[Colley9288]

I believe that a freshman will start next season at QB, whether it is Reese Phillips (RS FR) or Drew Barker. Barker's coming in early for spring practice so hopefully he can develop his game some more when he gets there. I would love it if Towles would start, but the reality is that he will likely never start at the University of Kentucky. I would like to know why that is, instead of it becoming a hush-hush issue, but I will say that we will never truly know why he's not getting a shot to play. Jojo Kemp will likely start in the backfield and split carries with Stanley Williams and Mikel Horton, and Williams will likely be split out wide at times as well in the passing game.

I believe in Coach Stoops and what he is doing. Kentucky fans have to understand that football is not like basketball; you can't recruit one or two guys and expect to win 80-90% of your games with most of the production coming from just those two players. It takes at least 15-18 difference makers out there to turn things around, and from what I saw this season, there were only about seven players who could truly make a big impact if they played somewhere else. These players are: Kemp, Timmons, ZaDarius Smith, Bud Dupree (who's widely inconsistent) Hatcher, Javess Blue, and Jeff Badet. Six of those seven guys were Stoops recruits and four of those six guys are freshmen with the other two players (Smith and Blue) as JUCO recruits (Smith led the team in sacks). Give Stoops time. If he doesn't have the ship righted in three years, then it will be time to call for a change in leadership.