Kentucky Wildcats @ Georgia Bulldogs -- Open Game Thread
by Glenn Logan on Nov 21, 2009 7:45 PM EST
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This is the official A Sea of Blue Open Game Thread for the Kentucky Wildcats @ Georgia Bulldogs. Game particulars are as follows, courtesy of UKAthletics.com:
Date & Time Saturday, Nov. 21 7:45 p.m
Coverage TV: ESPN2 Radio: BBSN
Live Stats
Online Audio 
Online Video via ESPN360
Location Sanford Stadium Athens, Ga.
This game represents a chance for Kentucky to do something it has not done in along while -- win three road games in the SEC. Also, unlike last season, seven wins in the regular season would certainly be much more impressive than six, and even if three wins in the SEC East isn't exactly impressive, it is better than two. Plus, beating a national power like Georgia, even in a down year, would be a terrific notch on Kentucky's belt.
But all that is much easier said than done.
More after the jump.
Stats comparison, courtesy of CFBStats.com:
| Team Statistics | Kentucky | Opponents | Georgia | Opponents |
| Scoring: Points/Game | 26.8 | 21.7 | 27.5 | 25.9 |
| Scoring: Games - Points | 10 - 268 | 10 - 217 | 10 - 275 | 10 - 259 |
| First Downs: Total | 202 | 175 | 166 | 181 |
| First Downs: Rushing - Passing - By Penalty | 115 - 76 - 11 | 86 - 79 - 10 | 62 - 90 - 14 | 68 - 97 - 16 |
| Rushing: Yards / Attempt | 4.73 | 4.61 | 4.23 | 3.39 |
| Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD | 430 - 2035 - 22 | 385 - 1776 - 13 | 319 - 1350 - 12 | 355 - 1203 - 7 |
| Passing: Rating | 107.27 | 105.09 | 132.11 | 134.55 |
| Passing: Yards | 1477 | 1656 | 2090 | 2138 |
| Passing: Attempts - Completions - Interceptions - TD | 258 - 145 - 11 - 9 | 269 - 130 - 13 - 12 | 274 - 155 - 14 - 18 | 299 - 174 - 7 - 19 |
| Total Offense: Yards / Play | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.1 |
| Total Offense: Plays - Yards | 688 - 3512 | 654 - 3432 | 593 - 3440 | 654 - 3341 |
| Punt Returns: Yards / Return | 12.77 | 5.89 | 10.70 | 10.47 |
| Punt Returns: Returns - Yards - TD | 22 - 281 - 1 | 9 - 53 - 1 | 20 - 214 - 0 | 19 - 199 - 0 |
| Kickoff Returns: Yards / Return | 23.88 | 21.78 | 21.27 | 26.95 |
| Kickoff Returns: Returns - Yards - TD | 41 - 979 - 1 | 41 - 893 - 0 | 49 - 1042 - 2 | 39 - 1051 - 1 |
| Punting: Yards / Punt | 39.46 | 38.73 | 49.04 | 41.20 |
| Punting: Punts - Yards | 46 - 1815 | 55 - 2130 | 45 - 2207 | 55 - 2266 |
| Interceptions: Returns - Yards - TD | 13 - 183 - 2 | 11 - 61 - 0 | 7 - 61 - 1 | 14 - 113 - 3 |
| Fumbles: Number - Lost | 12 - 6 | 10 - 3 | 17 - 8 | 12 - 1 |
| Penalties: Number - Yards | 46 - 403 | 56 - 459 | 89 - 725 | 79 - 638 |
| Time of Possession / Game | 30:38.00 | 29:21.40 | 28:46.50 | 31:13.50 |
| 3rd Down Conversions: Conversion % | 40.27% | 39.86% | 39.37% | 34.78% |
| 3rd Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions | 149 - 60 | 148 - 59 | 127 - 50 | 138 - 48 |
| 4th Down Conversions: Conversion % | 73.68% | 52.94% | 50% | 53.85% |
| 4th Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions | 19 - 14 | 17 - 9 | 12 - 6 | 13 - 7 |
| Red Zone: Success % | 79.49% | 74.29% | 95.83% | 81.25% |
| Red Zone: Attempts - Scores | 39 - 31 | 35 - 26 | 24 - 23 | 32 - 26 |
| Field Goals: Success % | 66.7% | 72.7% | 93.3% | 94.1% |
| Field Goals: Attempts - Made | 12 - 8 | 11 - 8 | 15 - 14 | 17 - 16 |
| PAT Kicking: Success % | 94.1% | 92.6% | 100% | 96.4% |
| PAT Kicking: Attempts - Made | 34 - 32 | 27 - 25 | 31 - 31 | 28 - 27 |
| 2-Point Conversions: Success % | 0% | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 2-Point Conversions: Attempts - Made | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 1 |
As you can see from the stats above, the Wildcats are fairly evenly matched with the Bulldogs, overall, this year. Pay particular attention to the special teams stats, as this is an area that Kentucky has been strong in this year, and the Bulldogs have been rather weak on.
The big question to me is the lines. Georgia has very large, strong lines on both sides of the ball. Kentucky's offensive line has been very good all season, but against the bigger, faster lines of the SEC top-tier schools, they have struggled more. The defensive line has been inconsistent. We never know what we will get for sure, but they are far more vulnerable in this game than the O-line.
Kentucky's skill players are very much the equal of Georgia this year, particularly when Randall Cobb is on the field. There have been questions about Cobb's availability for this game, and as far as I know, he is still a game-time decision. With Cobb out of the game, Kentucky's chances of winning drop significantly.
Alright, 'Cat fans, let's cheer Kentucky through to an outstanding weekend of success, both on the court and on the gridiron.
Go, 'Cats!
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C......A......T......S.....CATS....CATS.....CATS !!!
CATS vs Dawgs, between the hedges…
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
I think its time to redesign the unis.....need something a litle more fast looking
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I swear I think if Rich gets to a .500 record he will retire.....lol....not many of our coaches ever left with
a .500 or better record….
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that should work out well....we ought to be an 8-4 team the next couple years
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Here we go with the early TO again.....lol....we have to have one of those every game
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Someone please send Rich a memo about how that TO upsets us all.....
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thx blue......while you are at it have him talk to Joker about those dang screens
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we CAN rattle this kid....we have the line to do it.....make him make mistakes
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we cannot miss any scoring opportunities tonight if we expect to win
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well, we havent gotten a lot of that this year, we were due one!!!
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Randall fumbled the snap.
He gets a pass on that one.
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I like
Striking early but I didn’t like that mistake, it’s not a big one for now
by Conis22 on Nov 21, 2009 8:07 PM EST via mobile reply actions
They are pushing the D-line around.....need to stiffen up a little
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Have you had it for football this year?
or is it a bball hat?
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
Nice job, defense!
Now, we need more points on the board.
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Just don't start out w/ Cobb on the KO return
If he’s going to play I wish they would just limit him to offensive series not special teams
Need another good return.....
and then we run that triple reverse…….Rich HAS to run that sometime…..I keep telling him it will go for big yards
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Link
"Learn(ing) without thinking begets ignorance. Think(ing) without learning is dangerous."
-Confucius
Anyone have a LINK for shepslaw to watch justintv ?????
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Just Posted It
"Learn(ing) without thinking begets ignorance. Think(ing) without learning is dangerous."
-Confucius
Now Davie is ripping us on SOS.......lol......Tru arent you going to say something??????.....lol
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you are gonna have to run out and buy yourself a Toshiba LED TV a2......lol
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Lindley
Has been anything but impressive this year
Nobody's perfect...well there was this one guy but we killed him.
Anonymous
we cant pass OR run
Crap
Nobody's perfect...well there was this one guy but we killed him.
Anonymous
Locke
is fast dude that cat can go, he has a different gear
Nobody's perfect...well there was this one guy but we killed him.
Anonymous
great call Joker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ahhh
Nobody's perfect...well there was this one guy but we killed him.
Anonymous
Running game is fine......but we have to be able to throw the ball to keep them honest.....geez....this aint EASTERN
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I want to attend a class
where Phillips/Brooks lecture on How to establish the running game without a pass.
hehehe......he HAS to know how to teach that, since we try it so much.....
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Hold'em
D!!
Nobody's perfect...well there was this one guy but we killed him.
Anonymous
Staying behind the chains.
Joker needs to break open the playbook here.
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Jane Seymour is the LAST thing we need on the screen right now!!!!!!
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Joker
needs to look across the sideline and see how Georgia is playcalling
Nobody's perfect...well there was this one guy but we killed him.
Anonymous
nice
Wow our secondary is c r a p
Nobody's perfect...well there was this one guy but we killed him.
Anonymous
3 and 6
I see a screen in the next play
Nobody's perfect...well there was this one guy but we killed him.
Anonymous
I think the D line needs more of my encouragement at this point
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
We're getting beat like we stole something.
:-(
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Cox
is he a Heisman QB or is our secondary really that bad
Nobody's perfect...well there was this one guy but we killed him.
Anonymous
In preseason
the secondary was portrayed as the strength of the team, offensively or defensively. I guess they were wrong – big time.
I am going for a sandwich.....maybe luck will change......lol....Ill leave the hat turned to the right on the laptop
while I am gone……lol
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time
to watch the UFC prelims on UFC
Nobody's perfect...well there was this one guy but we killed him.
Anonymous
Just stopped in to say hello.
DId anyone hear the announcers when they were talking about Georgia and UK both being from the SEC East and that Georgia’s schedule was ranked #3 while ours was ranked #65 (or something close to that). That fact was followed by, “Hard to believe they are in the same conference.” Ouch.
It is not worth an intelligent man’s time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
by kentuckygirl0724 on Nov 21, 2009 9:06 PM EST reply actions
only as much as we earn
It is not worth an intelligent man’s time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
by kentuckygirl0724 on Nov 21, 2009 9:07 PM EST up reply actions
Phillips.
Pathetic play calling. Good grief.
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Phillips
Thats our coach-in-waiting. lol.
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by kentuckygirl0724 on Nov 21, 2009 9:08 PM EST up reply actions
I'm just sad the dog died.
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by kentuckygirl0724 on Nov 21, 2009 9:09 PM EST reply actions
It is crazy to put Newton in a situation where
you run all night and then he has to throw. This offense is way to one dimensional.
Brooks
I like his sweatshirt.
It is not worth an intelligent man’s time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
by kentuckygirl0724 on Nov 21, 2009 9:10 PM EST reply actions
Scratching my head...
I don’t understand the thought process…please tell me there is a method to the madness.
we lull them to sleep with
easy plays to defend then 5 times a game we call a great play and depend on scoring on those five plays. That’s my guess
What a sorry half of football.
Georgia ate our offensive line for lunch. What a mess.
This is not looking good at all.
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I'm not far ...
… from writing this game off either. This is the worst performance by our offensive line since Florida.
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by Glenn Logan on Nov 21, 2009 9:25 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I just think ...
… the team is playing poorly. It happens, but … I don’t have to like it.
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Just giving you a shot.....lol.....I knew going in this game was a crapshoot
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Yeah.
It really is asking a lot to go down with Cobb banged up and beat Georgia. Although to be fair, their big-play receiver is down, too, so I guess that makes it even.
Just a lousy game by our O-line, and an equally execrable game by our defensive backfield. We are making Cox look like a Heisman candidate.
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Indeed.
And Phillips is helping them. How many QB draws have we called, again?
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I swear its like the coaches freeze up in big games, not the players
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Well
I’m off to watch Cat in the Hat with my son. Sounds like he’s having fun. ;)
It is not worth an intelligent man’s time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
by kentuckygirl0724 on Nov 21, 2009 9:27 PM EST reply actions
Heh.
Man. Calls will be coming for his head. LSU already thinks they can get a better coach.
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And here in Richmond VA tonight
Your VCU Rams are beating mighty Oklahoma by 12 with 1 minute to go. May be the best win ever for Virginia Commonwealth
Is it just me
or does Joker Phillips really suck as an offensive coordinator?
Well...
… he doesn’t suck, but he has some really bad games.
This is one of them. So far, at least.
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I just see
a lot of really bad choices being made by somebody.
On a more fun
subject…..did anyone listen to Coach C after the game today. Ken was right in his article…..they should sell seats.
He is just trying to make sure all of the highlights dont go to Wall......lol
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