It wasn’t pretty, but Kentucky will take it.
Pretty rarely wins football games either.
Kentucky narrowly beat Eastern Kentucky Saturday 27-16, and Mark Stoops knows his team has to improve. And quickly, too, because the Wildcats travel to South Carolina next week.
Perhaps the biggest area of concern ahead of SEC play is the offensive line. Woeful at times, this group has to jell and protect the QB much better.
Stoops met with the media following Saturday’s win. The full video is below:
Stoops: Feels good to be 2-0. Definitely a lot of work to do. Want to give EKU a lot of credit. This was a good football team.
— Jeff Drummond (@JDrumUK) September 9, 2017
Stoops was pleased with WR Blake Bone stepping up and making some big plays. Said the WRs have to help their QB by making plays like those.
— Jeff Drummond (@JDrumUK) September 9, 2017
Stoops said the O-Line has been inconsistent, but is something that he has faith will come along with time.
— Jeff Drummond (@JDrumUK) September 9, 2017
Cats are +4 in turnover margin now. Stoops very pleased with how emphasis there has paid off.
— Jeff Drummond (@JDrumUK) September 9, 2017
Stoops said he's very encouraged because his team is 2-0 and knows it play much, much better.
— Jeff Drummond (@JDrumUK) September 9, 2017
… (cont) There's just some silly mistakes, there's still some discipline things that nobody needs to hit the panic button on."
— Jeff Drummond (@JDrumUK) September 9, 2017
Here’s the full post-game presser:
A graduate of the University of Florida and founder of Saturday Down South, Kevin is a college football enthusiast.
