[Stardust]

I have to disagree with you Dusty. With the same schedule, if UK beats Ole Miss, Miss. State, and Tennessee, then they are 9-3 instead of 6-6. 9-3 gets you in a meaningful bowl with the same schedule. That would put the only three lossed being to Florida, Auburn, and Georgia. I bet that 9-3 with that schedule gets them a very good bowl. To step up, UK doesn't need to play more tough teams, just beat the SEC teams who are middle of the pack. That's why Alabama, Florida, and teams like that go to the good bowls, they beat the teams they have to.

UK will not beat those teams without better players. Better players come from playing in better bowls. They go hand in hand. Bama and Florida don't only beat the teams in their conference, they beat Florida State, Miami, Penn St. and Va. Tech.

I'm not saying that UK has to play top 10 teams, I'm saying UK needs to drop WKU & play Illinois, which they should beat. I'm saying drop Akron and play Duke, which they should beat. That gives them credibility, thus better bowls, thus better players, thus they can beat the other mid-level SEC teams, thus I would pay a lot more for a ticket price.

You cannot compare UK's schedule with the elite teams, because those teams have DESEVERED to schedule those games. UK should be fighting to get past where they are currently at!

UK is as good as they are going to be, they have peaked. If they continue doing things the way they are doing them, then we will never see anything better.