Have I got this right--LPT's buyout cost is now around $18 million?...

[zipp]

...to get rid of Stupes?

If the dismal state of SEC East football last year and a Super Bowl win over U of L are proven to be flukes, they'll have to pay more than ever to get rid of the little porker? Didn't they just go down this path about two years ago, and started regretting it before the ink was dry on a new contract?

How do these guys keep finding themselves in the same situation, or worse?

LPT Football: We're schooled in the art...

 

[Rollem Cards]

Couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch.

They have screwed FB for BB so long it's only "fair" that FB finally gets to screw them (sooner or later).

So the more of them who get shafted, the better I like it.

 

[CardVille]

They beat us, thats a 2yr extension right there

 

[MDCardsFan]

I hope UK football fans enjoy beating us, cause we AIN'T losing to them this coming season.

 

[HoptownCat93]

2012: 2-10 record and a preseason #50 recruiting class. That's where UK was before he got there

2013: 2-10 record and a preseason #34 recruiting class
2014: 5-7 record and a preseason #23 recruiting class
2015: 5-7 record and a preseason #38 recruiting class
2016: 7-5 regular season, a loss in a New Years Bowl game, and a preseason #31 recruiting class
2017: #26 Preseason Recruiting class and a team returning quite a bit of talent.
(I based the recruiting classes on the 247 ranking I could find, could not tell which were the composite and the actual 247 rankings)

To me, that looks like progress.
UK went 4-6 against bowl eligible teams in 2016
UofL went 4-4 against bowl eligible teams in 2016
So, lets not get into the who had a tough schedule or not. Louisville's only big win was at home against FSU...who you all beat by like 50...and on that same field Kentucky beat that UofL team. Take the UofL name of the jersey, UK beat a #11 team that was a playoff contender with the Heisman trophy winner...ON THE ROAD. Stoops has a win against a ranked team on the road..does Petrino have that? Now Petrino is a million times better coach forsure, but quit acting like Stoops did not accomplish anything this season.

I understand its anti-UK everything around these parts, but UK is a much better program than when Stoops took over. There is much better talent and the record has improved. Maybe they jumped the gun on the contract extension, but to say he has not made a lot of progress at Kentucky shows ignorance of the game of football.

But then again, I guess its a "stay tuned" type of argument. Neither side is right or wrong yet....but you cannot base Stoops' future success or failure on the history of the program. Stoops is not a Petrino, but he is far better than a Joker or Kragthorpe.

 

[Pike 96]

...to get rid of Stupes?

If the dismal state of SEC East football last year and a Super Bowl win over U of L are proven to be flukes, they'll have to pay more than ever to get rid of the little porker? Didn't they just go down this path about two years ago, and started regretting it before the ink was dry on a new contract?

How do these guys keep finding themselves in the same situation, or worse?

LPT Football: We're schooled in the art...

Heard this same story some where before...oh yeah...it was prior to the home loss at home on senior day.

We are more than happy to keep him and Gran and Marrow thanks.

I think you should be more worried abouthaving more than 2 Dlinemen to play with after this year

 

[zipp]

A blind squirrel stumbles upon an acorn every once in awhile. Congrats again on your Super Bowl acorn last year.

And the SEC East in 2016 was as bad as SEC basketball is every year. The only difference is that SEC schools except for LPT care greatly about football. So you got to party hard for your once-a-decade bowl game. But I wouldn't go counting on too many SEC football teams continuing to flounder around like they do in basketball. The handful of unlucky ones are not gonna put up with the embarrassment of losing to the conference doormat for much longer.

LPT Football: As long as they keep writing us a fat check...

 

[ShortCreek]

I think Brainfart plain and simple, is an idiot. But I truly love the fact he signed the doughboy to an extension. The only silver lining to a horrible loss.

 

[zipp]

...The only silver lining to a horrible loss.

Felt the same way at the time. Secures his job a little longer.

"Elite program," my a$$...

 

[Mayoman]

Felt the same way at the time. Secures his job a little longer.

"Elite program," my a$$...

Hopefully what I am about to say is wrong, wrong, wrong.....but 'be careful what you wish for'.

Heaven forbid.....IF uk improves its record next year and beats the Cards at their house.....It will be hard to deal with that fan base......again.

Slappie will become yappie, yappie, yappie!!!....fat, dumb, and happy.!!!

And, oh yea, Stupes will get a lifetime contract!

 

[zipp]

Hopefully what I am about to say is wrong, wrong, wrong.....but 'be careful what you wish for'...

Anything's possible. But I'm a numbers guy, and I'll play the percentages on this one.

LPT Football: Seldom in our favor...

 

[Pike 96]

Anything's possible. But I'm a numbers guy, and I'll play the percentages on this one.

LPT Football: Seldom in our favor...

The numbers are that we continue to recruit higher than ever before. Your hope was stoops couldn't coach and develop well enough to win but that wasn't the case last year. Year ahead of schedule

 

[zipp]

The numbers are that we continue to recruit higher than ever before. Your hope was stoops couldn't coach and develop well enough to win but that wasn't the case last year. Year ahead of schedule

Yeah, how many times have we heard that ish in our lifetimes?

LPT Football: More than we can count...

 

[Pike 96]

Yeah, how many times have we heard that ish in our lifetimes?

LPT Football: More than we can count...

Ahh, never...we've never recruited like this before. About the Jimmies and the Joes. We had 7 very well thought of Dlinemen in this last class. UL had ONE two star recruit.

That's what we count

 

[zipp]

Ahh, never...we've never recruited like this before. About the Jimmies and the Joes. We had 7 very well thought of Dlinemen in this last class. UL had ONE two star recruit.

That's what we count

The 2017 LPT class is 0.1 star BELOW U of L's. You better pick up that slack because you've got a serious coaching disadvantage to compensate for.

You don't get many opportunities to overcome a double-digit underdog situation. About as often as that squirrel finds dinner.

"Elite program," my a$$...

 

[Sec221]

Typical response from UK Athletics in regards to coaches; beat UofL and overpay.

Given the scenarios that unfolded for UK , the bowl game score speaks volumes.

Huge mistake given the results. They may look like they are getting better, but when you start going behind the numbers...

 

[Mike'sMarbles]

I don't want to interrupt a good ol' fashioned trolling session, but I just don't see how Stoops' buyout is even remotely relevant right now. No one at UK is thinking about getting rid of the man. He was on shaky ground last season until they became Bowl eligible. The Bowl trip bought him at least 1-2 more years. So what does his buyout mean right now? Not much that I can tell. What am I missing here?

 

[zipp]

I don't want to interrupt a good ol' fashioned trolling session, but I just don't see how Stoops' buyout is even remotely relevant right now. No one at UK is thinking about getting rid of the man. He was on shaky ground last season until they became Bowl eligible. The Bowl trip bought him at least 1-2 more years. So what does his buyout mean right now? Not much that I can tell. What am I missing here?

I'll give you one potential three-hour experience very soon that puts him right back on "shaky ground"...

Saturday, September 2, 2017: Southern Mississippi 27, LPT 24

(The game's in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and I'll bet the spread is no more than one TD...)

LPT Football: Nothing much good happens in Mississippi.

 

[swurv99]

Since petrino has been here UK has out recruited us 3 timed according to rivals rankings. I don't think this is a one time thing neither. Our offensive line doesn't look great with him starting walkons. Right now I can't put UK as a guarantee win.

 

[Mike'sMarbles]

I'll give you one potential three-hour experience very soon that puts him right back on "shaky ground"...

Saturday, September 2, 2017: Southern Mississippi 27, LPT 24

(The game's in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and I'll bet the spread is no more than one TD...)

I don't think this game can put Stoops on the hotseat for a few reasons:

1. They lost it last year at home. UK fans probably expect to lose the game on the road. At the least, they won't expect a win as guaranteed.

2. They lost it last year and still went to a Bowl. Therefore, they will assume, if they lose it this year they can still go to a Bowl.

The way Stoops gets back on the hotseat is if he fails to go to a Bowl next season. Until that happens, UK fans will take a wait and see attitude with Stoops. So I think the buyout talk is on hold for at least a year.

 

[zipp]

I don't think this game can put Stoops on the hotseat for a few reasons:

1. They lost it last year at home. UK fans probably expect to lose the game on the road. At the least, they won't expect a win as guaranteed.

2. They lost it last year and still went to a Bowl. Therefore, they will assume, if they lose it this year they can still go to a Bowl.

The way Stoops gets back on the hotseat is if he fails to go to a Bowl next season. Until that happens, UK fans will take a wait and see attitude with Stoops. So I think the buyout talk is on hold for at least a year.

LPT was 2-3 last year to start the season, and NMSU ran them all over the field. They went 5-2 the rest of the way until they played GT.

But there was the assumption that they had turned the corner somewhere around the Bama game. Even that game was a "good loss" in typical LPT fashion.

There's little chance that slapd!ck football fans view their team today as the same team that lost to the Golden Eagles. We already know how that fanbase thinks: lose that opener, and they start the 2017 season 1-3. There's your hot seat.

LPT Football: Deja vu...