2016 Season Prediction

[TTU/UK fan]

Sept 3rd 1-0
Southern Miss: 38-21 W

Kentucky may see the best QB of the season in Nick Mullens. Nick may run into slight trouble due to the loss of his best 2 receivers and nearly 2,500 receiving yards. In the backfield Ito Smith is set to have an even better season after the loss of Jalen Richard who he split carries with all of last season. Smith was still able to rack in 1128 yards and 10 tds all the while seeing less carries than Richard. On the other side D'Nevius Antoine will be a name you will hear a lot; D'Nevius was able to rack up 103 tackles (lead team) and 2 INT's (2nd most). USM's secondary will lose Kalan Reed who had 4 INT's and Devonta Foster will be expected to step up. Foster missed most of last season, but is set to start over Picasso Nelson who had a very solid season, finishing 3rd in tackles on the team. Overall I expect a slightly improved USM offense and defense.
Kentucky will likely start off slow and I predict that Boom and the D-Line will have a very solid day while Barker may struggle to start off. Southern Miss starts off fast but Kentucky's offense comes together and puts up 38. 38-21, Kentucky.


Sept 10th 2-0

At Florida: 24-17 W

This is going to be an awesome, close game. Florida loses a ton of playmakers, and a mediocre at best offense becomes even weaker. I actually changed my opinion on this game after looking more into Florida. Florida is very unimpressive, but yet again its at the Swamp and we can never seem to catch a break in this series. I cannot stress enough as to how weak I believe this offense of Florida will be, the only scary thing last year about the Fla offense was Kelvin Taylor (gone), Robinson (gone), and decent QB play (gone, gone). Del Rio may be decent, who knows, but I don't see much to be too concerned about with this Florida offense. On defense, Florida will not be what they were last year either. They lose 2 of their top 3 tacklers, top 2 sack specialists, and Hargravess. Huge blows.This will still be a decent defense but I still believe UK can pull this one out, its anyone's game.
Kentucky's Oline holds up, Barker throws for a couple TDs and the defense forces a few turnovers and pull this one out to end the streak. 24-17, Kentucky.


Sept 17 3-0

New Mexico State: 49-14

This game will not be close. NMSU has nothing to be scared about and we will be seeing the worst QB of the season in this one. Stoops calls off the dogs and NMSU gets 2 late TDs. 49-14 Kentucky.


Sept 24 4-0

South Carolina: 34-13 W

South Carolina will continue to be unimpressive this year. Their offense has a lot of question marks while their defense will have a good amount of upperclassmen. Muschamp will have a lot on his plate, and a lot less talent to work with this season than his seasons at Florida. This gives me even less hope in the Gamecocks. They will be starting a freshman QB and a very unimpressive RB in David WIlliams. Last year their offense consisting of Pharoah Cooper and Pharoah Cooper struggled tremendously, with that loss, all USC can hope for is luck. On defense USC loses 3 of their top 4 tacklers. Without Moore, Gurley, and Johnson I am not convinced that this USC team will be any better than last year. Kentucky wins easy. Drew Barker has his best game yet. 34-13 Kentucky.


Oct 1 4-1

At Alabama: 17-38 L

I am not going to go too much into detail here, but Alabama reloads as usual. They may have some offensive questions but on defense there wont be much to question. Kentucky stays close in the 1st, but #1 Alabama becomes way too much. BBN still stays confident. 17-38 Alabama



Oct 8 5-1

Vanderbilt: 13-24 W

Vandy always seems to be that frustrating game that we do everything wrong in. On offense for Vanderbilt they do return Ralph Webb who will have a great season along with Sherfield. I don't believe Shurmur will be much to get worried about but I do think Webb himself can do some damage. Overall it wont be a very impressive Vandy O, but they may put up a couple TDs on us. On defense Zach Cunningham will be a killer, Cunningham led the team in tackles, TFL,and sacks. This Vandy D will likely be even better but so will the UK O. Drew Barker and Boom become too much at Commonwealth, 13-24 Kentucky.



Oct 22 5-2

Mississippi State: 24-27 L

This game will be a close one with UK coming off of a bye. Depending on how good Fitzgerald is, it could be bad news for UK. I for one am not expecting much, and he wont be a Dak, that's forsure. On offense aside from Dak they don't really lose much besides their 2nd best receiver. Halloway should have a solid year and Fred Ross should be a good, common target for Fitzgerald. On defense MSU returns one of its best players in Richie Brown who could give the offense a lot of trouble. But they do lose Beniquez Brown and Coman which are big losses. Overall MSU could be a great team and are pretty even with UK, but there is a lot of unknowns. I think UK can pull this out if they can get a few turnovers. UK loses by a fieldgoal. 24-27 MSU.




Oct 29 6-2

At Missouri: 27-10 W

Another unimpressive offense is set to take the field for Missouri. They lose Hansborough and Drew Lock is set to take the QB season after a pretty terrible season last year. The good thing for Lock is most of his receiving corp is returning. Bad news is they didn't do much in the first place. After throwing for 4 TDs and 8 INTs its hard to be excited as a Mizzou fan. On defense, the loss of Brothers is major and that's 150 tackles. Charles Harris and Scherer are players to watch, but without Brothers its hard to think this defense will be quite as good. Kentucky is going bowling. 27-10 Kentucky.




Nov 5 6-3

Georgia: 28-24 L


Georgia is a team that I am not very convinced about. I think at Commonwealth Kentucky has a shot. I do not believe Chubb will be at full potential and the loss of Sony is huge. Greyson Lambert will be good but without Mitchell he wont have a huge easy target. Georgia will have a much weaker defense with the loss of Floyd, Ganus, and Jenkins. Kentucky can stick with this team, but it is a matter of if we can catch any breaks. Geogia pulls this one out 28-24 Georgia.



Nov 12 6-4

At Tennessee: 20-42


Dobbs and co take advantage of Kentucky's lack of D-line depth and win easy. A healthy Boom scores a couple. Tennessee secondary does its job. 20-42 Tennessee



Nov 19 7-4

Austin Peay: 38-17 W


AP isn't much to worry about, but I believe they catch the cats by surprise and stay with them for the first 2 quarters. Drew comes out firing in the second. 38-17 Kentucky



Nov 26 7-5

At Louisville: 24-31 L

Bobby P keeps the streak going. Kentucky keeps it close but the better UofL squad pulls it out in the Pizza Pit. This one could be interesting depending on how good the Louisville QB really is. It could also be a butt kicking. 24-31 Dirty Birds.


Kentucky goes bowling and has a solid season. I think UK's best case scenario is 9 wins, worst case is 6. GBB!

 

[Dakota25]

Your scenario is highly optimistic and best case. Best case scenarios rarely play out in sports but I think UK goes 4-8 or 5-7 at best. Also I wouldn't predict a win over Florida. I'm 27 years old and have yet to see a win over that team, and UK plays them every year.....

 

[TTU/UK fan]

4-8 and 5-7 are less likely than 8-4 and 9-3. Many people are making guesses based off of one position we are struggling at (Dline). We won 5 games last year, and lost 3 by 5 points or less and have a better team this year. 5-7 at best is a pure 100% joke. USC got worse, UF got way worse, Mizzou got worse, MSU got worse. USC, AP, NMSU are wins w/o a doubt. USM, Vandy, and Mizzou are likely wins. MSU, UF, and UGA are possible wins(maybe could throw UofL in there). I don't see how 5-7 at best is possible to say with a straight face with all do respect. Everyone acts like we didn't just return every offensive and secondary playmaker/returned almost the whole Oline/have good(yet young) talent at LB/DE. Our schedule isn't THAT hard. If we were in the west I would agree with you in a heartbeat. Yes I am more of an optimist but I gave backup to my optimism instead of throwing out numbers backed up by a glance of the team names on the schedule.

Not saying 5-7 is impossible, but 5-7 is not "at best" in any stretch of the imagination.

 

[un4getables]

Your scenario is highly optimistic and best case. Best case scenarios rarely play out in sports but I think UK goes 4-8 or 5-7 at best. Also I wouldn't predict a win over Florida. I'm 27 years old and have yet to see a win over that team, and UK plays them every year.....

Yeah the 9-3 prediction is much more likely than your prediction.. Not sure if you are serious.

 

[lex cath]

8-5 bowl win

 

[Grumpyolddawg]

Sept 3rd 1-0
Southern Miss: 38-21 W

Kentucky may see the best QB of the season in Nick Mullens. Nick may run into slight trouble due to the loss of his best 2 receivers and nearly 2,500 receiving yards. In the backfield Ito Smith is set to have an even better season after the loss of Jalen Richard who he split carries with all of last season. Smith was still able to rack in 1128 yards and 10 tds all the while seeing less carries than Richard. On the other side D'Nevius Antoine will be a name you will hear a lot; D'Nevius was able to rack up 103 tackles (lead team) and 2 INT's (2nd most). USM's secondary will lose Kalan Reed who had 4 INT's and Devonta Foster will be expected to step up. Foster missed most of last season, but is set to start over Picasso Nelson who had a very solid season, finishing 3rd in tackles on the team. Overall I expect a slightly improved USM offense and defense.
Kentucky will likely start off slow and I predict that Boom and the D-Line will have a very solid day while Barker may struggle to start off. Southern Miss starts off fast but Kentucky's offense comes together and puts up 38. 38-21, Kentucky.


Sept 10th 2-0

At Florida: 24-17 W

This is going to be an awesome, close game. Florida loses a ton of playmakers, and a mediocre at best offense becomes even weaker. I actually changed my opinion on this game after looking more into Florida. Florida is very unimpressive, but yet again its at the Swamp and we can never seem to catch a break in this series. I cannot stress enough as to how weak I believe this offense of Florida will be, the only scary thing last year about the Fla offense was Kelvin Taylor (gone), Robinson (gone), and decent QB play (gone, gone). Del Rio may be decent, who knows, but I don't see much to be too concerned about with this Florida offense. On defense, Florida will not be what they were last year either. They lose 2 of their top 3 tacklers, top 2 sack specialists, and Hargravess. Huge blows.This will still be a decent defense but I still believe UK can pull this one out, its anyone's game.
Kentucky's Oline holds up, Barker throws for a couple TDs and the defense forces a few turnovers and pull this one out to end the streak. 24-17, Kentucky.


Sept 17 3-0

New Mexico State: 49-14

This game will not be close. NMSU has nothing to be scared about and we will be seeing the worst QB of the season in this one. Stoops calls off the dogs and NMSU gets 2 late TDs. 49-14 Kentucky.


Sept 24 4-0

South Carolina: 34-13 W

South Carolina will continue to be unimpressive this year. Their offense has a lot of question marks while their defense will have a good amount of upperclassmen. Muschamp will have a lot on his plate, and a lot less talent to work with this season than his seasons at Florida. This gives me even less hope in the Gamecocks. They will be starting a freshman QB and a very unimpressive RB in David WIlliams. Last year their offense consisting of Pharoah Cooper and Pharoah Cooper struggled tremendously, with that loss, all USC can hope for is luck. On defense USC loses 3 of their top 4 tacklers. Without Moore, Gurley, and Johnson I am not convinced that this USC team will be any better than last year. Kentucky wins easy. Drew Barker has his best game yet. 34-13 Kentucky.


Oct 1 4-1

At Alabama: 17-38 L

I am not going to go too much into detail here, but Alabama reloads as usual. They may have some offensive questions but on defense there wont be much to question. Kentucky stays close in the 1st, but #1 Alabama becomes way too much. BBN still stays confident. 17-38 Alabama



Oct 8 5-1

Vanderbilt: 13-24 W

Vandy always seems to be that frustrating game that we do everything wrong in. On offense for Vanderbilt they do return Ralph Webb who will have a great season along with Sherfield. I don't believe Shurmur will be much to get worried about but I do think Webb himself can do some damage. Overall it wont be a very impressive Vandy O, but they may put up a couple TDs on us. On defense Zach Cunningham will be a killer, Cunningham led the team in tackles, TFL,and sacks. This Vandy D will likely be even better but so will the UK O. Drew Barker and Boom become too much at Commonwealth, 13-24 Kentucky.



Oct 22 5-2

Mississippi State: 24-27 L

This game will be a close one with UK coming off of a bye. Depending on how good Fitzgerald is, it could be bad news for UK. I for one am not expecting much, and he wont be a Dak, that's forsure. On offense aside from Dak they don't really lose much besides their 2nd best receiver. Halloway should have a solid year and Fred Ross should be a good, common target for Fitzgerald. On defense MSU returns one of its best players in Richie Brown who could give the offense a lot of trouble. But they do lose Beniquez Brown and Coman which are big losses. Overall MSU could be a great team and are pretty even with UK, but there is a lot of unknowns. I think UK can pull this out if they can get a few turnovers. UK loses by a fieldgoal. 24-27 MSU.




Oct 29 6-2

At Missouri: 27-10 W

Another unimpressive offense is set to take the field for Missouri. They lose Hansborough and Drew Lock is set to take the QB season after a pretty terrible season last year. The good thing for Lock is most of his receiving corp is returning. Bad news is they didn't do much in the first place. After throwing for 4 TDs and 8 INTs its hard to be excited as a Mizzou fan. On defense, the loss of Brothers is major and that's 150 tackles. Charles Harris and Scherer are players to watch, but without Brothers its hard to think this defense will be quite as good. Kentucky is going bowling. 27-10 Kentucky.




Nov 5 6-3

Georgia: 28-24 L


Georgia is a team that I am not very convinced about. I think at Commonwealth Kentucky has a shot. I do not believe Chubb will be at full potential and the loss of Sony is huge. Greyson Lambert will be good but without Mitchell he wont have a huge easy target. Georgia will have a much weaker offense with the loss of Floyd, Ganus, and Jenkins. Kentucky can stick with this team, but it is a matter of if we can catch any breaks. Geogia pulls this one out 28-24 Georgia.



Nov 12 6-4

At Tennessee: 20-42


Dobbs and co take advantage of Kentucky's lack of D-line depth and win easy. A healthy Boom scores a couple. Tennessee secondary does its job. 20-42 Tennessee



Nov 19 7-4

Austin Peay: 38-17 W


AP isn't much to worry about, but I believe they catch the cats by surprise and stay with them for the first 2 quarters. Drew comes out firing in the second. 38-17 Kentucky



Nov 26 7-5

At Louisville: 24-31 L

Bobby P keeps the streak going. Kentucky keeps it close but the better UofL squad pulls it out in the Pizza Pit. This one could be interesting depending on how good the Louisville QB really is. It could also be a butt kicking. 24-31 Dirty Birds.


Kentucky goes bowling and has a solid season. I think UK's best case scenario is 9 wins, worst case is 6. GBB!

Nice work and lots of time and effort put into the post. I don't know much about all of the other teams, but you aren't very familiar with us. Chubb could get hurt again, but he is back to 100%, Michel will be back long before our game, maybe even by next week and Lambert, barring injury won't be our starter very long this year if he starts any. Defensively we will be replacing all 4 starting LB, most likely 2 soph on inside and 2 jr on the outside, quite a few starts for 3 of them, one replaced Ganus in the bowl at ILB. But with all that said, we will be starting a true frosh at QB by the UK game, could start the opener, Godwin will be our leading WR, but we may come out with 2 and 3 TE sets alot this year, by far the deepest position on the team and one of them might be our leading receiver. Starting a true frosh at WR or RB is one thing, but having to start one at QB is a whole nother ballgame.

 

[Ldgator]

I think you might be very surprised with the offense Florida will put on the field. Also, from what I've read, they'll be extremely good on defense again. Their front four and DB's are both team strengths according to most experts. I just don't see the drop-off you're talking about. Also appear to have a kicker with big time potential, plus an all conference punter.

 

[TTU/UK fan]

Nice work and lots of time and effort put into the post. I don't know much about all of the other teams, but you aren't very familiar with us. Chubb could get hurt again, but he is back to 100%, Michel will be back long before our game, maybe even by next week and Lambert, barring injury won't be our starter very long this year if he starts any. Defensively we will be replacing all 4 starting LB, most likely 2 soph on inside and 2 jr on the outside, quite a few starts for 3 of them, one replaced Ganus in the bowl at ILB. But with all that said, we will be starting a true frosh at QB by the UK game, could start the opener, Godwin will be our leading WR, but we may come out with 2 and 3 TE sets alot this year, by far the deepest position on the team and one of them might be our leading receiver. Starting a true frosh at WR or RB is one thing, but having to start one at QB is a whole nother ballgame.

I apologize, my good friend is a Dawgs fan and he was acting as if Sony was done, should have done my own research there. And I really do hope Chubb has an amazing season, but im going off of my gut, ive seen alot of people come back from those injuries and never really get going again. Preciate the feedback. And I am sure you know more than me about Chubb, so i wont argue with you there.

 

[maverick1rw]

I hope Stoops gets to 6 and wins a bowl. Dude has worked his @$$ off, coaching has been suspect at times but it's exciting seeing the change and we just need to win some of these games blown over the last 3 years.

 

[Grumpyolddawg]

I apologize, my good friend is a Dawgs fan and he was acting as if Sony was done, should have done my own research there. And I really do hope Chubb has an amazing season, but im going off of my gut, ive seen alot of people come back from those injuries and never really get going again. Preciate the feedback. And I am sure you know more than me about Chubb, so i wont argue with you there.

Unlike most times, I actually did a little research on Chubb's injury because of some of the things people were saying about it. He had no nerve or blood vessel damage. He did tear the MCL, LCL and PCL, but the ACL was undamage. MCL and LCL are nothing major with todays medical advance. The PCL was the one I had no idea about, as it turns out its not an uncommon injury, and unless its a complete tear they are seldom even repaired, people play with partial tears. Recovery to 100% pre injury with PCL surgery is 6-9 months, Chubb is in month 10, practicing with no support device, including tackling to the ground. Kirby hasn't named him starter yet, but I am betting he starts. He didn't miss a practice in spring or fall, or a rehab. Of course he was limited in the spring. Sony had a compound fracture of the forearm, serious enough but he is practicing, but Holyfield has looked great this fall. Hard to believe but he is more jacked than Chubb is. QB and WR are big question marks for us right now, only WR with more than a couple of catches is Godwin who had 35 last year, our little return guy is going to be in the rotation alone with a couple of frosh most likely. Frosh TE could become our leading receiver, Chaney used the kid at Arky alot and he was their leading receiver for a couple of years. We have 2 frosh TE, one was state champion hurdler at 255, that's crazy to me.

 

[PhattyJ4UK_rivals309166]

If we bear florida and start off the way you have it(which i think could happen) i really hope we dont fall to miss st and loserville.

 

[willyclyde]

13-0 ftw

 

[jauk11]

I think you might be very surprised with the offense Florida will put on the field. Also, from what I've read, they'll be extremely good on defense again. Their front four and DB's are both team strengths according to most experts. I just don't see the drop-off you're talking about. Also appear to have a kicker with big time potential, plus an all conference punter.

From a comment in their spring game their kicker has kicked one 77 yards in practice (think that is right, close) and kicked one down the middle from 54 in that game that would have probably been good from 70.

Del Rio was also close to pretty close to perfect passing in that game, and their suspended WR that will be back for our game is very impressive. No way they suspend him against us.

 

[jauk11]

Unlike most times, I actually did a little research on Chubb's injury because of some of the things people were saying about it. He had no nerve or blood vessel damage. He did tear the MCL, LCL and PCL, but the ACL was undamage. MCL and LCL are nothing major with todays medical advance. The PCL was the one I had no idea about, as it turns out its not an uncommon injury, and unless its a complete tear they are seldom even repaired, people play with partial tears. Recovery to 100% pre injury with PCL surgery is 6-9 months, Chubb is in month 10, practicing with no support device, including tackling to the ground. Kirby hasn't named him starter yet, but I am betting he starts. He didn't miss a practice in spring or fall, or a rehab. Of course he was limited in the spring. Sony had a compound fracture of the forearm, serious enough but he is practicing, but Holyfield has looked great this fall. Hard to believe but he is more jacked than Chubb is. QB and WR are big question marks for us right now, only WR with more than a couple of catches is Godwin who had 35 last year, our little return guy is going to be in the rotation alone with a couple of frosh most likely. Frosh TE could become our leading receiver, Chaney used the kid at Arky alot and he was their leading receiver for a couple of years. We have 2 frosh TE, one was state champion hurdler at 255, that's crazy to me.

Well, I really like your posts and knowledge but now I have caught you in a bald faced lie. Do you remember when you first started posting on here you showed a picture of Chubb in a track uniform, exhibit A, NO ONE can be more jacked than him. LOL

And furthermore UK might have two women that might beat your TE in the 100 meter high hurdles, one just set the world record in the (women's) event but didn't qualify for the Olympics and the other won the college title at Oregon but stumbled in the qualifying, she should have made the field.

But the US didn't need them, won the Gold, Silver, and Bronze in the event, would have had the first five finishers probably if our two had been in the race.and one of them could have won the gold.

I don't think either of them weighed 255 though.

I found this clip below on the world record. Harrison won the hurdles at Oregon in 15 and Jasmine Camache-Quinn won it in 16, Harrison in 12.55 and Quinn in 2.54 as a true freshman, so since Harrison went on to set the world record in 12.20 (had stood for 26 years) Quinn might have a chance later on. The three Olympic times were 12.49, 12.59, and 12.61, so both could have been in contention and likely both in front of the other world contenders.

Neat link, watch it, she ran away with it and at least two of the Olympic medalists were in the race..

 

[Grumpyolddawg]

Well, I really like your posts and knowledge but now I have caught you in a bald faced lie. Do you remember when you first started posting on here you showed a picture of Chubb in a track uniform, exhibit A, NO ONE can be more jacked than him. LOL

And furthermore UK might have two women that might beat your TE in the 100 meter high hurdles, one just set the world record in the (women's) event but didn't qualify for the Olympics and the other won the college title at Oregon but stumbled in the qualifying, she should have made the field.

But the US didn't need them, won the Gold, Silver, and Bronze in the event, would have had the first five finishers probably if our two had been in the race.and one of them could have won the gold.

I don't think either of them weighed 255 though.

I found this clip below on the world record. Harrison won the hurdles at Oregon in 15 and Jasmine Camache-Quinn won it in 16, Harrison in 12.55 and Quinn in 2.54 as a true freshman, so since Harrison went on to set the world record in 12.20 (had stood for 26 years) Quinn might have a chance later on. The three Olympic times were 12.49, 12.59, and 12.61, so both could have been in contention and likely both in front of the other world contenders.

Neat link, watch it, she ran away with it and at least two of the Olympic medalists were in the race..

lol, Holyfield is carrying some genetics with him, don't think he is stronger than Chubb, but he would win a body building contest against him. Chubb is muscular and thick, just not as defined as some guys are.

Not sure the TE could outrun her if he didn't have any hurdles in his lane, the girl can flat get it done, and she even looks like a girl. One of those girls, I guess, running in one event looked like she could have lined up at RB in the SEC compared to the other girls in the race. I am a big track and field guy, I actually coached a kid, well I was listed as his coach anyway it was all him, who set a national HS record at the time in the high jump of 7'4". He won several ACC and a couple national championships for it in college. He was in the lead at the Olympic trials in 96 with 4 guys still in, 3 go. They went to 7'6", he missed and all three of the others cleared, wasn't his day. But he was only a shade over 6 ft.

 

[SmokinGun9]

I see a win in the opener, a win against the Gators, come home to thrash the Cocks, tame the pesky Commodores and Bulldogs, go down to Bama and run wild on the Tide, come home, beat Georgia, then payback that ugly orange scourge and knock their quarterback out for the year. kick Austin Peay and New Mexico State into the next zip code, finish things up by completely embarassing that ***** team by the river so badly that by halftime only blue remains in the stadium, Petrino gets tossed in second quarter, hes found in the arms of another woman who turns out to be Joanne Pitino. This causes Rick to call some "friends of his" to put a contract out on Bobby. In the meantime, we are headed to the BCS to play Oklahoma in a reunion of Stoop's. After kicking a field goal with no time left on the clock to beat the Sooners 40-39, we roll into the title game and roll over Florida State. We then bring the trophy back to the football complex, players spike that fake championship trophy and replace it with the new one. All we gotta do is get a couple of breaks to go our way. Lets get it started

 

[millayc]

The SEC NETWORK guys were predicting 7-5. I hope so, I was more optimistic about a month ago, but as we get closer, I see more and here more bad things than good on tv and the radio. I think this is Stoops 3rd Offensive coordinator in 3 years?? That's not good, plus most of the defensive coaches have been replaced. Along with a QB who has not had a complete year at starter, I just don't see it anymore. Personally, I would have fired him after the Louisville game last year when they were so close to going to a bowl. There were times last year that Stoops looked like he was fighting his own staff to win a football game.

 

[Anjiejo]

The SEC NETWORK guys were predicting 7-5. I hope so, I was more optimistic about a month ago, but as we get closer, I see more and here more bad things than good on tv and the radio. I think this is Stoops 3rd Offensive coordinator in 3 years?? That's not good, plus most of the defensive coaches have been replaced. Along with a QB who has not had a complete year at starter, I just don't see it anymore. Personally, I would have fired him after the Louisville game last year when they were so close to going to a bowl. There were times last year that Stoops looked like he was fighting his own staff to win a football game.

3rd oc in 3 years is a little misleading..
Brown left for a HC gig.. That should speak for itself. Thats also why we ended up with dawson which i believe wasnt in stoops top 5 in the start of the OC search. There was a lot of shifting going in the coaching circle that year.
Bama hired away our DB coach,and Buh left for a DC gig. That also shows quality among the def staff.
If Gran/Hinshaw do as good as i think they will expect a lot more changes..
People will be knocking down stoops door to get to those 2! Is that a good thing or bad thing? You decide!

 

[akaukswoosh]

6-6 most likely, 7-5 with some unexpected breaks. jmo

 

[Badenov]

I don't see us winning in the swamp but I do think we beat Miss. St at home. I see a 7-5 or possibly a 6-6 record.

 

[NoviG8r]

I see UK going 6-6 in 2016, possibly 7-5, before the bowl game. I see UK finishing 4th in SEC East, easily ahead of USC, Vandy, and Mizzou. Absolute worst-case scenario, with serious injuries and the wheels falling off is 5-7.

 

[cardkilla_rivals379685]

Good stuff, although I am hopeful that if UK does indeed beat Florida that it's an indication that we are heading for a special season. 9-3 and undefeated at home

 

[mhroe1984]

6-6 (3-5)

Wins
Southern Mississippi
New Mexico State
Vanderbilt
South Carolina
Georgia (upset pick of the year)
Austin Peay

Losses
@ Florida
@ Alabama
Mississippi State (this is our annual stinker)
@ Missouri
@ Tennessee
@ Louisville

I have a suspicion we will win 1 game this year we probably shouldn't and I predict we upset Georgia. However, in typical UK football fashion I also think we drop a few that we should win, so Missouri and Mississippi State seem like good picks for those 2 games. Best case scenario for this team could be 7-5 with the worst case 5-7. The safe pick for me is 6-6.

 

[UKWinsAgainYep]

6 wins and recruiting picks up after going to a bowl game with new facilities to show recruits.

 

[UKWildcats#8]

6 wins. I have predicted this the last two years and been wrong, although we could have easily got to 6 either year. 3 OOC teams, Vandy, SC, and then either Missouri or MSU are my predicted wins.

 

[sgt4269]

7-6 Bowl Win