Bruce Feldman of CBS Sports was asked this question in his Mailbag:
From @K1rkmo: do you think Kentucky and Tennessee can keep up their recruiting level and which new HC will be more successful?
Here is what he said about Kentucky in his reply, which was mostly about Tennessee.
It’s been very impressive what both new head coaches have done in pulling in blue-chip kids. In fact both guys are making a lot of noise nationally. The Vols are No. 4 in the last 2014 recruiting rankings while UK is No. 7. (Wait — Kentucky is really in the top 10 in recruiting in football?!? Yep.) Stoops’ staff beat just about everyone for Florida DE Denzel Ware, kept local stud QB Drew Barker at home and snagged a bunch of good Ohio prospects led by four-star WR Thaddeus Snodgrass and DB Darius West.
I’ll be surprised if either the Vols or the Cats win more than seven games this fall. Neither coach was left with a lot in terms of personnel.
Back to Kentucky, the odds are really against Stoops winning big there. The program hasn’t won an SEC football title in almost 40 years. It’s been 29 years since they had a season where the Cats won more than eight games.
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The odds were probably even higher to be currently #2 in the country in recruiting according to Rivals.com.
I’ll take my chances with Mark Stoops and his staff.
Wouldn’t you?
