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The worst part about this game is we should have had a 10-7 lead going into halftime. But I literally turned to my wife when we called that timeout to get the ball back and told that we would find a way to go into the half down 14-10. Next thing the punter hits a beaut into the corner at the 1 yard line and we go quick 3 and out and Duffy doesn’t hit a Heisman caliber ball like we are so use to seeing him hit. And they run it back for a TD off a great fake reception.

What was Stoops thinking when he called TO’s and thought we could go down the field and score in 1:30? What has our offense showed this season to make him have that confidence. It was idiotic and every UK fan probably had that feeling I had thinking we’d find a way to screw it up and go into the half down.

Why do we not have a special teams coach? I still don’t understand that.

  I know you're younger than me, but welcome to the club.  I'd have to take my shoes off to count the number of times I've turned to my wife and said "we are getting ready to screw this up" when it pertains to UK football, and we proceed to then screw it up.  Your Saturday example if perfect, because I knew, knew, knew that when we killed the clock to get the ball back in our own territory, somehow it would backfire.  And the mental difference in going in up 10-7 having outplayed them for a half, versus going in down 14-10 AFTER you had outplayed them for a half, had to be devastating.  We still may have lost, but second half would have at least been competitive.

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I'm not a huge Kentucky fan, but IMO Stoops is doing a good job after all, this is Kentucky not Alabama.  I think he has taken Kentucky about as far as they are going to go.  They will never be an Ohio State, Clemson, or Alabama.  Kentucky is missing their usual FBS and MAC opponents this year that typically pad their record.  It seems to me UK is a bit down this year compared to the last few years, but if he can have them in the lower half of the Top 25 year in and year out, he is doing a great job.
 

  This is fair, I think.  If we had been able to play a normal schedule, we would have gone 3-1 or 4-0 non-conference, plus we have already beaten three SEC teams that would have been on the schedule anyway. So we would have been 6-5 or 7-4 with South Carolina still to play.  8-4 with a win at Tennessee included would have been a perfectly acceptable year for me.

It wouldn’t have been for me because we still have the same question we always have every year. Are we going to get a passing offense to compliment our run game? Nothings changed