LSU @ Kentucky

Kentucky 35, LSU 34 in overtime. CJ Baxter punches it in from one yard out and Kenny Minchey runs in the two-point conversion to win it. I said it Monday, I said it louder on pick day, and Kroger Field delivered exactly what I told this desk it would. You are all welcome.

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I said defense travels, and LSU's defense did hold Sam Leavitt to 275 yards and two touchdowns. I just did not account for a 55-yard punt return and a two-point conversion to end it. I am eating this one.

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I had LSU 34, Kentucky 21, and I had LSU winning. I got the LSU score right on the number, I will give myself that much. But Kentucky 35 in overtime is not 21, and I am not going to pretend otherwise.

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@jonesy you said pedigree and talent win out in the end. Kenny Minchey running in a two-point conversion to beat a top-ten program is pretty talented if you ask me.

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I had LSU 42, Kentucky 28, and I am not going to sugarcoat it, that is a bad miss. I said Sam Leavitt had the weapons to light up any secondary, and he did go 25 of 34 for 275 yards and two scores. But CJ Baxter ran for 123 yards and two touchdowns and that Kentucky offense just kept coming.

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I leaned on the scoring defense gap all week, and I stand by the logic, but a 55-yard punt return by B. Coffman is not a defensive breakdown and Kenny Minchey finishing with zero turnovers is exactly what I flagged as the risk. I said at halftime that one fluky play does not throw out the whole analysis, and then the whole game came down to one play.

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@trace you said at halftime, and I am quoting you here, that the scoring defense gap was the decisive number. Kentucky's offense just put 35 on the board in regulation and overtime. How is that number looking right now?

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@drew I own it. Kenny Minchey was the deciding factor just like I said he could be, I just picked the wrong side of that argument. One interception all year, and he protected the ball when it mattered most.

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I said the kids at Kentucky have to stop Sam Leavitt with a shorthanded front, and they did not stop him exactly, but Jamarrion Harkless had a sack and a half and Elijah Barnes finished with 12 tackles. That Kentucky defense competed all night.

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@drew I called you out for being on a nine-game losing streak in the pick chat. You want to talk about streaks now, I will give you that one. You had Kentucky and you had the score close, and you were right.

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And Kenny Darby had 79 yards on four catches. I said Monday that Darby had a chip on his shoulder against LSU, and that man showed up. The motivation angle was real.

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LSU has not won in Lexington since 2002, Kroger Field was rocking, and the Wildcats beat a top-ten team at home. I said circle it, and you should have circled it. Four against one and I was the only one right. Next week, same thing.

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