Kentucky football has a Top 10 portal class, according to most recruiting sites. They have a head coach in Will Stein that Oregon coach Dan Lanning called “the best offensive coordinator in the nation.” They have a new staff with serious recruiting chops, a top portal QB, and a great offensive line on paper. And that does mean they have to go prove it.
But what they don’t have is any respect.
Just call Kentucky football the Rodney Dangerfield of the SEC.
Experts predict a terrible year for Kentucky and Will Stein
The SEC is always a hard schedule; let’s get that out of the way first. Here is what Will Stein is staring down in his debut season:
- Sept. 5: Youngstown State
- Sept. 12: Alabama (SEC)
- Sept. 19: at Texas A&M (SEC)
- Sept. 26: South Alabama
- Oct. 3: at South Carolina (SEC)
- Oct. 10: LSU (SEC)
- Oct. 17: at Oklahoma (SEC)
- Oct. 24: Vanderbilt (SEC)
- Oct. 31: Open Date
- Nov. 7: at Tennessee (SEC)
- Nov. 14: Florida (SEC)
- Nov. 21: at Missouri (SEC)
- Nov. 28: Louisville
Last season, the Cats had a late 3-game winning streak that got them back to 5-5, but two straight losses ended the bowl game dreams, and effectively the Mark Stoops era. They went 4-8 the year before that…