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Posted on 9/7/13 at 9:32 pm
Posted on 9/7/13 at 9:32 pm
UKAthletics.com Box Score and Notes
Some interesting notes:
- Kentucky’s offense amassed 675 yards, the third-most total offense in program history and the most since 1998.
- Kentucky threw for 413 total yards, its first 400-yard passing performance since throwing for 430 yards vs. Tennessee in 2007.
- With two players passing for at least 100 yards, it marked the first time for UK since Jared Lorenzen (146) and Shane Boyd (140) vs. LSU on Oct. 13, 2001.*
*This one is probably most shocking to me considering we had Woodson and Co. since then who ran a pretty high powered offense.
- UK held Miami to 1-of-16 on its third down chances, the best defensive performance for Kentucky on third down since holding Georgia to 0-for-10 on third down in 2005.
Keeping in mind this is a pretty bad Miami(OH) team, those are some pretty impressive stats considering some of the other teams we've played in the OOC in the last few years who have been just as bad.
I thought the line played much better than they did last weekend and was in the backfield numerous times today. Granted they should play that well, but we should've gotten pressure on WKU too.
The freshman continue to impress. Timmons, Kemp, and Badet all looked really good. RS Frosh Jon Toth did well in his first start under center (easily one of the hardest spots to come in at that age, especially in the spread).
It was nice to see those guys gain some confidence going into what will be the toughest month of our schedule.
Some interesting notes:
- Kentucky’s offense amassed 675 yards, the third-most total offense in program history and the most since 1998.
- Kentucky threw for 413 total yards, its first 400-yard passing performance since throwing for 430 yards vs. Tennessee in 2007.
- With two players passing for at least 100 yards, it marked the first time for UK since Jared Lorenzen (146) and Shane Boyd (140) vs. LSU on Oct. 13, 2001.*
*This one is probably most shocking to me considering we had Woodson and Co. since then who ran a pretty high powered offense.
- UK held Miami to 1-of-16 on its third down chances, the best defensive performance for Kentucky on third down since holding Georgia to 0-for-10 on third down in 2005.
Keeping in mind this is a pretty bad Miami(OH) team, those are some pretty impressive stats considering some of the other teams we've played in the OOC in the last few years who have been just as bad.
I thought the line played much better than they did last weekend and was in the backfield numerous times today. Granted they should play that well, but we should've gotten pressure on WKU too.
The freshman continue to impress. Timmons, Kemp, and Badet all looked really good. RS Frosh Jon Toth did well in his first start under center (easily one of the hardest spots to come in at that age, especially in the spread).
It was nice to see those guys gain some confidence going into what will be the toughest month of our schedule.
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Posted on 9/7/13 at 9:38 pm to BluegrassBelle
Some quotes:
We're looking at you Mr. Blue.
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Q. Did I understand you changed your defense when you saw what they were doing in warm-up?
COACH STOOPS: Yes, that's correct. They've been running the gun read stuff that we were preparing for all week, and they went to the double-slot option stuff. They didn't do much teamwork in pregame warm-up, which was odd, but they did do some handoffs and exchanges. We saw their alignments on some things.
Came in here, went over the double-slot option. Fortunately Coach (D.J.) Eliot and myself prepared for that in the ACC championship game. We had some basic rules we applied quickly.
It's nothing revolutionary; it's just what we're keying, what we're doing in some of our checks off of alignment. We stayed pretty basic. We worked on a lot of things.
With the offense they were running, we had to stay pretty basic and be disciplined with what we were doing.
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Q. (Question regarding Jon Toth at center.)
COACH STOOPS: This week we made that move, I want to say after Wednesday or Thursday, just went with him. We know we're going to go through some growing pains with him. But we wanted to give the young guy a chance, let him get out there and see what he could do.
Q. What did you like about him?
COACH STOOPS: His athleticism. He's big. He's done a nice job.
Q. Is that a result of injuries?
COACH STOOPS: Part of it. Part of it.
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Q. Can you talk about Za'Darius and maybe his over-exuberance?
COACH STOOPS: I was going to put that on there if you didn't ask that (laughter).
Very excited about the way he's playing. There's a fine line there. We need to have some fun. We need to enjoy it. We need to play confidently. We expect him to make big plays like that.
The over-exuberance has to go. We have to be more disciplined as a football team. But he's a very good player and he's going to get better and better as we go.
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Q. Your first win, kids give you the game ball. Take a deep breath. Pretty cool. You have tears in your eyes.
COACH STOOPS: You're trying to get me to choke up (laughter). I tell you, I could have in there.
It did, it meant an awful lot to me. It really hit me at that moment. That was like a 'wow' moment for me. You're so busy in the moment, trying to take care of things, operate things the right way.
But I hadn't been there before as a head coach to win it. When he did that, it did mean an awful lot to me. I'm very proud of it and look forward to many more.
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Q. Are you concerned about the punt returns at all?
COACH STOOPS: Yes, very (laughter).
When Demarco went down, he's been so solid back there, once he went down... I make light of it, but that's very aggravating. It's not very good. We need to get that cleared up.
There are some simple rules that are applied that most people in college football know, that you don't back up behind the 10 and catch it, secure the football on a punt safe. We made some plays that we're not very proud of. That's what we got to constantly do. We need to be a smart team.
I thought we played harder tonight and we need to continue to be more disciplined and play smart.
We're looking at you Mr. Blue.
Posted on 9/7/13 at 9:56 pm to BluegrassBelle
Geaux Cats!!!!
Ya'll beat their arse.
Ya'll beat their arse.
Posted on 9/8/13 at 9:10 am to BluegrassBelle
Great stuff as always Belle, for pulling it together.
Yesterday showed a glimpse of what's to come, with Stoops/Brown/Eliot. I'm very happy with where we are.
If we can force some turnovers and get heat on Bridgewater, I think an upset is possible, but very slim. You never know though.... Would love to see it be a nailbiter at the end.
for pulling it together. Yesterday showed a glimpse of what's to come, with Stoops/Brown/Eliot. I'm very happy with where we are.
If we can force some turnovers and get heat on Bridgewater, I think an upset is possible, but very slim. You never know though.... Would love to see it be a nailbiter at the end.
Posted on 9/8/13 at 11:39 am to kywildcatfanone
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Yesterday showed a glimpse of what's to come, with Stoops/Brown/Eliot. I'm very happy with where we are.
Keeping into consideration the opponent, it was nice to see what the offense will look like when we're able to execute. I'm hoping the guys picked up a little confidence headed into a brutal stretch.
Posted on 9/8/13 at 1:48 pm to BluegrassBelle
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hoping the guys picked up a little confidence headed into a brutal stretch.
Yeah, these next 4 will be brutal, but if they can play fairly well in each game, I think they have a real chance of winning when they to go to Miss. State, and perhaps pick up some momentum for the end of the season.
Florida looks pedestrian on offense, and I just hope they can keep it fairly close with UL.
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