I love UK in all sports and probably leaned a little more basketball than football through the years. With that being said I think winning a football championship would open up so many more doors so I voted football championship!
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If we won a national championship in football, why would Stoops go to a "football school"? At that point, we would be a football school.
I LOVE UK Basketball and Football equally. That being said, as others have also pointed out, a UK Football National Championship would raise ALL sports at UK. Football is the driver for ALL other NCAA sports. It would give our program the rare double with championships in both of the revenue sports. Cal will win another championship within the next 5 years, so adding a football championship to that would make UK Athletics the top school in the country. Look what it did for UF.
It's football for me at this point and it's not even close!!
It's football for me at this point and it's not even close!!
Football and itās not even close. The way basketball has gotten, it hardly feels like the players are our team anyway.
Basketball....because football is irrelevant in LexingtonAs a UK fan in all sports would you rather win the college football national championship or another hoops national championship Hypothetically for football this season. Me and a few co workers had this debate and it was a good one.
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Why vote for something that is never ever going to happen. I vote basketball. Mr Roark couldn,t get UK a football title on Fantasy Island
Tell that to the 60,000 screaming fans that were at Commonwealth on Saturday night screaming their brains out for the UK football team.
Get outta here with that.
Heās a Bama football fan and UKBBALL combo fan. He admitted to it
Because Kentucky is absolutely a basketball schol and nothing will change that. You can deal in all the hypotheticals you want. Doesn't change anything.
If you mean Kentuckyās basketball accomplishments wonāt be forgotten and we are recognized as having an excellent menās bb program when people hear the name āUKā, then I agree.
That said, thereās nothing wrong with gaining ground and having pundits recognize UK as a great āfootball schoolā as well.
I swear the thought of U.K. Football gaining attention scares the lot of you.
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The point is, any benefits gained from one single solitary championship will be relatively short lived. Washington won one in 1991. How is that benefitting them now? Same for Colorado in 1990. BYU and Pitt have also won championships. None are mentioned as a "football school" when discussing football programs. I swear, the idea that UK is not considered a football school scares the lot of you.
Meh, my choice of football has very little to do with the "long term benefits" of winning a CFB national championship, the notoriety, or becoming a "football school." That stuff is nice but at the end of the day it's just stuff to talk about.
I'm looking at it from the perspective of, this is entertainment. Which one would make me, in the moment, lose my effing mind the most? And the answer is football. It would be so surreal to see the University of Kentucky win a college football championship that this poll is an easy one for me.
I'm looking at it from the perspective of, this is entertainment. Which one would make me, in the moment, lose my effing mind the most? And the answer is football. It would be so surreal to see the University of Kentucky win a college football championship that this poll is an easy one for me.
So are those then considered ābasketball schoolsā or just not anything?Hot take!
The point is, any benefits gained from one single solitary championship will be relatively short lived. Washington won one in 1991. How is that benefitting them now? Same for Colorado in 1990. BYU and Pitt have also won championships. None are mentioned as a "football school" when discussing football programs. I swear, the idea that UK is not considered a football school scares the lot of you.
How would you classify the following?
- Tennessee
- Michigan State
- Iowa
Iāve seen 4 championships in basketball and will probably see a couple more.
It would be pretty close to a miracle for the Cats to win it all in football.
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It would be pretty close to a miracle for the Cats to win it all in football.
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Football, not even close. I'm surprised so many are voting basketball.
Kentucky has been and always will be a basketball school. But if UK were to win a championship in football, which is as likely as me winning the lottery, you're talking about beating Bama in the SEC title game, beating the likes of Ohio State/Oklahoma/Clemson/Oregon etc in the playoffs....I mean, that would be unbelievable. I don't think there has been a team to win their first title in the past 25-30 years in football so there's no parity. If a traditionally bad football school like us won it would be touted as one of the greatest championships of all time purely from an underdog perspective.
Football is still king in America, I'd love to see UK at the top of that mountain instead of a mountain we've been on top of many times and will likely be on top of many times in the future. That said this will almost assuredly never happen as the talent gap between the top 4 football schools is so big, but man...just imagine beating Ohio State in a championship game. Would never forget it.
Kentucky has been and always will be a basketball school. But if UK were to win a championship in football, which is as likely as me winning the lottery, you're talking about beating Bama in the SEC title game, beating the likes of Ohio State/Oklahoma/Clemson/Oregon etc in the playoffs....I mean, that would be unbelievable. I don't think there has been a team to win their first title in the past 25-30 years in football so there's no parity. If a traditionally bad football school like us won it would be touted as one of the greatest championships of all time purely from an underdog perspective.
Football is still king in America, I'd love to see UK at the top of that mountain instead of a mountain we've been on top of many times and will likely be on top of many times in the future. That said this will almost assuredly never happen as the talent gap between the top 4 football schools is so big, but man...just imagine beating Ohio State in a championship game. Would never forget it.
We would be coming out the SEC the top football conference by far as champs. Iām takin that football nattyHot take!
The point is, any benefits gained from one single solitary championship will be relatively short lived. Washington won one in 1991. How is that benefitting them now? Same for Colorado in 1990. BYU and Pitt have also won championships. None are mentioned as a "football school" when discussing football programs. I swear, the idea that UK is not considered a football school scares the lot of you.
Diehard UK basketball and Football fan. Like a majority of Kentucky fans we think basketball is king because that is what we are good at. And dont get me wrong I love UK basketball, but football is King. Winning a NC in football has way more relevance to all sporting fans than basketball. Way more money for the university etc.
One thing is for sureāthere are fewer CFB teams that always āEat Firstā and itās tough to knock them off. Weāve seen lots more of CBB win it all in the last 25 years. I give CBB the nod for parity.
Why would basketball suffer? That doesn't make sense.
Why do you guys keep saying UK will win a title in basketball in the next five years? That guarantees it wonāt happen.
We will not even go to a Final Four once in the next five seasons.
#NoJinxes
We will not even go to a Final Four once in the next five seasons.
#NoJinxes
Football and it's not close. A run like that could set us up for future success unlike anything seen before.
If cal had his MOJO back like it looks like he won't need help and will snag another soon anyways. They already have 8, narrowly missed a handful more. To take this away from football would be crazy right now.
If cal had his MOJO back like it looks like he won't need help and will snag another soon anyways. They already have 8, narrowly missed a handful more. To take this away from football would be crazy right now.
I would go with football in this fantasy scenario. The likelihood of it happening in football is slim to none due to the SEC difficulty, the inability to beat TN and FL in the same season (may happen this season though!), as well as UGA looming beyond that and of course Alabama if you make it to the SEC title game. It would be amazing to watch though and well earned.
Of course, it seems pretty far away in basketball as well after recent seasons. When UK makes the Elite 8, they fold like a Tubby team of late and of course 2015 still stings in all of our minds. Basketball is a more forgiving season during the season though, but then 6 wins and one bad night makes it tough in March/April.
Of course, it seems pretty far away in basketball as well after recent seasons. When UK makes the Elite 8, they fold like a Tubby team of late and of course 2015 still stings in all of our minds. Basketball is a more forgiving season during the season though, but then 6 wins and one bad night makes it tough in March/April.
I voted football because, while I understand the views on both, we've never won a title in football, while hoops is much more likely to win one soon anyway.
I'll soon turn 59, and like all UK fans I've suffered through some pretty crappy football from my team, so yes, if it were possible I'd wish the next title to go to the football program.
I'll soon turn 59, and like all UK fans I've suffered through some pretty crappy football from my team, so yes, if it were possible I'd wish the next title to go to the football program.
Exactly, both are self-sustaining profit centers at UK (which is actually a rare thing if you think about it.
Basketball doesnāt need football revenue and vice versa.
What I understand, though, both programs support Olympic sports.
Cal was coming off a good season it might be different. If UK won both in the same year, that would work. I've seen schools try to transition before, it just hurts both sports.
Id go
1. Reds World Series
2. UK football
3. UK basketball
4. Buccaneers Super Bowl (itās nice not being a Bengals fan lol)
Thatās a good point. Iād hate to see a main sport suffer in deference to another main sport by the administration. Thank goodness that never happened at UK.
Basketball. College football doesn't move the needle much for me. And it will never happen anyway.
You never told me your definition of a ābasketball schoolā. Is it funding, revenue? Tradition (which I agree with)? I mentioned programs above. Are they neither basketball or football schools?