Were those struggles simply a product of facing the best defense in the country or was the big plays in the LSU game a fluke against SEC-level competition? Mark Stoops: Why Mark Stoops called a timeout to setup late touchdown vs. Kentucky appeared to regain its big-play momentum against LSU with three passes of at least 20 yards and four runs of at least 20 yards, but the Levis and company found no success in that department in Athens. Florida held the Wildcats to just one play of that distance. The power run game that had defined the program for the last several years was as dangerous as ever, but Liam Coen’s new offensive scheme (plus the additions of quarterback Will Levis and wide receiver Wan’Dale Robinson in the transfer portal) had added a big-play threat the passing game previously lacked.Ĭoen’s offense averaged seven plays of at least 20 yards per game in the first three games of the season, but two of the last four opponents (South Carolina and Georgia) prevented Kentucky from recording any plays of 20 yards. Kentucky’s offensive identity looked clear during the first month of the season. Today, coming out with a great Monday was a good example of it as well. This past week was a great example of it.
Well, if we didn’t perform at our best, then you better learn from it. “…You’ve always got to learn with every opportunity. “You have a long camp, you come out and have two big games to start the season, and a little lull, didn’t play very good. “I felt like we learned that lesson early in the year with Chattanooga,” Stoops said on his radio show Monday. It should come as no surprise then that Stoops and his staff spent much of the off week emphasizing to players the importance of pushing ahead and not letting up on the intensity of normal game-week preparation. 'What we're aspiring to look like': Georgia shows climbing Kentucky how far it has to go
The success of the football team and 2020-21 struggles of the Wildcat basketball squad have combined to lessen the normal preseason hype for John Calipari’s team, but the start of basketball season will always represent a challenge to the attention directed at the football team. An 11-1 Wildcat team would be a heavy favorite for a New Year’s Six bowl berth, but none of the remaining games is likely to generate much buzz outside of the Bluegrass State leading up to bowl season. Regardless of how well Kentucky performs in the second half, none of its remaining games will attract the attention the last three games did.
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