We have had to play our starters 100% of every game. No rest at all. We haven't had any injuries, which is good, but we saw the effect that tough games had on UK last year (leading up to the UT game after 8 weeks w/out a bye). After we had that bye we looked refreshed against UL.
Idk, there really is no explanation other than EKU wants the win more. UK just dead tonight.
There is no redemption from this game. When it ends, burn the tape no matter what. It's not like we made a few mistakes and let them stay around. We have failed in so many areas.
That's why every head coach is so insistent on scheduling an FCS game each season.
Your team could play an absolutely terrible game by most any standards, and the gap between the program levels is great enough that your team will almost always still win.