‘23 Recruiting Forum: Official Kentucky Pregame/Game Thread

#105
#105
Only rigged officiating can stop us. Maybe in a effort to help cover up or pretend a fair game one week disproves blatant rigging the previous week (it does not), the Birmingham Office calls this on the level?

But Birmingham never suffers any consequences for blatant rigging, so they don't need any cover story. Who knows?

Vols on the merits. Birmingham with the trump card.

GBO! 🍊
 
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#112
Orange. said:
Only rigged officiating can stop us. Maybe in a effort to help cover up or pretend a fair game one week disproves blatant rigging the previous week (it does not), the Birmingham Office calls this on the level?

But Birmingham never suffers any consequences for blatant rigging, so they don't need any cover story. Who knows?

Vols on the merits. Birmingham with the trump card.

GBO! 🍊
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Lol...I literally posted a thought just like this in the main thread..😏...it would be funny if it wasn't so infuriating and saddening.....oh and disgusting..
 
#115
#115
Ulysees E. McGill said:
It's always the wild card in expectations
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Yep

Cooper early
Pili
Bru
Hadden
Charles
Karic
Mincey being banged up as as well as Gabe Jeudy ALI (Brad nessler)

Lots of very important pieces

And now I'm on the injury report because I have a root canal Friday morning and novocaine no longer works

Not sure how much I can redneck come Saturday night with a messed up tooth!
 
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nicksjuzunk said:
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Tennessee heads up north to Lexington for their annual de-railing of Kentucky's "hot start". Both teams sit at 5-2 and Kroger Field will be soaked in bourbon by the time 7:00 rolls around so it should be a fun time in the blue grass state.

Keys to Victory:

1. Slay Ray: This game features two of the best running backs in the nation. Ray Davis is a grown man running with a ball. He is averaging 7.0 yards per carry and if he weren't completely locked down vs. Georgia, he'd probably be closer to 9 YPC. He single handily destroyed Florida for 280 yards. To say the Kentucky offense runs through him is an understatement. Fortunately, the Tennessee defensive line has been outstanding this year, especially up the middle. If Tennessee can have a Georgia like performance (3.9 YPC) this will be run away win. If he averages above 5.0 YPC, it will be a tighter window.

2. Don't be Leery of Leary: Mocking over-hyped Kentucky quarterbacks is my 8th favorite thing. No one at all is talking about Devin Leary anymore, but he was Will Levi's 2.0 before the season... which means he is actually Will Levi's 2.0 now... which is ranked 90th in QBR nationally. Just get the engraving man and the Heisman and let nature take it's course. His past three games he has passed for an eye-popping 120, 128 and 69 yards. LOL... m'kay man. This dude has no sauce. 14 TD and 7 INT.

3. Be on the Wright side of the rushing stats: It's not enough to hold Ray Davis in check, Jaylen Wright, Small and Sampson all need to challenge the stingiest rushing defense (#8) to keep the game from leaning to heavily on Milton's shoulders. It was an off game vs. Bama. They need to be back on track.

4. Keep your options open: Heupel leaned more heavily on the option last week. Although Joe looked awkward with some pitches, it was effective. We need to keep Milton adding to the running game.

5. Play calling: I love Heupel's play-calling... until we miss 5 straight 4th down conversions. There have been some head scratching decisions in risky situations, and he needs to get that sorted out. Going for 4th down on your own 45 is not awful, but when you pair it with a shotgun run up the middle of Alabama's defense... c'mon now.

Prediction: Milton takes advantage of the 105th ranked pass defense in the nation and Squirrel gets big work. The Tennessee running game goes for over 200 again and Ray Davis averages 4.8 yards per carry, mostly in check, but bouncing off a few missed tackles for 2-3 bigger runs. Tennessee is the more complete team, a tale as old as time.

TN 34
KY 17
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Feed White and Nimrod and Webb until they are full.

Have Milton run at least 7-10 times during this game.
 
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#120
#120
PlanetVolunteer said:
Yep

Cooper early
Pili
Bru
Hadden
Charles
Karic
Mincey being banged up as as well as Gabe Jeudy ALI (Brad nessler)

Lots of very important pieces

And now I'm on the injury report because I have a root canal Friday morning and novocaine no longer works

Not sure how much I can redneck come Saturday night with a messed up tooth!
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Told y'all in preseason 7-5 was a distinct possibility with significant injury problems...welp, those are significant injury problems...add that to the SEC deliberately aiming rules interpretations and enforcement at stopping our offense + Milton and the recievers being average at best...and you get what we have now..a real chance at 7-5.
 
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#121
#121
Ulysees E. McGill said:
Told y'all in preseason 7-5 was a distinct possibility with significant injury problems...welp, those are significant injury problems...add that to the SEC deliberately aiming rules interpretations and enforcement at stopping our offense + Milton and the recievers being average at best...and you get what we have now..a real chance at 7-5.
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The lack of WR is most alarming thing to me. There is literally no excuse in THIS offense not to stack classes like TT did in the early 2000's.
 
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#122
#122
Jackcrevol said:
The lack of WR is most alarming thing to me. There is literally no excuse in THIS offense not to stack classes like TT did in the early 2000's.
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I think Milton being so erratic is the issue...the WRs have to be thinking on every throw "where is this pass going"...and thinking instead of playing is bad..

Also...it is not hard to understand one huge problem the WRs have this year...the SEC has obviously instructed officials to let defenses assault our players all over the field....with that going on at a industrial scale, it is amazing they get open at all.

They didn't need to ban our offense..they just figured out a way to stop it by letting defenses cheat with impunity. We have seen our recievers get manhandled all over the field in every game this year with almost no PI or DH calls...including a ton of outrageous ones.

It is hard for me to blame our guys for struggling.
 
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#124
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
Told y'all in preseason 7-5 was a distinct possibility with significant injury problems...welp, those are significant injury problems...add that to the SEC deliberately aiming rules interpretations and enforcement at stopping our offense + Milton and the recievers being average at best...and you get what we have now..a real chance at 7-5.
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I was hoping this would be in blue font, but I guess the OP is serious. Take your meds, buddy.
 
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