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Well, I said earlier today that Kentucky would lose by 40. But wait! I also said [URL=”http://www.nationofblue.com/looking-ahead-9942/”]last week[/URL] that the team would put up a fight. Which means a) I have no idea what the hell I’m talking about, and b) if you hedge enough, you will always be at least partially right. Stick with me, kiddos. You’ll go places.
So what happened? Well, the UK defense absolutely put up a fight in an outstanding performance, allowing just over 300 yards and forcing 4 turnovers, while giving up only 19 points. On most days, that would be more than enough to get the win.
Unfortunately, the Kentucky defense is on the same team as the Kentucky offense, who once again forgot to get off the bus, managing just 165 yards (23 rushing yards. Twenty-three.) and giving up 4 turnovers of their own while sputtering to a 10-point day. Remember how much we complained about the 12-yard second quarter last week? We obviously didn’t know how good we had it. The third quarter today saw the Wildcats get all of 2 yards. I have no words.
So what does this all mean? For starters, the bowl streak has ended. The team is left playing for pride now. Well, the defense anyway. If anyone on the offense is proud, they should be drug tested. There is still a chance to end the Tennessee streak, but we all know how that goes. As for Joker, this didn’t help his cause. The defense once again played great, which they have more often than not this year, while the offense looked putrid once again, just like they have in 9 of 11 games. To me, that says the team hasn’t improved since week 1. I’m pretty sure that’s not a good thing.
For more numbers, here is [URL=”http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=313230061″]ESPN’s recap[/URL].
