Can Kentucky keep the good (5 consecutive bowl appearances and 20 SEC wins over the last 5 years) and improve upon the not-so-good (a passing game that finished last in the SEC by a sizeable margin in 2019 and 2020)?
That’s the task ahead of Mark Stoops, who trails only Alabama’s Nick Saban in length of tenure among active SEC head coaches. While 2020 ended up shy of Kentucky’s expectations, there’s plenty of reason to be optimistic about the overall direction of the program.
Kentucky’s offensive line and stable of running backs have been among the SEC’s best since 2016, when Stoops and a plucky true freshman named Benny Snell seemed to reverse Kentucky’s historical fortunes. Given that UK’s defense has been solid, the onus for improvement is on the offense, complete with new offensive coordinator Liam Coen, formerly of the Los Angeles Rams. Old coordinator Eddie Gran is gone and so is former starting QB Terry Wilson, who transferred to New Mexico.
Can Kentucky continue to pound the football but incorporate in a reasonable passing offense? Will doing so be enough to lift the Wildcats from the middle of the SEC pack (2019, 2020) back to the upper echelon, where they finished 2018?
Here are 5 matters that will largely tell the story of UK’s 2021 offense, and an early guess as to how it all might shake down.
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That’s the task ahead of Mark Stoops, who trails only Alabama’s Nick Saban in length of tenure among active SEC head coaches. While 2020 ended up shy of Kentucky’s expectations, there’s plenty of reason to be optimistic about the overall direction of the program.
Kentucky’s offensive line and stable of running backs have been among the SEC’s best since 2016, when Stoops and a plucky true freshman named Benny Snell seemed to reverse Kentucky’s historical fortunes. Given that UK’s defense has been solid, the onus for improvement is on the offense, complete with new offensive coordinator Liam Coen, formerly of the Los Angeles Rams. Old coordinator Eddie Gran is gone and so is former starting QB Terry Wilson, who transferred to New Mexico.
Can Kentucky continue to pound the football but incorporate in a reasonable passing offense? Will doing so be enough to lift the Wildcats from the middle of the SEC pack (2019, 2020) back to the upper echelon, where they finished 2018?
Here are 5 matters that will largely tell the story of UK’s 2021 offense, and an early guess as to how it all might shake down.
rest of article here
Kentucky football: 5 things that will define the Wildcats’ offense in 2021
With spring practice over, we've got a handle on the big questions about Kentucky's offense. Here are the big questions we're watching.
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