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I sure thought they had it twice today. After scoring to take the lead with 2:10 left in the fourth. Then came all of the stupid penalties that got Tennesse back into it including the mouthing by one player that caused the unsportsmanlike conduct. They took it to the house with 50 seconds left. Kentucky came back and drove to the Tennesee thirty with one play left. The pass went up and came down in a crowd and it looked like a blue jersey had it cradled and he came down, hit the ground and the ball came out. Heck of a game...very, very close. The offense couldn't seem to get tracked in the first half and the defense stepped up except for the first Tennesee possesion. The second half...especially the fourth quarter the offense did much better, but, the defense had a little more trouble. Overall, nothing to hang their heads about. One catch and Kentucky would have won. I really felt like when Kentucky got a sense of urgency on offense, they were the better team overall. Some of the kids I was really impressed with personally, were Hayes from Garrard, Robinson from Perry Central, Mike Smith from Harlan, Lake from Rockcastle, Peay from Allen County/Scottsville, Pitt from Henderson, Harrington from Boyle, Harness from John Hardin, Davenport from Bell, Burgy-Vanhoose from Pike and Walker from Holy Cross. This group seemed to rise above during the game. I was really impressed with the Pitt kid and hadn't heard of him before this game. Markell was all over the place from Garrard County and seemed to always make the play on the punt and pass coverage. What can you say about the Davenport kid but, WOW" on that reverse run....glad for once he was on our side. Now...everyone was involved in this game for Kentucky, but, this group is the group that I remember particular plays where they came through big. Good luck to all of the players on their futures whether they include football or not!