Jesus tapdancing Christ.
Do other teams no schedule cupcakes? He was in the SEC west dude.
We play FSU, Georia plays Tech, USC plays Clemson, UK plays Louisville, AU played Washington, even Bama, UT and LSU schedule respectable OOC opponents here and there. The Mullen lead MSU team had the most embarrassing OOC scheduling in the entire SEC, but forget the cupcakes, with or without them he has a mediocre winning percentage and really bad conference winning percentage. The fact is we hired a coach with a weak overall record and a losing conference record but are paying him top money. If that makes sense to you then there is no problem.
But for those of us that thought that was a terrible administrative decision, the UK game simply helped confirm what we already thought. But we're stuck with him so all we can do is keep watching and hoping he isn't who his record says he is.