Is Kentucky that good? 8.5 dog to FL

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From what I’ve watched Levis can sling the rock, which doesn’t bode well at all for us. Other than that I see no real aspect of their team that jumps out as being particularly strong.

This is a night game in Lexington which is a VERY underrated stadium as far as atmosphere is concerned. Had we gotten Florida for a night game in Neyland I think our betting line would have been closer, 10-12 or so.
 
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5FingerVolPunch said:
Kentucky is about to get blown out. They'll be exposed this game and their media darling status will be revoked.
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I kinda feel the same way. I thought they were pretty good after beating Missouri. But after needing to recover an onside kick to hang on against Chattanooga and barely beating a bad SC team, I think they’re overrated. And maybe I overrated Missouri a little. I think Florida will cover that.
 
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Kentucky has a good RB in Rodriguez and Florida's lone weakness on defense seems to be stopping the run. And Kentucky has been one of the best teams in the country so far at stopping the run (Florida's strength). Also, Kentucky is playing at home. So for those reasons, you can't completely count out Kentucky.

But Kentucky leads the nation in turnovers lost and Florida has a strong secondary as well as a DL that I beelieve is top 5 nationally in sacks. This a recipe that spells disaster for Kentucky. I think Kentucky continues to be TO prone and their defense won't be able to contain Florida enough to stay close. I think UF wins 34-17.
 
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If both teams brought their A game, I think Florida would beat them handily. Kentucky seems to play them tough a lot of times tho, especially at home. I think it’s similar to our game- close at the half, and Florida makes adjustments and pulls away.
 
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Carp said:
Kentucky has a good RB in Rodriguez and Florida's lone weakness on defense seems to be stopping the run. And Kentucky has been one of the best teams in the country so far at stopping the run (Florida's strength). Also, Kentucky is playing at home. So for those reasons, you can't completely count out Kentucky.

But Kentucky leads the nation in turnovers lost and Florida has a strong secondary as well as a DL that I beelieve is top 5 nationally in sacks. This a recipe that spells disaster for Kentucky. I think Kentucky continues to be TO prone and their defense won't be able to contain Florida enough to stay close. I think UF wins 34-17.
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This is not correct. Florida's run defense is pretty stout. Our pass defense is not good this year. We don't have the same caliber of players we usually have in the secondary, and they get beat often. Part of that is Grantham's awful scheme of blitzing every other down, leaving them on an island, but mostly I think they are just an average group outside of Elam.

Kentucky has played us close in recent years and we seem to not play great against them. If that trend continues, Kentucky could very well be in the game in the 4th. If Florida actually plays their A game, it will likely get out of hand for UK. But that is a big if.

Richardson is supposed to play but I won't believe it until I actually see him on the field taking a snap.
 
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MercyPercy said:
This is not correct. Florida's run defense is pretty stout. Our pass defense is not good this year. We don't have the same caliber of players we usually have in the secondary, and they get beat often. Part of that is Grantham's awful scheme of blitzing every other down, leaving them on an island, but mostly I think they are just an average group outside of Elam.

Kentucky has played us close in the recent years and we seem to not play great against them. If that trend continues, Kentucky could very well be in the game in the 4th. If Florida actually plays their A game, it will likely get out if hand for UK. But that is a big if.

Richardson is supposed to play but I won't believe it until I actually see him on the field taking a snap.
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That's fair. I didn't really look at the numbers just was going by the TN game (which Elam didn't play). We seemed to have a lot more success running the ball on you than throwing.
 
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Carp said:
That's fair. I didn't really look at the numbers just was going by the TN game (which Elam didn't play). We seemed to have a lot more success running the ball on you than throwing.
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They aren't incredible at stopping the run but they are better at it than pass defense. We had a few blown coverages against you, the vols just didn't take advantage of all of them.
 
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