We Kentucky football fans love one thing more than anything else: the fact that we play in the SEC. This gives us a chance to talk trash to all of the Louisville fans and tell them that they play in a cupcake conference and still can't win it. The downside? We can't win our conference either. This totally bums us out. The fact that we have not won the SEC since 1976 (and we have only won it twice all time) really sticks in our crawl.
ESPN has ranked the top 10 football conferences for the 2010 season and the SEC is at the top, surprise, surprise! The Big (L)East comes in at #6 and I still think that may be too high. The gurus at ESPN are looking for Alabama to reclaim their title as the best in the SEC. They also are looking at the Big East as a multi-team race between Pitt, WVU, Rutgers, and UConn. No, Cards fans, Charlie Strong is not mentioned. His hiring was nothing more than a blip on the college football radar. I understand he was a big hire here in the Ville, but in the scheme of things nobody cares. Just like nobody cares about Kentucky football. (single tear) But at least we have defeated the Cards in 3 straight games! We have that going for us. Which is nice.
What is surprising to me is that the Big 10 is coming in at #2 in front of the Big 12 at #3. The Big 12 has been long considered to be the little brother to the SEC with teams such as Texas, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State and, to a lesser extent, Nebraska. But the Big 12 is losing a lot of star power and the Big 10 impressed in bowl games last season with Ohio State, Penn State and the surprising Iowa. I think these two conferences are interchangeable.
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