USC

Needless to say, today is a day to play the old "iffin" game.

*If we were healthy at corner.
*If we had the ability to defend a kickoff return.
*If Cobb had played the whole second half at QB.
*If we had a team that did not commit silly penalties in clutch situations.
*If we had gone out of the Wildcat on the two point conversion.
*If we hadn't dropped two sure touchdown catches.

There was so much more today. Nothing more important than the cruel godsmack layed down by Kentucky fans. We don't want Mike Hartline as our QB, huh? Well how about we get to watch him play the best half of football in his career, then go down to a season ending (yes, I said it) injury. We wanted a new solution? Well, now we'll have to come up with one. It may not be what we'd all hoped for.

One thing that bears mention? Hartline was hurt on a play that should have been blown dead before it happened. Either too much time or false start (I cannot remember which) on us. The ball should have never been snapped due to a whistle. Why the whole thing was allowed to develop is beyond me.

Finally, Kentucky is lucky to have Randall Cobb in our uniform. It is that simple. There are better football players. Many are bigger. Many are faster. Some have more gaudy stats. Many will go higher in the draft and have more accolades. But you'd be hard pressed to find a player in the country who is more important to his team. It is Tebow'esque. Don't believe me? We'll debate it, because now is not the time to spell it out.

Once again, against this team we played well enough to win. Again, we did not. Next week presents us another chance against a now more vulnerable looking Auburn.