What Mark Stoops about said about Chris Rodriguez play, failed fake punt after Kentucky's loss to Auburn
Mark Stoops’ troops came into the 2020 season looking to get some national attentional and rankings respect. Kentucky could have made a big statement with a road upset of No. 8 Auburn, but the Wildcats came up short, falling 29-13 at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
After the game, Stoops took questions from reporters. The controversial call on Chris Rodriguez’s apparent touchdown came up, as well as a failed fake punt attempt. Stoops also shared his thoughts on Terry Wilson’s return coming back from his 2019 season-ending injury and the impressive play from standout Auburn wide receiver Seth Williams.
Stoops on Rodriguez being ruled down short of goal: "I don’t understand it either. He was clearly in. I really can’t get a good explanation. I didn’t really get good explanations all day. I don’t know if us wearing these masks. That was a big swing."
— Vaughts' Views (@vaughtsviews) September 26, 2020
On Terry Wilson's performance:
"Critical area he needs to improve is securing the football in the run game." Says he did some positive things as well; lots to build off of.
— Kernel Sports (@KYKernelSports) September 26, 2020
Stoops: Too many mistakes to beat a quality team like Auburn on the road. A lot of good things, but let 3-4 bad things happen and a few of them in a five-minute span to swing things.
— Jeff Drummond (@JDrumUK) September 26, 2020
"That's one me, that's on us." — Stoops says of Max Duffy's run on the fourth down.
— Josh Moore (@JoshMooreHL) September 26, 2020
"We came in at half knowing we were doing some very good things."
"Whether [the no call] affected us, I don't really know." Mentioned they didn't start off well in the second half going three-and-out twice.
— Kernel Sports (@KYKernelSports) September 26, 2020
UK's Mark Stoops on Auburn's Seth Williams: "They have a wide out who was an absolute monster. He’s hard to match up with." #bbn #ukfootball
— John Clay (@johnclayiv) September 26, 2020
Stoops said obviously Terry Wilson's turnovers a problem, but "He’ll build on this, he’ll bounce back quickly. I thought there were a lot of positives things that he did/" #bbn #ukfootball
— John Clay (@johnclayiv) September 26, 2020
Stoops ends saying "We have the ability to build on what we did throwing the ball".
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— Kernel Sports (@KYKernelSports) September 26, 2020
