Tennessee Volunteers 28, Kentucky Wildcats 10: Post mortem

by Truzenzuzex on Nov 30, 2008 2:19 AM EST in Football Comment 7 comments

I will offer very little here, as this game was just a repeat of recent futility by the Kentucky Wildcats.

Congratulations to the Tennessee Volunteers for sending their national championship coach out in style. Phillip Fulmer deserved a rousing sendoff for all the hard work he has done for the Orange and White, and he got one tonight in the form of a convincing victory over Kentucky

For Kentucky, it was another excercise in offensive futility. Despite a game effort from the defense, the Kentucky offense simply failed to give them time to catch their breath, and when that happens, they get worn down. Today, the Vols wore the 'Cats down to a nub, and ended up scoring despite themselves.

For Kentucky, it is a .500 regular season, and although that seems like kissing your sister, it is probably all that this injury-riddled team deserved. I am not happy about losing to Tennessee for the 24th straight time, but quite frankly, it is asking a lot for a team like this one to go anywhere in the SEC and win other than Commonwealth Stadium. The fact that they were able to accomplish one road win with so many injured players on both sides of the ball is something worhty of grudging praise.

There is not really much more to say right now. It's time to wait and see what the post season has to offer. No matter what it is, I am confident next year's team will be much better overall.

0 recs | Comment 7 comments | Share

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

UT

is a bad football team,but they still own us.Cats still have a long way to go.

by -Zoso- on Nov 30, 2008 4:00 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Last Game For Fullmer

I think UT played Above Their Heads for that reason.

by FortyYearCatFan on Nov 30, 2008 7:55 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Let's Face It

Kentucky is a below average football team in every aspect. Our offensive line is horrible. Nowhere to run. No time to pass, blown blocking assignments, etc. Our receivers can’t get open & when they do they can’t catch it. In the last half of the season, our defense got shown how very ordinary it really was & I won’t even go into “special teams”!

I have to say, that I was very disappointed by this edition of our football team. I hate to say it, but even Joker’s play calling could be questioned numerous times. How many times did we come out, not ready to play. I can remember numerous times we got behind 14-0 in the first quarter.

My question for this blog is – Is it time to Coach Brooks to relinquish control of the team to the next generation of coaches? I applaud his dedication & return to respectability of the last several seasons, but this year was totally uninspiring. I look forward to other views on this subject.

by Bluegilla on Nov 30, 2008 10:02 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Are you serious?

+UK played consensus #1 and undefeated Alabama to their closest margin of victory three points.

+Kentucky was 4-1 before injuries to their best two offensive players (Locke, Lyons) were injured and rendered an offense impotent.

+Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama and Spurrier led South Carolina routinely drum UK and have for years. I question why suddenly this year those loses are remarkable when in the past years we have let them slide. Put another way, why did the teams of the past two seasons get passes but a team we expected to be worse, gets held to a newly higher standard?

+The incoming FB recruiting class is the best in years.

+Above all this was a rebuilding year, and UK beat most national experts expectations for the season. Going to a bowl game gives the very young team an extra month of practice

+UK can go to the same bowl they went to the past two years, with a team that lost six offensive starters (four to the pros) and another three to injury.

Two months (!). Two weeks. Two pencils.

by Thomas Hunt Morgan on Nov 30, 2008 11:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Second these

I second all of Thomas’s excellent points. And don’t forget the loss of Curtis Pulley, our expected starting quarterback, who has been burning up the B-leagues.

Also, don’t forget, we are CONSISTENTLY winning. We have 3 straight bowl teams, hasn’t happened since the 50s! Yes, there are more bowls now, but we have an actual program now, not just a flash in the pan freak team.

Aside from Florida, who blows everyone out since Ole Miss, we didn’t get blown out in any game like we used to.

We need to do better at recruiting than we do (take the 2008 class, for example, 2009 is good), but other than that, our coaching staff is working wonders, IMHO.

by EEWildcat on Nov 30, 2008 12:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

agree with all your points...

Listen, if you can’t get your team ready to beat a “less then average” Tennessee team in 2 weeks of prep..??? The play calling was horrible again…

I love my wildcats and always will, but folks, we DO NOT deserve a bowl game… I feel you have to earn those and we have not….
2-6 in your own conference and your reward is a bowl game..??

The best thing about that is, at least we get all that extra practice to develop our young guys…

Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.

by vinceuk1 on Nov 30, 2008 11:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

UT

was playing at home on pure emotion last night. Not much that could be done about that – especially at the level the Cats are at now. Maybe next year? We can start their new coach out in the negative! :)

by kentuckygirl0724 on Nov 30, 2008 11:39 AM EST reply actions 0 recs