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[Moderated by Matt Jones, Drew Franklin and Tyler Thompson]
[Moderated by Matt Jones, Drew Franklin and Tyler Thompson]
We’re a good three months away from some 2012 college football action, but that didn’t stop the Huntsville Times from taking a look at Joker and the boys. Even though the spreads that Drew posted earlier are a little discouraging, the Alabama newspaper found a silver lining in the upcoming season. They think the defensive line could be one of the tops in the nation:
GOOD NEWS: The Wildcats lost two players to the NFL — tackle machine Danny Trevathan and safety Winston Guy — but they should still be able to stop the run. The entire starting defensive line — senior end Collins Ukwu and junior tackles Mister Cobble and Donte Rumph — is back and so is senior end Taylor Wyndham, who takes the field whenever Kentucky uses four linemen. Junior Avery Williamson, a reserve for the past two seasons who will replace Trevathan, looked impressive throughout the spring. On offense, the Wildcats seem to have a few playmakers emerging alongside senior wide receiver La’Rod King, something that never happened in 2011. Sophomore Demarco Robinson caught two deep touchdown passes in Kentucky’s spring game and tight ends Tyler Robinson and Ronnie Shields combined to catch eight passes. Daryl Collins also is a name to watch at wide receiver.
Welp, you aren’t going to get some good news without some bad, and these guys aren’t convinced our offense is going to be better this year:
BAD NEWS: Though Morgan Newton is still hanging around, the Wildcats enter the summer with sophomore Maxwell Smith as their starting quarterback. He looked better during spring practice but he’s still the same Maxwell Smith who looked flustered throughout his freshman season. Coach Joker Phillips has indicated that Newton and freshman Patrick Towles will receive a chance to win the job. All but two starters from last year’s offensive line are gone. The defense, with six new starters, thrived near the end of the season, but wasn’t exactly dominant throughout most of a woeful 2011.
Finally, they look at the future to predict how they think the Cats finish the season:
THE CRYSTAL BALL SAYS: A bowl game looks unlikely. With Louisville back on track under coach Charlie Strong, four wins courtesy of a notoriously weak non-conference schedule are no longer a guarantee. That means Kentucky will probably have to find a way to score three wins on an SEC schedule that features seven teams that went to bowls last season
Yikes. Even though the upcoming schedule is a bit brutal, lets hope for the best. And who knows, maybe some of that Commonwealth magic strike again.
We’ll see.
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June 6th, 2012 at 9:36 pm
Cards are not THAT good
June 6th, 2012 at 9:44 pm
agree 1 and this has been posted before on here hasnt it
June 6th, 2012 at 9:56 pm
cars are only considered good because big yeast is weak and yes i did miss spell because they have no d
June 6th, 2012 at 10:11 pm
Does anyone know why there is only one hour of the show podcast on I-tunes??? I need my full two hour fix!
June 6th, 2012 at 10:24 pm
Cards may not be THAT good, but I’m not convinced we will be ANY good at all, thus UL will probably still be GOOD ENOUGH
June 6th, 2012 at 10:27 pm
It’s football. The game is a toss up. UL will be favored,but UK could pull the upset. If not, then UL was favored anyway. Not like bball, in which UK rules supreme!
June 6th, 2012 at 10:39 pm
What’s the matter with these ALABAMA yahoos..Don’t they know that BASKETBALL IS KING…
June 6th, 2012 at 10:40 pm
Actually, noone said they wanted a football preview….noone at all.
June 6th, 2012 at 10:47 pm
Quit with the KSR bias, no where in the article does it say that the d-line will be one of the top units in the nation. Just present the information in an unbiased and professional manner
June 6th, 2012 at 10:54 pm
#2 you would be correct this was posted last week
June 6th, 2012 at 11:06 pm
Seems matt jones always choses duke http://www.zagsblog.com/2011/11/28/matt-jones-to-duke/
June 6th, 2012 at 11:28 pm
I can’t wait for football. We may not win as much as last season, but I do think that this season will be a lot more fun to watch.
June 6th, 2012 at 11:33 pm
Cats can’t wait till the final 2 games to wake up this year.
June 6th, 2012 at 11:54 pm
The UL game will tell us a lot about this team. Like others have said, UL is a very winnable game and the outcome will likely dictate how the season goes. Lose convincingly to UL and 3-9 or 4-8 is probably the best case scenario. That said, if we beat UL, making it to a bowl and proving the doubters wrong becomes very realistic and attainable.
June 7th, 2012 at 12:09 am
UK is going to surprise a lot of people this year and win 7 games. Yeah, I said it! 7 games this year folks! We will beat UL and witness our players dancing on that fugly cardinal bird.
Joker has struggled as HC thus far in many areas, but he has brought on a full coaching staff that can recruit and coach. No more relying on one or 2 coaches to do the bulk of the recruiting. Also, we are hitting Ohio and Florida harder than we have since the mid 80′s. This team is going to rally around their HC and battle all year long.
June 7th, 2012 at 5:02 am
12 and 14, can I get some of what yer smokin’?
June 7th, 2012 at 8:39 am
I hope we win 6 but it’s going to be tough if you look at it logically
June 7th, 2012 at 8:48 am
I just want to be competitive and have fun watching the games. No more games like last year against SC or Vandy.
June 7th, 2012 at 12:14 pm
I was at the Blue/White game. Smith is the quarterback. He can throw long or short passes where they need to be, and they’re catchable. Unlike Newton, his short passes are not thrown 100 miles an hour. I hope Joker plays Newton similar to Cobb. He’s not as good as Cobb, but he is a big kid who can catch and run. The game in poor weather gave me hope of a balanced attack next season and hopefully a bowl game. Go Cats!
June 7th, 2012 at 12:21 pm
#18 – AMEN!