What Happened To Kentucky?

They boasted a Heisman-hyped quarterback in Andre Woodson, a dues-paying coach in Rich Brooks and alot of feel good.
The way their blue jerseys electrified the field was a cool contrast to every other team they played. They looked good on TV.
They even teased the Bluegrass fan base with a 46-points-a-game average and thoughts of running away with the SEC East.
In September they were a perfect 5-0 and nationally ranked in the top 10.
Then it happened.
The worse thing that could happen to them, happened to them.
They beat the No. 1 team in the nation.
Game over.
Is it me, or has KU just not been the same team since that fateful October 13th?
They've won all of 1 game since then (against Vandy and they had 13 penalties) and lost 3.
What happened?
If they would have lost to LSU in triple or quadruple overtime maybe they would have saw their flaws a little earlier and fixed them against Florida or Georgia.
As it stands, the LSU win, while it was a great win, became the beginning of a subtle-but-all-too-familiar slide to mediocrity. And what stands out the most? They're so good! Kentucky, if it didn't make the mistakes, could play with anybody in the SEC (the LSU game proves that). The Florida game could have turned out different with just a few plays going the other way.
But as it stands, KU is left to play the role of spoiler to Tennessee, who only beat the teams they were supposed to beat, and lost to the ones they were supposed to lose to.

5 Reasons Why LSU Lost to Kentucky

Well, the inevitable has happened.
LSU, my Mighty Tigers, have fallen in defeat to the Kentucky Wildcats.
Here are 5 reasons why:
1. RYAN PERRILLOUX DISAPPEARED: The hybrid-running back/quarterback threat for LSU totally vanished after the 3rd quarter for some unknown reason. Although several Tigers got banged up (including tailback Jacob Hester) indications are that he wasn't one of them. After an uneven 3 quarters that saw Perrilloux get 15 yards on 5 carries, LSU's coaches didn't call his number again. This, despite the fact, that he didn't run not one option play the entire game. LSU's final play, a fourth-and-2, was a perfect situation for Perrilloux who could have ran an option on the play, instead LSU went with a shaky Matt Flynn the entire 4th quarter, and overtime.
2. KENTUCKY RECEIVER STEVE JOHNSON: No player has had such a big effort against the Tigers defense this year, including Tim Tebow. Johnson, who caught 7 balls for a season-high 134 yards (a whopping 19.1 yard average!), absolutely owned the Tigers secondary all night. It was Johnson, who moonlights as a rapper, that got open in the end zone for a 7-yard score in the third overtime, wide open because defender Jonathan Zenon tripped and fell down (Andre Woodson double-pumped before throwing the ball, giving LSU a chance for a sack, but alas it came a half-second too late).

3. LSU COULD NOT STOP THEM: The LSU defense gave up 375 yards of total offense, but it was deceptive. Kentucky, which trailed 27-14 late in the third quarter, started to POUND THE BALL against the Tigers just when the LSU coaches thought they would see a barrage of pass plays from Woodson. It was a brilliant strategy by UK and it outfoxed Les Miles. UK freshman running back Derrick Locke (20 rushes, 64 yards) ground up just enough yards to keep the LSU defense from pinning back its ears and the Wildcats scored the game’s next 20 points, AND put the first overtime points on the scoreboard. Kentucky's big tight end Jacob Tamme seemingly came up with big catches and equally good blocks while LSU's secondary got rocked: Chevis Jackson was knocked out of the game (2 swollen eyes after a helmet-to-helmet collision); Craig Steltz almost bit off his tongue when he was jarred in the chin unsuspectingly, and Jonathan Zenon was outmanned and undersized.

4. WOODSON WAS UNSACKABLE: The Tigers committed 12 penalties for a season-high 103 yards in negative yardage, but the biggest trump card their defense had all season was its ability to lay a quarterback horizontal. On Saturday, there was none of that. LSU failed to sack Woodson, ending a streak of 25 consecutive games with at least one sack. Barring a couple of late knockdowns he pretty much wasn't hit all night.

5.IT WAS ACTUALLY 4TH-AND-3: The game came down to a fourth-and-2 play at the Kentucky 17, but it was actually fourth-and-2.7, a long two. If the LSU coaches put in their best fourth-and-3 play they would probably still be undefeated. Instead they put in a fourth-and-1 play. The result? Kentucky linebacker Braxton Kelly stuffs LSU tailback Charles Scott for a 1-yard gain, sending hysterical fans onto the field and smoke from cannon fire into the air. "I thought it was close," said Scott, who wept in the tunnel as the echoes of "Go Big Blue" filled the hallway near the visitors' locker room.

Who's Afraid of Andre Woodson?

I picked Kentucky to upset LSU.
It was before the season, before Craig Steltz hit some people, before Jacob Hester fell forward by the nose of a football.
This was even before Kentucky's Andre Woodson set a major college record for consecutive passes without an interception (breaking the mark of 271 held by Fresno State's Trent Dilfer). The NCAA best mark would reach 325 pass attempts without an pick until Woodson threw one against Florida Atlantic. (He still had a career-best five TD passes in a 45-17 win).
But now the Tigers come to town? Will there be a letdown? I kinda sensed it in preseason, but you know how these things go. Coming off the Florida game, I thought they'd be flat, and they may still be, but now I have some clarity about the whole thing: Craig Steltz is still going to hit somebody, and teeth-grittingly hard. Glenn Dorsey is still going to have to be blocked by somebody. If the game goes status quo, then Brandon Lafell drops 3 passes in the first half, then catches 2 difficult third-down passes in the second half. But this Woodson fellow scares me.
No, not like Tim Tebow scared me. Woodson's no Superman, he's more like a Daredevil, somebody that will pick you apart. He's been Heisman talk this year, but then again, so has everybody?
Think LSU coach Les Miles has Woodson on his radar?
"He leads the SEC in passing yards," Miles said. "He is a young man that will play for years in the NFL. He is going to be a great challenge to our defense."
The 6-foot-5-inch, 230-pound Woodson has already thrown for 1,536 yards and 18 touchdowns to 2 interceptions. Eighteen TDs to 2 picks. Wow. It's come against the likes of Eastern Kentucky, Kent State, Florida Atlantic ... and Louisville. That was the game that launched the radar for Woodson. He lofted a long pass over a tired cornerback and the receiver, who was hit in stride, did the rest. Woodson also led a victory over Arkansas. The Razorbacks kind of helped the Wildcats beat them though, fumbles and interceptions for touchdowns will do that.
In any event, Woodson will be wild and loose at Commonwealth Stadium. Hopefull, so will the Tigers.