Before I go into my rant, I'd like to point out this post is off-topic from UK sports. However, there is a parallel when you consider the amount of crap one Orlando "Tubby" Smith had to put up with from UK fans. Well, he never did something like this.

I'm sure most of you have heard about the US Women's Soccer team debacle against Brazil early this morning. In case you didn't, the US team, who was riding a 50-game non-losing streak, lost to the Brazilian National Team by the eye-popping score of 4-0. At the center of this beatdown was US Coach Greg Ryan's brilliantly stupid decision to change goalies.

That's right folks. Coach Ryan told starter Hope Solo -- who was riding a 300-minute scoreless streak -- to sit in favor of Briana Scurry, a holdover goalie from the Brandy Chastain celebration. While it's hard to blame the loss solely on the goalie switch, to think it didn't have an impact is borderline ignorance.

To me, this ranks as one of the worst coaching moves ever. Why in the world would you jeopardize team chemistry because you have some misguided belief that your older goalie can make some saves your current -- and quite successful -- goalie can't?

You dance with who brung ya and not who made you feel good in the past.

It's pretty simple when you think about it.

Of course, Solo was not happy with the decision and her reaction was obviously exacerbated by the embarrassing loss. Take a look:

IMO, Solo has a right to feel the way she does... and Ryan's job should be in jeopardy when the team arrives back in the US.

Of course, I'm going to have fun with anything UofL related.

Sorry Card fans, but a lot of you brought this on yourselves by believing that competing in a vastly-overrated conference, coupled with wins against sub-par UK teams, gave you Carte Blanche to act arrogant.

Well guess what? Petrino's gone and thanks to the 'Cuse (who's in your house, OMIGOD, OMIGOD!!), it looks like your season is too. How are Card fans taking this pleasant news?

Not very well -- FireKragthorpe.com is now active.

"We have a lot of heart. We know what we came from, and we don't want to go back to those days."

-Steve Johnson

Those words, spoken Saturday after a grueling road win against the Arkansas Razorbacks, sum up the feelings of UK fans when it comes to UK Football. We all know what it's like to be a perennial underachiever and we, like Johnson, don't want to return. And while there's no guarantee this won't happen, I, for one, am going to enjoy it while it lasts.

They say act like you've been there before when it comes to celebrating sports. Well guess what? We haven't (not many of us anyway). Because of that, I really don't know how to act right now. So in the mean time, I'd like to apologize to anybody that's upset by the UK fanbase and our current level of glee.

Final Thoughts
From the game-saving roughing the kicker call to the arrival of Derrick Locke, there were a number of things that stayed with me after the victory elation began to die down. For instance, Woodson's second touchdown pass to Burton was one of poise and guile. Dre's hard cadence made the Razorbacks jump and instead of taking a knee for the guaranteed five yards, Woodson lofted a beautiful pass between two defenders into the waiting arms of Burton (Early who?).

Woodson's heady play is what makes him so attractive to NFL teams. Just ask the Chicago Bear fan club (in the comments).

Of course, the play of Burton is another thing that stood out. After getting shut-out in the first half, Keenan came on in big in the second stanza with two TD catches and another end zone grab that successfully completed a two-point conversion.  Big game, Keenan.  Big game.

Photo Courtesy of ESPN

As I mentioned yesterday, UK's defense deserves all the accolades they get after Saturday's second-half performance. After being gassed for most of the second quarter, the Wildcat D came out after the break and gave every bit as good as they got. It's things like this that make UK fans want to believe a corner has been turned.

Play call of the night: after Arkansas turned the ball over on downs, still trailing by six points, the UK offense came out and looked like they were going to try to run the clock out on the ground. However, a play-action pass to Jacob Tamme, who was tackled at the 2-yard line, eliminated any hope for a Razorback miracle.

Play calling like that is key to successful programs. When you have a team down, bury them... and that's just what UK did with Woodson's pass to Tamme. Kudos to Joker Phillips and the rest of the UK offensive staff. Nicely done.

Of course, now the target on UK gets bigger. Because of Saturday's eye-opener, UK is now ranked 14th in the country, the highest they've been since 1977.

Welcome to the other side of the coin, Cats. Let's see how you respond.

Up next for the Cats is the Howard Schnellenberger-led Florida Atlantic Owls. In case you didn't know, Schnellenberger played for UK and coached UofL. He's also a member of the UK Ring of Honor. His return to the Commonwealth should be a celebration, at least until the game starts.

After that, a Thursday night meeting with the Ole' Ball Coach and his South Carolina Gamecocks. Spurrier has NEVER lost to UK. Now would be a good time to change that.

Until next time, GBB!!!!