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Mehlan went 9-4 his 2nd year at MSU and people on here were unimpressed but stoops is gonna have a good year in year 6 and act like we need follow what he and UK have done
 
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jakez4ut said:
Liked the effort, especially on defense.
I gotta say tho, dkjr is struggling. He missed several tackles where he got good contact.

The punt team penalties we're just bad.

Offensively wet showed some signs of life, but we still have a ways to go.

Biggest things I see from yesterday... Still got started slow. And we don't know how to finish.

And not gonna lie, Pruitt got me in the feelz in his post game presser. Easy to see why players love that guy.

I think the bye is good at this point. I'll be interested to see what Kind of adjustments we make over the next two weeks.

Lastly, made it to the bye relatively healthy... Big positive there.
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Been disappointed in DKjr’s tackling too. Most of the team really, but you should not see a freshman QB breaking a weak arm tackle by your SR mlb
 
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Bms4880 said:
I'm not buying the Kentucky hype just yet. They've done this before over the past few years.

2014:
Started 5-1
Finished 0-6

2015:
Started 4-1
Finished 1-6

2016:
Fairly even throughout the year.

2017:
Started 5-1
Finished 2-5

Maybe they turned the corner this year. Otherwise, it appears Stoops does just enough to get an extension, and then takes the second half of the year off.
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I think the difference in the 2018 version of UK compared to previous seasons, is that UK typically had a pretty easy first half of the schedule, where there SEC games were UF, SC, and Vandy. They would lose to the gators in a heartbreaker, sneak by SC and beat Vandy, and struggle with 3 cupcakes. This season they beat the gators, and literally bludgeoned Miss. St. and SC, and handled the 2 cupcakes pretty easily after sluggish starts in those games.

I will give Stoops a lot of credit. He continually RSed most of his OLs and gave them time to develop and get stronger, and that OL is very good. The DL is not great, but solid, but he has some really good LBs, and he has an elite edge rusher in Allen.

Snell is a beast who runs angry with a chip on his shoulder and the rest of the team seems to have taken on that mindset. They really just needed a good QB, and Wilson gives them an extra running back with speed, which makes it difficult to key solely on Snell. And their WRs, who I really haven't thought much of the last couple of seasons, are finally seeming to look like SEC receivers with their routes and catching.

I will not be surprised at all to see them go to College Station and beat aTm.

I will say one thing about their game with SC last night. As bad as they gashed the SC defense in the first half last night, in the second half SC loaded the box and made Wilson, who is a much better runner than passer, have to move the ball through the air. Gant chose to keep the ball on the ground, and the UK ground game was fairly stagnant in the second half of that game. A UK fan tried to tell me that Stoops ent conservative so as not to embarrass Muschamp, but that is obviously BS. No coach calls the dogs off in the 3rd qtr with only a 2 TD lead. But bottom line, against UGA, possibly even aTM, there is going to be a time when Stoops needs Wilson to win a game with his arm, and the jury is still out on whether he can do that for the marbles.
 
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UK is an improved team, and they're playing with a lot of confidence. But UF, Miss St and SCAR are worse than people thought. The media seems determined to make UK a Cinderella, but let's see how they play aTm and UGA. And let's see how much UT can improve by the time the Cats roll into Neyland. The Vols can get better every game-- and maybe they will.
 
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LA Vol said:
UK is an improved team, and they're playing with a lot of confidence. But UF, Miss St and SCAR are worse than people thought. The media seems determined to make UK a Cinderella, but let's see how they play aTm and UGA. And let's see how much UT can improve by the time the Cats roll into Neyland. The Vols can get better every game-- and maybe they will.
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Agreed.

I think Kentucky is improved over years past (including those where they've had the hot 5-1 start).. I still don't think they're a legitimate challenger to Georgia in the East, but they're currently an easy #2 in the division. But confidence is key, and they've got every reason to play with their heads held high and chests out.

They have a tricky four game stretch before coming into Neyland and we'll just have to see how they shake out in the teeth of conference play-- at Texas A&M, BYE, Vandy, at Mizzou, and Georgia at Kroger. If they manage to go 3-1 in that stretch, they'll be a heavy favorite rolling into Knoxville. But while they're more impressive this year than in years past, I can still see them going 1-3 with their lone win being against Vandy at home.

Time will tell.
 
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LA Vol said:
UK is an improved team, and they're playing with a lot of confidence. But UF, Miss St and SCAR are worse than people thought. The media seems determined to make UK a Cinderella, but let's see how they play aTm and UGA. And let's see how much UT can improve by the time the Cats roll into Neyland. The Vols can get better every game-- and maybe they will.
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Yeah their season is just getting started
 
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Random thoughts after watching yesterday's game:

We're starting to see small yet fundamental improvements in physicality and effort on defense. I, like everyone else, am very pleased in this development.

Was yesterday Darrell Taylor's coming out party? I've been high on him since his recruitment, and it's nice to see him start to live up to it. If he can be a guy that teams have to start double-teaming, that bodes really well for the rest of our defensive front.

Likewise, I've never really bought into DKJr. He was solid his freshman year but has been injured ever since and has basically lived off of the leftover hype. I'm wondering if and when Sapp takes over (forgive me if I'm misconstruing the differences in varying LB positions.. I struggle differentiating that level of the defense)

Will we see more aggressive playcalling from the jump, with CJP calling out passes that go for -2 yards? It seems like we always run on 1st down.. It's a little frustrating because if there's one thing I'm most confident about in our offense, it's JG being able to complete 5-7 yard darts. Easier said than done against elite athletes in the secondary like what we saw versus Georgia...

**CAPTAIN OBVIOUS ALERT** Banks HAS to hang onto the ball better. Love his moxie and running style but it's not enough to overcome a fumble every game.

Buchanan seems to be improving. He played really poorly against WVU, and maybe I haven't paid a ton of attention to his play since, but he's at least not as much of a glaring weakness as he's been previously. If Warrior can bring physicality game-in-game-out, the entire secondary could keep competitive against the likes of Bentley/Lock/Shurmur.

Alexis Johnson seems to be a little bit of a mixed bag. I haven't seen too many screw-ups on his part, but he hasn't yet been consistently disruptive. I think he has what it takes to be better-than-solid and hopefully we see him elevate his game over the second half of the season. He's just not quite there yet.
 
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Ok @HankHill...Time to give Chryst a shot...There I said it..JG is not getting better at this point, and this offense is not going to be good enough to hide his shortcomings. I know he has potential, but he just is not realizing that potential at all. He is just football dumb, and just can not process info quick enough to use his talents.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
Ok @HankHill...Time to give Chryst a shot...There I said it..JG is not getting better at this point, and this offense is not going to be good enough to hide his shortcomings. I know he has potential, but he just is not realizing that potential at all. He is just football dumb, and just can not process info quick enough to use his talents.
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Yeah you have no idea what's going on. Classic example of a guy who's probably never played a down of football in his life who pretends like he really knows the specifics of what's going on out there.
 
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Crazy Ivan said:
I think the difference in the 2018 version of UK compared to previous seasons, is that UK typically had a pretty easy first half of the schedule, where there SEC games were UF, SC, and Vandy. They would lose to the gators in a heartbreaker, sneak by SC and beat Vandy, and struggle with 3 cupcakes. This season they beat the gators, and literally bludgeoned Miss. St. and SC, and handled the 2 cupcakes pretty easily after sluggish starts in those games.

I will give Stoops a lot of credit. He continually RSed most of his OLs and gave them time to develop and get stronger, and that OL is very good. The DL is not great, but solid, but he has some really good LBs, and he has an elite edge rusher in Allen.

Snell is a beast who runs angry with a chip on his shoulder and the rest of the team seems to have taken on that mindset. They really just needed a good QB, and Wilson gives them an extra running back with speed, which makes it difficult to key solely on Snell. And their WRs, who I really haven't thought much of the last couple of seasons, are finally seeming to look like SEC receivers with their routes and catching.

I will not be surprised at all to see them go to College Station and beat aTm.

I will say one thing about their game with SC last night. As bad as they gashed the SC defense in the first half last night, in the second half SC loaded the box and made Wilson, who is a much better runner than passer, have to move the ball through the air. Gant chose to keep the ball on the ground, and the UK ground game was fairly stagnant in the second half of that game. A UK fan tried to tell me that Stoops ent conservative so as not to embarrass Muschamp, but that is obviously BS. No coach calls the dogs off in the 3rd qtr with only a 2 TD lead. But bottom line, against UGA, possibly even aTM, there is going to be a time when Stoops needs Wilson to win a game with his arm, and the jury is still out on whether he can do that for the marbles.
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I agree..It's like people just look at numbers without really checking them out. Kentucky is a good football team this year...period.
 
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