The House of Blue

That is not going to happen, although it would help settle the argument a lot easier. Mainly because UK will never lobby on UL's behalf, and 14 teams is plenty for now. But, I do agree that the schedule does not change anything about what kind of "TEAM" UL has this season. The bottom line is, with the two schedules side by side (as is the case every year), it is pretty obvious that UL can have a much better record without having the better team. That is clear cut in my opinion. Consecutive seasons with a pretty good record allow teams the opportunity to be ranked. Therefore, the schedule does play a major role in ranking.

Qft. Great post.

That would be primarily the guys on ESPN radio in Louisville, the people who call into their show, and the people that call into the afternoon underdogs. I've been doing a paint job the last three weeks, and I listen to sports radio while I work. I've heard more UL fans than I could count predict 10-12 wins. Many even said it would be a dissapointing season if they won less than 10.

And yes, they do base pre-season rankings on schedules. They might not like to admit it, but those guys want to be as close to right as possible. In order to do that, they absolutely have to take schedule into consideration. They may be pre-season rankings, but they are trying to predict where they will end up at the end of the season.

That's a good question. Of course it is a preseason poll so there is always the chance of Cinci or South Fla moving into the rankings. A better question might be, if KY had Louisville's schedule, would they be ranked in the top 25? If they were in the Big East, would they be picked to win? If you can't say yes and come up with a decent argument, then there is a serious problem with the UK team and coaching staff since the departure of Rich Brooks.

What's ticking?

Are you waiting for a response?

You could take some time out of your immense enjoyment to learn the actual spelling of "tick" and "tock."

Aren't UL fans inherently intellectually superior?

Impossible to do, really.

Would UK have to use the seasons it's had in the SEC for the last 5 years? Or do we get to go back to 2007 and calculate the games we would have won in the BE over that same span?

That is what would actually determine whether or not UK would be ranked in the top 25 this year with UL's schedule.

As for being picked to win the BE? Again, do we get the benefit of playing in the BE since 2007, or are we talking about being plucked as a 5-7 team from the SEC? If the former, I think UK probably has several more wins in the last 5 years and could legitimately be picked to contend for the BE this year. If the latter, no, probably. I say probably because USF is picked as the winner by at least one prognosticator despite having a losing season last year.

If we're talking about UK actually playing in the BE this season, I don't see any team in that conference that has far and away superior talent.

I guess we'll know a lot more in two weeks, and I can't wait to see how it goes. Tick tock, right?

Disagree.

It's hilarious how you're just presenting your hyperbolic opinion as fact and acting surprised that everyone isn't agreeing with you.

I know it's tough leaving the hivemind of your own boards.

Pretty much how I see it.