By reading much of what is posted in this forum one would think we are 1-4 rather than 4-1. I see posts bashing Patrick Towles, bashing our coaches, bashing this or that player/coach.....it is really quite confusing.
During the pre-season most "reasonable" observers thought that 6-6 would be a very good season and 7-5 would be wonderful; many had trouble finding 6 wins looking at the schedule however. Yet, here we sit at 4-1 with a GREAT chance to win 6,7, 8 or (dare we dream) 9 games and everyone seems miserable.
Was I impressed by the EKU game? Nope. However, what I *know* for certain is that 99% of all UK teams in the past would fold and lose that game on Saturday night after going down 2 touchdowns with 8 minutes to play. What did this team do? Refused to fold, that's what. Towles, after looking pretty bad all night finally woke up and looked GREAT the last 8 minutes of the 4th quarter and the overtime (when it really counted). UK's O-line finally started to block just a little bit and he got some protection, which is what EVERY quarterback needs to be successful. We also got some fantastic play from our WR's. Yet, for some crazy reason all some of you want to talk about it the fact that Drew Barker didn't get in.....what? He was only going to get in if we had a big lead, and we never got that. Too bad, but again, WE WON - try to enjoy it.
Our defense, which had looked so good against UF and Missouri, looked pathetic against a lesser foe. However, when the chips were down they finally woke up and got the stops they needed to win the game. UK defenses in the past don't do that; they fold and we lose the game to an FCS team, which would have been disaster by the way.
Folks, this was a classic trap game. Fans were apathetic, weather was awful, game sandwiched between to big SEC games, FCS opponent playing in their Super Bowl and for a recently fallen teammate.....it had all the ingredients for a letdown and that is precisely what we saw. However, as stated above, this time the team was were able to wake up just in time and will itself to a win, something past teams could not, and have not, done. The only thing that bothers me is that fact that our coaches talked about "getting the backups significant reps" as if the game was a walk-over scrimmage; I think both teams got that message and ours went to sleep while it pissed EKU off royally. I really hope CMS never does that again.
Try to enjoy being 4-1, UK has a tough road ahead and most of us would have sold a limb for the current record prior to the season.
During the pre-season most "reasonable" observers thought that 6-6 would be a very good season and 7-5 would be wonderful; many had trouble finding 6 wins looking at the schedule however. Yet, here we sit at 4-1 with a GREAT chance to win 6,7, 8 or (dare we dream) 9 games and everyone seems miserable.
Was I impressed by the EKU game? Nope. However, what I *know* for certain is that 99% of all UK teams in the past would fold and lose that game on Saturday night after going down 2 touchdowns with 8 minutes to play. What did this team do? Refused to fold, that's what. Towles, after looking pretty bad all night finally woke up and looked GREAT the last 8 minutes of the 4th quarter and the overtime (when it really counted). UK's O-line finally started to block just a little bit and he got some protection, which is what EVERY quarterback needs to be successful. We also got some fantastic play from our WR's. Yet, for some crazy reason all some of you want to talk about it the fact that Drew Barker didn't get in.....what? He was only going to get in if we had a big lead, and we never got that. Too bad, but again, WE WON - try to enjoy it.
Our defense, which had looked so good against UF and Missouri, looked pathetic against a lesser foe. However, when the chips were down they finally woke up and got the stops they needed to win the game. UK defenses in the past don't do that; they fold and we lose the game to an FCS team, which would have been disaster by the way.
Folks, this was a classic trap game. Fans were apathetic, weather was awful, game sandwiched between to big SEC games, FCS opponent playing in their Super Bowl and for a recently fallen teammate.....it had all the ingredients for a letdown and that is precisely what we saw. However, as stated above, this time the team was were able to wake up just in time and will itself to a win, something past teams could not, and have not, done. The only thing that bothers me is that fact that our coaches talked about "getting the backups significant reps" as if the game was a walk-over scrimmage; I think both teams got that message and ours went to sleep while it pissed EKU off royally. I really hope CMS never does that again.
Try to enjoy being 4-1, UK has a tough road ahead and most of us would have sold a limb for the current record prior to the season.
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