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Biggest Duds of the First Half includes Kentucky Offense

Bruce Feldman of CBS Sports.com has [URL=”http://bruce-feldman.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/view/31626208″]listed the top 10 duds in all of college football[/URL] for the first half of the season and the Kentucky offense comes in at #6.

[I][B]6. Kentucky offense:[/B] We know that the Wildcats lost some key offensive guys from last year’s team when WR Randall Cobb, RB Derrick Locke and QB Mike Hartline moved on, but no SEC team should be this much of a mess on offense, especially when you consider most of the offensive line was back. UK managed only 14 points and just 190 yards of total offense in its opener against WKU, a 1-4 team that gave up 44 points to Indiana State.
Last weekend against South Carolina, UK’s level of ineptitude was staggering: matching its number of first downs (six) with turnovers (six). The Cats QB went 4-26 for 17 yards with four INTs, which was indicative of a team near the bottom of the NCAA ranks in rushing and passing and 119th in scoring. Kentucky [/I][URL=”http://blogs.courier-journal.com/ukbeat/2011/10/10/closer-look-how-bad-has-uks-offense-been/”][COLOR=#3b5998][I]beat writer Kyle Tucker broke down the futility[/I][/COLOR][/URL][I] even further. He noted that 174 of their 377 offensive plays (over 46 percent) have gained no yards, negative yards or ended up turning the ball over. It’s been that bad.
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