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Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry
Kentucky isn't Kansas. They actually do give a damn about their football program.
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The difference is that Kentucky within the past 10 years or so has really started to spend money on football dating back to before Stoops(more-so in part of the Rich Brooks era leading into Joker Phillips).
We have a very passionate football base, as passionate as basketball, but not as large.
Kentucky will never be a national power in recruiting, but can be a large one regionally. Stoops is a great coach and I don't think he'd leave anytime soon given his contract structure(it auto-renews if he wins 6 games on top of bonuses for additional wins, bowl games, etc). The pressure is low and as long as the team is bowl eligible with an occasional appearance in Atlanta(that should be a realistic expectation now), the program will be where it should be realistic expectations wise.
If Kentucky is basically what Mizzou was for the majority of Pinkel's tenure, a lot of people will be happy.
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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
Yeah. There's been absolutely zero chatter I've ever seen about Kentucky leaving the SEC, and it doesn't make any sense.
The model Stoops has used at Kentucky is the same one Drinkwitz is now rolling with at Mizzou. Successful so far.
And that's a model where, if you do get the stars to align, you can actually get into the playoff. Just need to have that difference-making QB to pull it all together.
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Yes. I think Mizzou has a higher ceiling program wise given the in-state recruiting advantages with KC and STL, but very similar overall.
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Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry
Hasn't Kentucky been going into Ohio and selling the non-Ohio State recruits to come play in the SEC?
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Yes, which is why they're getting recruits.
Stoops is basically doing a better job at recruiting out of Ohio now than when Pinkel was recruiting in Texas for a majority of his time in CoMo. And he's also getting really high ranked (4*) recruits over Ohio St. Him and Vince Marrow are kicking ass there.
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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
Why tho? KY football sucks ass.
504-563 all time - sure sounds a lot like Kansas’ 530-635.
I’m sure some meth’d out hillbillies go to their games. But nobody with a brain cares about any of these bottom feeders.
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Because there's no school in the state that competes with Kentucky historically in terms of popularity. None. Louisville is a joke. They are little brother in the Bluegrass. And no one outside of Louisville cares about them.
Additionally, Kentucky was somewhat decent back in the day before a span of 30 years of being mediocre to bad.