Quote Originally Posted by Tim_T View Post
If your football memory is so great, maybe you can explain how UK has had just about as many "decent" years as Louisville lately? That statement alone makes me question your sports memory.

Also, if you read my post I said for a four-year period they were a national power i.e. mentioned in the national football landscape with the big boys, top ten rankings etc. I didn't say they were a "traditional" power. There is a difference. For example, Florida St., Miami, Notre Dame are all traditional powers, but I would not consider them a national power lately.
UK has been to bowls the last 3 years counting this one, UofL has been to 1 in the last 3 years. So that could qualify as "about as many decent years" if you wanted it to. Go back past 4 or 5 years ago, not so much. UK beat the national champions last year - who thinks they are a national power? Nobody and if they do it's said jokingly. Louisville might have been in the top 10, but did anyone outside of Jefferson County Kentucky really think they could threaten for a national title the year they missed the "mythical national championship" by a field goal? Seriously. Wake Forest took the lead into the 4th quarter of that Orange Bowl game - you really think Louisville could have beaten Michigan, Ohio State or Florida that year? Hey, Utah is in the top 10 this year and they went undefeated in 2004 - do you really think they can play with Florida, Texas, USC, etc. if they made it to the championship game? Shoot since we're annointing Cardinals we might as well go ahead and declare Ball St. as a national power - they're threatening the top 10 as we speak. I heard Tim Tebow say on ESPN he sure hopes one of the directional Michigan schools can beat Ball St. so they have no shot at playing for the title. Louisville football is like a crack addict with "new" money - they blow it all on hookers and coke, have their one decent run, and then fade away..........

We can let this dead horse lay, or we can flog it as much as you'd like.