Wednesday, September 22, 2010

The Return of the Big Blue Handicapper


My fellow fans of the 3-0 Kentucky Wildcats seem mildly optimistic about the weekend. Okay, maybe not optimistic, but at least less pessimistic than in years past. So is this the year the Cats finally knock off the Gators?

No. Not a chance.

And with a 16-point spread I would gladly put money on Florida; or at least I would do so if betting (against Kentucky) was not a sin.

Kentucky's three opponents so far have zero wins against BCS schools.
Florida is still Florida. They scored 38 against South Florida and 31 in Knoxville, which is still impressive, down year for the puke-inside-a-pumpkin orange lowdown dirty snitches or not.

Kentucky's offense is much-improved and has greatly increased confidence, which helps. But the defense hasn't shown it can stop anyone decent.
It won't be embarrasing- at least not 31-0 1st quarter, 63-5 final score embarrasing like the last visit to the Swamp- but it will still be a decisive loss.

I'll say 42-23 Gators, which is reasonably close to the spread. But it's likely to be worse.