Boom Williams only had 10 carries. What???? Might want to rethink the gameplan guys. Best player on the field.
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We only had one drive that lasted longer than three minutes (3:40) and that was our last drive of the game when we were intentionally running out the game clock. Perhaps if the defense is a sieve, it might be a good idea to scheme to keep them off of the field. ULL had the ball 37:05 to our 22:55 and ran 28 more plays.
I HOPE they were saving legs and it got away from them because... yeah he's going to need the ball.
@SAECATFAN may want to hit up the EKU fan store to show his support for the common fan. Apparently they're "experimenting" with serving beer to fans in their stadium.
Run and Shoot is great when you control the ball. When you have quick possessions, it just wears your Defense out. This will kill us in the SEC. We need to use the RBs A LOT more to control the ball...whether that be through the passing game or running game.
Yea, giving him a mulligan but a little worried.
How were the beers, Anth? My socioeconomic status permitted me a Sprite.
How were the beers, Anth? My socioeconomic status permitted me a Sprite.
mostly seemed like towles had plenty of time and space to throw the ball (good job O-line!), but then the same line couldn't create lanes or gaps for Boom and company. Concerning?
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Not sure about this "Towles looked good in the 1st half" stuff. Dude was missing easy throws all half, including a few surefire tuddies.
- Anyway, learn UK football.
- Who's holding the Drink A-hole Belt this morning? dK is always the favorite.
- Watched the game on campus at a William&Mary establishment I would best describe as Two Keys meets Tolly Ho. Worked for the game.
- Welcome back Oktoberfest beer.
Not sure about this "Towles looked good in the 1st half" stuff. Dude was missing easy throws all half, including a few surefire tuddies.
- Anyway, learn UK football.
- Who's holding the Drink A-hole Belt this morning? dK is always the favorite.
- Watched the game on campus at a William&Mary establishment I would best describe as Two Keys meets Tolly Ho. Worked for the game.
- Welcome back Oktoberfest beer.
Going to leave this right here for our resident glutton. Clearly not a complete, or even well thought out list, but some interesting stuff.
http://www.businessinsider.com/worlds-best-trips-for-foodies-2015-8
Kinda bounces between food/booze, so Bourbon Trail made the list, plus 2 shout outs to Southern Spain. bbdk can rip on "ham" all he wants (correctly, imo), but Jamon is a whole nother game.
Calling Chapel Hill the Cradle of Cue is an embarrassment, quite frankly. Also, not sure how they made the oversight, but Cincy - "Garrison of Goetta" somehow didn't make the cut.
http://www.businessinsider.com/worlds-best-trips-for-foodies-2015-8
Kinda bounces between food/booze, so Bourbon Trail made the list, plus 2 shout outs to Southern Spain. bbdk can rip on "ham" all he wants (correctly, imo), but Jamon is a whole nother game.
Calling Chapel Hill the Cradle of Cue is an embarrassment, quite frankly. Also, not sure how they made the oversight, but Cincy - "Garrison of Goetta" somehow didn't make the cut.
No it isn't. If you're a central Kentucky native and you've been driving by these places all your life and the scenery is essentially what you see everyday, then yes, it's probably not the most exciting tourist destination, but you're also not the target demographic. There's probably some ******* in Arizona that thinks the Grand Canyon is overrated too.
The Bourbon industry is for the most part unique to this state and is one of the few things associated with Kentucky that is not a negative stereotype. It's also something that is very popular right now. The Bourbon Trail is an excellent way to attract out of state dollars and make people feel a part of something they have a passion for. Most that come from far away have a very positive experience visiting small towns in Kentucky and seeing how their favorite brown water is crafted.
Agree. I have 2 separate HOMWF's (husbands of my wife's friends) who are begging me to put together a Bourbon Trail trip in the near future. Probably wait til April Keeneland. Would be awesome if KY could get the area to become a major tourist destination ala Napa or Tuscany.
Unfortunately, these spirits alternate in popularity, but maybe establishing an awesome destination will extend bourbon's current success.
Best analogy I have seen on our offense was that ULL dared us to keep shooting 3's and in the seconded half we missed. Plus they ran 20+ more plays than us and our ad was gassed.
I thought CJ Conrad was supposed to be a great pass catcher? We had nothing short at all as far as passing game all bombs or deep outs.
Towles hits on that corner end zone fade about 10% of the time, even with our big receivers.
I thought CJ Conrad was supposed to be a great pass catcher? We had nothing short at all as far as passing game all bombs or deep outs.
Towles hits on that corner end zone fade about 10% of the time, even with our big receivers.
:: "Run. The. Fa. KingBall." Kept running through my head in the third and fourth quarter. UK shouldn't have surrendered TOP with a 20+ point lead.
:: Silver lining, I watched Dawson's post game video and he did call himself out on it to an extent. With a RB rotation of Boom, Horton, and Kemp it's inexcusable to keep the ball out of their hands on first and second down. Particularly with a big lead. Take the air out of the ball. Set up third and manageable. Especially when your starter is going off the rails on deep balls and behind receivers on crossing routes.
:: What isn't being discussed that should be is the fact that our guys got it together and finished when it mattered. Key three and out follwed by a scoring drive that included a great throw on 3rd & 13 and a fourth down conversion. Yeah, Towles basically recovered his own fumble, but how many times have we seen that derp play go the other way?
:: That being said, 16-34 ain't gonna get it done. Accuracy needs to improve, if not the Barker chatter is justified as far as I'm concerned.
:: Four turnovers. This means playmakers on defense and special teams. The infulx of talent is evident on the field. It's been a while since UK has had guys who create good things out of broken down situations.
:: I'll save the 3-4 evaluation when Flannigan, Hatcher, and Cory Johnson are on the field at the same time. That said, the defense did hold ULL to seven in the first half. Credit to Lafayette for solid adjustments and subbing for the more mobile QB in the second. However, the lack of composure when playing with a big lead is inexcusable. Part of that is laid at the feet of the offense going three and out with a quickness and leaving the defense on the field. The other part are a bunch of young dudes losing intensity, taking plays off, and being out of position. All of which gave ULL momentum. They are going to get blistered in the film room this week.
:: From what I saw of the new CWS I loved. My new seats are better. The bench backs are great. The cosmetic upgrades inside and out are outstanding. I remember the sardine can-esque confines of the old CWS concourses during a near tropical storm in what I think was Paw Paw's first season and truly appreciate the wider concourses of the New CWS. All money well spent.
-Relying on home run plays will get you beat. A lot.
-No tight end again this year? I'd love to have a long, possession TE.
-No tight end again this year? I'd love to have a long, possession TE.
Bourbon Trail is overrated? What? Terrible awful ridiculous take. Never heard anything but glowing reviews.
Dawson looks a hell of a lot better if Patty Ice connects on a few of those wide open passes.
Dawson looks a hell of a lot better if Patty Ice connects on a few of those wide open passes.
I am pretty sure after the 75 yard TD to start the game. Boom came out and did not play again until the 2nd quarter.
Not sure why.
He did have one carry in the next series and you could see when he got up from the run that he gingerly jogged off. I think Horton replaced him.
Yep. Just watched the replay. Something seemed off with him after he got up. Obviously wasn't anything serious.
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Concessions were an absolute mess. I went down near the end of the 1Q during the damn game to get a Sprite and I still had to wait in line for nearly 15 minutes.
Field looks amazing, as does the outside. Other than that, no, the average fan experience isn't improved a single bit imo.
I didn't really walk anywhere but straight to my gate, so maybe I'm missing some other stuff. Figured they'd have more options than pretzels, nachos, hot dogs, and Papa John's tho. Same as always.
Don't really care about that as I'm never hungry after the Extravaganza Feast, but the lines/service were a mess.
New peeps around me were fine, but it definitely sucks being off on our own...not the same. One bonus was that there is a CRAZY guy right in front of me, so I'm in zero danger of pissing anyone off, as the focus will be on him without question. He didn't bother me, but he will cause some trouble at some point for sure.
Field looks amazing, as does the outside. Other than that, no, the average fan experience isn't improved a single bit imo.
I didn't really walk anywhere but straight to my gate, so maybe I'm missing some other stuff. Figured they'd have more options than pretzels, nachos, hot dogs, and Papa John's tho. Same as always.
Don't really care about that as I'm never hungry after the Extravaganza Feast, but the lines/service were a mess.
New peeps around me were fine, but it definitely sucks being off on our own...not the same. One bonus was that there is a CRAZY guy right in front of me, so I'm in zero danger of pissing anyone off, as the focus will be on him without question. He didn't bother me, but he will cause some trouble at some point for sure.
Same thoughts here. Did get consistent cell phone service for the first time ever which was nice.
Mcf looked up from his beer and plate of sausage at one point to say he thought boom might have tweaked an ankle.
Big positive is, far as I can remember, I don't think we had any injuries. I did get busy on a couple chocotacos though and having complimentary WiFi allowed me to re-watch season 1 of Mr Robot during the game.
Big positive is, far as I can remember, I don't think we had any injuries. I did get busy on a couple chocotacos though and having complimentary WiFi allowed me to re-watch season 1 of Mr Robot during the game.
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I never tried to get anything but my wife said the concessions needed a lot of work.
Around mid third quarter and she had to hit up three windows to find a hot dog. All three were out of bottled water.
As far as my personal gameday experience goes the new bench backs on my seats are great. I never knew what I was missing, very comfortable. I like that UK has a goal of bench backs throughout CWS eventually.
I'm the crazy guy in my section. Gonna have to rein it in this season. It helps that I'm not setting up a tailgate this year. Roaming from tailgate to tailgate cuts down on booze consumption considerably.
Aren't concessions always a mess as whatever local junior high or high school booster club is working them to raise money? I understand why UK does it, but damn, it can get aggravating while mom or grandma figures out how to work the soda machine.
Not having to cross streams with billy joe wildcat was well worth the $100M
way to go Meetch imo.
way to go Meetch imo.
Towles was horrible. Receivers torched their defender on nearly every passing play, yet he couldn't put it within a few yards of his man. Even his completions typically had more to do with how wide-*** open guys were as opposed to him actually putting in the right spot. Just a horrible, horrible effort and one that made other aspects of the game look worse than they should have been.
They were putting eight in the box nearly every down and coming off the corner at least once per series. Hard to run consistently in those scenarios and with our advantage at wideout, we should have been able to continue to throw at them every time. They backed the coverage up a few yards and Towles either got nervous with the pressure to throw under the coverage or just couldn't hit his spots.
The defense is not nearly as good as I was hoping but some of those three and outs were all of a minute in possession. Also, once again we have zero ability to stop an athletic quarterback. This shouldn't be too much of a surprise as Kentucky Football has never stopped a single running quarterback in the history of its program, so...
They were putting eight in the box nearly every down and coming off the corner at least once per series. Hard to run consistently in those scenarios and with our advantage at wideout, we should have been able to continue to throw at them every time. They backed the coverage up a few yards and Towles either got nervous with the pressure to throw under the coverage or just couldn't hit his spots.
The defense is not nearly as good as I was hoping but some of those three and outs were all of a minute in possession. Also, once again we have zero ability to stop an athletic quarterback. This shouldn't be too much of a surprise as Kentucky Football has never stopped a single running quarterback in the history of its program, so...
Commonwealth Stadium from the upper deck...
- Coming from the Purple/Arboretum lot is a big cluster right now. Funneling all of the walking traffic from those lots/Tates Creek/surrounding neighborhoods along a 6 ft wide path right next to Alumni is asking for a big problem (especially after the game).
- Arboretum lot itself is pretty cool. Had my worries (kinda disconnected from the scene/can't see stadium) but it turned out to be a pretty cool experience. Lots of displaced Orange lot folks in there.
- Not having a trough was a positive. That's something.
- Some of the hens around us were complaining a lot about their bathrooms. Said there were many fewer stalls for them versus last year.
- Noticed no real tangible difference in the concessions.
- The field really popped.
Basically, this upgrade was obviously done for the suite crowd and media (who can then tell everyone how great they have it). will be interested to see what renovation plans will be for the west side of the stadium and if it's more of the same.
- Coming from the Purple/Arboretum lot is a big cluster right now. Funneling all of the walking traffic from those lots/Tates Creek/surrounding neighborhoods along a 6 ft wide path right next to Alumni is asking for a big problem (especially after the game).
- Arboretum lot itself is pretty cool. Had my worries (kinda disconnected from the scene/can't see stadium) but it turned out to be a pretty cool experience. Lots of displaced Orange lot folks in there.
- Not having a trough was a positive. That's something.
- Some of the hens around us were complaining a lot about their bathrooms. Said there were many fewer stalls for them versus last year.
- Noticed no real tangible difference in the concessions.
- The field really popped.
Basically, this upgrade was obviously done for the suite crowd and media (who can then tell everyone how great they have it). will be interested to see what renovation plans will be for the west side of the stadium and if it's more of the same.
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I'd like to see Barker get one series in the first half and then one again in the third quarter in every game. Just give home some reps, see what he can do, and let him get acclimated.
Towles is good kid, Kentucky boy, etc. He looks like an NFL QB off the bus. I truely want him to be good...but he's just not.
PTI gave me **** about saying that last year. He's a one trick pony, toss up the deep ball and hope one of his talented WR's bails him out...on the nights they do, he'll have some big plays that make his stats look good. But it's not a recipe for sustaining drives and keeping your D fresh.
Second half of last year and second half of last night, the plan that worked against us was to stack the box or bring the house and just bet that PT couldn't get the ball out in time or with accuracy.
PT is our Tubby of QB's, good enough not to loose his job, bad enough to be frustrating as hell. I'm interested see if Barker can play when the lights are on but afraid we won't get to this year unless things get really bad...if that makes me Billy Joe Wildcat Throwitdeepjarud! then so be it.
Yeah, and the D sucked worse than PT by the way, I realize that.
PTI gave me **** about saying that last year. He's a one trick pony, toss up the deep ball and hope one of his talented WR's bails him out...on the nights they do, he'll have some big plays that make his stats look good. But it's not a recipe for sustaining drives and keeping your D fresh.
Second half of last year and second half of last night, the plan that worked against us was to stack the box or bring the house and just bet that PT couldn't get the ball out in time or with accuracy.
PT is our Tubby of QB's, good enough not to loose his job, bad enough to be frustrating as hell. I'm interested see if Barker can play when the lights are on but afraid we won't get to this year unless things get really bad...if that makes me Billy Joe Wildcat Throwitdeepjarud! then so be it.
Yeah, and the D sucked worse than PT by the way, I realize that.
If you were already a suite holder, I don't think the experience changed at all. It had been 5 or 6 years since I sat in the suites but I got a chance to go last minute last night. From what I could tell, if you were in an existing suite, nothing changed. In fact, the service might actually be down a little. I ended up getting up and leaving the suite and going out to the concourse and watching the game from over the top of the recruiting room.
From what I understand, the newer suites actually hold fewer people and for whatever reason don't have restrooms in them but cost more. Granted, they have a far better view but if I'm paying $60K for a suite that only holds 12 people vs. 24 people, you better be wiping my nose for me without me asking.
From what I understand, the newer suites actually hold fewer people and for whatever reason don't have restrooms in them but cost more. Granted, they have a far better view but if I'm paying $60K for a suite that only holds 12 people vs. 24 people, you better be wiping my nose for me without me asking.
Not sure what some of you were expecting. The plans have been out there for 2 years. Commonwealth is already a good place to watch a game. What could they have done for the 45k seats that weren't in the clubs? They added video boards and sound systems 3 years ago then seat backs, new restrooms and larger concourses this year.
This was done:
*because the place hadn't been updated in 20 years.
*because they want more income from the club and additional suites and the demand is obviously there.
*because reseating the place was a massive fundraising success.
*because they wanted to entice the coach hired (stoops) and let them know we were committed.
*recruiting!!!!
You all act like it's some big surprise. The place looks great. Short of putting a merry-go-round in for you to watch the damn game from what else could they have done?
I think after they see the revenue from the clubs that the north side will be short order.
-as for congestion and lines. It was the first sellout in 5+ years. You're not used to big crowds and lines. Also a large construction site is still on going. That'll work it's way out.
Stop being such whinny bitches.
QB controversy...
This was done:
*because the place hadn't been updated in 20 years.
*because they want more income from the club and additional suites and the demand is obviously there.
*because reseating the place was a massive fundraising success.
*because they wanted to entice the coach hired (stoops) and let them know we were committed.
*recruiting!!!!
You all act like it's some big surprise. The place looks great. Short of putting a merry-go-round in for you to watch the damn game from what else could they have done?
I think after they see the revenue from the clubs that the north side will be short order.
-as for congestion and lines. It was the first sellout in 5+ years. You're not used to big crowds and lines. Also a large construction site is still on going. That'll work it's way out.
Stop being such whinny bitches.
QB controversy...
I would suspect they do the exact same thing on the other side. Knock it down to about 58,000 but making more money. As the wins come and the demand increases you can bowl in the endzones.
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