Just Watched Spring Game
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I will never understand the type fans that like to down their own players.
https://www.kentucky.com/sports/college/kentucky-sports/ex-cats/article232314892.html
▪ One of Lorenzen’s most notable UK records is for most passing yards in a game, with 528 in UK’s 34-30 loss to Georgia in 2000, a game he almost missed because of a thumb injury suffered in practice that week. Afterward, Georgia Coach Jim Donnan was asked if he thought that UK might have made up the injury.
▪ For passing yards, Lorenzen’s name appears several more times in the UK record book, most notably as the career leader with 10,354.
▪ The UK Hall of Famer is second at Kentucky and ninth in SEC history in career touchdown passes with 78, just one behind Woodson’s 79. Woodson and Lorenzen are tied for second in most touchdowns thrown in a game, with Lorenzen throwing six against Vanderbilt in 2001, one behind Couch’s seven, which he did against Indiana in 1997 and Louisville in 1998. ▪ Lorenzen is second all-time with 15 career 300-yard passing games, and has the third- and fourth-most 300-yard games in a season with eight in 2000 and five in 2001. Lorenzen is tied with Couch for second place in consecutive 300-yard games, with five, seven behind Couch’s record of 12.
And he's 8th all time in SEC for passing yardage.
Yeh, he was just an OK qb. *rolls eyes*
I thought Sheron and the big kid from
Iowa looked as good?!?!?
I’ve just got a gut feeling Sheron will be number two at some point this season.
Hey, I think Lorenzen and Levis are/were both good, with Levis having a higher draft profile.
You said his Senior year. I posted his Senior year stats. And yes, he was just “ok” his Senior year. I stand by that. I wasn’t downing him. Sheesh.
Just watch for enjoyment ...spring game means nothing
It was practice. Not a real game. Offense and defense get different things from these. You want the offense to see who can score and you want the defense to get alignment and assignments down, see who will contest a pass but the defense is not going to unload on some teammate and cause an injury.
He could of been if he really applied himself ,, the kid had talent just no self control
Questioning the defense in a spring game is like making the top rusher a Heisman candidate. Vanilla and a ton of backups. It’s the spring game.
Don’t elevate backups to starters and don’t make any decisions about how great or bad the offense or defense will be.
Don’t elevate backups to starters and don’t make any decisions about how great or bad the offense or defense will be.
I loved both of those guys so I agree he may not have been quite as good YET… or maybe he has. Levis’s QBR last year was better than senior Woodson or Lorenzen with basically two receivers (granted Wan’Dale’s season was one of if not THE best by any WR in UK history, but Levis’s #2 receiver wasn’t even close to the caliber of even Woodson’s #3 (either Dicky Jr. or Burton) and he didn’t have a Sr. Jacob Tamme either. It was really a remarkable season for Levis considering he started his 1st game after just being in the program a few months. I guess the best way to say it is Levis has a good chance of being the best QB since Couch, since his first year (after only getting here in the summer) was equal to (or at least close to) the best seasons by any QB since Couch.
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1. JLO was an incredible talent and his Jr year was exceptional season....but his Sr year was far from a good leader. He showed back up for his Sr year with a ton of bad weight and not ready to roll. And as stated...his Sr year was not very good in Brooks first year at UK.
2. Woodson's career was pretty awesome for college but was a head scratcher why his NFL hype faded and was a lower drafted QB and then he was gone.
To say Levis has a long way to go to be like JLO or Woodson....nothing backs that up. He's already led UK to a better season (and he was the main leader on offense) than those two were able to at UK. His arm talent, his feet, etc... are better than those two QBs. I think Levis's final year at UK boils down to lowering some Ints and continuing from where he left off last year. My main concern is will our tackles be able to protect well enough to allow him to had a great year. But to me, Levis is the best QB since Couch in 1998.
Levis hands down is the best UK QB since Couch.
Let's be honest, Lorenzen probably QBed UK to more losses than any QB in UK history. Doubt anybody keeps such a record but that statement's true. Of course, he didn't have a lot of help, played on some pretty bad teams. Woodson had a long, looping throwing motion that really hurt his NFL chances. Still, I'm glad both played at UK and I appreciate their careers.
Both Woodson and JLo were damn good college QBs. JLo probably had more talent than Woodson but, as stated above, couldn't get his weight under control and, TBH, even at UK, it seemed like he tried to do too much and made some bad mental mistakes. I always thought Woodson would've stuck in the NFL at least as a solid backup as he threw a pretty pass.
Levis last year was good. With a year under his belt and even more weapons (maybe not ONE weapon as potent as Wan'dale), he should be poised for a very good year. If UK puts 9+ wins on the board again and WL performs as expected, he will definitely catch the eyes of NFL GMs. It's a bonus that he's playing in an NFL scheme, too, and that will also be a plus in the GMs eyes. I think it would help the program if he's drafted Rd 3 or above (which I would expect if he performs well). Would put UK in the minds of QBs as a destination to learn a pro system, develop and experience success in the toughest CFB conference.
Levis last year was good. With a year under his belt and even more weapons (maybe not ONE weapon as potent as Wan'dale), he should be poised for a very good year. If UK puts 9+ wins on the board again and WL performs as expected, he will definitely catch the eyes of NFL GMs. It's a bonus that he's playing in an NFL scheme, too, and that will also be a plus in the GMs eyes. I think it would help the program if he's drafted Rd 3 or above (which I would expect if he performs well). Would put UK in the minds of QBs as a destination to learn a pro system, develop and experience success in the toughest CFB conference.
They were playing 100% base which mean no blitzing, and touch football on the QB. Believe me that puts the D in an enormous disadvantage and makes things easy for the offense. Our regular D for real will not look anything like that.
I thought Allen looked more polished than the others, but had the worst luck with 2 or 3 drops on balls that were right on target. Hogan has some talent for sure and looked pretty solid considering his limited time here.
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Woodson was eaten alive by pre-draft camps & sr bowl. Destroyed his confidence by coaches hyping on his slow drawn out motion, tried to change it to speed up but just resulted in a messy inaccurate arm.
Will Levis best football in 2021 was as good if not better than anything Woodson or Lorenzen did at UK. I fully expect his 2022 to be the best QB play since Couch kn 1998, and the resulting NFL draft position will easily prove that out.
Will Levis best football in 2021 was as good if not better than anything Woodson or Lorenzen did at UK. I fully expect his 2022 to be the best QB play since Couch kn 1998, and the resulting NFL draft position will easily prove that out.
Both Woodson and Lorenzen had years that were ahead of the season Levis had last year. You're either too young to remember them or blinded by the fact that Levis is the first really good QB we've had since Woodson.
I have hated Doug Flutie ever since he ruined Woodsons draft status. He spent an entire game picking apart his throwing motion and decision making. It was almost like it was personal. Andre put up really good #'s in a tough conf and Flutie would of blown a qb in Big East with the same stats. I hate that guy.
99!!! Well I hope you thanked him for his sacrifices from all the UK fans on here that would have liked to thank him in person. But then I bet that would have taken a while if you did it for each one of us.
I'm pretty upset with them, not only did they not telecast our game but they also didn't televise the other SEC spring games Saturday. I have all the channels that ESPN has on Direct and none of them had any of the games. And I don't think they have had any of the replays on yet. Wednesday is too long to wait, Appreciate a couple replays I found on here.
Lawrence attended dozens of UK\UT games with UK cousins between 1985 and 2005. He told his story often and was thanked by hundreds, personally, and a TV station in Knoxville paid for his trip to France for the 2004 reunion, recording the details.
Yeah, not sure why they didn't televise them live. I'm sure there's a logical reason because they had a crew there and all the games are on repeat this week on SECn.
I finally got a chance to watch it..... To me. Beau is the obvious #2. Looked like he saw the field better, made some really nice timing throws. The knock against his size looks to be a non-issue now, he doesn't have the big arm but looks to have plenty of arm to run the offense. Sheron made some nice throws as well, timing was a little off and he needs another year of S&C. I didn't get a good read on Hogan. I'll watch it a couple more times and key on different position groups.
Simple, wanting to trick /force people to subscribe to ESPN+.
Strange because if you have ESPN/SECn from your cable/satellite subscription, then you could watch it live without ESPN+
Disney is slow to get their act together with streaming. They decided two years ago to put a focus on it, help the stock price. They want subscribers to the Disney+ and ESPN+ platforms. I expect this to become a trend, holding back popular content for streaming only to drive subscriptions. ESPN has a history of this. You had to upgrade your sports package with your TV provider when the SECn was launched or miss out on games you wanted to see.
Oxendine missed the Blue White game, and most of the first string defensive players only played at the very beginning. As usual, the Blue White game was primarily used to assess and develop younger players on the 2nd and 3rd strings. Several walkons played a lot. The schemes were base, without any wrinkles. The game didn't tell us anything.
We will have an excellent front seven. Most of our defensive linemen had strong offer sheets and picked UK over other good SEC programs. Big dudes, and there is depth too. Our starting linebackers are returning from 2021 and they are really good. But the secondary has a lot of questions. Coach Stoops says he will take another CB out of the transfer portal, and it's needed. Thank goodness Ajian is back. Our defense will be as good as our secondary makes it.
Brad White is an excellent DC, which is why he just turned down the LSU job. Rich Scangarello has been talking about similarities between Coach White's defense and the most aggressive NFL defenses. I figure Scangarello knows what he is talking about. Our defense is in good hands.
I agree. All the backups pale in comparison to Levis. I must have missed Allen's noodle armed throws in the dirt that K Time referenced. He was generally OK. Deuce didn't blow me away with his athleticism. Sheron made some nice throws. That position is still up for grabs. Hopefully we'll only need them in mop us situations.
1. The first team D was in place for Levis/first team O for first 2 drives and both were easy TDs with not a bunch of 3rd down conversions needed to get to a TD. I agree the remaining 3 qtrs of Blue/White were 2nd and 3rd team all over the place.
2. I'm not stating White as a DC is like Gran as an OC...but Gran got offered the UGA job...so I'm not really bowled over with gigs from other big SEC jobs. I stand on what White has done at UK. And to be honest, the UK D was it's best in 2018 under House....and has been worse in 2019 and much poorer in 2020 and 2021 was not terrible but for all that we brought back....I'd call it a dissapointing result.
3. Now we lose Paschal....I see a drop off from what he was able to produce to Rybka.
- Bully McCall will be a dropoff to Rogers/Haynes as well IMO.
- W/o Vito...I'd argue now the safety production from Corker will be a fall off as well.
- I think Jones and Square a decent but not difference makers at the inside LB spots.
- I think Jordan Wright is a below average SEC outside LBer....and he's a shoe in at the SAM
- Ajian....he was simply really not good in 2021. He was a huge reason why we lost Tenn game, he was a problem vs. UGA and Miss St he was not able to tackle a thing on short stuff. I think he's our best safety in 2022 and that ain't a good thing.
- Outside of Oxendine looks like a bigtime SEC players and maybe JJ Weaver....but I am not sold he's going to be elite SEC outside LBer....but we'll see. Outside of 2 spots....I don't see a great D
4. Finally, White has fallen in love with dropping 8 a ton. I see him as bend but don't break mindset and I saw a D that played like that a ton last year. I hope I'm wrong....but I think this D will under perform in 2022.
UK's D was the best of recent years in 2018 because of Josh Allen, position coached by Brad White. White hasn't been helped much by his boss's hires to replace Dean Hood & Clinksdale. Significant downgrades in every way. Likely the coach replacing Sumrall this yr is a downgrade as well
I didn't see a single pass thrown in the dirt by Allen either. At least three of Allen's passes were thrown right on the receiver's hands and dropped. I thought all of our QBs threw well. Levis has the most playing experience, so he reacts and makes decisions a little bit quicker than the others.
I have regular cable, which includes ESPN networks and SECn, so I can log in to the ESPN app on my smart TV or phone/tablet and watch every game ESPN plus has. If you don't have cable/Direct TV etc, then you need ESPN plus as a stand alone product. There is no difference in content between ESPN plus or logging in to ESPN app using your cable provider login credentials. I keep reading commenting that they have cable AND also pay for ESPN plus and they are absolutely wasting their money by double subscribing.
I have the same but it will no longer let me watch events that are designated ESPN+ only. I have been doing the same as you for the last several years, just login with cable provider. The Spring Game did not give me that option this year.
Next time you get a chance, try it on one of the programs with ESPN+ in the upper right corner. See if you can get it to work, I haven't been able to the last several months. I might not be trying to access correctly or my work computer might be giving me issues with the firewall.
I haven't had the issue you mention, but I did not try to watch the spring game live, as I already had the DVR set for a replay later in the week. I will say, that the UK games last fall that were only on ESPN+/SECn+, I tried to log in to my ESPN app, just before or right at the game start time, and it took me to the ESPN+ log in/sign up page, but I kept refreshing and eventually it let me log in using my normal cable credentials. The first time it happened I was losing my mind because I had checked with Spectrum and they assured me I did not need ESPN+ to watch the game. From that experience, it seemed to me, that ESPN is trying to trick people into singing up for ESPN+ even though they may not need to. The exclusive content is mostly international sports, but I will take a look at it further and see what I can figure out and report back.
This says what I was trying to say:
Q: If a game is airing on both SEC Network+ and ESPN+ simultaneously, where do I watch? A: Both streams will be available in the ESPN App. SEC Network authenticated subscribers of AT&T TV, Cox, DIRECTV, DISH Network, fuboTV, Hulu + Live TV, Optimum, Sling TV, Spectrum TV, Suddenlink, Verizon Fios, Xfinity TV, YouTube TV, Vidgo, members of the NCTC, as well as those with access to SEC Network through TV connected devices, can watch the game via SEC Network+. If you do not have access to SEC Network, you can access games via a subscription to ESPN+.
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All of these UK games are aired on SEC network plus in addition to ESPN+, so your subscription to the SEC network through one of the services mention allows you to watch it for free. It has never not worked for me, though it will not allow you to log in early and may not even allow you to log in until a minute ir two after the broadcast has begun.
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