Kentucky vs Georgia Tech Game Thread. Taxslayer Bowl.

[thughes]

Well at least UL is down 16-6 at half-time.

[Blue Heaven]

I could care less about UL.

[thughes]

I could care less about UL.

I care because I am the only blue fan in the whole family. I have to listen to how we lost to them in basket ball all year. I want to be able to respond that they lost they bowl game plus lost to us. So yeah I care!

[Pobilly]

Well lets get through the 2nd half with no major injuries and get ready for next year. We are not playing with any purpose on the line and we look a step slow. Maybe guys are still asleep.

Hope they wake up for the 2nd half.

[Lighthouse]

The clock should have been started as soon as the chains were moved on that last play. When CS saw he wasn't going to get what's right, he reverted to the 1st down. Great try, but he wasn't going to get satisfaction. This crew is questionable at best, and are very friendly with their spots for both sides.

[Katmendo]

Well, from here on, it's not about winning. Winning will only be possible if GT turns it over.

To me, it's about pride. These guys are dirty, and they need to be punished. The crew hasn't been effective. Their coach has flat out coached it, and it's time to get some 'get back'.

I want piles on players. Gang tackling after the fact. I'll take a few 15 yard penalties. I want twisted ankles on tackles.

I've played in these types of games before, and the only defense to this kind of play is an abundance of returned violence. It's a fine line to walk, but I think you have to cut the dawgs loose in this game. Not how you'd want to coach, but you can't win playing with rules against teams playing with few. It's just reality. If you can't rely on professional/peer courtesy, then you have to punish them with their own game.

JMO, but I'll lose some respect for the staff if the Cats come out and try to play a clean half.

[Lighthouse]

I care because I am the only blue fan in the whole family. I have to listen to how we lost to them in basket ball all year. I want to be able to respond that they lost they bowl game plus lost to us. So yeah I care!

I care too. Thanks for the updates.

[Sam K.]

My officiating opinions/observations:

Should've been a tripping penalty that brought Boom Williams down once.

The td GT scored along the sidelines by the qb should have been reversed. In normal time I couldn't see that the runner's foot was down out of bounds before the ball crossed the goal line. However when replaying it in slow mo I believe it should not have been a td.

At the end of the half the catch appeared to be for a first down, in bounds. When the he went down there was either two or three seconds still on the board which may or not have been enough time for the GT offense to line up and clock it.

And oh yeah the complaining that CMS was doing after his D linemen went down did not appear to be chop blocks.

[thughes]

I care too. Thanks for the updates.

Thanks. It not easy to be the only BLUE fan in a sea of red. Very lonely at times. But so rewarding at others

[Blue Heaven]

I disagree with one chop block in question. When Bell went down, a defender on the right side was rolled up on by a Tech player. That defender didn't get hurt that play, but I thought the replay made it fairly obvious.

[Blue Heaven]

We need to bring the pain this half or else Tech will go up 3 scores and make it just about impossible to come back qith the way this is playing out.

[Lighthouse]

I disagree with one chop block in question. When Bell went down, a defender on the right side was rolled up on by a Tech player. That defender didn't get hurt that play, but I thought the replay made it fairly obvious.

I agree. It looked like the player rolled him, and the blocking player pushed him into the roll.

[UKBlue22]

Tech players doing their cheap shots behind the back

[thughes]

Not the way to start the 2nd half, an unsportsman like penalty.

[BJD]

Well lets get through the 2nd half with no major injuries and get ready for next year. We are not playing with any purpose on the line and we look a step slow. Maybe guys are still asleep.

Hope they wake up for the 2nd half.

Biggest thin g is that Stoops is not a good coach. And in this case he is a coward and an idiot. he was too scared to go for it 4th down. So we get the punt blocked. We got a gift on the unsportsmanship penalty then Stoops makes the wrong challenge on the first down play. Using up his challenges for the game on an unwinnable challenge. Then he stays out on the field arguing a moot point instead of going to the locker room.

But that's not really a big deal. He's never made halftime adjustments. Why start now?