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03-27-2007, 08:43 AM
But Cats limited by suspensions, injuries
class=sidebarBy Brett Dawson
bdawson@courier-journal.com (mailto:bdawson@courier-journal.com)
The Courier-Journal
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- It didn't take long for Rich Brooks to rain on the parade.
His University of Kentucky football team had just beaten Clemson in last December's Music City Bowl when Brooks stood up in front of his players and offered not warm congratulations on the season past but a challenge for the future.
"I told the players after our bowl game, right in the locker room, 'What we did this year isn't going to be good enough next year. We have to do everything better, because the people we play are going to take us more seriously,' " Brooks said yesterday. "We need to raise our level of play and raise our bar to a higher level, so that we can accomplish something this year that got everybody excited last year."
As the Wildcats prepare to open spring practice tomorrow, Brooks is torn as to how well his team has taken that message to heart.
For the most part, the Cats are stronger and faster, and -- coming off eight wins -- in good spirits.
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070327/SPORTS03/703270471/1002/SPORTS
class=sidebarBy Brett Dawson
bdawson@courier-journal.com (mailto:bdawson@courier-journal.com)
The Courier-Journal
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- It didn't take long for Rich Brooks to rain on the parade.
His University of Kentucky football team had just beaten Clemson in last December's Music City Bowl when Brooks stood up in front of his players and offered not warm congratulations on the season past but a challenge for the future.
"I told the players after our bowl game, right in the locker room, 'What we did this year isn't going to be good enough next year. We have to do everything better, because the people we play are going to take us more seriously,' " Brooks said yesterday. "We need to raise our level of play and raise our bar to a higher level, so that we can accomplish something this year that got everybody excited last year."
As the Wildcats prepare to open spring practice tomorrow, Brooks is torn as to how well his team has taken that message to heart.
For the most part, the Cats are stronger and faster, and -- coming off eight wins -- in good spirits.
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070327/SPORTS03/703270471/1002/SPORTS