Is Kentucky On Week One Upset Alert?

Network Talking Heads love to use the phrase “Upset Alert”.The make upped ones can be seen and heard proclaiming alarming prognostications to provoke fan bases and at times try to prove an intellectual point.Some Heads are very good at this, others waste oxygen. Question remains, is Kentucky on upset alert in its opener against Louisiana Lafayette?

Complicated answer, yes and no both apply.Prior to game week I’ll provide an in-depth and understandable scouting report on the Ragin Cajuns, but to answer the upset alert question we first have to take a step back and analyze recent history.

In Mark Stoops’ inaugural game against Bobby Petrino and his band of merry Hilltoppers, the Cats were…