ESPN blogger Chris Low is very complimentary of the Cats this week in his Southeastern Conference blog. Among the mentions of Kentucky these past few days:

– Kentucky moves up to No. 6 in the SEC power rankings, its highest position of the year- Low writes that Brooks, Cats keep knocking down barriers– Low also has his who’s hot and who’s not list. Both Derrick Locke and Rich Brooks make thie list. Here’s what Low had to say of Brooks, who he said was “en fuego.”

Low: Let me preface this by saying I’m not trying to push Brooks out the door. He’s as classy as they come and a true pro, and there’s no doubt in my mind that the SEC is a better place as long as he’s a part of it. But if Brooks does decide to walk away after this season and turn the keys over to Joker Phillips, he can do so with his head held high and knowing that the Kentucky program is in exceedingly better shape than the way he found it. The Wildcats, coming off their first win at Georgia in 32 years, now get a chance to break a 24-year drought against Tennessee this Saturday. The Vols have won 24 straight games in the series, the longest active streak in the country among teams that play every year. Regardless of what happens this weekend in the Bluegrass, Brooks has accomplished something that hasn’t been done at Kentucky in nearly 100 years — win at least seven games for four consecutive years — and he’s turned in some of his best work in the twilight of what’s been a long and illustrious coaching career.