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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/legend023 Tulane Green Wave • LSU Tigers 27d ago

Stoops would’ve went up 17-7, ran the ball for the rest of the game, and let A&M win 17-24.

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u/walterdog12 Kentucky • North Dakota State 27d ago

Genuinely, I think the biggest difference was that drive we got the field goal on.

1st and 10 we run the ball for 2 yards.

Stoops ball would've ran it twice more up the middle, taken 3 minutes off the clock, and punted.

Instead on 2nd and 8 Stein has the balls to throw and we get a 32 yard gain.

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u/Greedy-Ad3227 Iowa State Cyclones 27d ago

This is the best comment right here. I like underdog SEC football and I think this is totally correct. I hate to say it but old school Kentucky football would have let A&M slip in by being too conservative

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u/phitsosting Kentucky Wildcats 27d ago

It’s 110% true. Stoops played conservative with way too much time left. Stein was as conservative at the end but it made sense.