For those of you who watched until the end, I salute you. For those fans who stuck around in Kroger Field after halftime, bless you. That was just an overall ugly performance from the Cats. Nothing positive can be gained from this game.
As a Kentucky fan, all you could hope for was Boley playing well and giving you something to build on for next year. Instead, the line looked worse than it has all year as Louisville dominated the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball. Boley finished 6 for 15, only 48 yards and 2 INTs before being knocked out of the game on a targeting penalty.
Wimsatt hit a few deep bombs, but never really had a consistent offense. Wimsatt finished 4 for 9 121 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 INT. The cats were behind early and often, so the running game didn't get going either. The leading rusher was Jamarion Wilcox who had 2 key fumbles on 12 carries for 66 yards.
The defense didn't play much better at all. Louisville carved the Cats up on the ground, gaining a total of 358 yards. Leading rusher Isaac Brown had 26 rushes for 178 yards and 2 touchdowns, backup running back Duke Watson also went over 100 yards as well, finishing with 6 rushes for 104 yards and he also had 2 touchdowns
Really the lone bright spot for the Cats was Ja'mori Maclin who had 3 catches for 121 yards and 2 touchdowns. Once again though the Cats failed to score 21 points, and fans were left watching an inept offense for much of the game. In fact, it has been a whole season of vanilla, awful offense. Bush Hamdan is coming back, so says Mark Stoops. But he has been worse than Rich Scangarello. Liam Coen isn't walking through that door any time soon.
All of it culminated in a 41-14 beatdown, leaving Cats fans boiling over. Let's take a look at some of the best social media posts after an awful day in Lexington.
I will not be attending another Kentucky football game until Mark Stoops is gone.
— Trillie Cauley-Stein (@SeaOttersFan27) November 30, 2024
Stoops has fans tuning into Tennessee football, yuck:
Fire Mark Stoops. I’m literally watching Tennessee and Vanderbilt play football while Kentucky is playing Louisville because it’s THAT painful to watch Kentucky play football. This is disgusting.
— Pope’s Crib (@ScoopLexington) November 30, 2024
Time to clean house?
Kentucky football needs a complete reset at this point! Fire everyone, hire Jon Sumrall. He can bring in his OC as well as his starting QB who is only a freshman pic.twitter.com/pJPeW5oa4U
— Dustin Wade Cordell (@Coach_DCordell) November 30, 2024
Kentucky is THE worst coached & most undisciplined football team in the country. Leading to the program’s 3rd straight miserably underwhelming season in what’s been a winnable SEC.
— Brett Marshall (@BMarsh24_) November 30, 2024
But hey - let’s pay everyone more money & run it back again next year! @UKAthletics
Well thank god that’s over. Now I can stop trying to convince myself Kentucky Football is a competitive football team. Will save me money and heartache.
— Bleed Blue Rando (@allUKball) November 30, 2024
Me when I hear Mark Stoops say, "We gotta go back to work."pic.twitter.com/GlvHklf0Sp
— Chris Fisher (@ChrisFisher247) November 30, 2024
Mitch Barnhart and Mark Stoops next week pic.twitter.com/2KiWO0qzKy
— J Vince (@_VinceCali) November 30, 2024
I'm just going to call it exactly what it is: Mark Stoops is done at Kentucky. You know it. I know it.
— Chris Fisher (@ChrisFisher247) November 30, 2024
It's just a matter of how far he's willing to go to destroy what he's built.
What's next... pic.twitter.com/U9mcTuiz7r
— Chris Beasmore (@CBeasmoreSports) November 30, 2024
"I feel like have a good plan to move forward here. There will be a lot of moving pieces."
— Adam Luckett (@AdamLuckettKSR) November 30, 2024
"That excites me and motivates me."
Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops
I'm glad Stoops can find motivation, maybe he should use that to, you know, put a competitive football team on the field in year 12. Will fans even care next year?