re: Worst week one loss: State or Kentucky?

I don't think anyone would argue that Southern Miss is a worse team than South Alabama. Everyone is pretty much in agreement with that. What makes the Kentucky loss worse to me is that State has some things that they can point to like key players being out etc that could have definitely impacted the game the other direction. Kentucky didn't have any of that, to my knowledge and if they did then I'll change my answer. OOC games aside, Kentucky won't play another defense that will allow that many yards or points this season, they will have injuries and other bs that every team goes through that will challenge them along the way. This was the absolute best case scenario from a personnel, opponent, and game location standpoint and it wasn't enough to win.