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Topic: Cats need meatier non-conference fare!
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catmandoo
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posted 08-02-2009 08:39 PM
I'm not to sure we are quite ready for a step up in non-conferance games yet. I think we need to break even for a couple of years with our SEC schedule before we play a meatier non-conferance schedule. It makes little to no sense to play a Texas or a USC caliber team and get our head handed to us and then have to go out and play the Florida, Alabama and LSU's in our own conferance.
By scheduling the Hilltoppers, Kentucky receives home games in 2010 and 2012 plus considerable ticket-sale potential in 2011 and 2013 at "neutral" LP Field in Nashville.
Meanwhile, Western Kentucky receives four games against a BCS foe at venues easily drivable from its Bowling Green campus.
But what do Kentucky football fans get compared to their SEC counterparts?
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■ After playing UCLA this year, Tennessee faces Oregon in 2010, North Carolina in 2011, North Carolina State in 2012 and Oklahoma in 2014.
■ After facing Virginia Tech this season, Alabama starts a home-and-home series with Penn State next year.
■ Georgia plays Oklahoma State (in Stillwater) and Arizona State this season, Colorado in 2010, Louisville in 2011 and 2012 and Clemson in 2013.
■ Vanderbilt plays Northwestern, Wake Forest and Connecticut next season.
■ LSU has a home-and-home series with West Virginia in 2010 and '11.
■ Mississippi has upcoming home-and-home series with Fresno State (2010 and '11) and Texas (2012-13).
■ Arkansas has signed a long-term contract to play Texas A&M on an annual basis at the Dallas Cowboys' new stadium in Arlington.
Somehow, a UK-WKU series lacks identical punch.
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Cat Fan In The Mill
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posted 08-04-2009 12:49 PM
No doubt the preliminary 2010 non-conference schedule leaves quite a bit to be desired. I have to agree with John Clay that the Cats need to begin scheduling "meatier" opponents.
There is no reason for the likes of Charleston Southern and Akron. I mean, what is it with the MAC? A 4-yr. contract with WKU should have been scaled down to a 2-yr. Start looking to play lower teams from larger conferences.
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