It's been over 9 months since we've been able to say It's football season, and that time has finally arrived. Since then the Cats had a fantastic Final Four run, the Reds are who we thought they were, and Mike Brown still sucks. In other words, a pretty standard sports year. This season opens up with a number of questions. New defense coordinator Rick Minter is in charge of retooling a defense that historically ranks towards the bottom of the SEC in overall defense. Morgan Newton will begin his reign as the starting quarterback after a very subpar showing in the last years BBVA Compass Bowl, and who is going to step up and be the playmaker to fill Randall Cobbs shoes. I'm not a reporter or scout or any of that shit so I'm hoping tonights game will answer some questions, even if it is against the Hilltoppers.
Preview:
9:15 est on ESPNU; LP Field in Nashville, TN. Why they decided to play the first game of the season at 9:15 on a Thursday night at a neutral stadium is beyond ignorant, but what can ya do?
Vegas has the line at UK -18. I'm certainly not a handicapper, my all time record betting on the Cats is somewhere near Mike Browns win percentage, but I think the 18 is doable.
The big key for the Cats is going to be there rush defense against WKU's Bobby Rainey. Although their team may suck, Bobby rainey is the real deal and has a chance to put up huge numbers against Rick Minters defense. He ranked 3rd in the nation last season in rush yards per game, and piled up 187 yards and 2 TD's in UK's 63-28 win in Commonwealth last year.
When it's all said and done I believe Rainey will get his but there isn't another playmaker on that team to put them over the top. WKU does not have the athletes to be able to hang with the Cats and it will show in the 2nd half. I'm taking UK at -18 with a final score of UK 42 and WKU 17.
No comments:
Post a Comment