corndog had a heart attack

 

Cutting back on corndogs would be a step in the right direction.

Big mistakes and big plays on both sides.

 

Anderson and Cobb on offense.

 

Locke and Guy in the return game.

 

Three in a row against our rival... I'll take it.

The botched 2 minute offense at the end of the first half for the Cats spilled over into the 3rd quarter. There was no momentum and 3 straight fumbles. I would work on that next week. Not that it will benefit them next week, but for games down the road.

IMO Justin Burke out played Hartline today...

The Positive thing about this game is The cats of old would have lost this game...

A win is a win but this one at best was case of U.L. lost it and not U.K. winning. U.K. and U.L. were bad today. Should the Cats play like this he rest of the way out they will not win one SEC game. Todays game imo didn't as much show that U.L. was better, it only showed that U.L. was worse.

I am very glad to get another win over the Cards but certainly am not going to be dancing or celebrating this one. We won, thats about it.

 

One positive (besides the win being bette than a loss) is that the Govenor's Cup stays home where it belongs. :thumb:

IMO Justin Burke out played Hartline today...

 

I certainly agree with this. Just about anyone outplays Hartline imo.

Cutting back on corndogs would be a step in the right direction.

 

Or those apple "turnovers". :lol:

I certainly agree with this. Just about anyone outplays Hartline imo.

Outside of a couple mistakes, Hartline didn't play bad today. He made some very big plays.

How about not getting 3 points before the half? Couldve cost the game.

The offense needs some work right now. I'd like to see how many times Hartline threw beyond 20 yards from scrimmage (I mean 20 yards IN THE AIR, not short of it and the reciever runs the rest of it). In order for this team to be successful Hartline must extend/stretch the defense. By doing so it will help our run game be even better as we won't have 8 lineman in the box. The improvement I did see from Hartline today was that he threw the ball in the middle of the field, which he didn't do last year. Hartline threw up the middle today but not very far. He threw short crossing routes all day.

 

As for the 2-minute offense toward the end of the 1st half, the entire blame should go on Hartline as he knows how much time is left and he has to hurry the offense up. Plus, at that juncture when you have no timeouts left, you must either pass to the sideline or to the endzone when you are that close. As most of you saw he didn't do that, and thats what led to us not scoring at the end of the 1st half.

 

Yet again I reiterate that Hartline MUST extend the defense with some deep throws which he did not do today. If he doesn't, they will stack the box the whole game. Also, I still believe we aren't utilizing Matthews size enough right now in the redzone or on the field in-general for that matter. I think he may have had 2 catches all day and he was only thrown at 3 times. Gotta use him because Cobb can't catch every pass. Gotta have another WR who they defense has to respect so they have to respect both which also opens up our offense.

 

The Defense wasn't that bad. That stretch of 3 straight turnovers just tired them out as they weren't able to get any rest and I think thats what caused them to give up the points they did. The offense needs to give them more rest and not turn the ball over so they can do their job. I believe we got better pressure on the QB today from our Defensive Ends which is a plus as that didn't happen too much in the Miami(OH) game. Burtke didn't look too much at Trevard Lindley's way today. I believe only one guy caught a pass today that Lindley was defending and it was a one handed catch at that and it was perfectly placed by Burtke just over the shoulder. Other than that Lindley was pretty good. They went at Paul Warford the whole game. Anytime there was a 1-on-1 match up with Louisville targeted him. Warford was getting burned alot today. Hopefully it was just nerves in it being a rivalry game and the opening home game.

 

Overall, a win is a win, now we need to turn our focus to Florida and shore up the mistakes we made today. If we don't, I could see us losing by 40. If Hartline is able to limit his turnovers and stretch the defense, I think this team could go a long way. Now some of you may think I'm getting on Hartline a bit much here but its because I know he has the potential and he has shown it. He is definitely improved from last year. He just needs to have more confidence to throw the ball down field and not all these short passes he has been throwing. He his throwing down the middle now which is a definite improvement from last year when he only threw to the flat. Basically to sum it up, we need a more vertical passing game than what we showed but Hartline is making improvements little by little. He has promise and I'm sure he will continue to improve as the season progresses.

On a side note, Derrick Locke had a GREAT game today. 300+ all-purpose yards on 23 touches. Can't get much better than that boys. He and Cobb put this team on their backs today.

On a side note, Derrick Locke had a GREAT game today. 300+ all-purpose yards on 23 touches. Can't get much better than that boys. He and Cobb put this team on their backs today.

 

He played great. If it wasn't for the fumble I'd say he played a perfect game.

How about not getting 3 points before the half? Couldve cost the game.

That was senseless!! I cant imagine what Joker was thinking. 14 seconds left and no time outs, you have to go to the end zone. That was a screw up by Joker or the QB one.

 

Overall, Im not really discouraged yet. I think UL was a little better than even their own fans gave them credit for. Combine that with the penalties and the turnovers and still coming away with a win is a positive.

 

I also think the defense is better than they showed today. The offense just kept putting them in some bad situations and kept them on the field way to much. I hope the poor tackling in the second half was due to fatique(sp?). It seemed like the first man in always missed the tackle.

 

Bottom line is its a win!!!:clap::clap:

I'll take the win, but if the cats want to create some magic next Saturday, their going to have to play alot better. We all remember what happened the last time a number one team came into Commonwealth though!!

Also heard our Randy Sanders broke his wrist today after a Louisville player ran into him on the sideline. Looks like he might need surgery...