Can Kentucky TAKE CARE of South Carolina, Shane Beamer at home? Why Mark Stoops, Wildcats need a WIN

the SEC they're doing it for conference gam so we have the first one because we have the first SEC Conference game this weekend between South Carolina and Kentucky and here you go you you've got exactly out doubtful questionable probable big long list for Kentucky lot of out for Kentucky chip trainum obviously out uh Demi Sumo I gotta I gotta I'm gonna have to get this name right eventually Demi sumo I I keep wanting to say Demi Sumo kabang but that's not it that that would be an awesome nickname for him Kong Demi Sumo Kong B will be carrying the load on the ground for the wild cats along with probably some Brock vandagriff but all right Ari you you you've placed a better two in your lifetime do do we think these are going to make a yeah do we think these are going to make a difference um I mean they're certainly helpful you know when it would have been really really helpful Andy was during co uh the era of which uh half a team could get ruled out 10 minutes before kickoff and nobody had any idea that that was going on that was uh that was the hardest season to place a wager um you know I do think that they will um the thing that I am wondering and I'm assuming is going to happen soon is like once a person is uh questionable like you can start playing games with that because that word doesn't really give you any information right it's like we we're not sure if he's going to play will he play will he not play we'll figure it out and it kind of put you back in the same position but it is good to see that people are on it so you have an idea of like okay would I still place this bet if this person doesn't go or do I really like this because they're probable now like you know anything that acknowledges injuries in any way I think is helpful because college football has a longstanding history of gamesmanship and you know coaches might know that a player isn't playing or is unavailable on Monday and you don't hear about until 10 minutes before kickoff like that happened all the time so this is certainly something that I think is is necessary given how big of a business um gambling has become in this sport but also uh just transparency in general like my number one thing with college football that's always like you know you always talk about how crazy stupid and funny the sport is like the paranoia that exists in these coaches uh rooms is just off the charts I was once doing a story and I won't tell you who it was or which program it was but I was at an SEC uh program doing a recruiting story and their recruiting coordinator was talking about how they felt like they got their office bugged and they had to like de they had like debuggers that go through to make sure that there were no listening devices in their office like this is the world we live in um even though 99% of it is imaginary I do think that like any sort of transparency that can help give fans more information even if it's not from a gambling standpoint just just to understand where your team is or the best players on your team are I think is going to be a positive a net gain for the sport yeah I mean we've seen in the past where you've had a starting quarterback who has been out all week teams known he's been out all week but nobody's allowed to watch practice nobody had any clue he doesn't show up in the coach like yeah he was hurt oh well yeah like sure there's been a lot of bets lost because of that you know yeah because it wasn't like just small Time Players like it's like oh your best running back hasn't been practicing all week no as beat reporters have gotten better over the years Andy harder to keep that secret in in the information era of somebody's walking around campus in a walking boot like that's on Twitter in 30 seconds but it does happen still or has happened in the recent past and this will be better so let's talk about this Kentucky South Carolina game before we get into to Texas and Michigan I do want to talk about Kentucky South Carolina because this is an intriguing game South Carolina has won two in a row against Kentucky uh there has been uh a lot of back and fourth between Mark Stoops and Shane Beamer maybe not directly but certainly uh across one another's bows uh last year mark St said something before the game Shane Beamer produced a video after the game Mark STS probably needs to win this game headed into the Georgia game but Shane Beamer needs to win this game Ari because they went five and seven last year so this is very very intriguing yeah I do think that Kentucky has reached the peak or the ceiling of what the program could be and I don't know if that's insulting or not but being a 10-point favorite uh against a team you know that's as talented as South Carolina in the second week of the season I think is an indication of like when you just said they need to win when has Kentucky ever needed to win a game like that to me is just a testament of what Mark stoop has been a Stoops has been able to accomplish there now um I think that they will win the game and I I think that you know we always have these Seasons where Kentucky comes out and you know starts four or five and0 and they end up playing Georgia and then you realize the The Great Divide that's probably o un overcomable if that's a word um yeah that's kind of waiting around the corner here for Kentucky but I do think that they've got a very very good team um with some really important pieces and one of the best players in college football so you and I when we were together before I always said that ky's the best job in college football because they will build you a statue if you can win eight games a year they will pay you like the the other guys in the SEC who are expected to win national championships and all you have to do is occasionally win nine or 10 and then just you know be reasonably okay every year I think that's changed I don't think it's the best job in America anymore because of something Mark Stoops did I think he's made it not the best job in America by sort of buing his nose at the fact that he has the best job in America by going after the Texas A&M job last year that probably made it where the first time he has one of these losses where the Kentucky fans are like oh no it's going to be eight and four again now they're going to turn on him because before he was the guy who brought them there he was one of them he's got a bourbon company but now they know he was like oh I think I've hit the ceiling here I'm going to go for this Texas A&M job the Texas A&M trustees revolted they're like now we're not going to guarantee Mark Stoops the same amount we guarantee Jimbo Fischer so we're going to go for somebody else it's it's unbelievable uh single T in the chat you sort of ruined the Kentucky job though everybody knows that now so it's my fault uh you know what's interesting is we did say that it's the best job in America because of the success to failure ratio and what would happen and I understand that fan temperament has changed to a certain degree I agree with what you just said but I think the real question here is what would have to happen for Kentucky to fire him like I I think that fan getting thrown they'd owe him so much so what I'm saying so to me that's why it hasn't changed because he could exist in Lexington for a very long time um having you know below average seasons and I'm talking four five win seasons for Kentucky which used to be better than the norm um and still be completely fine I think that when you start getting into tough jobs um it's the ones where you get fired very quickly for results that are probably more in line with where your program is like that's like from best to worst jobs in America like that's why I thought Tennessee was one of the worst jobs in America before because they anticipated or wanted you to win 10 11 12 games in year two and where the program was at before Josh hypo got there I wasn't necessarily sure that was possible uh and talk about the fans and the pressure cooker like that would be the hardest job to me in America or one of them it stands out to me Kentucky he can go to bed in his beautiful million $3 million doll home in his uh you know goose down situation in his bed and never have to fret about whether or not he's gonna have a job when he wakes up in the morning surrounded by bottles from his own Distillery yes and honestly who cares like what the people in rural Kentucky say from their basement anyway right like that's uh a joke guys I'm joking I'm joking yeah um but seriously like it listen we we all know that being a college football coach um getting things thrown in your face from fans or being a topic on Twitter and things that people say is part of the job um on the list of things that would make me change my mind I think fan sentiment is probably at the bottom of that list I think that the one thing that I would say that would make me change my mind and this is a different way to look at it Andy is it takes a certain type of person to become comfortable at the ceiling so like Mark stops can exist at Kentucky for the next 20 years and go eight and4 and be fine and be a coach that's revered and loved there but I think that the coach's mentality uh is competitive and when you have conquered something you're their number one thing that they're told to do just with their sense and their their inherent nature is to go accomplish something bigger and better um so the Kentucky job would be the best job in the world for somebody who has a temperament that wants to just Revel in the ceiling for 20 years even though the ceiling isn't championships but I think that Mark stops is already proven that he's not that type of person so um from that standpoint money and security at a place that you know you've already achieved everything that you're going to achieve is great but for the coach's mentality that's not necessarily I think the the Legacy or the um the place that they would want to exist for a few more decades so from that standpoint I think that like it's so good that it's boring which makes it not as good does that make sense yep so single T who's blaming me for this by the way it does feel like in the last four years since you started saying it's the best job the feeling of eight and4 has changed from being a success to being just okay they're good being eight and four but kind of wanting more I think that's natural for fan bases I I I always talk about how South Carolina had that period with Steve Spurrier where they won 11 games three years in a row they beat Clemson five years in a row and that had never happened in the history of the program before and suddenly people started thinking that was a Birthright and it's not and so you what happens a lot too Andy is is that sorry not to talk over you I've been doing that a lot I got to work on it but he is a coach who has figured out a plan executed that plan so well um that it's gotten to this point but at the same time if you look at their schedule this year they're playing Georgia they're playing on the road at ol Miss they're playing at Florida say what you want about that game they've got a much better Auburn team at home than they're at Tennessee at Texas and host Louisville like what what are we supposed to do with that like you know what I mean like it's like eight and four on that schedule with the Kentucky team that that he's built I think as a successful season so I think every year that changes but I think that there is a yarning uh nature and like Mark stops is somebody that I covered when I was in college he was the defensive coordinator Arizona back in the 2005 to n range and he was there I've known him now uh for for 20 years and I think that he has it in him where he wants to I think it's the same thing that that um Brian Kelly experienced at Notre Dame to a less like a more closer extent Notre Dame made the playoff and was in games against Alabama but I think Brian Kelly is that LSU because he wanted to win national championships because he realized the ceiling at his program at least the way he ran it had already reached it there so like I think that Mark stops has been existing at Kentucky ceiling for longer than Brian Kelly was existing at Notre Dames and at a certain point your your heart yearns for more yep I I'm looking in the chat everybody is dead certain that KY is going to win this game I I am not like that is a big number that nine and a half I I am not sir sure not sure ky's going to cover or win so this is this is a mustat I'm telling you right now thank you so much for watching just a reminder subscribe to this channel right here so you never miss an episode of Andy Staples on three and oh by the way watch all the other great videos on the on3 sports YouTube channel