1. It is Oh So Nice when a Kentucky D-lineman breaks through the line to have flashbacks to 45 years of watching SEC football, and realizing just how much Saunders, Oxendine, Weaver and company look like the bigguns at schools
like LSU, Bama and Georgia. It took Stoops a while, but he has built an SEC program with SEC players.
2. Where was Deone Walker? I haven’t watched a replay yet, but I suspect the biggun’ spent the day absorbing double and triple teams, freeing Saunders and others for their big plays.
3. I actually kind of yawned while watching special teams. Last year I was in prayer. Clean snaps, 46 yard field goals and clean punts!! Good Special teams are the foundation of teams that accomplish special things!
4. Leary. He probably wouldn’t rate this game in his top 10, but he was more
than solid and productive, and he was fairly nimble avoiding the rush.
If his first game back from near-crippling injury left you wanting more, sit tight, and yeah shall receive!
The pick on the quick slant: a beautiful defensive play of timing and execution. We might see another defense leaning inside on a future slant, and see a pump fake freeing a WR for glory!!
5. Barion Brown. I’m glad he plays for us. He could be returning kicks for Bama or Georgia, but looks great in Blue.
6. Dane Key. How many yards could this guy rack up if the offense really focused on him? He makes the pretty catches, and he makes the gritty, leaning backwards, arse-over-tea-kettle grabs.
7. O-line. A solid performance. I have read no posts, and do not know the severity of Horsey’s injury. And I have to learn more about the Ray kid who came in. Still, given total yardage, and Leary’s clean jersey, everybody on the front must have played well.
8. Davis. No, he will never have the ability to physically dominate the college game like Crod.
But he gets his a different way.
He goes down with the first solid contact. But putting solid contact on him is the problem. He has good lateral moves and is faster to top speed than Crod, Snell, etc.
9. Last Score. I didn’t think I’d live to see a Stoops team run a final play against a MAC school, instead of taking a knee.
And having lived long enough, I’m glad the first example went the distance.
10. Ball State’s QB and receivers: Hats off. An accurate thrower, who made some hay in the gaps of our zone.
11. The Two Fumbles and Returns. They screwed us on one. Stoops got a piece of the refs arse. Still watch the physical nature of the plays causing the fumbles. Each were tackles so violent that human bodies that had been dedicated to holding a football, suddenly forgot to hold onto the football.
12. Trevin Wallace. Go back to paragraph one, above. Wherever I said “SEC Defensive Lineman,” substitute “SEC Linebacker.”
like LSU, Bama and Georgia. It took Stoops a while, but he has built an SEC program with SEC players.
2. Where was Deone Walker? I haven’t watched a replay yet, but I suspect the biggun’ spent the day absorbing double and triple teams, freeing Saunders and others for their big plays.
3. I actually kind of yawned while watching special teams. Last year I was in prayer. Clean snaps, 46 yard field goals and clean punts!! Good Special teams are the foundation of teams that accomplish special things!
4. Leary. He probably wouldn’t rate this game in his top 10, but he was more
than solid and productive, and he was fairly nimble avoiding the rush.
If his first game back from near-crippling injury left you wanting more, sit tight, and yeah shall receive!
The pick on the quick slant: a beautiful defensive play of timing and execution. We might see another defense leaning inside on a future slant, and see a pump fake freeing a WR for glory!!
5. Barion Brown. I’m glad he plays for us. He could be returning kicks for Bama or Georgia, but looks great in Blue.
6. Dane Key. How many yards could this guy rack up if the offense really focused on him? He makes the pretty catches, and he makes the gritty, leaning backwards, arse-over-tea-kettle grabs.
7. O-line. A solid performance. I have read no posts, and do not know the severity of Horsey’s injury. And I have to learn more about the Ray kid who came in. Still, given total yardage, and Leary’s clean jersey, everybody on the front must have played well.
8. Davis. No, he will never have the ability to physically dominate the college game like Crod.
But he gets his a different way.
He goes down with the first solid contact. But putting solid contact on him is the problem. He has good lateral moves and is faster to top speed than Crod, Snell, etc.
9. Last Score. I didn’t think I’d live to see a Stoops team run a final play against a MAC school, instead of taking a knee.
And having lived long enough, I’m glad the first example went the distance.
10. Ball State’s QB and receivers: Hats off. An accurate thrower, who made some hay in the gaps of our zone.
11. The Two Fumbles and Returns. They screwed us on one. Stoops got a piece of the refs arse. Still watch the physical nature of the plays causing the fumbles. Each were tackles so violent that human bodies that had been dedicated to holding a football, suddenly forgot to hold onto the football.
12. Trevin Wallace. Go back to paragraph one, above. Wherever I said “SEC Defensive Lineman,” substitute “SEC Linebacker.”
