[More Cowbell]

Well, after watching us play Louisville, Arkansas, and now South Carolina, I can honestly say that Carolina was the worst of the three teams. So how do we beat the other two and lose tonight? One word: TURNOVERS

As was mentioned above, we outgained Carolina in total yards and first downs. We also outgained them in rush yards by a sizable margin. And I sat there watching this game in disbelief, wondering how in the world we weren't leading. But in the end, I came to the conclusion that South Carolina didn't beat the Cats, UK beat themselves. The mistakes were just ridiculous all night.

Woodson, in particular, had a very poor game from a leadership standpoint. He is a senior, and is supposed to know better than to make bad decisions. But there he was, throwing the pick in the red zone late in the second quarter. And there he was having a complete brain cramp throwing the backwards pass that was returned for a TD in the second. And he and Little combined to fumble the handoff and lose a sure-fire TD at the end of the third. Now, I know he was pressured all night, and his O-line has to shoulder some of the blame, but Woodson also needs to make better decisions. That INT in the second quarter never should've been thrown up, and on that play in the third he simply should've taken the sack. Just mental mistakes like you would expect from a freshman, not a senior Heisman candidate.

I believe that if the turnover margin was even, rather than a minus-3 for the Cats, the outcome would've been a lot different. Sadly, at least 3 of the 4 turnovers could've been avoided with better focus and decision-making. Kinda reminds me of the way the old Kentucky used to lose games they could've won.

My final problem is with the play-calling. When you're facing a team with the top pass defense but a poor run defense, why in the world do you end up throwing 40 passes and only rushing 38 times. I felt all night that the rushing yards were there for the taking, especially in the second half, but Joker Phillips kept putting the ball in the air. If we had kept the ball on the ground, we could've controlled the clock better and likely finished off some of those drives with TD's instead of FG's.

Oh well. I guess my rant's over, time to start thinking about LSU...