game was to keep it off national TV. I can see why they moved it to week three. It's called scouting Louisville in weeks one and two. You can't tell me that Kentucky didn't exploit things Saturday that they had seen against Murray State and MTSU.

 

The bottom line is, as everyone knows, it's about winning. Kentucky catches more flack for losing to non-conference Louisville than they do SEC opponents Tennessee or LSU. UK has been losing the in-state recruiting battle with Louisville, which has been dictated by wins in the series.

 

Call it chicken. Call it a bad move. UK folks call it a win. Over Louisville. On live TV. Everything else is just conjecture and sour grapes because no one really knows how this will play out in the grand scheme of things.

 

UK moved the game. Big deal. They play first next year and every other year. I'm amazed at how many people are making such a big deal about this. If you drove around your community Saturday night, I'm sure you saw gatherings of people at homes with a dish. It's not like NO ONE saw the game.

 

What he said! :thumb:

You crack me up. :lol: Changing the date of the game had ZERO impact on recruiting, or the importance of the win. UK defeating their in-state rival, and a Top 10 ranked team is big. It might not be the top story nationally, but it is here, in the Bluegrass State.

 

I read over and over again that we'd wait to see the outcome of the game to see if it was a good move by UK to change the date. Well, we've seen the outcome, I believe its time to put it to bed. Let's move on to the next game

Yeah, the "lack of exposure" argument is weak. Someone said it best earlier when they said that a high school kid will get more from the repeat Sportcenter broadcasts than the game being on a slightly more broad-branching network. I deal with high school kids for a living; they take the shortest (and easiest) road to their destinations.

 

The only thing that is for sure about the changing of the date the game was played is this: UK won with it being the third game of the season, something they hadn't done for four straight years with it being the first.

My brother from Texas called me yesterday to ask me about Kentucky's win over Louisville. He wondered where the coverage was on the last TD by Johnson. My uncle e-mailed me from California. He was born and raised in Louisville and said he saw the highlights Sunday morning. My cousin from Wisconsin called me and said he lost $50 betting on Louisville. I think it's safe to say that news of Kentucky's win over Louisville found a way to escape the borders of the Commonwealth Saturday night.

 

As far as moving the game, a win over Louisville in any week does more good for the program NOW and in the future than getting drummed in front of a national audience. People make it sound like Kentucky's only motive for moving the game was to keep it off national TV. I can see why they moved it to week three. It's called scouting Louisville in weeks one and two. You can't tell me that Kentucky didn't exploit things Saturday that they had seen against Murray State and MTSU.

 

The bottom line is, as everyone knows, it's about winning. Kentucky catches more flack for losing to non-conference Louisville than they do SEC opponents Tennessee or LSU. UK has been losing the in-state recruiting battle with Louisville, which has been dictated by wins in the series.

 

Call it chicken. Call it a bad move. UK folks call it a win. Over Louisville. On live TV. Everything else is just conjecture and sour grapes because no one really knows how this will play out in the grand scheme of things.

 

UK moved the game. Big deal. They play first next year and every other year. I'm amazed at how many people are making such a big deal about this. If you drove around your community Saturday night, I'm sure you saw gatherings of people at homes with a dish. It's not like NO ONE saw the game.

Beat me to it...

I'm not even going to read the previous posts in this thread. I just want to congratulate the Cats, and ESPECIALLY Coach Brooks. If there is one thing I can be happy about, relative to the Cat's win over my beloved Cards, it's that Coach Brooks is proving that Mitch Barnhart was right to hire, right to keep him and a coach "worthy" of coaching at UK. I have HATED some of the things I've heard and read about Coach Brooks and his abilities. Great win, Coach! Congratulations!

 

Cards...There's still a lot of football left to play! Let's go get 'em!

 

Naturally, a classy post from you! I hope UL wins every game they play the rest of the way. These teams are both a reflection of football in KY and how it is headed in the right direction.

 

I am happy to say I have supported Brooks since day 1 and am thrilled that the 'rope burns around his neck have healed up nicely'! He is a class act and has done it the right way!