Saturday Down South projects UK Football to finish 2nd in SEC East for 2021 season

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A lot of smart people are buying into what Kentucky Football continues to cook up, even if spring practice is still a couple of months away.

Over at Saturday Down South, Michael Bratton (aka SEC Mike) had some incredibly kind words for the Wildcats and the state of head coach Mark Stoops’ program heading into the 2021 season–even if Bratton didn’t actually say anything. On Twitter, SEC Mike released his predictions for all 14 SEC programs and he had the ‘Cats a bit higher than you might have thought. He projects Kentucky will finish second in the SEC East behind only the Georgia Bulldogs.

Here’s are my very early SEC East predictions for the 2021 season heading into spring practice pic.twitter.com/nJCEuRYbzY

— SEC Mike (@MichaelWBratton) January 14, 2021

That’s right; ahead of Florida, ahead of Tennessee, ahead of all those other mediocre SEC EAST schools. The hype for this upcoming Kentucky Football roster is warranted when taken into account the players who are returning and the players they are adding. Liam Coen hopes to update to a more modern, pass-friendly offense as the new offensive coordinator and he’ll still have the ever-efficient Chris Rodriguez in the backfield to help create a deadly running game.

Kentucky looks to be the most talented and experienced team to get a large number of seniors to return in 2021.

UK offense is a big question but they will be the first SEC team to implement the Sean McVay system.

3 manageable road games (Miss State, South Carolina, Vandy) https://t.co/7p7jaAWada

— SEC Mike (@MichaelWBratton) January 14, 2021