If....if UK would lose to Charlotte
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Nothing would change......
Thanks to MB there are now 17,000,000 reasons CMS cannot be replaced.
Thanks to MB there are now 17,000,000 reasons CMS cannot be replaced.
They lost 73-14 to Middle Tenn,we could start Elam at qb and win this one......wait if any UK coaches are reading this I am only kidding.
A loss to Charlotte would arguably be the worst loss in our modern football history. The argument would go something like- is it worse to lose to this team by 3 points, a decent Vanderbilt team by 40-0, or to a really good Florida team 63-5? Whether it would be the worst loss or not is debatable, but what would not be debatable is that, in our modern history, we have never lost to a team this bad. The 2012 loss to Western would be like a loss on the road against Alabama compared to this; even an Eastern loss this year would not have been this bad.
No disrespect to the Charlotte program, by the way. It's a program that is in the third year of football and the first in FBS. For all I know, in five years, this could be a team that is where Western is right now. But there will be absolutely no excuse for losing this game. There is no excuse for another EKU type win, either.
No disrespect to the Charlotte program, by the way. It's a program that is in the third year of football and the first in FBS. For all I know, in five years, this could be a team that is where Western is right now. But there will be absolutely no excuse for losing this game. There is no excuse for another EKU type win, either.
"It" could happen. You just never know with this UK team as odd things seem to happen to us. Penalties, bad luck, weird bounces and strange situations that don't ever seem to happen to other teams.
Overall, I think UK will pull out a tough win 27-21, kinda like what we saw will ULL. We should get that much needed "W" that will inspire, encourage, and empower our CATS as they get ready for the epic showdown with Louisville.
Overall, I think UK will pull out a tough win 27-21, kinda like what we saw will ULL. We should get that much needed "W" that will inspire, encourage, and empower our CATS as they get ready for the epic showdown with Louisville.
Yeah, you're right, I just need to cool it and chill out. I guess I'm just letting my imagination run wild with worst case scenarios.
That is a real possibility. I don't care how bad the opponent is. Our offense has come totally off the rails so I don't expect us to score on anyone right now. The team overall is so disorganized that we have been giving up about 3 TDs per game just of our mistakes. If that continues Saturday we lose. 21 points will likely win the game for Charlotte. Clearly there will be a major talent advantage in favor of UK but the level of disorganization that we are seeing is worse than anything I have ever encountered. I have no way to predict it.
Team will rally around Barker and it will be an easy blow-out win.
I have been critical of CMS over the past season, but we shouldn't lose to UNCC on our worst day. They were never even remotely successful as a FCS team (10-12 over two years). There are three dozen FCS teams that would beat UNCC badly (NDSU, JMU, Coastal, JSU, McNeese, Portland, UT Chat, Citadel, etc). However, if we were to lose to Charlotte, we would be seen as a mid-grade FCS quality team. It would be devastating to recruiting. There would no longer be a shred of confidence in the current coaching staff, and I doubt CMS could survive it over the long haul.
The difference is Robert Morris was actually a good team by mid-major school standards, whereas Charlotte is AWFUL even by little school standards. Just look at their schedule, 2-8 against absolute nobodies (only wins are against friggin Presbyterian and Ga St.), and took a 73-14 drubbing from little MTSU.
In short, this is about the single weakest team to appear on any major conference team's schedule this year. Can't imagine us having any trouble with this one.
All that is true,but I think UK takes out 6 weeks of frustration this week.Keep posting often the pic in your sig is the best on the board[thumb2]
I know and I hear what you're saying here, but strange things happen to UK football that don't seem to happen to any other team. Yes, we "should" win big, one would logically reason that to be the likely scenario, however, this is UK football we're talking about here....strange things happen, you just never know what Murphy's Law situation will befall us and that's why I'm taking UK in a nail-biter, 27-21
I'd forgotten about that one...strange since it was just like 2.5 years ago. I think it was because it was an irrelevant, meaningless game and no one cared about it....especially our coaches and players. As I vaguely recall we got screwed and had to play in their cracker jack gym as well for some reason.
On topic, no way UK loses to Charlotte. UK will blow them out by 4-5 TDs.
IMHO, Robert Morris BB has no bearing on anything FB at any school.
Different sports, different recruiting, different development, different complexity due to number of players, specialties, & defined phases of the game, different impact resulting from presence of good/bad player, different impact resulting from quality of HC vs. assistants.
Not a criticism of our fans, but I think the long-term struggles of UK FB are due somewhat to our long-history of looking at CFB through a CBB lens (resulting in basketball-centric ADs for years, basketball on grass, no contact "bump" practices, pass-to-set up the run, divesting from the run, only offense is important--lack of attention to D or ST, failure to understand continuous FB infrastructure investment, etc.). The softer BB perspective is pervasive in our FB DNA--has been for years.
Different sports, different recruiting, different development, different complexity due to number of players, specialties, & defined phases of the game, different impact resulting from presence of good/bad player, different impact resulting from quality of HC vs. assistants.
Not a criticism of our fans, but I think the long-term struggles of UK FB are due somewhat to our long-history of looking at CFB through a CBB lens (resulting in basketball-centric ADs for years, basketball on grass, no contact "bump" practices, pass-to-set up the run, divesting from the run, only offense is important--lack of attention to D or ST, failure to understand continuous FB infrastructure investment, etc.). The softer BB perspective is pervasive in our FB DNA--has been for years.
Sadly, I don't think a whole lot would change even if we lose to them. Stoops is going to get 3-4 more years guaranteed regardless of what happens. Mitch isn't going to get rid of Stoops because in essence he would be admitting that he got it wrong. For one to go the other will have to go as well, and if UK fball has taught us anything it's that we have just about the lowest fan expectations in college sports, and it would take a 40-0 home loss to Vandy during a 2-10 season to force a coach out.
I think it has more to do with playing in the SEC, hiring mediocre to bad coaches (back to your AD point, which I agree with), inability to recruit as well due to lack of in state talent, lack of history/prestige, etc, and oh yeah, playing in the SEC sucks.
I am also not sure what bearing it has on FB, but someone else mentioned the Mets as well...didn't see you mention that and baseball.