Kentucky QB Sawyer Smith updates his status ahead of Arkansas game
Kentucky QB Sawyer Smith was banged up at South Carolina a couple of weeks ago, struggling mightily in the Wildcats’ loss.
His status was in question heading into the off week, but now, as a game against Arkansas approaches, it seems he’s feeling better.
Smith himself confirmed that he’s feeling better on Wednesday after practice, saying he’s been back all this week:
Kentucky QB Sawyer Smith says he’s been practicing all week, throwing, feels a lot better. Time off and a bit of ice and heat helped a lot.
— Jeff Drummond (@JDrumUK) October 9, 2019
After losing starter Terry Wilson to a season-ending injury earlier this year, the Wildcats don’t have much depth behind Smith.
How will he perform against Arkansas? Tune in to the SEC Network at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday night to find out.
We’re going to be fine.
What ever ‘our version of Stoops’ and Eddie Gran decides will be for the best of Smith, Walker, Bowden, etc..
There’s an article in the Lexington Herald by John Clay which pretty much details the success of Gran’s offense.
You’ll be amazed at what little is expected at Kentucky.
Huh?
Eddied Gran is UK’s offensive coordinator.
In 2017 his offense ranked 103rd in the country.
In 2018 his offense ranked 104th in the country.
This year after playing five games, three of them of the Power 5 variety we are 87th.
In the last two games we have thrown 76 passes, completing 36.5 percent. Zero touchdowns and 2 interceptions in those two games.
I don’t think those are SEC quality numbers.
But, there’s no call for his firing.
Thus, it’s good enough for Kentucky.
Understand?
What matters more is Wins and Losses. In that same timeframe he is 19-12 (7-6,10-3, 2-3). Maybe he owes his job to a historically incredible defense, but we don’t fire coaches that have a 61% win rate. That is 7.32 wins a year which, as you know, is enough to keep your position at UK. I’d like to see us in 2nd place in the SEC East this year, but we don’t have a QB. We lost Terry, lost Hoak and Clark in the offseason, lost Scalzo before the season started, and the grad transfer we have is duct taped together. With Bowden, we’re on QB6 in the SEC. This year is over. Our best bet is to increase the snaps for the younger guys at all positions and hope we can continue to build on that with additional bowl practices. It’s not going to be a good bowl, but we need the practices.