Looking at our drive chart...

[dawgstudent]

we had 2 drives over 6 plays. The TD drive and one drive that was 7 plays for get this: -5 yards. We started most sets of downs with 2nd and long.

We had 4 drives that resulted in negative yards. What a **** show on offense last night. Defense played well enough to win IMO. Three of Kentucky's TD drives started inside our 50.

 

[o_dawgnabit]

I agree. Defense played well. This is all on the offense. Only issues with the defense were the crucial penalties. We had 3 penalties on 3rd and long that kept their drives alive

 

[Cooterpoot]

SEC defenses dont give up the big play like what Joe is used to seeeing. Throwing lots of long passes wont work here. If it did, OM would've won the conference when Freeze was there.

 

[forestdepth]

Let me start by saying I still believe in Moorhead and have no reason to believe he isn't our guy.

But last night, I saw him make absolutely no adjustments at all. Using Fitz like he was Peyton Manning was his first mistake. Continuing to drop Nick back when we could not pass block was just so foolish it still hurts to think about. Combined with the fact that our backs only got 12 carries, it is just inexcusable.

I want to know what happened at halftime. What were the conversations and what adjustments were made? I did not see any.

And why in the 17 did we not call a timeout with 30+ seconds to go in the first half WITH ALL 3 in our pocket? Shades of MullenBall. Fitz is a 5th year senior and he doesn't have the situational awareness to go ahead and call one there? Did he not play NCAA growing up?

 

[Shamoan]

Punt team was a joke

 

[Shamoan]

Imo, defense laid down in 3rd quarter

 

[dawgstudent]

It was 14-7 with 8 min left in the 4th quarter. Then Snell ran for that 36 yard TD after Fitzgerald overshot Mixon by 18 yards and got intercepted.

 

[forestdepth]

Imo, defense laid down in 3rd quarter

Absolutely wrong. Defense played well enough to win the game.

 

[mcfly.sixpack]

They has 31 minutes of TOP too. The defense only gave up 300 yards of offense, hard to blame them.

We might as well started every drive on 2nd down because we completely wasted first down.

 

[kired]

Lol, when our punt coverage is overrunning the punt by 15-20 yards... we could have a problem at punter. Teams should just sell out to block the punt if we can’t get it over 35 yards. No need to even put a return man back.

That -5 drive had to of been the 3rd & 39, right?

 

[kired]

Kentucky had the better field position most of the first half. We’re lucky they didn’t go into halftime with 3 or 4 scores. Between the punts, penalties, and ineptitude on offense, seemed like Kentucky constantly had the ball near midfield.

 

[BogeyGolfer.sixpack]

It's been said before but we really need to run more on first and second down. We needed a lot more read-option right at 41 as he was overplaying the outside last night. Penalties, special teams, weather etc...all played a role in this loss. Now that I've calmed down a lot, this may be the best or worst thing to happen to this team. Next week will tell me a whole lot. Let's see how Moorehead game-plans for UF and if he will adjust.

 

[Shamoan]

Second half Kentucky possessions: td, int, punt, td, td, kneeling at the 12.

i will concede on the when, as it was actually in the 4th when we rolled over.

 

[dawgstudent]

Ok?

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

Imo, defense laid down in 3rd quarter

You are really trying to push this narrative that the defense sucks. I don't understand. They played well enough to get us a win and were on the field all night with plenty of short fields due to inept offense and bad punting. They gave up that one 36 yard run in the 4th.

If you want to complain about the defense, complain about their bonehead penalties. Those were what gave Kentucky their chances to score.

 

[Shamoan]

The offense was why we lost. My point is we have problems on both sides of the ball. Basically 5 ypc is something that should concern us all

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

It’s still difficult to wrap my head around what happened last night offensively.

Total shock.

 

[vandaldawg]

One of those was a total hose call on the late hit on Leo, but I guess you gotta be aware of the possibility of that and coupled with the fact we were about to get off the field, not even breathe on the quarterback wrong. Still that was a really really bad roughing call.

 

[Go Budaw]

Second half Kentucky possessions: td, int, punt, td, td, kneeling at the 12.

i will concede on the when, as it was actually in the 4th when we rolled over.

The only way you can say the defense didn’t play well enough to win is if you think that we shouldn’t have expected to score at least 30+ on a team we manhandled 45-7 last year when it was the same personnel back on both sides. And that is WITH terrible officiating that extended drives for UK and two no-calls on offensive pass interference that led directly to UK’s first two TD’s, as well as the bogus PI call when we had them backed up to inside their 5 yard line that extended a drive.

 

[GTAdawg]

How dare you waltz in here with rational thought!

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

This was like watching a Slow Motion Train Wreck

you could see what was happening,

but nothing was being done about it.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

The offense was why we lost. My point is we have problems on both sides of the ball. Basically 5 ypc is something that should concern us all

Agreed. One of the most disappointing games I've watched in a long time.

 

[Trojanbulldog19]

that was when they gave up. The defense played pretty great up to that point. I would have been pissed too had I had to defend a short field all night and my offense kept us on the field all night.