Is Kentucky a Sleeper in the SEC East?
Posted on | April 29, 2010 | 1 Comment
Is Kentucky a Sleeper in the SEC East?
I don’t know about you, but I’m the sort of guy who likes to look at a team and see if I can’t talk myself into a scenario occuring. It may sound crazy to you. But you know what? Sometimes, it comes true.
And when you’re in a world where the SEC East seems like it could be up for grabs? The one sleeper team could be the Kentucky Wildcats.
Let me say that again. The Kentucky Wildcats can win the SEC East. Why? I have reasons three.
1) They’re Florida’s Trap Game
Sure, Florida has Kentucky at the swamp and Florida has an athletic advantage. But Kentucky has a schedule of home games against Western Kentucky and Akron going in. (Combined Record: 3-21). Florida? South Florida and at Tennessee. (Combined Record: 15-11). A tougher road to hoe by far.
And who does Florida have after Kentucky? It’s a road game. At Alabama. Florida’s going to be jumped at some point during the schedule early on. And Kentucky’s due to steal one.
2) The best mixture of skill position talent and experience.
They don’t have an A.J. Green, but they don’t have a question at quarterback. They don’t have a potential combination of John Brantley to Andre DeBose. But their combination has had more achievements in NCAA Football ’10.
If you’re Kentucky? You have the spectacular versatility of Randall Cobb. The most likely to be the reason to love Kentucky in the Hardballin’ Chris Matthews. Derrick Locke is back, if Wikipedia isn’t lying to me. And you have the veteran intangibles of Mike Hartline and the athleticism of a Morgan Newton. They do need to fill up the inside of the line, but they have a veteran triad. And it’s really bloody good.
3) Outside of Florida? You have to like their schedule.
Their toughest non-conference game? Louisville right after they bottomed out. The other three nonconference games are gimmes. Their three SEC road games not named Florida are Ole Miss, Missippi State, and Tennessee. All three games are winnable. Vanderbilt’s at home. That’s a 7-1 worst case scenario.
And when you consider that South Carolina, Auburn, and Georgia travel to Lexington? Kentucky can get 8 wins with an average team. But I think they’re going to get to ten.
Crazy? Maybe. But I think this is going to be the sort of thing where Kentucky’s about to shock the world again.
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