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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 12-16-2009, 09:09 PM:

Well deserved!

Kentucky's Rich Brooks has been named the 2009 Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year as chosen by CollegeFootballNews.com.

Despite numerous obstacles, Brooks' squad fought its way to a 7-5 record and will advance to a school-record fourth-consecutive bowl game when the Wildcats play Clemson on Dec. 27 in the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl.

Accomplishments during the 2009 season include:

•At least seven wins for the fourth-consecutive season, the first time that has been done at Kentucky in nearly a century, since 1909-12.
•Kentucky broke the school record for consecutive non-conference wins with 18 straight. It's the nation's second-longest current streak.
•Kentucky went 3-5 in the Southeastern Conference, tying for fourth place in the Eastern Division.
•It's interesting to note that Kentucky exceeded the expectation of every preseason prediction of the national magazines and Web sites we saw. UK finished tied for fourth in league play, but was projected fifth or sixth by all national predictors. (It's also interesting to note that those predictions were made in the spring, before Jeremy Jarmon had been ruled ineligible by the NCAA.)
•Kentucky notched three SEC road wins – at Auburn, at Vanderbilt and at Georgia – for the first time in 32 years, since 1977.
•Kentucky defeated Auburn for the first time in 43 years, since 1966.
•Kentucky won at Georgia for the first time in 32 years, since 1977.
•Kentucky's 42-0 win over Miami (Ohio) was the Wildcats' first shutout in 13 years.
•Kentucky's win over Louisville was the third year in a row against the in-state rival.
•Three come-from-behind wins in the fourth quarter (Louisville, Auburn, Georgia), giving the Wildcats 12 such wins over the last four seasons.

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Posted by boomdaddy (Member # 2644) on 12-17-2009, 06:14 AM:

I'm a UK alum and I wouldn't have voted Brooks for the award. Sure, they have had an above average season, but COY? That is just my opinion. I would give the award to either the coach of the best team in the league or the one who had the biggest turn around from lasat season.

[ 12-17-2009, 06:16 AM: Message edited by: boomdaddy ]

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 12-17-2009, 08:26 AM:

Here is KSR's view of of Brooks getting the award.

We did some things this year that haven't been done for many years like our wins over Georgia at Georgia and our win over Auburn which are noteworthy. Is it good enough for Brooks to win the award? Probably not but the people that gave out the award thought so. A lot worst decisions than this have been made in sports so why not just give coach Brooks and the Cats their due.

The news of the day was the Coach of the Year award for Rich Brooks in the SEC from Collegefootballnews.com. While it certainly isnt the most prestigious organization, as we have heard before, it is the thought that counts. Rich Brooks is vastly underappreciated for what he has done for this program. This team this year should have taken a step back from the last couple of years and it did not. The credit goes to Brooks and he is deserving of the honor. I do wish he had given the ball to Cobb at the end of the Tennessee and South Carolina games though.

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Posted by NoleCat (Member # 2765) on 12-18-2009, 01:48 AM:

ANYTHING that will help recruiting.