The UK Game

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crusse10

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I went up there as a birthday gift from my parents. It sucked.

I just want to know if the commentators vividly described how crazy the wind was. I hear a lot of people complaining about how the game played out and how there's no way we should have ever lost to UK, let alone UK with a WR taking the snaps.

Having been in the stadium I can attest that the game was a perfect storm. Not only did we not 100% prepare for a WR running the zone read, but the weather was conducive to exactly that offense. Putting the ball in the air when the wind swirled at 10-20 mph while changing directions is deadly for a passing game.

Moreover, our entire offensive mindset is putting the ball in the air. We were crippled by the weather. Our ground game isn't good enough to be relied upon in that capacity. Lots of times fans complain that they played against the opponent and the refs. We played against Kentucky and the weather. Kentucky only played against us.

No, Tennessee is not supposed to lose to Kentucky. No, we did not have the best strategies to combat the perfect storm in Lexington. Had the wind been calm, we win that game like any other in my lifetime.

Sorry to bring the game up again, but I never got to comment on it.

Oh, and liquor stores in Kentucky are way better than in Tennessee.
 
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crusse10 said:
I went up there as a birthday gift from my parents. It sucked.

I just want to know if the commentators vividly described how crazy the wind was. I hear a lot of people complaining about how the game played out and how there's no way we should have ever lost to UK, let alone UK with a WR taking the snaps.

Having been in the stadium I can attest that the game was a perfect storm. Not only did we not 100% prepare for a WR running the zone read, but the weather was conducive to exactly that offense. Putting the ball in the air when the wind swirled at 10-20 mph while changing directions is deadly for a passing game.

Moreover, our entire offensive mindset is putting the ball in the air. We were crippled by the weather. Our ground game isn't good enough to be relied upon in that capacity. Lots of times fans complain that they played against the opponent and the refs. We played against Kentucky and the weather. Kentucky only played against us.

No, Tennessee is not supposed to lose to Kentucky. No, we did not have the best strategies to combat the perfect storm in Lexington. Had the wind been calm, we win that game like any other in my lifetime.

Sorry to bring the game up again, but I never got to comment on it.

Oh, and liquor stores in Kentucky are way better than in Tennessee.
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This is 100% the truth. After you get off I-75 at Man O War Blvd, there is a store less than a mile up the road that from a distance might look like a Best Buy. It's actually a Liquor Barn.
 
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Yea blame it on the weather. Smh. We should never have been running 20 yard routes when we have a qb with a broken thumb. Run some quick out routes or something as opposed to seeing bray one hop it every single time.
 
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So....Kentucky didn't have to battle the weather? Confused.
 
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Ask any heavy-passing OC if wind changing directions at 20mph all game is going to severely handicap his playcalling. We didn't have much of a chance with that weather.
 
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Brian McCat said:
So....Kentucky didn't have to battle the weather? Confused.
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Correct. Kentucky wasn't going to be passing. How are you "battling the wind" when you're never passing. Kentucky trotting out the zone read all game negated wind direction and speed.
 
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crusse10 said:
Correct. Kentucky wasn't going to be passing. How are you "battling the wind" when you're never passing. Kentucky trotting out the zone read all game negated wind direction and speed.
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Special teams?
 
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Pathetic topic. We got beat in every phase of the game. The wind has nothing to do with it.
 
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bleedorange0037 said:
This is 100% the truth. After you get off I-75 at Man O War Blvd, there is a store less than a mile up the road that from a distance might look like a Best Buy. It's actually a Liquor Barn.
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If you live in Kentucky intentionally, you have every reason to drink.
 
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Outside of the OP, most of the comments in this thread are retarded.

Congrats Ken****y and Vol fans pulling against Dooley.
 
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We got outcoached. We did not adjust to the complex Kentucky offense. (sarcasm) Not one time did we stack the line and make them throw. WHY?? I may never know the answer to that question.
 
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I read about the wind during pregame and it worried me with Bray's thumb. The commentators didn't discuss it much to my recollection, but I was too busy chucking small objects at the wall.
 
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bleedorange0037 said:
This is 100% the truth. After you get off I-75 at Man O War Blvd, there is a store less than a mile up the road that from a distance might look like a Best Buy. It's actually a Liquor Barn.
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I used to work in Evansville Indiana, and we would drive 30 minutes into Owensboro Ky in order to get alcohol. and we had a store less than a mile from our apt. It was just that much better (and cheaper)
 
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crusse10 said:
Giving up 10 points is not being beaten in every phase of the game. We played a great defensive game.
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Cleary.

UK played without a QB and pretty much everyone knew they would run 99% of the time with Roark...you gave him 100+ yards and couldnt stop him.
 
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