The good news on the injury front is that linebacker Jason Hatcher will be available to play against Tennessee after missing the game at Mississippi State with an ankle injury. “It was hard, it was a hard”, Stoops said.
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Tolando Cleveland filled in nicely for Will Redmond at cornerback, making three tackles including one for a loss. “I think we have a lot of leaders on this team within positions that you might not necessarily see from the outside”.
Mississippi State is 5-2 and 1-2 in SEC play, and the team has won its past six straight against Kentucky.
Prescott’ play not only led the Bulldogs to a 42-16 blowout of Kentucky, but also reminded SEC fans of something that never should have been forgotten: Dak Prescott in the SEC’s best quarterback, and it isn’t a close race.
No. 15 has been on a warpath ever since LA Tech jumped out to a 14-0 lead over State last week.
Kentucky almost defeated Auburn but lost by a 30-27 final score and now the Wildcats have a 4-2 record for the season. In their last game, the Wildcats fell to Auburn 30-27.
A win over Mississippi State would make them a legitimate factor in the Eastern Division more than halfway through the year. Kentucky coach Mark Stoops said facing Mississippi State might be his team’s biggest challenge all season.
There are only so many adjectives to use when describing Prescott’s performance on Saturday night that do it justice, but perhaps the best way to show the magnitude of his play is by comparing it to top performances of the three Heisman-winning SEC quarterbacks in the past decade. “Very good looking, very athletic guys”. As he headed for the locker room, Stoops told the United Kingdom radio network that the last few minutes of the second quarter were “bad game management by me”. But lately? Not so much. He tipped the pass and as he fell to the ground caught it. The pick halted Kentucky’s opening drive of the second half, but Mississippi State couldn’t capitalize.
There might not be a head coach in the country with more trust in his quarterback than Dan Mullen. The United Kingdom defense held the Dogs to a single touchdown in each quarter, but the Cats managed just a field goal in the third.
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It came out flat against South Carolina and pulled out the win on the road. Patrick Towles and Drew Barker combined to throw three interceptions in 52 attempts and did not get the Wildcats into the end zone through the air (though Towles did run for a touchdown). He threw for 390 yards and two touchdowns and also ran for 76 yards and two touchdowns against Mississippi State in last season in a 45-31 loss.
