Kentucky Can't Overcome Offensive Woes

Kentucky Loses 31-24

Dark, damp, and depressing. No not the 30 degree wet and windy Lexington Saturday night, the Kentucky locker room. The Wildcats fell for the first time in four years to the Vanderbilt Commodores 31-24.

“For the second straight week, I let down my team. I feel like a personal failure,” said freshman quarterback Randall Cobb following the loss.

A word of a fighter and leader or just an overdramatic 18 year old is unknown but there was some correctness in his comments. He and his offense struggled for the second straight week to knot up the game in the final drive.

Although the offense squandered several oppurtunities, Kentucky made mistakes in every phase of the game. Twice the Wildcats roughed the punter to extend Vanderbilt drives. And far too often, Vanderbilt quarterback Chris Nickson found wide open running lanes to slash the once reveared Kentucky defense.

“We knew they were going to come out hungry and they just seemed to want it more than us today.” Said corner David Jones.

And that much was true. Vanderbilt came out firing scoring on their first two scoring drives to jump out to a 14-0 lead. Sound familiar? That’s because it is, Kentucky fell behind big early last week to Georgia. In both games the lead was far to much for the Wildcats to overcome.

Kentucky now heads into their final bye week losing two in a row and five of their last seven.

“We came in here wanting to reach a good bowl game, and now that is not going to happen. Now it’s just about personal pride and how we finish this season,” said a crushed Randall Cobb.

The loss has a huge sting and a season with so many near misses is frustrating for all of the Big Blue Nation and just like the night, Kentucky’s season has been dark, damp, and depressing.