Is what are the 2-3 games on our schedule that Ragone thinks there is no way we can win. I mean, to say we can win 9-10 means we would have to be pretty damn good, but apparently even if we are that good there are still 3 juggernauts on our schedule that we can’t take down. If we win 9-10 games that would put us in the top 25 by season’s end and possibly somewhere around the top 15. Whats more is that if there are 2-3 teams on our schedule so clearly better than what Ragone believes we can be then they would end up in the top 10. I don’t believe that we’ll be play 3 top 10 teams this season.

I really think he just threw that out there as fodder for discussion and he did so without any real analysis. From what I can see, our schedule is made up of a bunch of average teams, of which none other than Utah seem poised for anything spectacular. Maybe that’s what Ragone sees as well. He may think that an average U of L team could knock out 9-10 of the jokers on our schedule, but what he’s missing is that we are not even an average team this year.

We may have average talent but we are way physically undersized for Big East play at virtually every position, especially RB, DL, and LB and on top of that we will be completely outmatched by even the most inept coaching staffs out there (I’m talking about you Wanstache). What’s more is that again we are very thin (numbers -wise) on the defensive side of the ball and as the season drags on more freshman and JuCos will be called into action, which will lead to a slide much like last year. The lack of recruiting for the past 3 years is going to continue to kill us. Where Petrino used crush teams in the second halves, we will again just try to survive coming down the homestretch of games and the season s a whole. It seems like we’ve turned into the Vanderbilt (the best three-quarter team in the SEC) of the Big East.

Our best hope is to win 2 of our first 3, beat Southern Miss and Ark St, and try to squeak out 2 Big East wins. This would get us to 6 wins. I hope I am wrong and that all of the unheralded players on our roster can step up and play with the big boys.

Like I said, aside rom Utah, no one on our schedule really scares me. The proverbial carrot is hanging right in front of our faces, but do we have enough sense to just reach out there and grab it?

against ark state and indy state

We have a 6-7 wide receiver, as well as a handful of others over 6’ tall. Our running backs are no smaller than Steve Slaton, Ray Rice, Donald Brown, or any other top Big East backs of the last few years. I don’t see how our linebackers are undersized either. Dempsey, Campa, Axson, Heyman, Heath, etc. are all big enough to play in the Big East. They were arguably the strong point of our D last year.

Our lines however, look pathetic.

I think we’re 6-6 this year, but could be anywhere between 4-8 wins.

WE DON’T HAVE ONE. I THINK ANY OF THE WOMEN ON THE SOCCER TEAM COULD EMBARRASS OUR KICKERS. HOW DO YOU GO FROM ART CARMODY TO NOT EVEN TRYING TO RECRUIT A KICKER? THAT KID FROM MIDDLESBORO WHO COULD KICK 55 YARDERS SIGNED WITH WKU AND WE NEVER GAVE HIM A LOOK.