Wildcats travel to the Swamp

For the briefest moment, I saw it last week - A semblance of a Kentucky offense. Was it for real, or some kind of optical illusion generated by the a strange convergence of atmospheric conditions at Commonwealth Stadium? UK fans had better hope it was for real if their beloved Cats have any shot at beating the Gators.

UK faces the Florida Gators today. Before you read any further, for the sake of full disclosure, know that I am a long time Gator fan. That being said, this game scares me a little. Over the years, UK has always played Florida tough and in the topsy-turvy world that is SEC football, anything could happen. The Cats have the players on the defensive side of the ball to slow down the Gators.

Unfortunately for UK, injuries will hurt their effort Saturday.DT Myron Pryor (high ankle sprain) is out, and others — CB David Jones, S Marcus McClinton, and LBs Braxton Kelley, Johnny Williams and Micah Johnson — missed days of practice this week and are uncertain. (courtesy of the St. Petersburg Times)

The big question is whether the offense can generate enough to keep Tim Tebow off the field. If the offense can’t put some drives together and Florida gets a bunch of touches, it will get ugly for the Cats. In order to pull off the upset, Kentucky will need to play flawless defense, win the time of possession game, take the Gator faithful out of the game and hit on a few big plays.

That being said, I don’t think they will pull it off. Florida is just too good and I think they played their clunker game against Mississippi. The Gator offense ranks first in the SEC, averaging 38.5 points per game. I do think the Cats have a shot at covering the 26-point spread, but look for the Gators to emerge with the win.

Florida 34- Kentucky 14