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INSTANT ANALYSIS: Punt coverage costs Kentucky in OT loss to Texas

3val57SW_400x400 (1)by: Justin Rowland9 hours ago
Syndication: The Courier-Journal
Texas’ Quintrevion Wisner scores a touchdown against Kentucky Saturday night at Kroger Field. Oct. 18, 2025

A large portion of the Big Blue Nation isn’t going to want to hear anything resembling a moral victory when its team dropped to 0-4 in the SEC. There were a lot of positives to take away from Kentucky’s loss to Texas, but it was a missed opportunity in the end.

Cats Illustrated publisher Justin Rowland offers Instant Analysis of Kentucky’s crushing 16-13 overtime loss to Texas at the House of Blue.

Cutter Boley had his second straight promising performance and those games have come against Georgia and Texas. The offense could finally be building something promising and the defense won the matchup with Arch Manning.

Punt coverage had a lot to do with Kentucky’s demise.

Read and discuss: Instant Analysis of Kentucky’s 23-20 OT loss to Texas