Kentucky Observations

[dressedcheeseside]

how many times have we beat 3 sec teams in a season since we left the sec?

Kensucky will make the hat trick.

 

[iceeater1969]

In 66 We Played 5 sec.
Beating Vandy, Auburn, and Tenn.
Losing to uga and Fla.
Back then the acc was not so much as we beat clemson, duke, virginia.
We also beat Penn state
Had 7 home games.

I hope we get these kats for this year.

 

[FightWinDrink]

how many times have we beat 3 sec teams in a season since we left the sec?

Here are the years we've played 3 or more SEC opponents since we went independent in 1964. In bold are the 3 years we won at least 3. Last time it happened was in 1977. Should have happened in 2009... but can't do anything about that
1964 (independent): 3-3 vs SEC; Wins: 14-2 Vanderbilt, 7-3 Auburn, 7-6 Tulane; Losses: 14-22 Tennessee, 7-24 Alabama, 0-7 georgia
1965 (ind): 2-2-1 vs SEC; Wins: 13-10 Tulane, 23-14 Auburn; Losses: 7-21 Tennessee, 7-17 georgia; Tie: 10-10 Vanderbilt
1966 (ind): 3-2 vs SEC; Wins: 42-0 Vanderbilt, 6-3 Tennessee, 17-3 Auburn; Losses: 14-23 georgia, 12-27 Florida
1967 (ind): 1-3 vs SEC; Win: 17-10 Vanderbilt; Losses: 13-24 Tennessee, 10-28 Auburn, 14-21 georgia
1968 (ind): 1-2 vs SEC; Win: 21-20 Auburn; Losses: 7-24 Tennessee, 8-47 georgia
1969 (ind): 1-2 vs SEC; Win: 6-0 georgia; Losses: 8-26 Tennessee, 14-17 Auburn
1970 (ind): 1-2 vs SEC; Win: 17-7 georgia; Losses: 6-17 Tennessee, 7-31 Auburn
1971 (ind): 0-4 vs SEC; Losses: 6-10 Tennessee, 14-31 Auburn, 24-28 georgia, 18-41 Ole Miss
1972 (ind): 0-3 vs SEC; Losses: 3-34 Tennessee, 14-24 Auburn, 7-27 georgia
1973 (ind): 0-3 vs SEC; Losses: 14-20 Tennessee, 10-24 Auburn, 3-10 georgia
1976 (ind): 1-2 vs SEC; Win: 28-10 Auburn; Losses: 7-42 Tennessee, 10-13 georgia
1977 (ind): 3-0 vs SEC; Wins: 24-8 Tennessee, 38-21 Auburn, 16-7 georgia
1978 (ind): 2-1 vs SEC; Wins: 24-10 Auburn, 17-13 Florida; Loss: 28-29 georgia
1979 (ind): 0-4-1 vs SEC; Losses: 6-30 Alabama, 0-31 Tennessee, 14-38 Auburn, 3-16 georgia; Tie: 7-7 Florida
1980 (ind): 0-5 vs SEC; Losses: 3-26 Alabama, 12-45 Florida, 10-23 Tennessee, 20-38 georgia
1981 (ind): 1-4 vs SEC; Win: 24-21 Alabama; Losses: 6-27 Florida, 7-10 Tennessee, 7-31 Auburn, 7-44 georgia
1982 (ind): 1-3 vs SEC; Win: 31-21 Tennessee; Losses: 7-45 Alabama, 0-24 Auburn, 18-38 georgia
1983 (ACC): 0-4 vs SEC; Losses: 7-20 Alabama, 13-31 Auburn, 3-37 Tennessee, 24-27 georgia
1984 (ACC): 2-2 vs SEC; Wins: 16-6 Alabama, 35-18 georgia; Losses: 34-48 Auburn, 21-24 Tennessee
1985 (ACC): 1-1-1 vs SEC; Win: 20-16 georgia; Loss: 14-17 Auburn; Tie: 6-6 Tennessee
1986 (ACC): 1-2 vs SEC; Win: 14-13 Tennessee; Loss: 10-31 Auburn, 24-31 georgia
1987 (ACC): 0-3 vs SEC; Losses: 10-20 Auburn, 15-29 Tennessee, 16-30 georgia
2003 (ACC): 2-1 vs SEC; Wins: 17-3 Auburn, 24-17 Vanderbilt; Loss: 17-34 georgia
2008 (ACC): 2-1 vs SEC; Wins: 38-7 Mississippi State, 45-42 georgia; Loss: 3-38 LSU
2009 (ACC): 2-1 vs SEC; Wins: 42-31 Mississippi State, 56-31 Vanderbilt; Loss: 24-30 georgia
2016 (ACC): 2-0* vs SEC; Wins: 38-7 Vanderbilt, 28-27 georgia; TBD: Kentucky

 

[Jmonty71]

After watching the better part of three games from the Wildcats today, I have put together a rather lengthy series of observations that will probably be derided as being superficial but here goes.

* On offense, they run exclusively out of the gun. Badget is the game breaker at wide receiver. Generally three wide out sets often in trips. Pretty much a standard spread option but they have a good tight end named Conrad who is effective as a blocker and receiver. Excellent backs. Only team in the SEC with two backs going over 1,000 yards each. Boom Williams is the scat back who has nice cuts and jumps to the outside, while freshman Ben Snell is a 220 lb power back with fine balance and vision. Big and physical offensive line.

* Quarterback is an athletic but rail thin JUCO transfer named Johnson. Erratic as a passer but dangerous on the outside. MUST respect his zone reads as he is more apt than most spread option quarterbacks to tuck it and run. He appears to be most effective on simple one or two option roll outs with the ability to tuck and run at any time. Fast but easily tackled.

* Remind me of UGA without the hype. I am especially concerned about their power running game behind a pretty good offensive line. That said, the quarterbacks are very different. This is much more of a true spread option attack and Kentucky's quarterback does not have near the arm or talent of the "Golden Boy" from Athens. They run a lot of "Wildcat" with the freshman Snell.

*Negatives: They do not convert third downs well. Quarterback is prone to throw face palming type interceptions. Throws a sort of flat ball at times and sometimes makes late throws that can be picked off.

* On defense. Huge cornerbacks. One of them is 6-4 200 lbs. Physical on the perimeter. Seem to run a lot of man coverage and they are good at open field tackling. Huge nose tackle named Pringle. Well over 300 lbs and he doesn't look all that fat. Good defensive end. They play fast and are physical. That said they are vulnerable to good running games. Defense gets tired because the offense is prone to three and outs during long stretches of the game. Pretty good kicker.

Too add, they run up the middle a good bit. Part of the Louisville game was won on the LOS. As for their QB, the L'ville game was, by far, his best. He played perfect. He is a hot / cold type QB.