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Good news: football is back. Bad news: Kentucky got embarrassed against a team that really wasn’t that much better than them.
The Kentucky Wildcats looked like a very rusty team throughout the day, committing costly turnovers, not executing on plays, and just looked like they needed a few more practices under their belt. With the amount of veterans on this field for the Wildcats, that is a little disappointing.
Kentucky lost the turnover battle 3-0, and also had some questionable play-calling and decision making, such as Max Duffy’s failed fake punt attempt.
Terry Wilson showed flashes of being a good quarterback, but in his first game back, looked a little off-beat, as we all expected after not playing a game in over a year.
Kentucky gets Ole Miss at home next weekend:
Final pic.twitter.com/F2EO8nwnVX
— Kentucky Football (@UKFootball) September 26, 2020
#22OatsStrong x @d_square10 pic.twitter.com/8J2cVUX8w8
— Kentucky Football (@UKFootball) September 26, 2020
Being disappointed by UK Football is the most normal I’ve felt in 7 months.
— Chet Lemond (@ChetLemond) September 26, 2020
Mood pic.twitter.com/D2MmWHlBrw
— ThrowboyTees (@ThrowboyTees) September 26, 2020
Yes, Terry Wilson is back. Yes, you want to be more balanced than Kentucky was last season. Yes, you're down two scores. But your identity is smash-mouth football, not dink and dunk.
— Chris Fisher (@ChrisFisher247) September 26, 2020
FINAL SCORE:
— Oscar Combs (@wildcatnews) September 26, 2020
Auburn 29
Kentucky 13
Nice competitive first half until the final minute. Refs screw up big-time & then the Cats took possession of the “screwing up” baton for the entire second half. Sad finish. Now, back to the grind.@UKFootball hosts Ole Miss next Sat at 4 pm.
Terry should not have 13 rushes when Smoke has 7, and Rose with 10
— Dylan Ballard (@DylanBallard_UK) September 26, 2020
Kentucky had every opportunity to win this game.
— Jack Pilgrim (@JackPilgrimKSR) September 26, 2020
Bo Nix was 16/27 for 233 yards, 3 TD and 0 INT. Passer rating of 168.4. Any recipe for an upset included the secondary matching up better than that.
— Justin Rowland (@RowlandRIVALS) September 26, 2020
Look how far Rodriguez is in the End Zone
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) September 26, 2020
Ridiculous
by @murph_2911 pic.twitter.com/bilIVrkIK6
"I don't understand it either. He was clearly in. I didn't get good explanations all day." Stoops referring to the ignorant non-touchdown call from the refs.
— Eli Gehn (@EliGehnTV) September 26, 2020
Kentucky: More total yards than Auburn, more passing yards, more rush yards, fewer penalties, fewer penalty yards.
— Aaron Torres (@Aaron_Torres) September 26, 2020
Whole game came down to three plays: The non-TD run, Terry Wilson fumble, fake punt
Score isnt reflective of the fact Kentucky was the better team most of the game
They took it to us in the 2nd Half
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) September 26, 2020
Lots of mental errors and poor decisions
Oh well....
@KySportsRadio I blame Phil Steele.
— Drew Franklin (@DrewFranklinKSR) September 26, 2020
We'll never know how it would've changed the complexion of the game if Chris Rodriguez's touchdown counted at the end of the first half.
— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_ATH) September 26, 2020
But there's a bunch of coaching stuff (and baffling individual player decisions) to question ever since.
Waited six months for it
— Brent Rainscott (@BrentWainscott_) September 26, 2020
Secondary got torched from start to finish. Very disappointing effort.
— Jack Pilgrim (@JackPilgrimKSR) September 26, 2020
I mean the turning point was the missed touchdown call. All downhill from there.
— Cameron Newton (@morrisoncrying) September 26, 2020
Stoops said obviously Terry Wilson's turnovers a problem, but "He’ll build on this, he’ll bounce back quickly. I thought there were a lot of positives things that he did/" #bbn #ukfootball
— John Clay (@johnclayiv) September 26, 2020
Total yards: UK 384 Auburn 324
— Big Blue Drew (@BigBlueDrew33) September 26, 2020
Passing yards: UK 239 Auburn 233
Rushing yards: UK 145 Auburn 91
First downs: UK 21 Auburn 16
Time of Poss: UK 36:30 Auburn 23:30
Turnovers: UK 3 Auburn 0
I'm dead inside.
— Nick Roush (@RoushKSR) September 26, 2020
Ole Miss, Kentucky's next opponent, lost at home to Florida 51-35 in Lane Kiffin's debut as the Rebels head coach.
— John Clay (@johnclayiv) September 26, 2020
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