Missouri @ Kentucky Game Thread.

[Spiritof96]

It isn’t often that the second game is the biggest of the regular season, but that may very well prove true of last night’s matchup. More stressful than it needed to be, and I’m officially concerned about the defense, but fortunately we get a couple tune-ups before things get serious against Florida.

And again, as revelatory as Levis has been for our offense, he’s got to start leading his receivers on those short throws. That’s two weeks in a row that those throws have been a little behind his man and resulted in INTs. Most have been quick to shift the blame to the WR — “Gotta help the QB” — but let’s be honest: we’ve been hamstrung at WR for years, so if anything a good QB needs to help the receiver until we bring in guys who can do the opposite.

Finally, I saw a pretty gruesome stat before Jones’ INT: in six quarters, UK’s turnover:takeaway ratio was 5:0. That’ll tank a season in a hurry if we don’t sort it out.

I'm really concerned about how uncomfortable Robinson looks fielding punts. He almost muffed one on the 10 last night. I would rather have a Charles Walker that can reliably catch them rather than a game-breaking star return man who might not.

[Lighthouse]

I'm really concerned about how uncomfortable Robinson looks fielding punts. He almost muffed one on the 10 last night. I would rather have a Charles Walker that can reliably catch them rather than a game-breaking star return man who might not.

I agree. Fast feet can't be used if they have to wait for the hands to make sure of a catch.

[Matt Dillon]

The RB coach needs to work with CRod on how to properly carry the ball (not the way he's carrying it in the pic).

[Joneslab]

I'm really concerned about how uncomfortable Robinson looks fielding punts. He almost muffed one on the 10 last night. I would rather have a Charles Walker that can reliably catch them rather than a game-breaking star return man who might not.

Yes. Doesn't look good at all in that position and I noticed they put Ali in there for the last one.

I love Robinson obviously but I also worry that he's going to get hurt. He's just so tiny. I would almost rather just give up his explosiveness on punt returns because of that--but the fact that he makes everything a breathless roller coaster ride is also a reason to probably kill that experiment.

[40bill]

For me, I gotta eat a bunch of crow talking smack about Mizzou and their coach. That's a legit football team with no quit in them. Their schedule actually plays well for them. They play Mississippi State later in the year....that game may take 6 hours with the passing attempts.