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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 11-12-2014, 05:23 PM:

Hopefully they will be up for the challenge and put a "W" in the win column.

Kentucky coach Mark Stoops says his challenge is getting across to the whole team about the way he wants the Wildcats to play Saturday at Tennessee.

“The bottom line is you gotta get to the whole team. So if you’ve watched us, we come out and we play lights out on one side of the ball or the other. Two weeks ago, everybody was talking about how good the defense played and how poor the offense played, right? At Missouri, right? You know, and played a very good special-teams game against a very good special-teams unit at Missouri. And then we played bad offensively. Then we come back the next week and we play terrible defensively and play pretty efficient offensively and poor on special teams,” Stoops said.

“If we had the magic formula – if I could wave that magic wand and get to every (one of the) 100 guys, then we’d be winning. You know what I mean? It’s just – it’s a mystery. It’s frustrating because we’re inconsistent. To beat good football teams, you have to play good – or at least as good as you can – in all phases. We haven’t done that lately, and that’s what gets frustrating. I’m tired of going back and forth where the offense plays well and then the defense and vice versa and all that. We need to be a complete football team, and we haven’t done that. So you’re always reaching for that magic formula. So we’ll see.”

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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 11-12-2014, 10:33 PM:

Saturday is a huge game and the players have got to step and give 100%. I would think getting a chance to play in a bowl game would be enough incentive to give a 110 percent.

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 11-13-2014, 06:42 AM:

I sure wished this one was at home!

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 11-13-2014, 10:59 AM:

It's going to help having McClain and Smith back playing on defense.

Posted by EnterpriseCat (Member # 2881) on 11-13-2014, 11:56 AM:

I hate to think about it, but this is setting up as one of those games where UT's QB will set all sorts of personal "bests" against us. Our defense needs to play their best game yet to give us a chance. Dobbs is a running threat QB and we struggle against those kind of QB's (except we did okay against Prescott). I sure hope we beat the Vols. It would be nice to get bowl eligible. Go Big Blue!

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 11-13-2014, 08:47 PM:

Don't say that, EC. Now you've got me thinking about all that stuff! Darn you!!! [Razz]

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 11-15-2014, 03:05 PM:

All we can do is play hard and hope it's good enough.