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Post game grades

Defense D-, they got crushed on 3rd/2nd and long all night long

The defense gave up 17 points (below their average over the last 3 years) in spite of our horrendous "bend don't break" 3rd down scheme that USC finally figured out.

Wright, Weaver, Valentine and Square don't deserve the mud you guys are slinging. Our defense is legit when our Offense and ST doesn't force them into some BS. And, even then, they've won us more games than lost as a result over the past few season.s

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The defense gave up 17 points (below their average over the last 3 years) in spite of our horrendous "bend don't break" 3rd down scheme that USC finally figured out.

Wright, Weaver, Valentine and Square don't deserve the mud you guys are slinging. Our defense is legit when our Offense and ST doesn't force them into some BS. And, even then, they've won us more games than lost as a result over the past few season.s

Take this post back.
As if they read a bunch of posts some random dudes out there in internet land giving their opinion..... if they do pay attention to this crap then they have huge issues and no wonder the team doesn't seem prepared and played like crap
 
As if they read a bunch of posts some random dudes out there in internet land giving their opinion..... if they do pay attention to this crap then they have huge issues and no wonder the team doesn't seem prepared and played like crap
I mean Marrow seems to be fond of shooting his mouth off on social media….
 
As if they read a bunch of posts some random dudes out there in internet land giving their opinion..... if they do pay attention to this crap then they have huge issues and no wonder the team doesn't seem prepared and played like crap

I was implying your disrespect doesn't match their effort. This isn't 2014, our defense is full of legitimate dudes who make plays. Our scheme? Pretty terrible. Holding any team in the SEC to 17 points (giving USC the ball on the 1 to start the game isn't on the defense) is impressive.

If your takeaway was that we gave up too many 3rd down conversions, I'd agree with you. But I'm agreeing in the same since that it's stupid to have a sports car and drive 10 below the speed limit. Be proactive, let players make plays. Our defense isn't designed to completely stop you it's designed to not give up big TD plays. We do that well, but sometimes we still falter.
 
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I was implying your disrespect doesn't match their effort. This isn't 2014, our defense is full of legitimate dudes who make plays. Our scheme? Pretty terrible. Holding any team in the SEC to 17 points (giving USC the ball on the 1 to start the game isn't on the defense) is impressive.

If your takeaway was that we gave up too many 3rd down conversions, I'd agree with you. But I'm agreeing in the same since that it's stupid to have a sports car and drive 10 below the speed limit. Be proactive, let players make plays. Our defense isn't designed to completely stop you it's designed to not give up big TD plays. We do that well, but sometimes we still falter.
Spencer ratler may be one of the worst qbs in power 5 football.... the d knew they needed to come up big tonight but kind of got bullied in the second half, I agree we need more offensive points
 
Spencer ratler may be one of the worst qbs in power 5 football.... the d knew they needed to come up big tonight but kind of got bullied in the second half, I agree we need more offensive points

Agreed. But give any Power 5 QB a 5 second pocket and he'll find someone eventually. UK has done this for as long as I can remember. We used to do it to protect our secondary, now we do it because it's our "scheme".

Bend don't break but we sometimes break. Our coaches didn't put the players in a position to "come up big".
 
Offense - D-, CROD got 125+ yards, which keeps this from being an "F". Unacceptable play here. QB did some nice things, but the play-calling wasn't great, and he missed some throws.

Defense - C-, Played great in the first half and just gave up in the second half - SC made some adjustments and UK had no answers.

Special Teams: F - Completely unacceptable

Coaching: D- Very poor overall; Stoops coached not to lose, and it showed tonight. One of the worst efforts since Tennessee in 2018.
 
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