When was the last offseason ...

[RV]

we were able to bask in the glow of a season ending win?

1984? :thumbdown

Has it been almost a quarter of a century?

Sure feels good. :thumbup:thumbup:thumbup:thumbup:thumbup:thumbup:t humbup:thumbup

I have that same stupid smile on my face that appeared at the end of the Georgia game and it stayed there for a good while. :)

I imagine this one will last even longer. :cool:

[katfever]

I agree to a certain extent but the expectations will be much higher than after1984. UK lost Ransdell and many other top players from than team, while this team should be stacked in the skill positions and return most key players. With Woodson, Little, Tamme and Burton (if he stays), who has better starting skill players returingin the SEC? Not many, I would argue. IF and it is a big if, the offensive line jells, UKshould have a top 15 offense if not higher nationally.It will be a long offseason until the fall, but a much more enjoyable one! :cool:

[Brian McCat]

Winning cures EVERYTHING, period.

I still got that silly grin, too, RV. My co-workers suspected that it was due to something else....

:lol:

[The Old School JPS]

katfever wrote: I agree to a certain extent but the expectations will be much higher than after1984. UK lost Ransdell and many other top players from than team . . .
I don't think that's accurate.

Ransdell was a sophomore on that 1984 team. He returned for two more seasons and was a reason that UK fans were very optimistic about 1985 and beyond. (Ransdell was still UK's quarterback two years later in 1986 when we beat Florida for the last time.)

Expectations were still high going into 1985, especially with UK opening the season with a five game home stand followed by two November games (East Tennessee State and Vanderbilt) that looked very winnable. Many fans penciled in at least those 7 W's in the preseason, and some expected more than that as we had just posted a better record than LSU, Georgia or Tennessee and beaten Tennessee the prior season. Instead, UK lost its opener to an unexpectedly good (11-1) Bowling Green team (by 4 points) and despite beating a bowl-bound Clemson team and only losing by 2 points to an excellent (9-1-1) Florida team, finished 5-6 after also losing to Vanderbilt.

That 1985 opener was a real momentum-killer. It deflated a lot of renewed interest and support after the successful 1984 season and it began a string of near-miss seasons. In 1986 UK finished 5-5-1 because they tied Rutgers and lost by 2 on the road against a good Virginia Tech team. In 1987 UK lost by 1 at Rutgers, by 3 at Georgia and by 2 against Tennessee and finished 5-6. In 1988 UK blew a nice 4th quarter lead against Alabama, lost by 3 at LSU, beat a good Georgia team, lost by 5 to Florida and with first and goal at the end of the game against Tennessee couldn't punch it in for the win, thus another 5-6 record.

[katfever]

The Old School JPS wrote: katfever wrote: I agree to a certain extent but the expectations will be much higher than after1984. UK lost Ransdell and many other top players from than team . . .
I don't think that's accurate.

Ransdell was a sophomore on that 1984 team. He returned for two more seasons and was a reason that UK fans were very optimistic about 1985 and beyond. (Ransdell was still UK's quarterback two years later in 1986 when we beat Florida for the last time.)

Expectations were still high going into 1985, especially with UK opening the season with a five game home stand followed by two November games (East Tennessee State and Vanderbilt) that looked very winnable. Many fans penciled in at least those 7 W's in the preseason, and some expected more than that as we had just posted a better record than LSU, Georgia or Tennessee and beaten Tennessee the prior season. Instead, UK lost its opener to an unexpectedly good (11-1) Bowling Green team (by 4 points) and despite beating a bowl-bound Clemson team and only losing by 2 points to an excellent (9-1-1) Florida team, finished 5-6 after also losing to Vanderbilt.

That 1985 opener was a real momentum-killer. It deflated a lot of renewed interest and support after the successful 1984 season and it began a string of near-miss seasons. In 1986 UK finished 5-5-1 because they tied Rutgers and lost by 2 on the road against a good Virginia Tech team. In 1987 UK lost by 1 at Rutgers, by 3 at Georgia and by 2 against Tennessee and finished 5-6. In 1988 UK blew a nice 4th quarter lead against Alabama, lost by 3 at LSU, beat a good Georgia team, lost by 5 to Florida and with first and goal at the end of the game against Tennessee couldn't punch it in for the win, thus another 5-6 record.
You are right about Ransdell- hell I was at the game when he helped beat the Gators in 1986! lol I think it was Mark Logan- was he a senior? I am correcting myself- it was George Adams I was thinking of! :PHe was a senior! And Paul Calhoun, the great punter.

[The Old School JPS]

Yes, George Adams was a first round draft pick. The 1984 bowl game was his last game as a Wildcat.

Adams' promising NFL career was cut short by injury (as was that of Wisconsin's Al Toon, another standout playing in that 1984 bowl game who was a first round draft pick).

[baldcat]

Can't help but think all the good vibes with the MCB will carry over to the off season conditoning work.

We have some serious MO going this off season.

[poodoo]

FWIW, RV and Brian, I, too, am still wearing that "silly grin." :):):). It FEELS so good, though! :D

Also, I'm already looking forward to the Blue-White game, the women's clinic, and Fan Day. Too, that began the moment the game ended! Yes, I'm still smiling! :)