Saturday, November 29, 2008

Awful

Sure, a third straight bowl is nice. But I think this might be the worst Kentucky football team I've ever seen.

I do believe the SEC is usually the best conference. But watching this Kentucky team all year, I've finally realized that the only reason they haven't lost by 30+ every game is that the rest of the conference is a lot weaker than usual.
It's frustrating, because I can see a lot of signs of improvement. Both lines are deeper and more talented than in years past. The linebackers are very good. The secondary is fairly weak, but probably better than most Kentucky teams have had.
But they are just no good at the offensive skill positions. That's frustrating, because that's where Kentucky has always managed to be pretty solid.
They've had a run of pretty good quarterbacks and they've managed to find some really great running backs over the years. They usually have a couple of reliable receivers. But not this year. Neither QB is close to SEC caliber, at least at the moment. None of the receivers are any good.
They are deep at running back, but by no means outstanding.I'd be happy to have any of the current backs as the 2nd option behind an Adams, Higgs, Williams, Pinner, or Little, but none of them are good enough to be the main back.

Oh well. I'm not too discouraged. Scanning the roster and recruits, Kentucky's in pretty good shape for the future at most positions.

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