UK football scheduling under Mike Slive request for better OOC games

With the SEC games at 8 it leaves 4 slots. I say schedule the basketball schools in the 4 power conferences (possibly substituting WSU in the PAC because Leach is there now)

Game #1 = ACC school (Duke) - UK is 0-4 vs Duke but all those games were played in the 1930's when Duke had a good football team. Should sell better than Alabama State type game.

Game #2 = PAC school (Washington State) - UK is 0-0 vs the Cougars but with Mike Leach there you know it will attract broadcast interest. In addition UK would get recruiting exposure on the west coast.

Game #3 = B 12 school (Kansas) - UK is 0-3-1 vs the Jayhawks but they tied in the last meeting in Lexington in 1982. The upside is we could use the game when recruiting kids from the B12 footprint

Game #4 = B1G school (Indiana) - UK is 17-18-1 vs the Hoosiers but 8-2 in the last 10 meetings. Play this game in Paul Brown as the season ender every year and split the stadium seating in half like they did for the old UK vs IU basketball games. The upside is you get exposure to OH recruits (who Stoops is going after) while playing a game that will sell better than UK playing some CUSA / Sun Belt team and losing to. If UK baseball is recruiting IN and OH kids that want SEC exposure why not do the same in football?


I am in the Adolph Rupp scheduling philosophy of you do not schedule schools in the state because you have no upside and terrible downside. Not playing Louisville every year means if you are recruiting kids in state UK is the only option to play as an SEC team. I say go back to the old days when UK did not play in state schools.