nd is basketball, as far as sports fans are concerned at least. But thats not the case this year, as the Wildcat football team has catapulted from the cellar of the SEC to one of the best teams in college. From an offense led by a possible Heisman candidate to a defense that is one of the most underrated in the game, the Wildcats are quickly becoming a perrenial powerhouse in the game, along with the rare likes of South Florida, Boston College and other great surprise teams.Today, we saw the "other" Big Blue rocket back into the top 10 in most polls, and even moved as high as #7 in the BCS rankings. Ten days earlier, a lot of people figured the Wildcats were exposed as overrated when they lost at South Carolina. Saturday night, they had their credentials re-established. Now this is becoming a dangerous team in the best division in all of college football.
Here are just some of the factors from the LSU game leading up to the dominance of UK. They have an O-Line that was able to hold one of the best defensive lines in the country in LSU, without a single sack all game (including 3 OTs). They have a third-string tailback in Derrick Locke (arrived at UK on track scholarship) that carried the ball 20 times for a gritty 64 yards and a crucial touchdown by just inches. Their kicker, Lones Seiber, what a name by the way, after missing 3 PATs this season, came through in the clutch, drilling 3 important field goals in the 4th quarter and OT (including a 43 yarder, which if missed would have lost the game). And of course finally they have Andre Woodson. A guy that went from Heisman hopeful to not so hopeful after a poor performance against South Carolina. But after a 250 yard, 3 TD performance, Woodson is once again back on track.
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