[Captain Backdoor]

I know this game went to overtime, but a lot of people are forgetting that WKU was up 17-0 in the 1st half and 24-10 at one point in the 3rd quarter. WKU also had the ball 12 more minutes than UK. Maxwell Smith threw 4 interceptions, 3 of them in the 1st half. Western had the lead and controlled most of this game, if not for a late scoring drive, WKU wins this without OT. WKU earned and certainly deserves much more credit for beating an SEC team on the road.

Also, Petrino is not UK's answer. If UK needs a new head coach, which I don't think they do this year, they need to go after an offense or defensive coordinator from a good program and allow them to fix it up.

Another factor in this game that made the game closer for UK is the penalties that WKU had. They had 7 or 8 flags for 85 yards and the one that helped UK the most was the Pass Interference call late in the 4th quarter. If WKU played without the mistakes UK probably wouldn't have scored more than 10 points.