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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 11-19-2015, 07:12 PM:

Not scoring twice when Kentucky had the ball inside the 5-yard line at Vanderbilt last week led to the 21-17 loss.

Now Kentucky coach Mark Stoops says he wants to see junior JoJo Kemp get more touches in situations like that.

"I think a guy that we need to look at is Jojo in short yardage, to kind of get to where you were going with that. There’s been inconsistencies with all of them, but Jojo – moving forward, I want to put Jojo in that situation," Stoops said Monday.

Offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson listened.

"He’s a big, physical guy that’s done well in those situations. Part of our game plan in those situations Saturday was to really go fast when we got down there, because when they get lined up they’re pretty good. So, when we got down there a lot of the times I was just trying to tempo run," Dawson said.

"It just so happens that when you tempo run you can’t sub. Probably an error on my part. I probably should have slowed it down and subbed, but going into the game just watching those guys play goal-line defense, whenever you let them settle in they’re pretty good. So I was just trying to catch them off guard and punch it in.

"Just so happened that Boom was the guy that ran it down there. If he gets another yard on the long one – that’s what I told him at the end: ‘You know, you can run that all the way if you want to. Would save me a lot of heartache.’ Ultimately, we have to have a better plan down there, and that falls directly on me."

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Posted by boomdaddy (Member # 2644) on 11-19-2015, 09:20 PM:

Remember the Defensive tackle they were using in fall practice for goal line and short yardage plays? He hit one of the 1st string LBs and knocked him out of the first three games.

They used him on one play as a blocker out of the backfield and they scored a TD. I don't think they have used him since.

What is up with that?

Posted by GA Cat (Member # 642) on 11-20-2015, 08:48 AM:

We are this far in the season, and the Coach and the OC are on different pages?

That is not good.

Posted by BlueCollarMan (Member # 2114) on 11-20-2015, 10:53 AM:

Jojo has been underutilized ALL season.

Fred

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 11-21-2015, 07:18 PM:

Hopefully JoJo and Boom will have a break out games.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 11-22-2015, 09:02 AM:

They both went over 100 yards rushing and hopefully will be a big boast to their confidence and they will continue their good play against Louisville.