Bizzaro World

That's right folks, we are now entering an alternate dimension. In this alternate place, the University of Kentucky football team wins SEC games on the road (not including Vandy and Miss St), makes 4th quarter comebacks, and bounces back when adversity hits them. What causes this? Leadership of course. The national media all thought the Cats were ready for a fall after the big win over Louisville. What the national media forgot to factor in was that this Kentucky team is chock full of leaders that will refuse to allow a collapse to happen. Dre', Tamme, Little, Woodyard, Leger these guys will not allow our team to lose focus for one minute and take the eye off the prize. This weekend is the classic "trap game," coming off a big road win with a big road game on a short week to look forward to. Normally a game like this would make me very nervous for UK, despite the fact we are favored by over 3 touchdowns. Not with this group of leaders. We snag victory from the jaws of defeat instead of the reverse usually seen with past UK teams.

All this leadership lends to the question: what will happen to the program next year when all of our seniors are gone? That remains uncertain. UK would have to have a major collapse to not have a second consecutive bowl appearance this year, and a third consectuve post-season appearance would be great for recruiting. The main questions focus on 2 positions: QB and WR. At QB, there are several names in the possibility. Number one is Curtis Pulley (back-up QB/WR last year). Curtis will be a redshirt junior and gives the Cats athleticism and the possibility to run the spread-option made so famous by Mr Vince Young at Texas. Mike Hartline (RS-Soph) and Will Fidler(RS-Soph) are both on campus now and appear to be making strides but not to the point where they could start in the SEC next year. The x-factors remain Matt Lentz(RS-Fresh) and possible junior college transfer and former E-town QB Chris Todd. Who will win the job? My money is on Pulley or Lentz with Todd being a dark horse depending on his performance this year at JUCO. At WR, Dicky Lyons will be a legitimite threat in the slot. We just need two guys to step up on the edges. I see Kyrus Lanxter (Soph) and True freshman Aaron Boyd giving us some young threats on the edges and Senior Demereo Ford being a solid presence to keep the young guys straight.