This was a great game and one that the Kentucky Wildcats needed as a break in their SEC schedule. Before this game, they suffered two frustrating losses, one as lopsided as this game, but Kentucky was the loser against South Carolina. The second loss was against Georgia, in which it was down to the wire, and had the controversial pick-six not been overturned, it would have been a win. This is why winning and doing it dominantly was crucial for the Wildcats.
Let’s evaluate this game using the classic metric of “the good, the bad, the ugly.” What was good? What was bad? And what was ugly?
The Good
The offense had a great start to the season in a 31-0 performance against Southern Miss, but it went silent and stagnant against South Carolina and Georgia. The team went into the second quarter of this Ohio game without scoring a touchdown in nine straight quarters. It was nice to see the offense finally get into sequence with a consistent rhythm while finding the endzone four times on offense (and once on defense).
The team accumulated 488 total offensive yards, with 282 yards in passing and 206 rushing. This explosion was exactly what we needed to see from this team. It also led to the emergence of a star in Dane Key, who had seven receptions for 145 yards…