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Exactly. He would've had a 10+ year NFL career if he'd gone the proper route. Instead he was a 290# Mike. Miss St. and Anthony Dixon ran roughly 30 counters for roughly 8 million yards against us that one year....nothing a dude his size could do about it.
-Glen Faulkner. 4 star safety outta STL. 7 tackles in 31 games.
Mossakowski is a good one. I remember a lot of hype for Arliss Beach, that UK had never had a RB with his speed but it never worked out. On defense, Demarius Rancifer was rated a Top 30 HS LB, but I can't remember a thing he did. Finally Morgan Newton was supposed to be a 5-star prospect whose biggest contribution is the falling down meme(but I think he was starting qb when we won at Auburn)
Ha... the counter and a delayed handoff on a draw play are the two plays that expose mediocre LBs. I say that from experience getting torched on about 10 straight draw plays in high school.
"What coach, the QB was showing pass so I dropped back in coverage?!?".
"Just sit on the bench, Dougan"
Donnie is my neighbor and the nicest man there is. Tore his quad against IU in a game that he ran for over 100 yards early in his career. Never got back his form as Curry rushed him back too quickly and he never fully healed. Also, the fact that Moe Williams was on several teams with him and they handed the ball to him 83 times a game didn't help.
I thought it might be a bit unfair of me to lump Micah into that mix, but I honestly thought he could have been the second coming of Javon Kearse. Decent and effective player, just not what I was hoping for.
‘Can’t miss, but total miss recruits’ will be on Mags list tomorrow. Guaranteed.
Derek Smith / Brad Pyatt should’ve been legends here. Now just an afterthought.
Derek Smith / Brad Pyatt should’ve been legends here. Now just an afterthought.
Smith was an unbelievable athlete. He did have 50 and 30 catches his last two years, not exactly a bust.
The 4 stars we recruited prior to Stoops, were generally available due to issues we were willing to overlook. Now, we get them for the right reasons.
Scrolling this last page, it's a painful reminder of how bad we were and how hopeful we were for these losers to pan out.
The 4 stars we recruited prior to Stoops, were generally available due to issues we were willing to overlook. Now, we get them for the right reasons.
Scrolling this last page, it's a painful reminder of how bad we were and how hopeful we were for these losers to pan out.
Smith was first team SEC his soph season...80 receptions/1200 yds in 2 yrs before heading off to the league. Really no reason for him to stay his senior year given the turmoil and uncertainty of the direction of the offense.
Smith was first team ALL-SEC. That's not too shabby.
Edit - GD it. I hate agreeing with 14k Cole. Sooooo, on second thought, Smith was a bust and should've never seen the field.
Wish he had come back for his senior year. He did make a couple of NFL practice squads and later played against UK as a member of the NKU basketball team.
I was kinda morphing the topic a bit… those two dudes were awesome, but should’ve been absolute UK HOFers.
He and his ilk at the SAE house played an unGodly amount of euchre. Guess if you just wanted absolutely no part of this NCAA Football smoke it was a nice pastime.
Good guy, though.
Good guy, though.
I know a girl D Smith dated for a while and always felt if I were on the UK football team and all-SEC I could do a lot better. Same went for James Whalen. Apparently high-level UK tight ends have no game.
Banger. Makes me feel good every time I hear it… which is not nearly enough in relation to other songs from that era.
Yep....interesting that an icon from his "original" era went on to put out really good music in such a diverse musical decade.
Got a Reds program with John Franco and Ron Robinson on the cover signed by Houston’s Dickie Thon.
On a related unrelated note, Eastbound&Down once got my Earth Wind & Fire Greatest Hits CD signed by Junior Brown. I’m sure it’s a one-of-a-kind item. Just hoping the American Pickers stop by now…
He broke all of OJ’s records!!1!!!!1!
Joe Casey.
Lonnell Dewalt...a menace on FG defense unit, though.
We have had some disappointing football players over the years imo
Donnell “Flash” Gordon.
Rushed for 6300 yards and 61 touchdowns at South Oldham.
Rushed for 6300 yards and 61 touchdowns at South Oldham.
There is stupid, there is truly stupid, and there is putting Jared Lorenzen at wideout on multiple occasions.
That guy made Scangarello look like Sean McVay.
Rick Minter, anyone?
While this has been a depressing exercise, it should also serve to remind how good we have it right now.
While this has been a depressing exercise, it should also serve to remind how good we have it right now.
Yep. I feel like we had a string of next Herschel Walker/OJ Simpsons during the late 80s to early 90s and none of them materialized.
Did you cover Eric Gray for the Kernel? Do you remember what went south on that situation between Spring and Fall?
My crew quoted that a million times. Thought he was going slay.
Mike Major and Claude Bassett…
Every year about this time I get worried that Todd Grantham is out of a job and will show up on UK’s staff. Rest assured, he’s somehow still employed as a DL coach with the Saints.
(I don’t know that he has any connections with anyone on UK’s staff- I just figure he’s worked everywhere else and is due for a stint in Lexington. Hope I’m wrong.)
Every year about this time I get worried that Todd Grantham is out of a job and will show up on UK’s staff. Rest assured, he’s somehow still employed as a DL coach with the Saints.
(I don’t know that he has any connections with anyone on UK’s staff- I just figure he’s worked everywhere else and is due for a stint in Lexington. Hope I’m wrong.)
If you’re not playing Etown spades, joker, joker, deuce, ace with 6 bags youre not really bout it anyway.
He was a dud at UK and UL.
He did however run straight over me as a freshman, at a time I thought I was a little head hunter safety. Then I realized a was a little white kid who doesn’t have a future in football.
I took math more seriously afterwards. Ended up in engineering. So I can say I went pro in something other than sports. Thanks Flash.
Maurice “Mo” Grinter. The TE/WR/FB/H Back that was going to revolutionize the game.
I don’t know, for some reason I was irrationally hyped about that guy.
I don’t know, for some reason I was irrationally hyped about that guy.
Always thought he could have been a Feldhaus type ballplayer for us.
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