Monday, August 27, 2007

Eastern Kentucky: Start the Show

Gentlemen, saddle up and destroy this team.

Analysis of Coach Rich Brooks (sigh) pregame presser follows:

"This is a very important game for us."

D___ straight, and not just to win either. Starting with Andre' Woodson the whole team needs to make it known that last year's Music City Bowl "championship" represented only the beginning.

On the Kentucky defense...
"I hope on third down they’ll be coming off the field and standing next to me on the sideline a little more often. I hope we’ll see a defense that’s more aggressive, tighter coverage, doing a better job of containing the running game, and just not spending as much time on the field. Those would be nice things to see."


Yeah, but Coach, we aren't in Gainesville (2006), Athens (2002), Tennessee (1998), or Baton Rouge (2006). In all honesty, UK has had issues with its defense since the 1950 Mythical (Thanks, Sagarin!!) National Championship team. Tim Couch could put up points under Hal Mumme's scheme and Artose Pinner could account for 2,000 total yards from scrimmage, yet the defense always, always rated as the worst feature of the football team. Not even Top 5 NFL draft choice Dewayne Robertson could lift the Cats out of the duldrums. In actuality, they ruined Dave Ragone's senior campaign at the 'Ville in '02, outside of that, well, let's not get into that Ohio University debacle. In lieu of championship athletes (even as the Kernel op-ed page likely still openly pines for K-State 1995-2003 tactics, i.e., the JUCO route), turnovers are a must. Forty-nine to nil beatdowns, not so much.

"I’m not certain what we’re going to see, to be honest."

Must resist jokes here. On another note, it shouldn't f______ matter, should it, sub-.500 career coach? Aaargh.

Woodson only bought you time, ex-NFL genius, do not embarrass the SEC by dropping this contest (or even letting EKU hang around), their "explosive" offense notwithstanding.

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