Kentucky head coach Joker Phillips has given the Cat Scratches blog his keys to winning tomorrow’s games.
Phillips’ keys include:
– Get off to a fast start
– Hit young QB early, slow down hot UT passing game
– Key matchup – Healthier Derrick Locke vs. Tennessee run defense
– Playing on the emotions of The Streak
Here is an excerpt:
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[B]Offensive keys – Get off to a fast start:[/B] “We’ve got to play fast from the first snap. If we play like we’ve been playing in the first half, we could be down too much and not be able to fight back. That’s one thing we don’t want to do. We want to try to match their intensity. They have a lot to play for and so do we. We need to definitely get off to a fast start to match their intensity. If we don’t we could be down 21 points the way they’re scoring points. Their defense is playing a lot faster because they’re going out on the field with leads. Their offense is scoring a lot of points and their special teams has scored some points, so they’re getting out on the field with confidence and the lead. When you go on the field for the first time and it’s 7-0, you go out there a second time and it’s 14-0 and then you go out there and it’s 21-0, I think that gives your defense a lot of confidence.”
[I][B]Cat Scratches’ take:[/B] Maybe the single biggest problem for the UK football team this year has been its slow starts. If Kentucky played like it has in the second half of games all season long, we could be talking about an eight- or nine-win team at this point. When the Cats lead after the first quarter, they are a perfect 4-0. UK is 1-4 when the opponent leads after the first quarter and 2-5 after halftime. Last time out, Kentucky allowed 242 first-half yards to a struggling Vanderbilt offense. In the second half, the Commodores totaled just 158 yards. The Cats cannot afford to get behind big to a Tennessee team averaging 42.0 points per game over the last three contests.[/I]
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