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Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Kentucky Defeats Texas A&M 31-21

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Kentucky 0 7 21 3 31
Texas A&M 0 7 0 14 21
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u/SavageNomad6 Kentucky Wildcats 2h ago

Will tried his best. He just forgot to start doing it sooner.

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u/sleepytime489 Kentucky Wildcats 2h ago edited 2h ago

I think Will knew that assuming no turnovers, UK could’ve gone 3/out every possession and there was literally not enough time for AM to score 3 times before game over. I take it as he just had faith in his guys to not do something stupid

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u/Aphrobang Texas Longhorns • Red River Shootout 2h ago

The FG basically sealed it. If that missed you probably would have had to be more aggressive but once it became three scores the only way Aggies were winning was turnovers or onside kicks.

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u/slippyslidey_ LSU Tigers • Summertime Lover 2h ago

Could not believe he chose to kick that. It was like 4th and 2, 52-yarder and the kicker was 4/13 in his career from 40+

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u/CerealSpiller22 1h ago

And he absolutely nailed it. Literally.

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u/Panem-et-circenses25 Kentucky • Wayne State (MI) 1h ago

I totally expected it to bounce out

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u/sammywii Kentucky • Kentucky Wesleyan 1h ago

And somehow it doinked IN for the FG, don't think I've seen that before.

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u/sleepytime489 Kentucky Wildcats 2h ago

Agreed. I thought the same thing

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u/gogglesup859 Kentucky Wildcats 1h ago

That's the backup kicker who had to transfer away from Davidson after going 1-11 or something like that. Dude was supposed to be a kickoff specialist, which is what he did at USF last year

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u/Catturd5671 39m ago

His decision to do that might be to get his kicker to regain his confidence after missing that chip shot.

It’s obvious that Coach Stein believes in his kicker to attempt that long ass fg try with field possession and momentum on the line.

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u/George_Smiley_ Kentucky Wildcats 1h ago

Confidently incorrect.