And no, not because this is a great UT team. They aren't. They aren't even decent. This is huge because this was simply a game we HAD to win to maintain upward momentum. And despite turning the ball over 4 times this team managed to dig down deep, find their balls and will themselves to a victory. I was so impressed by the poise of the offense on that final drive!
Had we not won this game, I really believe UK could have been facing some dark days. The players would have lost their confidence. The fans would have lost their confidence. I believe recruiting may have taken a nosedive. It could have been a total disaster that may well have marked the beginning of the end for this staff at UK. We've seen these things spiral out of control before and sometimes a single game can make or break you.
Thank God this team fought through the mistakes and flat play to put it all together at the end and win this. This team has guts. And hopefully this come from behind win will help the team get back some of their mojo that had been missing the last couple of games. I can't stress how important it was for this program to get that win tonight. We now have some positive momentum going into the final four games of the season and we have a real possibility of winning 3 of those 4 games and getting to 9 wins! Had we lost tonight though, we might have gone into a total funk and been unable to win any of the remaining games, setting into motion a downward spiral from which we couldn't have recovered. The win gave us new life.
Had we not won this game, I really believe UK could have been facing some dark days. The players would have lost their confidence. The fans would have lost their confidence. I believe recruiting may have taken a nosedive. It could have been a total disaster that may well have marked the beginning of the end for this staff at UK. We've seen these things spiral out of control before and sometimes a single game can make or break you.
Thank God this team fought through the mistakes and flat play to put it all together at the end and win this. This team has guts. And hopefully this come from behind win will help the team get back some of their mojo that had been missing the last couple of games. I can't stress how important it was for this program to get that win tonight. We now have some positive momentum going into the final four games of the season and we have a real possibility of winning 3 of those 4 games and getting to 9 wins! Had we lost tonight though, we might have gone into a total funk and been unable to win any of the remaining games, setting into motion a downward spiral from which we couldn't have recovered. The win gave us new life.