Florida Gators (15) A Bunch, Kentucky Wildcats A Little: Postmortem
by Glenn Logan on Sep 24, 2011 10:25 PM EDT
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PrintCongratulations to the Florida Gators for an easy and well-deserved win. They outclassed Kentucky athletically and execution-wise. Kentucky came out and played well early, but three turnovers led to three touchdowns in the first half which effectively put the game away early.
Honestly, I have very little to say about this game. It was riddled with egregious errors that Florida exploited for a ton of points. All in all, Kentucky's offense played better, except when they were helping Florida win by turning the ball over in a bewildering variety of ways. Offensive line play was the worst I have ever seen in a college game, and Morgan Newton repeatedly paid the price by getting crushed by unblocked defensive players.
Games like this are just better off forgotten. Kentucky was the underdog, and deservedly so, and Florida showed why they are a top 15 team. They ran for huge chunks of yardage, threw for touchdowns, and pretty much owned us as they have the past two and one half decades. The speed and execution of Florida was vastly superior to that of Kentucky in every aspect of the game. Kentucky did move the football, particularly through the air, but once again struggled to run the ball on the ground, even if their struggles were not epic as they were against Louisville.
Kentucky's defense played valiantly, but they were overmatched, and it was just a matter of time before Jeff Demps or Chris Rainey got loose in the secondary. And they did, all too often.
On the plus side, well, Kentucky did pile up some offensive yardage, although nothing like an impressive amount. Most of the time, UK would gain yardage for a while and punt. Kentucky also managed not to rack up a bunch of stupid penalties. They had a few, but for the most part they avoided them on both sides of the ball. The defense played very well against Florida's second string. Against the first string, not so much.
Anyway, if UK brings this into Deaf Valley next weekend, the score could be even more brutal. It's hard enough to win down on the bayou if you are playing well, but when you spend 25% of your plays acting like a high-school team, it's just too tough for anyone to overcome.
Who knows, maybe the light will go on sometime soon. This game and the next two were always likely to be losses, so there is really nothing here but opportunity -- too much opportunity for us to deal with, to be sure, but you never know.
I know it's not much, but that's all I've got. Feel free to add yours below. I'm gonna hit the bottle.
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I'd say that about says it
We are just not in the same league with some of these teams, particularly UF
Unfortunately we are in the same league.
I woke up feeling BLUE this morning. It's gonna be a great day.
I was going to say what I felt but reason tells me to submit the following:
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Don't take life too seriously; no one gets out alive.
by hoboat33 on Sep 24, 2011 10:32 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
What he say????
I am now and shall forever be the Cat in The Hat, The Artist Formerly Known As ABC!!!
by Greg Alan Edwards on Sep 24, 2011 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Really?
Without so much as a translation link? Mean. :-)
Proud member of the Big Blue Nation - Let's Go Cats!!!
by jords on Sep 24, 2011 10:34 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
In Latin, I think it's actually: Suck it, we did.
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by jords on Sep 24, 2011 10:37 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
must have been written by a lawyer.......
they used to get paid by the word to say absolutely nothing that meant anything moree than what they were supposed to say originally and could have been said in one or two word sentences that wouldnt take so long to read that you had to stop and get a drink of water and then start all over again right back where you were in the first place.
I am now and shall forever be the Cat in The Hat, The Artist Formerly Known As ABC!!!
by Greg Alan Edwards on Sep 24, 2011 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Does it say anything about the fact we sucked in 3 parts?
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by jords on Sep 24, 2011 10:40 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Let's just hope we get out of the LSU game without getting killed.
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by jords on Sep 24, 2011 10:33 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
There is such a thing
as a mercy killing.
I woke up feeling BLUE this morning. It's gonna be a great day.
I just wonder if anyone got closer than I did on predicting the score on Tom Leach's Show
I said 44-7…..If I win I get a T-shirt!!!……lol
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by Greg Alan Edwards on Sep 24, 2011 10:33 PM EDT reply actions
What's on the t-shirt?
“Florida kicked our butt (again) and all I got was this lousy T-shirt”?
Don't take life too seriously; no one gets out alive.
dont even know......lol
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by Greg Alan Edwards on Sep 24, 2011 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I take back the challenge I mentioned in the 2nd half thread
The WVU-LSU game is being played in Morgantown
Quote from Joker in post press conference:
Joker: “We’ve got things that need to be corrected, and it starts with me.”
Tell us something we don’t know…….
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by Greg Alan Edwards on Sep 24, 2011 10:40 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
On a lighter note ...
we just need to work on passing, running, turnovers, special teams, and both offensive and defensive lines ! We fix these problems and we’ll be fine… (sorry for my sarcasm)
that's not sarcasm......that's irony.......
I think he said the same thing last week……
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by Greg Alan Edwards on Sep 24, 2011 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I must say Glenn, I really respect the job you do with this blog...
It must be hard to write these kinds of post mortems every year. But you do and you are able to do it without getting too emotional. I love this site and the job you, Ken and everyone else do.
This was one of those games that (IMO) was going to be bad. I took the emotion out of it before the game even started. I know this sounds (and probably is) defeatist but it was so obvious to me that UK would get romped.
Slower Traffic Keep Right!
I'll echo that, plus the camaradarie her makes these long Saturday nights a good bit easier to abide
makes it easier for me not to look.....lol
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by Greg Alan Edwards on Sep 24, 2011 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
In a way, I guess. I think most of us here love UK but realize that these are only games, not life and death
Go look at the comments that get posted on KSR for comparison.
I have been warned many, many times to not read those comments. :-)
I could not survive there. I like it here really well. Really, really well.
In other words, we may be crazy fans sometimes, but we have a grip.
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
It is hard.
That is all.
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by Glenn Logan on Sep 25, 2011 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm going to go way out on a limb here, but I predict
That this will be the last week all year that we’re a .500 team
Now there you go taking a defeatist attitude.........lol
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by Greg Alan Edwards on Sep 24, 2011 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I am going on record as saying I don't like these new uniforms.......
I think we should blame everything on NIKE
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by Greg Alan Edwards on Sep 24, 2011 10:47 PM EDT reply actions
exactly........
I am now and shall forever be the Cat in The Hat, The Artist Formerly Known As ABC!!!
by Greg Alan Edwards on Sep 24, 2011 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't follow football
but a thread that somehow turns into a hate-on-Lebron session? Yeah, I totally dig that.
HaHa
I’m reading this 7:45 next morning and almost spit up my coffee on that one :-)
by phatcatfan on Sep 25, 2011 7:46 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Maybe Joker needs to make friends
with Worldwide Wes?
I woke up feeling BLUE this morning. It's gonna be a great day.
Guys, I can honestly say I always enjoy an evening or afternoon with you all......
Glenn, kudos to you for not wiping out a complete bottle of FRSB by halftime……I had a hard time laying off myself……
Until we meet again, men and women of good character and endless hope!!!
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by Greg Alan Edwards on Sep 24, 2011 10:55 PM EDT reply actions
Maybe we should reward them by letting them join the SEC
Just saying :-)
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by jords on Sep 24, 2011 11:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
It is good not to over react emotionally
But cognitively realizing that, while a slight down year is unavoidable, a year in which we really stink it up could put us back to 10 years is not over reacting. In reality we are facing at least a 50/50 chance at an 0-8 record in the SEC this year (we do look THAT bad at this point) and after the progress we made recently, that is not acceptable if the program truly is trying to become respectable. It may be too soon to call for joker to be fired now, but 0-8 is grounds for dismissal IMO and like I said, that appears to be a coin flip at the moment.
waiting on a new banner being raised into the rafters of Rupp..........
It isn't to early to call for Joker to be fired...
Are you telling me that he has to go 0-8 in the SEC to get fired? What about 1-7 or 2-6? Just thinking your team might actually go 0-8 in conference should make you want to fire the whole coaching staff. What do you have to look forward too? A possible win against Vandy? I just watched the highlights of the game, and UK isn’t any where close to being a team that deserves to be on the same field with teams like Florida. Dear God, 48 to 10?!?!?!?!
LSU is going to beat UK like a pinata at a 5 year old’s birthday party.
Didn't we go 2-6 last year
And correct me if I am wrong, but did Brooks ever go over 500 in the sec?
Am beginning to agree agree with those that say UK administration does not care about football
only one rule in my house - uk has to be your favorite college bball team
by memphis wildcat on Sep 25, 2011 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Our scholar athletes got beat by a bunch of uncultured bullies.
Kentucky is my team and I know we will get a bunch of scholar athletes that will overcome those brutes.
A fan who could sit through the whole game without questiong why they did must have sadomasochistic tendencies:)
This game was extremely painful to watch and after the first quarter I had no choice put to turn it off. How much humiliation must a UK fan bear?
A man is nothing more than a summation of his scars!
It's impossible for me turn off a Kentucky game.
It doesn’t matter how much we are down, I still want to see how our boys play all the way to the end. I just hope we can click here soon. LSU is going to be another tough one to swallow, but I’ll watch it till the last down.
by Ky4x4 on Sep 25, 2011 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Word.
That’s how I feel. It isn’t like we haven’t had bad seasons in football before.
It’s still tough, but it should be.
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Yes but
We are suppose to be rising to a new level. Backsliding is frustrating
only one rule in my house - uk has to be your favorite college bball team
by memphis wildcat on Sep 25, 2011 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Only if you want to watch
highlight after highlight of the Gator’s performance.
I woke up feeling BLUE this morning. It's gonna be a great day.
Fast Forward through the game, then hit play
and watch the commercials. It’s something to do until Basketball starts
No matter where you're at, there you are
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