Being at the game was fun, but my perspective from the upper concourse in the corner wasn’t great. I haven’t seen the replay yet, but here goes.
Good things. Again, we found a way to win. On defense, David Reese and Shawn Davis were very good. A few others were solid LATE. On offense, Kyle Trask did exactly what you hope your backup QB can do. He was up to the task! The receivers were good. Good routes. No drops. Special teams were good, excepting the one missed short FG.
Bad things. Another week where the OL can’t create enough movement to generate an adequate running game. Our DBs lost most (if not all) of the 50/50 balls. Marco Wilson hasn’t returned to where he was before the injury last year. We didn’t shut down the Kentucky running game well enough. We didn’t get consistent pressure on the QB. We were terrible on third down defense for the first three quarters.
Stray thoughts. Feliepe’s numbers were good and he had two touchdowns called back due to penalties. Other than the early interception, he was actually solid. The QB usually gets the blame, but the offensive woes weren’t his fault. Still, getting in the endzone is the bottom line and Trask got it done better than Feliepe. The late jet sweep was a great call. The game officials were very picky on targeting calls. Trask has three consecutive home games, the first two against teams we should beat, to get comfortable. Noon kickoff next week!
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