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I think the PR spin if they do is clear. Just say, "well we play in the SEC and we have to play 8 conference games a year. It's such a tough league that we get beat up physically, so we really feel like we need to schedule our non-conference games against non-power 5 teams". This is the excuse that UK fans use when UofL beats them now, so it will work for dropping UofL too.

Still say dropping the UofL game is a very important step. Gets UK to 6 wins.

Nothing wrong with middle school coaches, but they should probably move to be a high school assistant first, just like high school coaches make fine college coaches but usually after they have been an assistant for a number of years.

Not a helpful comment. Feel free to tell me why you feel middle school coaches as a whole or Foley specifically is a good fit for Adair.

As has been stated many times before, there is almost nothing Boone can do to fix their program in terms of actually being good. However, they could win more games by getting creative with scheduling (assuming they have the money / desire for long bus rides). Gotta schedule some bad 4a / 3a teams. With their past 3 seasons, that should be doable.

This is exactly right. Just look at the results over the years prior to this one. Hard to argue the old coach wasn't one of the best in KY.

This may be the most accurate post in the history of this site.

How do you sell hiring a D-line coach and weightroom guy to your parents if the reason you fired your previous coach is that he didn't throw the ball enough? This seems bizarre.

UK FOOTBALL SINCE 2010: - OVERALL RECORD: 25-48 (34% wins) - SEC RECORD: 8-40 (16% wins) - NON CONFERENCE RECORD (excluding Louisville): 16-3 (84% wins) - LOUISVILLE: 1-5 (16% wins) While the numbers are bleak, when you break them down, the picture gets even bleaker. The only SEC teams UK has beaten: Vandy (2), South Carolina (3), Ole Miss, Tennessee, Mississippi St. Non-Conference Teams UK has beaten: 64% of UK’s wins have come against very poor competition. - Akron - Charleston (2) - WKU (2) - Central Michigan - Jacksonville St. - Kent St. - Samford - Miami (OH) - Alabama St. - UT Martin - Ohio - ULM - Louisiana Lafayette - Eastern Kentucky Non-Conference Teams who have beaten UK: - Pittsburg (in bowl) Note that Pitt is the only power 5 non-conference opponent UK has played and they didn’t choose to play them. - WKU (2) – worth noting that as soon as UK realized WKU was capable of beating them consistently, they immediately stopped playing them. WHAT UK MUST DO TO BE BOWL ELIGIBLE CONSISTENTLY: - Win the 3 non-conference cupcake games each year, even if this means avoiding high quality lower-level competition – like WKU. These 3 games must be won at all costs (including buying out opponents that are unexpectedly good (Southern Mississippi) - Must win 2 of 3 games against Vanderbilt, Missouri, and South Carolina each year. (with Muschamp likely to turn SC around, the Vandy / Mizzu games become must wins) - Must drop the game vs Louisville. It would be a PR nightmare, but it’s the right thing to do if the goal is to build the program. This allows scheduling one more cupcake game, gets 4 non-conference wins, and gets a bowl while only winning 2 real games (Mizzu / Vandy)