A few quick thoughts from the game

1. Love the new Wildcat wrinkle. I think we'll be able to throw from that at least once this week and it could lead to a huge play against Auburn.

2. Brendan Douglas needs to not see the field again on a meaningful down. I know he's our third down back for pass protection and/or receiving, but we've seen that he doesn't have the receiving ability and yesterday his blocking from the RB position was some of the worst I've seen as far as picking up blitzes goes. He completely whiffed multiple times, and then once he went to block an already blocked player leaving the linebacker a clean path to hit Greyson. Keith has shown enough skill that he needs to be getting all of the reps where Sony isn't in the game.

3. I know it was just UK, but our defense just keeps improving and I'm starting to believe we need to do anything we can to keep Pruitt. Leonard Floyd didn't have a sack yesterday, but he was an absolute monster getting to the QB and made Towles throw the ball away, or make bad decisions multiple times. Dominick Sanders is all over the field, and even though he made a mistake not getting down on his first pick, he's one of the best players we've had at finding the ball on defense that I can remember.

4. Malcolm Mitchell. It's kind of a shame that we're not going to appreciate him as much as we should over time because of our QB play this year, but that guy is a special player. I feel like he catches everything that comes his way, and once he gets the ball in his hands he just makes plays. I hope he goes on to have a great NFL career because he is an absolute stud.

5. Mark, I love you, but you have to make better coaching decisions sometimes.
Option 1: Getting the ball back with 1:45 and 1 timeout
Option 2: Getting the ball back with 1:10 and 2 timeouts

For some reason Mark chose option number 2 and I just can't comprehend how someone that makes that much money can make such a poor decision. It also ended up working out, but how much do you not have to trust your offensive line to not go for it on 4th and a half yard from your opponent's 6 yard line. We also need to hire a special teams coach or something because our ST outside of Brice just continues to regress. I know half of UK's team was offsides on their pooch kick recovery (it was called back), but teams have done this to us repeatedly for the last 5 years and we haven't learned. Marshall Morgan has regressed tremendously and his form is just horrendous. We're fortunate that it's only really hurt us in one game this season.

6. Kids played with heart and it showed they haven't quit on the coaches yet. I'm hoping they can use this momentum to go into Auburn and pull out a victory. Can't wait for next week.