{"id":17784,"date":"2018-10-21T14:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosoncfb.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=17784"},"modified":"2018-10-21T11:42:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-21T15:42:53","slug":"what-we-learned-from-kentuckys-win-over-vanderbilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2018\/10\/21\/what-we-learned-from-kentuckys-win-over-vanderbilt\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Learned From Kentucky’s Win Over Vanderbilt"},"content":{"rendered":"

It wasn’t expected to be an easy game and it certainly wasn’t. The Wildcats had to fight\u00a0through turnovers, the elements and a non-existent passing game. However at the end of the day\u00a0Mark Stoops’<\/a> Cats pulled out a 14-7 victory and are now 6-1 and bowl eligible for a third straight season. There were some good things and bad so let’s take a look at what we learned from Kentucky’s<\/strong> win over Vanderbilt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

What We Learned From Kentucky’s Win Over Vanderbilt<\/h2>\n

The Defense Led The Way Again<\/h3>\n

Through the first five games in conference play Kentucky has only allowed 60 points or an average of 12 per game. Quite frankly, that is an amazing stat. For the game Matt House’s<\/strong> defense held the Commodores to only 284 yards and the lone score was on a 29 yard pass from\u00a0Kyle Shurmur<\/a> to\u00a0C. J. Bolar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Kentucky defense came up huge twice in the fourth quarter.\u00a0With the score tied, the Commodores had the ball fourth and one on the Wildcat 16 yard line. After going for it,\u00a0Kash Daniel<\/a> stripped\u00a0Jamauri Wakefield<\/a> and\u00a0Quinton Bohanna<\/a> recovered.<\/p>\n

Even after the Cats took the lead, Vandy still had one more chance. However, Shurmur was sacked and stripped by\u00a0Josh Allen<\/a>. It was recovered by\u00a0Mike Edwards<\/a> and that was your game.<\/p>\n

Allen had another huge night with eight tackles, two for loss, two sacks and a forced fumble. As a result he showed once again why he is the highest rated outside linebacker in the 2019 NFL Draft. Another Cat who had a huge night as Daniel who led the way with 11 tackles. He did so playing with a broken hand.<\/p>\n

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Kash says his hand is broken, but he \u201cwon\u2019t miss one play.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/oSPQ80HlC7<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jonathan Dunn (@Jonathan__Dunn) October 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n