Breaking down the Cats and Dogs

[docholiday51]

Erik,enjoy the breakdowns as always,one of the things that makes this board so much fun.As to the game I think it comes down to what Johnson does or doesn't do.If he eliminates or limits turnovers we should be O.K. He doesn't have to win the game but he must avoid losing it,if he has a good game we win this one without haveing to sweat out the last 2 minutes

Miss St went into South Carolina and beat them probably easier than we did at home,but this is not the Same Miss St that did that I don't think,we should be ready to give a good effort and be prepared for what they will try do.

 

[3kidsandme]

I agree about the TOs but IMO you HAVE to have some semblance of a passing game. We'll have to beat somebody better than Vandy or South Carolina before I believe we can win with a one dimensional, predictable offense. Boom & Snell are great but they're a little easier to defend when there's no threat of a pass. And, we scored 17 & 20 in those two wins. Luckily, we were going against 2 of the worst offenses in FBS & 37 points was enough to win those games. The defense played well but 17 & 20 isn't gonna get it done most weeks. JMO, I could be wrong. It's just tough when the defense brings more guys than you can block AND they have a pretty good idea where the ball is going.

We play ball control with Johnson to win games. We did not have to air it out to win. The gameplan for us is to get up early and take the air out with our stable and mamoth oline. We do need better from Johnson but i think he can do enough

 

[JHannibalSmith]

We play ball control with Johnson to win games. We did not have to air it out to win. The gameplan for us is to get up early and take the air out with our stable and mamoth oline. We do need better from Johnson but i think he can do enough

I agree with every word of that. I didn't mean to imply that we have to throw it all over the field. If he can put up modest numbers without turning the ball over then we can win some games. I think completing 60% & 150-200 yards would at least put us in a position to win. And, I love our backfield & running game. But, with just average QB play this offense could light it up, IMO.

 

[andreIGUODOLLAsigns4UK]

Lol!! No heart!? What about the heart shown by a team that had everyone outside their locker room, save a few, against them after the first 2 games, only to come back and go 3-1 over the next 4?
What about the heart our defense is using to get better after being called the worst in the history of the game and the constant bashing from its own fans?
What about the heart they have to trust in one another and continue to play hard and improve.
KENTUCKY dominated that game other than 1 freaking drive that ended IN ZERO points. And on that drive, they were conceding yards, which I hate, but they were to try to make a team with zero time outs use the clock. You use one dropped pass to say we don't have heart. What about the rest of the game? Did they not show heart by building a lead that allowed for a dropped pass to give them the win? Did they not show heart by not allowing a single touchdown on defense the entire game?

Apparently, you don't understand what heart is.

3-1? You forget how a dropped wide open TD shows lack of heart. We beat NMSU, Vandy, and South Carolina. We were 5-1 at this point last season. This team is 3-3 with a loss to USM. 3-1 in 4 games? How many winning teams has Stoops beaten since being here? And how many wins vs winning teams does he have in last 2 season. When you find your answer. Then come back to me with all the heart this team shows. Vandy dropping a wide open TD at the end of the game shows that we blew it, and that Vandy did everything they could to lose and lost. Them dropping a wide open TD on the last drive of the game. Shows lack of heart. That 3-1 record includes wins vs SC (lol), Vandy (lol), and NMSU (lol). do you believe last years team had a ton of heart? And the team the season before had a ton of heart? Because both of those teams had stretches where they went 3-1 and beat 3 terrible teams. And those teams, plain in simple sucked.

Yes, Stoops teams have shown no heart. The way they blew the USM game and gave up 34 FREAKING UNANSWERED POINTS, the way we did everything in our power to lose the Vandy game. Shows zero heart. We didn't force Vandy to drop that wide open TD. A win is a win. But we sucked complete booty the second half of that game and we did everything in our power to lose and are very lucky to come away with a win, that wide open TD pass at the end of the game, the fact that they had a wide open man in the endzone t complete VANDY'S comeback. Shows ZERO HEART. HEART, has proven thus far to not be a trademark of Stoops coached teams. we've had 5-1 and 3-0 and 4-0 stretches previous seasons under stoops. And those teams ended up sucking and having no heart. You're pathetic. All you have to say is 3-1 with 3 wins vs terrible teams. We've don't that multiple times. Doesn't mean we have heart.

How many winning teams have we beaten the last 2 seasons merriman? When you find your answer. Then you can tell me how much heart we have.

 

[sefus12]

3-1? You forget how a dropped wide open TD shows lack of heart. We beat NMSU, Vandy, and South Carolina. We were 5-1 at this point last season. This team is 3-3 with a loss to USM. 3-1 in 4 games? How many winning teams has Stoops beaten since being here? And how many wins vs winning teams does he have in last 2 season. When you find your answer. Then come back to me with all the heart this team shows. Vandy dropping a wide open TD at the end of the game shows that we blew it, and that Vandy did everything they could to lose and lost. Them dropping a wide open TD on the last drive of the game. Shows lack of heart. That 3-1 record includes wins vs SC (lol), Vandy (lol), and NMSU (lol). do you believe last years team had a ton of heart? And the team the season before had a ton of heart? Because both of those teams had stretches where they went 3-1 and beat 3 terrible teams. And those teams, plain in simple sucked.

Yes, Stoops teams have shown no heart. The way they blew the USM game and gave up 34 FREAKING UNANSWERED POINTS, the way we did everything in our power to lose the Vandy game. Shows zero heart. We didn't force Vandy to drop that wide open TD. A win is a win. But we sucked complete booty the second half of that game and we did everything in our power to lose and are very lucky to come away with a win, that wide open TD pass at the end of the game, the fact that they had a wide open man in the endzone t complete VANDY'S comeback. Shows ZERO HEART. HEART, has proven thus far to not be a trademark of Stoops coached teams. we've had 5-1 and 3-0 and 4-0 stretches previous seasons under stoops. And those teams ended up sucking and having no heart. You're pathetic. All you have to say is 3-1 with 3 wins vs terrible teams. We've don't that multiple times. Doesn't mean we have heart.

How many winning teams have we beaten the last 2 seasons merriman? When you find your answer. Then you can tell me how much heart we have.

I think you should think about taking a few steps back. First off, your post is utterly ridiculous. Second, it's probably good for your health to get away from message boards for a bit...

 

[andreIGUODOLLAsigns4UK]

Lol!! No heart!? What about the heart shown by a team that had everyone outside their locker room, save a few, against them after the first 2 games, only to come back and go 3-1 over the next 4?
What about the heart our defense is using to get better after being called the worst in the history of the game and the constant bashing from its own fans?
What about the heart they have to trust in one another and continue to play hard and improve.
KENTUCKY dominated that game other than 1 freaking drive that ended IN ZERO points. And on that drive, they were conceding yards, which I hate, but they were to try to make a team with zero time outs use the clock. You use one dropped pass to say we don't have heart. What about the rest of the game? Did they not show heart by building a lead that allowed for a dropped pass to give them the win? Did they not show heart by not allowing a single touchdown on defense the entire game?

Apparently, you don't understand what heart is.

We built a lead vs USM and blew it. We built a lead vs Vandy and blew it by allowing them to drive down the field and have a wide open man in the endzone for the easiest of TD passes. It's hilarious. Had he caught that wide open pass everyone would be saying we're the worst team in the SEC, but since he dropped the wide open TD pass. We have HEART. We blew big lead vs USM but we have heart since we had the lead to begin with and blew it in 2nd half. We had big lead in first half of Vandy game. And blew it. We didn't force the Vandy player to drop a wide open TD. With all that being irrelevant. How many winning teams have we beaten the last 2 seasons? How does someone claim a team with zero wins vs winning teams having a ton I heart. Why does having heart have to be so unearned? Why is it if we beat 3 terrible teams we have a ton of heart all of a sudden. Since when did teams not have to earn their stripes, teams just have stripes handed to them. Oh we have zero wins vs winning teams last season, THAT SHOWS HEART. Oh we're 3-1 in our last 4 games all being close games vs terrible teams one of which we blew it but the other team didn't capatilze. You know what we call that? HEART! That dropped wide open TD, you wanna know the real answer as to why he inexplicably dropped that wide open TD? The answer is because our team has HEART. We left him wide open in the end zone knowing he would drop the pass that's how much heart we have.

Since when was not beating a single winning team in multiple years considered having heart? That just shows where our program is. You blow big leads to Vandy and USM and all of a sudden that means a team has heart because a team dropped a wide open TD in the endzone to complete a comeback. Fans like this. Is why we've sucked for so long, too many fans content with losing and sucking and don't accept anything better than lucky dropped passes in order to beat terrible teams. And all you have to do is beat a couple terrible teams and a lot of fans are content with that. Last season we had a 3-1 stretch with 3 wins vs terrible teams. I guess last season's team had tons of heart, didn't they?

This is why no one likes you merriman. We haven't beaten a winning team in YEARS. And you come up with anything to try and convince yourself we have a team with tons of heart. It's pathetic. No. Stoops teams have ZERO HEART. You see the USM game? That comes down to heart. You see the lead we blew vs Vandy. The fact Vandy had a wide open man in the endzone with no one near him shows that the team has ZERO HEART. When you put heart into consideration. You gotta look at how games are won. You can't just say oh we're 3-1 in by far the easiest 4 game stretch of our schedule with zero wins vs good teams and claim a team has heart. First of all, you have to at least beat ONE SINGLE WINNING TEAM before claiming a team has heart. And secondly when you look at how the games were won, did you see the second half of the Vandy game? We played TERRIBLE, we built a first half lead wooptydo, there's 2 halves and the second half is more important, did you see the wide open Vandy player drop the TD pass to complete the 2nd half comeback? We have heart, because he dropped that wide open TD pass? We haven't beaten a winning team in years, yet we have heart? Get the hell out of here you're the worst.


Merriman. YOU OBViOUSLY HAVE NO CLUE WHAT HEART IS. Your reasoning. We go 3-1 with 3 wins vs terrible teams. And that proves a team has heart. Vandy dropped that wide open TD pass, doesn't matter, he dropped the pass so obviously we have heart. You're pathetic and your lack of football knowledge is truly baffling. How many times have we had 3-1 stretches under stoops? Oh so last season we had heart, season before we had heart. Because we had 3-1 stretches or better at some point in those seasons. So all of his team's must have heart. It doesn't matter how a team wins a game when you put heart into consideration. Oh we completely blow a second half lead and Vandy drops wide open TD to complete comeback. If he catches the ball, we have no heart. But since he dropped it. Our team obviously has a ton of heat and a will to win games. It doesn't matter how games are won when you put heart into the equation apparently. It doesn't matter how bad the teams you beat were. As long as it says a W next the schedule. It shows heart. Let's just completely forget we blew a big lead to Vandy and gave them a wide open TD to complete the comeback. That doesn't matter when you put heart into the equation. He dropped the ball. So we MUST HAVE HEART.

 

[andreIGUODOLLAsigns4UK]

I think you should think about taking a few steps back. First off, your post is utterly ridiculous. Second, it's probably good for your health to get away from message boards for a bit...

Why did I say that was incorrect in either of my 2 recent posts? Oh you can't think I anything so you post nonsense like this. All I did was prove merriman is complete bafoon. As always. He's the worst poster ever. We don't have to beat a single winning team, and he claims we have heart since we're 3-1 in 3 wins vs terrible teams. How many times have we done that in previous seasons? If 3-1 means this team has heart, then last season and season before we must've had tons of heart also. We allowed 34 unanswered to USM. We gave Vandy the game away and they dropped a wide open TD pass. And because they dropped a wide open TD pass to complete comeback, he wants to claim that means our team has heart. Vandy drops wide open TD pass to complete 2nd half comeback comeback. And the Vandy player dropping that TD pass apparently proves this team has a ton of heart. People don't earn their stripes these days. It's given. Zero wins vs winnings teams in years. Yet that doesn't matter, you don't have to beat anyone decent to have heart. Only when terrible teams drop wide open TD passes to complete comebacks does it then mean a team has heart. Ok. Gotcha. If Vandy player catches wide open TD pass, we're a terrible team with no heart. But since he dropped it. WE MUST HAVE HEART.

 

[allabouttheUK]

I so want to ignore this clown, but I can't help but read what he posts next. Come on people, how can anyone take him seriously with a screen-name like that? Especially on a football board.

 

[catmanC15]

Speaking of heart... if he suddenly stops posting, we can only assume that his exploded. Take it down a peg. We're a lot better than what we were when we played USM.

 

[jauk11]

I heavily disagree with the MSU defense having the advantage. I've watched almost all MSU games this year. And one thing they absolutely 100% cannot handle. Is a physical running back. I've watched 4th string former fullbacks destroy the MSU defense this year. Boom is quick, but he's also underrated in the fact he's very strong, Benny Snell (and I think JOJO plays huge role this game as well), are just way too physical for this MSU run defense. All 3 backs I truly believe will run over MSU, which should or at least could open up the passing game and play action passing. Run 2-3 screen passes once we got them on their toes could be very effective as well. The QB they have is a freshman (at least I think he is?), very strong and hard to bring down, but not very hard to contain he doesn't have blazing speed by any stretch of the imagination he runs about as fast as barker does, maybe towles, I dont by any means consider him a dual threat QB because he's not fast at all. But the guy can throw just very young and mistake prone but will end up being a player. I like this matchup. But maybe MSU plays with a ton of heart after the most recent loss. And when games come down to heart, I don't like our chances many times I've questioned the heart of Mark Stoops' teams.

The Vandy game we almost completely blew it due to lack of heart IMO. Many will say we won, which shows heart, but those people choose to forget Vandy dropped a wide open TD pass for a likely win which didn't come from our team having heart. You can't credit UK for other teams blowing it and vandy was going to go for 2 had they scored since they had all momentum on the road, us leaving that TE wide open shows ZERO heart, we gave the game away, Vandy just didn't take advantage. I feel like the heart area of the game when you gotta gut things out, I truly believe is one of the spots Stoops fails miserably at most besides clock management and in game coaching/halftime/in game adjustments. Those are 2 areas he's been less than stellar at. Heart, And in game coaching/adjustments.

You forgot to mention that Stoops p#$$@D in your cereal this morning, about his only fault you failed to mention, LOL.

Also Towles is very fast for a big man 4.7 listed with ex Texas coach turned commentator Brown recently crediting him with a 4.5 on a recent BC telecast, which is off about as much as your guess in the other direction.

 

[Poetax]

If we would have dropped a winning pass in the end zone, I might have agreed somewhat but we didn't so I don't. And you can't blow a game that you didn't lose no matter how hard you complain. Tell me how badly we played or was coached but if we win, tell somebody else because I am into winning not style.

 

[jauk11]

Merrimanm, I like you post. To what "no heart" post are you referring? I can't find it. Go Cats!!

Just look for the regular super critics post.

 

[jauk11]

I think you should think about taking a few steps back. First off, your post is utterly ridiculous. Second, it's probably good for your health to get away from message boards for a bit...

Probably good for our health also if he quit posting, LOL

 

[jauk11]

We built a lead vs USM and blew it. We built a lead vs Vandy and blew it by allowing them to drive down the field and have a wide open man in the endzone for the easiest of TD passes. It's hilarious. Had he caught that wide open pass everyone would be saying we're the worst team in the SEC, but since he dropped the wide open TD pass. We have HEART. We blew big lead vs USM but we have heart since we had the lead to begin with and blew it in 2nd half. We had big lead in first half of Vandy game. And blew it. We didn't force the Vandy player to drop a wide open TD. With all that being irrelevant. How many winning teams have we beaten the last 2 seasons? How does someone claim a team with zero wins vs winning teams having a ton I heart. Why does having heart have to be so unearned? Why is it if we beat 3 terrible teams we have a ton of heart all of a sudden. Since when did teams not have to earn their stripes, teams just have stripes handed to them. Oh we have zero wins vs winning teams last season, THAT SHOWS HEART. Oh we're 3-1 in our last 4 games all being close games vs terrible teams one of which we blew it but the other team didn't capatilze. You know what we call that? HEART! That dropped wide open TD, you wanna know the real answer as to why he inexplicably dropped that wide open TD? The answer is because our team has HEART. We left him wide open in the end zone knowing he would drop the pass that's how much heart we have.

Since when was not beating a single winning team in multiple years considered having heart? That just shows where our program is. You blow big leads to Vandy and USM and all of a sudden that means a team has heart because a team dropped a wide open TD in the endzone to complete a comeback. Fans like this. Is why we've sucked for so long, too many fans content with losing and sucking and don't accept anything better than lucky dropped passes in order to beat terrible teams. And all you have to do is beat a couple terrible teams and a lot of fans are content with that. Last season we had a 3-1 stretch with 3 wins vs terrible teams. I guess last season's team had tons of heart, didn't they?

This is why no one likes you merriman. We haven't beaten a winning team in YEARS. And you come up with anything to try and convince yourself we have a team with tons of heart. It's pathetic. No. Stoops teams have ZERO HEART. You see the USM game? That comes down to heart. You see the lead we blew vs Vandy. The fact Vandy had a wide open man in the endzone with no one near him shows that the team has ZERO HEART. When you put heart into consideration. You gotta look at how games are won. You can't just say oh we're 3-1 in by far the easiest 4 game stretch of our schedule with zero wins vs good teams and claim a team has heart. First of all, you have to at least beat ONE SINGLE WINNING TEAM before claiming a team has heart. And secondly when you look at how the games were won, did you see the second half of the Vandy game? We played TERRIBLE, we built a first half lead wooptydo, there's 2 halves and the second half is more important, did you see the wide open Vandy player drop the TD pass to complete the 2nd half comeback? We have heart, because he dropped that wide open TD pass? We haven't beaten a winning team in years, yet we have heart? Get the hell out of here you're the worst.


Merriman. YOU OBViOUSLY HAVE NO CLUE WHAT HEART IS. Your reasoning. We go 3-1 with 3 wins vs terrible teams. And that proves a team has heart. Vandy dropped that wide open TD pass, doesn't matter, he dropped the pass so obviously we have heart. You're pathetic and your lack of football knowledge is truly baffling. How many times have we had 3-1 stretches under stoops? Oh so last season we had heart, season before we had heart. Because we had 3-1 stretches or better at some point in those seasons. So all of his team's must have heart. It doesn't matter how a team wins a game when you put heart into consideration. Oh we completely blow a second half lead and Vandy drops wide open TD to complete comeback. If he catches the ball, we have no heart. But since he dropped it. Our team obviously has a ton of heat and a will to win games. It doesn't matter how games are won when you put heart into the equation apparently. It doesn't matter how bad the teams you beat were. As long as it says a W next the schedule. It shows heart. Let's just completely forget we blew a big lead to Vandy and gave them a wide open TD to complete the comeback. That doesn't matter when you put heart into the equation. He dropped the ball. So we MUST HAVE HEART.

All of that and you forgot to mention how terrible Stoops is, you are slipping.

Oh, back on subject, great job UKErik, thanks.

 

[merrimanm]

We built a lead vs USM and blew it. We built a lead vs Vandy and blew it by allowing them to drive down the field and have a wide open man in the endzone for the easiest of TD passes. It's hilarious. Had he caught that wide open pass everyone would be saying we're the worst team in the SEC, but since he dropped the wide open TD pass. We have HEART. We blew big lead vs USM but we have heart since we had the lead to begin with and blew it in 2nd half. We had big lead in first half of Vandy game. And blew it. We didn't force the Vandy player to drop a wide open TD. With all that being irrelevant. How many winning teams have we beaten the last 2 seasons? How does someone claim a team with zero wins vs winning teams having a ton I heart. Why does having heart have to be so unearned? Why is it if we beat 3 terrible teams we have a ton of heart all of a sudden. Since when did teams not have to earn their stripes, teams just have stripes handed to them. Oh we have zero wins vs winning teams last season, THAT SHOWS HEART. Oh we're 3-1 in our last 4 games all being close games vs terrible teams one of which we blew it but the other team didn't capatilze. You know what we call that? HEART! That dropped wide open TD, you wanna know the real answer as to why he inexplicably dropped that wide open TD? The answer is because our team has HEART. We left him wide open in the end zone knowing he would drop the pass that's how much heart we have.

Since when was not beating a single winning team in multiple years considered having heart? That just shows where our program is. You blow big leads to Vandy and USM and all of a sudden that means a team has heart because a team dropped a wide open TD in the endzone to complete a comeback. Fans like this. Is why we've sucked for so long, too many fans content with losing and sucking and don't accept anything better than lucky dropped passes in order to beat terrible teams. And all you have to do is beat a couple terrible teams and a lot of fans are content with that. Last season we had a 3-1 stretch with 3 wins vs terrible teams. I guess last season's team had tons of heart, didn't they?

This is why no one likes you merriman. We haven't beaten a winning team in YEARS. And you come up with anything to try and convince yourself we have a team with tons of heart. It's pathetic. No. Stoops teams have ZERO HEART. You see the USM game? That comes down to heart. You see the lead we blew vs Vandy. The fact Vandy had a wide open man in the endzone with no one near him shows that the team has ZERO HEART. When you put heart into consideration. You gotta look at how games are won. You can't just say oh we're 3-1 in by far the easiest 4 game stretch of our schedule with zero wins vs good teams and claim a team has heart. First of all, you have to at least beat ONE SINGLE WINNING TEAM before claiming a team has heart. And secondly when you look at how the games were won, did you see the second half of the Vandy game? We played TERRIBLE, we built a first half lead wooptydo, there's 2 halves and the second half is more important, did you see the wide open Vandy player drop the TD pass to complete the 2nd half comeback? We have heart, because he dropped that wide open TD pass? We haven't beaten a winning team in years, yet we have heart? Get the hell out of here you're the worst.


Merriman. YOU OBViOUSLY HAVE NO CLUE WHAT HEART IS. Your reasoning. We go 3-1 with 3 wins vs terrible teams. And that proves a team has heart. Vandy dropped that wide open TD pass, doesn't matter, he dropped the pass so obviously we have heart. You're pathetic and your lack of football knowledge is truly baffling. How many times have we had 3-1 stretches under stoops? Oh so last season we had heart, season before we had heart. Because we had 3-1 stretches or better at some point in those seasons. So all of his team's must have heart. It doesn't matter how a team wins a game when you put heart into consideration. Oh we completely blow a second half lead and Vandy drops wide open TD to complete comeback. If he catches the ball, we have no heart. But since he dropped it. Our team obviously has a ton of heat and a will to win games. It doesn't matter how games are won when you put heart into the equation apparently. It doesn't matter how bad the teams you beat were. As long as it says a W next the schedule. It shows heart. Let's just completely forget we blew a big lead to Vandy and gave them a wide open TD to complete the comeback. That doesn't matter when you put heart into the equation. He dropped the ball. So we MUST HAVE HEART.

This is so ignorant that I am.not even going to waste my time to disprove you once more.

 

[3kidsandme]

I agree with every word of that. I didn't mean to imply that we have to throw it all over the field. If he can put up modest numbers without turning the ball over then we can win some games. I think completing 60% & 150-200 yards would at least put us in a position to win. And, I love our backfield & running game. But, with just average QB play this offense could light it up, IMO.

Oh i agree i had high hopes for Johnson after the nmsu game. I even thought he played well against usc. The vandy game was awful but i do think he is better than that

 

[BIGCAT4LIFE]

Our DEs key to the game. If they play with discipline, and force the QB to stay inside we win. If we run by him all night we lose. Either we shut the QB down, or put him in Heisman status. He's just good enough to move the chains, sustain drives, and bust our bawls on 3rd down.

 

[andreIGUODOLLAsigns4UK]

This is so ignorant that I am.not even going to waste my time to disprove you once more.

You literally can't answer my question. How does a team have zero wins vs winning teams for consecutive years, have heart because they're 3-1 in 4 games with 3 wins vs terrible teams. And of those games we completely blew one by leaving a man wide open in the endzone. Which is considered blowing it. The other team didn't capatilze. When you take heart into consideration, you HAVE to consider how they won. You can't just say 3-1 4 games 3 wins vs terrible teams means this team has heart. Just admit you're wrong instead of not replying you ridiculously dumb homer. You just simply couldn't answer the question. How does a team with zero wins vs winning teams in consecutive years have heart? And how does leaving a man wide open for a easy TD considered having heart. 2 simple questions you can't answer. It's just hilarious how Vandy screwing up and dropping a wide open TD pass is proof for a team having heart to some people.


My first post was 100% on point. And you wanted to come out of left field being a straight idiotic homer for no reason. Yes, Mark Stoops teams have shown a severe lack of heart in his time here. No doubt. If a game comes down to heart. Like the USM game, and the Vandy game we won on a wide open dropped TD. Then I HATE our chances. We can't just expect every wide open TD pass at the end of games to just be dropped Ike that. If that's what we need to expect. We'll lose in those situations 99/100 times. We CANT rely on teams dropping wide open TD passes at the end of games. Someone has to SHOW HEART and stop that from happening. But as I said I think we beat MSU due to its atrocious run defense.

You couldn't answer my question about zero wins vs winning teams for god knows how long?
Do you truly believe. A team that hasn't beaten a winning team in years? Has the credentials to claim heart? I mean stoops has one 2nd half comeback in his entire career, being against a garbage SC team. The other 24 games we looked pathetic in the 2nd halves. But we have heart apparently. Let's call this team the comeback cats. I mean. WHY NOT? NO ONE on this board should feel confident about our team coming from behind late in games to beat other teams. Why? Because since when have we had the heart to do these things? Brooks? You just give up because you can't list the last time we beat a winning team without feeling dumb. And you know your claim that a team that hasn't beat a winning team in years having heart is utterly stupid dumb. Because of the answer to that question.

 

[PowerofPelphrey]

Why did I say that was incorrect in either of my 2 recent posts? Oh you can't think I anything so you post nonsense like this. All I did was prove merriman is complete bafoon. As always. He's the worst poster ever. We don't have to beat a single winning team, and he claims we have heart since we're 3-1 in 3 wins vs terrible teams. How many times have we done that in previous seasons? If 3-1 means this team has heart, then last season and season before we must've had tons of heart also. We allowed 34 unanswered to USM. We gave Vandy the game away and they dropped a wide open TD pass. And because they dropped a wide open TD pass to complete comeback, he wants to claim that means our team has heart. Vandy drops wide open TD pass to complete 2nd half comeback comeback. And the Vandy player dropping that TD pass apparently proves this team has a ton of heart. People don't earn their stripes these days. It's given. Zero wins vs winnings teams in years. Yet that doesn't matter, you don't have to beat anyone decent to have heart. Only when terrible teams drop wide open TD passes to complete comebacks does it then mean a team has heart. Ok. Gotcha. If Vandy player catches wide open TD pass, we're a terrible team with no heart. But since he dropped it. WE MUST HAVE HEART.

You must have lost a lot of cash on the Vandy game!

 

[rmattox]

IMO, we will fall short simply because we will not be able to score enough points. While I didn't see anything out of Barker to lead me to believe he would give us a more explosive offense, with him we had access to both a running game and a semblance of a passing game. If I'm MSU, I stack the box and challenge Johnson to beat us with his arm.
The one thing UK has not done much of is utilize the option with Johnson...in fact, I anticipate it having been installed during the two week break. As Ky fans, we're all too familiar with the difficulty teams have in accounting for a qb. I'm wondering why Gran does not utilize this strategy. One thought is that he and Stoops feel they cannot afford taking chances on Johnson being injured; the chance of that being enhanced significantly if Johnson runs the option.
IMO, to win, we will have to score at least 24 points. It's hard to see that happening.

 

[allabouttheUK]

Basketball starts three weeks from today! Then we can stop convincing ourselves UK can win a football game because we can focus on the sport our state takes pride in.

Taking pride in beating up on lesser competition...awesome!

UK basketball in terms of conference is everything UK fans laughed about at UofL for years.

 

[vhcat70]

Our DEs key to the game. If they play with discipline, and force the QB to stay inside we win. If we run by him all night we lose. Either we shut the QB down, or put him in Heisman status. He's just good enough to move the chains, sustain drives, and bust our bawls on 3rd down.

Fitzgerald ain't close to L. Jackson. Fact.

 

[vhcat70]

IMO, we will fall short simply because we will not be able to score enough points. While I didn't see anything out of Barker to lead me to believe he would give us a more explosive offense, with him we had access to both a running game and a semblance of a passing game. If I'm MSU, I stack the box and challenge Johnson to beat us with his arm.
The one thing UK has not done much of is utilize the option with Johnson...in fact, I anticipate it having been installed during the two week break. As Ky fans, we're all too familiar with the difficulty teams have in accounting for a qb. I'm wondering why Gran does not utilize this strategy. One thought is that he and Stoops feel they cannot afford taking chances on Johnson being injured; the chance of that being enhanced significantly if Johnson runs the option.
IMO, to win, we will have to score at least 24 points. It's hard to see that happening.

Against SC & V we controlled TOP & # of O plays. I think we can do same against MSU & so don't need a lot of points cause MSU won't have the ball much & aren't that O proficient & our D has improved. I think we can win with even 17 points, but that's tight & assumes no TO scores by MSU.

We do run the read option with SJ. Whether option or not, SJ ran at least 7x against SC & 6x against V - excludes sacks. How much more running by SJ do you want over our good RB's? If you mean the run option, I don't see why. Regardless, UK do have to take chances with SJ to win & they do. That shows in that SJ has fumbled some.

 

[BIGCAT4LIFE]

LOL who said he was. He could be Humpty Dumpty our guys still have to account for him.

Fitzgerald ain't close to L. Jackson. Fact.

 

[Anon1660081258]

I don't see us having much trouble with Fitzgerald, or their offense generally. If we take care of the ball, get it done on special teams, and score vhcat70's 17 points or more, we will probably win the game.

 

[BIGCAT4LIFE]

We shouldn't have a problem I'll feel better when it's over.

I don't see us having much trouble with Fitzgerald, or their offense generally. If we take care of the ball, get it done on special teams, and score vhcat70's 17 points or more, we will probably win the game.

 

[nssdigitalchumps]

You literally can't answer my question.

He literally did. Do you know what 'literally' means?