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Originally Posted by LonnyDemaree

An almost chorus-like defensive coordinator Matt House and outside linebacker coach Matt White said they knew Allen had ability but didn’t have any idea he would be here in his college career.

“Josh is year stronger and a year smarter,” House said in describing the fourth year as opposed to the difference in the third year. House was asked did he think he had this ability? “I knew he had ability. It’s hard to predict what a guy like Josh with two in three or four years. I knew he

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Originally Posted by LonnyDemaree

Upon signing with Cats Wilson had one strong request and that was he want to be known as a pass first quarterback. From everything I've gleaned he has worked very hard to make sure fans see him as such. From his work ethic on and off the field, to his summer trip to the Arizona Quarterback Academy, to his performance in practice this week, to his performance in today's scrimmage. My educated sources say he was on point today as a passer.

Originally Posted by Darryl

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This is something I've been thinking about since I saw the pre-season all-conference and all-American teams come out and saw what is in my opinion an under-representation of UK players on these lists. So I just decided to do what is probably a too-long, very geeky article and get it out once and for all.

A few years back I bought into the idea of tempo-free stats as espoused by Dean Oliver, Ken Pomeroy and others being a preferable method of gauging performance than raw numbers. ...

In many ways, Kentucky and Texas are mirror images of one another, with UK a little better in most areas.

Although John Calipari discussed Texas' team speed earlier in the week, neither UK nor Texas have played fast so far. UK is averaging 65.2 possessions/game, good for 232nd nationally in adjusted tempo. Texas is playing even slower, averaging 64.4 possessions/game (263rd nationally in adjusted tempo).

With both teams, the slow pace is largely due to their opponents ...