{"id":16926,"date":"2018-09-23T09:31:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-23T13:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosoncfb.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=16926"},"modified":"2025-09-13T15:19:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T19:19:47","slug":"four-takeaways-from-kentuckys-blowout-of-mississippi-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2018\/09\/23\/four-takeaways-from-kentuckys-blowout-of-mississippi-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Takeaways From Kentucky\u2019s Blowout Of Mississippi State"},"content":{"rendered":"

For most of this week many prognosticators thought Mississippi State would beat Kentucky.<\/strong>\u00a0A strong team from the vaunted SEC West against a traditionally lower-tier team from the SEC East. They couldn\u2019t have been more wrong, however, as the Wildcats dominated the Bulldogs, especially in the second half.<\/p>\n

Four Takeaways From Kentucky\u2019s Blowout Of Mississippi State<\/h1>\n

After trailing 7-0, Mark Stoops<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u2019 club scored 28 unanswered points to win 28-7. Let\u2019s look at Four Takeaways From Kentucky\u2019s Blowout\u00a0Of Mississippi State.<\/p>\n

Benny Snell<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Is A Heisman Contender<\/h4>\n

Last season against the Bulldogs, Snell had his worst regular season game rushing for 18 yards. After telling reporters he could run on anyone he more than backed it up.<\/p>\n

The junior ran for 165 yards and four touchdowns against one of the best front sevens in football. In addition his four scores gave him 39 for his career. This puts him into first place on Kentucky’s all-time touchdown list passing\u00a0Randall Cobb<\/span><\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The smoke from the \ud83c\udf86 has yet to clear but people in Painstville said they heard the roar from Kroger Field as @benny_snell<\/a> set a new career UK TD record! pic.twitter.com\/lbcGUIWa5r<\/a><\/p>\n

— Kentucky Football (@UKFootball) September 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n