A quick look at UK football head coach Rich Brooks’ 2009 recruiting class would provide much joy for many UK fans, with high-profile out-of-state recruits and in-state stars lining up to play for the Cats next fall. A closer look would ease fears about potential depth problems at many different positions in 2009 — running [...]
Archive for the ‘Morgan Newton’ Category
Welcome to recruiting success, Mr. Brooks.
Posted: 6th February 2009 by Kenny Colston in Kentucky Football, Morgan Newton, Rich Brooks, Ryan Mossakowski, SEC football, UK footballTags: Kentucky Football, Morgan Newton, Rich Brooks, Ryan Mossakowski, UK football
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Some Things To Think About For the OOC Remainder
Posted: 1st September 2008 by Kenny Colston in Alabama, Mike Hartline, Morgan Newton, Randall Cobb, Rich Brooks, UK football“You could time that race with a sun dial.” After the big win Sunday and before the SEC schedule opens up there are quite a few things UK fans need to be paying attention to: 1) What kind of effect will the big UL win have on recruiting? ***And as I type, word is coming [...]
An assessment of Morgan Newton
Posted: 23rd August 2008 by Kenny Colston in Football Recruiting, Joker Phillips, Morgan Newton, Randy Sanders, Rich Brooks, UK footballI just finished watching Morgan Newton on ESPN, and I came away extremely impressed by the kid. Here are some bullet points. *The knock on mobile quarterbacks is that they sometimes get impatient when the pass protection begins to break down, resulting in scrambles for minimal gains. I didn’t see that out of Newton today. [...]
Just Another Program Changer In the Fold
Posted: 21st August 2008 by Kenny Colston in Football Recruiting, Morgan Newton, Ryan MossakowskiKentucky just picked up it’s second program-changing caliber quarterback for the class of 2009 by way of Morgan Newton. The athletic pro-style signal caller out of Carmel HS in Carmel, Indiana narrowed his choices down to UK (his Dad’s favorite), Clemson (mom’s), and Florida (always a sexy pick). In the end, UK was the way [...]
SWING GAME EXTRAVAGANZA
Posted: 15th August 2008 by Kenny Colston in Alabama, Louisville, Mike Hartline, Mississippi State, Morgan Newton, SEC football, South Carolina, Tennessee, UK footballI’d love nothing more than to see Kentucky lift up another trophy at another bowl game this season. However, in order to pull this off, they have to do work in the five contests that I consider to be swing games. I know that as a Kentucky football fan, I can’t take any game for [...]
Mossakowski: The Impact
Posted: 9th August 2008 by Kenny Colston in Football Recruiting, Kentucky Football, Mike Hartline, Morgan Newton, Randall Cobb, Randy Sanders, Recruiting, Ryan Mossakowski, UK footballIt’s not everyday that a tall, strong-arm big QB prospect lands at Kentucky. Especially an out of state one. But hey, hey, looky here… It’s Ryan Mossakowski, all dressed up in blue. Thank you sir. This class was already shaping up to be solid, maybe even good, with tons of three-star prospects in-state and around [...]
Joker Phillips and Rich Brooks: Winners of the Billy Gillispie Impression Contest
Posted: 30th June 2008 by Kenny Colston in Billy Gillispie, Football Recruiting, Joker Philips, Kentucky Football, Mister Cobble, Morgan Newton, Recruiting, Rich Brooks, UK footballWe all remember the best thing about Billy Gillispie. No, no, not that he’ll win games, but that he recruits like none other! Yes, we all know that now and we worship it (well, most of us anyway). Little did we know that recently there was a Billy Gillispie impression contest. All UK coaches were [...]