2012 Kentucky Wildcats Football Preview

2011 SEC Record: 2-6 (5th SEC East) – Overall 5-7

Returning starters: 3 offense, 5 defense, 1 special teams

The Good: Well, they beat Tennessee for the first time in 26 years, and that was done without a true QB running the offense. Other than that, the ‘Cats don’t have much to be happy about going into this season. The other good thing for Kentucky fans is basketball season comes very quickly after football season begins.

The Bad: Where do we begin? The offense returns only three starters from last year and five on defense. Then again, when you are the third worst team in the conference in 2011 (Hello Ole Miss and Tennessee) maybe that is a good thing. Even the punter, which is a strength of any team that does it so often, was not on campus, according to Head Coach Joker Phillips, so they will have to find one. Whoever it is, he will get a lot of work.

The Ugly: This team. Is it time UK gave up football and took all the athletic department resources and put it into basketball? Oh wait, they do that already… By the way, the Big Blue only scored 22 touchdowns last season, which was fourth from the bottom in team touchdowns in the nation. Not the SEC, the nation.

The Schedule: It is possible they will pull an Ole Miss (and technically Tennessee) and not win a game in the SEC this year. Look at their schedule and tell me who they are going to beat? Maybe Tennessee again?

What will happen: The ‘Cats will go splat in 2012 and Joke Phillips will be looking for a new job when November comes. Heck, maybe even October.

Bowl Game: Not this year. Or maybe the rest of the decade.

2012 Prediction: 7th in the SEC East.

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