TSK breaks down Kentucky's 2012 FB Schedule
Ugh. I don’t really even want to think about the upcoming football season. That said, here are my super quick predictions based on very little no research the bad taste in my mouth left from the past two seasons and nothing else:
9/3 @ Louisville: Loss. No, the Cards aren’t really that good, but the Cats are probably just that bad.
9/8 KENT STATE: Win, but I bet it’s squeaky. Maybe the team will kind of start figuring out how to play and win, which, of course, is the point of these MAC-tastic games.
9/15 WESTERN KENTUCKY: Did Bobby Rainey graduate? I really hope Bobby Rainey graduated. Win.
9/22 at Florida: Loss, duh.
9/29 SOUTH CAROLINA: Probably a loss, despite the wheel-of-fun quarterbacks and loss of Alshon Jeffery, they still have Marcus Lattimore, and Kentucky is still pretty bad at stopping a good run offense.
10/6: MISSISSIPPI STATE: Kentucky can’t beat MSU when it’s good and State is bad, but it’s a home game so…still a loss.
10/13: at Arkansas: No Bobby Petrino? Still no W.
10/20: GEORGIA: Georgia’s supposed to be the class of the division this year, so loss. Kentucky usually makes the UGA game interesting though; they damn near won in Athens last year and the Dawgs ended up winning the division.
10/27: at Missouri: Honestly, this is the only game that I’m kind of excited about, just because it’s a new conference opponent. Loss, regardless of Gary Pinkel’s sobriety and hatred for kickers.
11/3: VANDERBILT: Tough game. The Dores are gonna be better, but they still need to figure out how to pass block and protect the quarterback. No matter, though, because Kentucky sucks at the pass rush. Loss.
11/10: BYE: WIN!
11/17: SAMFORD: Win, most boring game ever.
11/24: at Tennessee: Who knows? I’d be shocked at two consecutive wins over the Vols, but there’s no reason for me to believe that they’ll be any better than they were last year. Bray could be the difference, though. Loss.
So I’m setting the bar pretty low with a 3-9 season. Five wins would be stellar. If I’m right, chances are good Joker’s outta town but I don’t know who on Earth Barnhart’s gonna find to replace him with the expectation of better results. Oh, and better news, there’s not a single Kentucky high school prospect in the 2013 ESPN Top 100. Yay Wildcats football.
/drinks all the bourbon
