Taking a Look Back at 2007

[WildcatRick]

Listed below are some notes and statistics following the 2007 Kentucky football season.


Overall Season

If one goes back to August, a common theme in the media, on radio call-in shows, and on internet message boards was, “Kentucky will have a better team this year (than 2006) but the record might not reflect it because of the difficulty of the schedule.”

The prediction about the Kentucky opponents proved correct – UK’s strength of schedule was rated as high as No. 5 in the nation, according to the Colley Matrix computer rating that is part of the Bowl Championship Series system. Yet the Wildcats were still able to match the 8-5 record achieved during the 2006 season.

There’s additional evidence that Kentucky was an improved team in 2007. Despite its winning record, the ’06 squad was actually outscored by 22 points during the season, primarily because of two losses by large margins. The 2007 team was more competitive, sustained no blowout losses, and outscored its foes by a total of 90 points.

Here are some more nuggets on the overall season:

http://www.ukathletics.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=39&url_article_id=21343&change_well_id=2

[gerntz]

I can't argue with that - as much as I'd love to.

[poodoo]

The crew also was gratified by the hospitality shown by the University. Long-time host Chris Fowler said, “We have never experienced such overwhelming hospitality from a school and a city in the 14 years of road shows.” QUOTE

Thanks for the link, WildcatRick. It's quite an impressive read of the team's and individual players' accomplishments in 2007. I do wish they had included UK's final Sagarin ranking of #18 in the country, as that ranking, in my opinion, best shows how the team actually performed and competed in comparison to other teams in the nation.


I love Fowler's comments about GameDay in Lexington. KUDOS to the city of Lexington, its university, and the UK fans who showed up for GameDay.

[gerntz]

I have to complain, poodoo. :-)

UK is not Lexington's university, it's our university.

[poodoo]

I have to complain, poodoo. :-)

UK is not Lexington's university, it's our university.

Oh, so true, gerntz. :big_grin: Also, I had certainly not meant anything to the contrary--merely that the university is LOCATED within the limits of the city GameDay folks had praised. :big_grin: