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5-at-10ish: Western Kentucky’s upward arc, NFL Pro Bowl thoughts, Joe Mixon and OU, Samuel L. Jackson Rushmore

Western Kentucky head coach Jeff Brohm yells at officials after a flag was thrown during the Conference USA championship NCAA college football game against Louisiana Tech, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, at L.T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Ky. (AP Photo/Michael Noble Jr.)
Western Kentucky head coach Jeff Brohm yells at officials after a flag was thrown during the Conference USA championship NCAA college football game against Louisiana Tech, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, at L.T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Ky. (AP Photo/Michael Noble Jr.) Western Kentucky head coach Jeff Brohm yells at officials after a flag was thrown during the Conference USA championship NCAA college football game against Louisiana Tech, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, at L.T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Ky. (AP Photo/Michael Noble Jr.)

Morning gang. We did not get to the list of entries yet. That’s on us. (Hey, we’re on vacation this week – well, at least from our paper duties.) We will post them Thursday.

Deal? Deal.

And for some of you long-time regulars, just a reminder where we come from…From the “Talks too much” studios, let the games begin.

Western Kentucky

Could the Hilltoppers be college football’s next Boise State?

Could this bunch with the shiny silver hats and the offense that slings it everywhere be the Conference USA version of those patrollers of the Smurf turf? Let’s look at what Western Kentucky has done in the last several years, and remember, it has only been in FBS football for about a decade: