I’ll say it…NO DEDICATED FOOTBALL BOARD SUCKS

Cliffhanger82

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I don’t think it would be good in October after they’ve lost a few straight and most posters start putting their hopes on the upcoming basketball season. Schedule really tough this year and message boards are hardly tolerable when all the grumps come out.
Excited! Schedule is indeed tough but that goes with the conf as it stands now. That I’m excited at all about KY football speaks VOLUMES. Been since Tim Couch and Air Raid days.
 
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Bluegrass79

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It's all good let's just pretend like uk football is the butter on our UK basketball bread forum. 🫪
 

UK4Life#9

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I agree!!! I hate having to sift thru all the threads!!

I’m finally excited about football season again!!
 
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Why don’t we just adopt this thread as “The Lair” op just change the name of it then when we come here looking for football news we can look it up. It does kinda suck to come to Rupps Rafters to read up on football. And it’s damn disrespectful as well. THE LAIR!!
 

Chadrock

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Honestly it’s lazy, how hard would it be to add a wildcat liar link and add one.
It was done on purpose as it’s how they think - bball first. Otherwise, the would have been changed to UK Sports as they stated in the thread explaining the changes.
 

MichaelGray

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Agreed. Wasn’t the most high traffic board there was but it had enough. Feel most football posters don’t even bother here anymore.

we’re gonn be a football school if pope stays much longer.
Trust me brother, when football is gearing up in August, there will be good football posts on here. I have had season tickets for years & this is the most fired up I can remember being to start a year. Can't wait to see KM sling the ball around the field.
 

MichaelGray

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More hyped for football than basketball this year. Pope sucks plain and simple. If Stein looks even decent this year I’d say recruits will start to flock here.
He's already lining up visits with the best players, got a commitment from the #2 QB & flipped a top DT from Auburn to us. It's only gonna get better, this staff recruits the best states for players & they're young, can relate.
 

Chadrock

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Why don’t we just adopt this thread as “The Lair” op just change the name of it then when we come here looking for football news we can look it up. It does kinda suck to come to Rupps Rafters to read up on football. And it’s damn disrespectful as well. THE LAIR!!
I’m sure that decision was made on purpose - gotta keep bball as the top center focus.
 

ukalum1988

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Yes. And we know how hard the schedule is and know we’re hoping for 6 wins. . I just want to see them play hard and play an exciting brand of Football.
I don't expect an IU-level turnaround, but I will be incredibly disappointed if we don't at least make it to a decent bowl game. Not directed at you, but we long-time UK FB fans need to start raising the standard and raising expectations.
 

JASUN74

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I don't expect an IU-level turnaround, but I will be incredibly disappointed if we don't at least make it to a decent bowl game. Not directed at you, but we long-time UK FB fans need to start raising the standard and raising expectations.
I hear you. I’m just trying to be realistic this season with our schedule. Top five hardest in the country and it’ll just be hard to find over 6 wins. I love everything the staff did in the short time they had to bring us a fantastic bunch of talent, I’m hoping and will be screaming and hollering every down this upcoming season, I always want us to win every game but 6 wins is still a unbelievable season with who we have this season and who we’re competing against. I believe in this staff and think they’re definitely recruiting better than anything we could imagine, I’m going to give them time to build and develop first and I’m sure the wins are coming. If we can keep this staff together for three years, I do believe we’ll be competing for an SEC title in that fourth year. Any faster than that and I’ll be over the moon.
 

*Fox2Monk*

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ON3 sucks for that…I’d love to be able to distract myself from the basketball stuff and focus on what should be a great, fresh start for UK football without having to sift through thread after thread of basketball negativity and toxicity.
(PLEASE don’t hijack this thread and make it an anti-Pope thread, you have PLENTY OF THOSE ALREADY)
Yeah it’s pretty stupid to not have one additional board. Like what’s the actual cost difference for them? 3 cents?
 

*Fox2Monk*

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I don’t think it would be good in October after they’ve lost a few straight and most posters start putting their hopes on the upcoming basketball season. Schedule really tough this year and message boards are hardly tolerable when all the grumps come out.
I’m going to give Stein some rope this year. I just want to see his system, well played games, and some exciting offense.
 

ComplexTon

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ON3 sucks for that…I’d love to be able to distract myself from the basketball stuff and focus on what should be a great, fresh start for UK football without having to sift through thread after thread of basketball negativity and toxicity.
(PLEASE don’t hijack this thread and make it an anti-Pope thread, you have PLENTY OF THOSE ALREADY)
Might actually consider paying to be a member if there was a football forum. But no way otherwise.
 

CB3UK

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They're trying to make money. If you can't see why they got rid of the other boards, I don't know what to tell you. Don't be surprised if this free board eventually gets axed.
 

TeamAmerica

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ON3 sucks for that…I’d love to be able to distract myself from the basketball stuff and focus on what should be a great, fresh start for UK football without having to sift through thread after thread of basketball negativity and toxicity.
(PLEASE don’t hijack this thread and make it an anti-Pope thread, you have PLENTY OF THOSE ALREADY)
No baseball threads at all either.
 
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rick64

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Agree! Will be even worse when the season starts. Wish they'd allow a free one, but it's all about the $$$.
 

HeismanWinner

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Rafters was always the worst forum on Cats Illustrated. The Paddock and the Lair were the only two boards worth a crap. For over 20 years, Rafters always had every goof thinking their every single thought needed its own thread especially during a game, completely ignoring that it was similar to the other threads.
 

SldrofFortune

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Yeah, I'd really like an answer to this. I'm recently retired and have a lot of free time and decided to join this board. I was surprised as hell that there isn't a dedicated football board. What the hell?? I'm a huge UK football fan, just as much as I'm a UK basketball fan.
 

Artlaibesghost

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I agree there should be one.

I'll wait until we win some games before I get excited though. Same with basketball.
Winning an SEC home game would be nice this year. We have lost the last 6 SEC home games I have attended in last 3 years. Stien gets high marks from me at least if he can do that. With the projected 2nd toughest schedule in country next year it might be tough sledding for the new coach.
 

megablue

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I just saw a graphic that showed, since 2000, Kentucky only has winning records against three (3) of the fourteen (14) teams it has played in the SEC, as we have not played Oklahoma during the period:

Arkansas 4-2
Missouri 7-5
Vanderbilt 16-10



Alabama 0-8
Auburn 2-6
Florida 5-21
Georgia 2-24
LSU 2-6
Mississippi 3-8
Mississippi State 10-14
Oklahoma 0-0
South Carolina 8-18
Tennessee 3-23
Texas 0-2
Texas A&M 0-1

I never realized it was that bad. Stein has his work cut out for him, but if he succeeds ... he will be a HERO !! GO CATS !!
 
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*Fox2Monk*

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I just saw a graphic that showed, since 2000, Kentucky only has winning records against three (3) of the fourteen teams it has played in the SEC, as we have not played Oklahoma during the period:

Arkansas 4-2
Missouri 7-5
Vanderbilt 16-10



Alabama 0-8
Auburn 2-6
Florida 5-21
Georgia 2-24
LSU 2-6
Mississippi 3-8
Mississippi State 10-14
Oklahoma 0-0
South Carolina 8-18
Tennessee 3-23
Texas 0-2
Texas A&M 0-1

I never realized it was that bad. Stein has his work cut out for him, but if he succeeds ... he will be a HERO !! GO CATS !!
8-18 against USC is crazy bad.
 
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CUJO_1970

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Stoops had done all he was ever going to do as a football coach by 2018. We just didn’t know it.
 
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megablue

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Stoops had done all he was ever going to do as a football coach by 2018. We just didn’t know it.
2013 2-10, 0-8
2014 5-7, 2-6
2015 5-7, 2-6
2016 7-6. 4-4 L TaxSlayer
2017 7-6, 4-4 L Music City
2018 10-3, 5-3 W Citrus
Period: 36-39 1-2 Bowls


2019 8-5, 3-5 W Belk
2020 5-6, 4-6 W Gator
2021 10-3, 5-3 W Citrus
2022 7-6, 3-5 L Music City
2023 7-6, 3-5 L Gator
2024 4-8, 1-7
2025 5-7, 2-6
Period: 46-41 3-2 Bowls

Overall: 82-80 4-4 Bowls

NOTE: Going into this season, KY football is 662-662-44 All-Time Overall.



 
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