Kentucky Foe in 2020

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Well you know how it is transfer QBs are always the best😂 In all seriousness though he's not a bad QB good size and decent arm but far from a savior but will definitely help them
 
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WoodsmanVol said:
Local news saying the Cats got an Auburn QB via the transfer portal. A brief showing on TV suggests he's a big-bodied guy who can run. If he can also throw, we will be in for a serious battle in 2020.

Former Auburn QB Joey Gatewood Transfers to Kentucky
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Man, I don't worry about KY on KY gameday, and sure ain't going to worry about them a year in advance.
Jesus could suit up for KY and the orange devils would still win.
 
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WoodsmanVol said:
Local news saying the Cats got an Auburn QB via the transfer portal. A brief showing on TV suggests he's a big-bodied guy who can run. If he can also throw, we will be in for a serious battle in 2020.

Former Auburn QB Joey Gatewood Transfers to Kentucky
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The guy that wrote the article didn't even Mention Lynn Bowden who basically won games for them with his running. He mention Wilson the JUCO like he was the QB that came in from WR. Wilson may be back but he's not a dynamic running QB and Gatewood isn't either. If you cannot be a running QB in Malzahn's system, no worries about this guy.
 
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peaygolf said:
Ok......3rd string QB transferring to UK.

Ugh Oh.:confused:
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Though I agree its not a huge deal, I'm sure a lot of folks said the same thing when the last 2 UT 3rd string QB's transferred and played themselves into the NFL. Just because a guy is thrid string does not necessarily mean he's a scrub, especially in the SEC. A lot of times it's about fit in the offense. UK historically tends to do very well with big-bodied QB that can move a bit. That and WR's starting at QB. Heck, what they pulled off this year starting a WR at QB most of the year was kinda impressive.
 
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sechamp2012 said:
The guy that wrote the article didn't even Mention Lynn Bowden who basically won games for them with his running. He mention Wilson the JUCO like he was the QB that came in from WR. Wilson may be back but he's not a dynamic running QB and Gatewood isn't either. If you cannot be a running QB in Malzahn's system, no worries about this guy.
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That is why I chuckle at the SEC pundits saying what an awesome job Stoops/Gran did of saving their season while having to play a 3rd string QB. Please; and Sawyer Smith was healthy by at least UK's game with UT. Stoops continued playing Bowden at QB because he realized Bowden was much more dynamic than Smith despite his lack of consistency as a passing threat (Bowden was a HS QB anyway from his soph through sr seasons).

Gran basically ran Bowden in a hybrid veer/triple option attack ala GT, one, because he knew SEC East defenses would not be prepared for it, and two, he prefers a strictly ground game anyway because of his conservative approach to the game. Stoops' philosophy has always been a conservative offense coupled with a stingy defense, so when Smith was injured, he moved Bowden from WR to QB rather than insert his actual 3rd string QB, I suspect he did so knowing he could have a dynamic ground attack. He didn't do it out of desperation; he did it because it was the best option to fit Stoops' philosophy.
 
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volfaninky said:
He won’t play til 2021 and he wasn’t good enough to play at auburn so there’s that. Ky will always be Ky to us.
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He may have been good enough, but Gus may have also been under inside pressure to play Nix with him being a legacy kid (QB Patrick Nix' son).
 
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Crazy Ivan said:
That is why I chuckle at the SEC pundits saying what an awesome job Stoops/Gran did of saving their season while having to play a 3rd string QB. Please; and Sawyer Smith was healthy by at least UK's game with UT. Stoops continued playing Bowden at QB because he realized Bowden was much more dynamic than Smith despite his lack of consistency as a passing threat (Bowden was a HS QB anyway from his soph through sr seasons).

Gran basically ran Bowden in a hybrid veer/triple option attack ala GT, one, because he knew SEC East defenses would not be prepared for it, and two, he prefers a strictly ground game anyway because of his conservative approach to the game. Stoops' philosophy has always been a conservative offense coupled with a stingy defense, so when Smith was injured, he moved Bowden from WR to QB rather than insert his actual 3rd string QB, I suspect he did so knowing he could have a dynamic ground attack. He didn't do it out of desperation; he did it because it was the best option to fit Stoops' philosophy.
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Stoops would be screwed without Gran
 
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NCFisher said:
Man, I don't worry about KY on KY gameday, and sure ain't going to worry about them a year in advance.
Jesus could suit up for KY and the orange devils would still win.
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You may be right, though I wouldn't throw Jesus' name around so vainly and disrespectfully. But that's just me.
 
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This is about as big an overreaction as people had about Cameron Newton getting signed by Auburn out of JUCO. As if one one transfer player is gonna change everything for a team.
 
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He might be a big guy but if he can’t play left guard like Lorenzen why would they want him?
 
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