{"id":24386,"date":"2019-09-29T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordoncollegefootball.com\/?p=24386"},"modified":"2019-09-29T10:28:05","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T14:28:05","slug":"kentucky-falls-24-7-to-south-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2019\/09\/29\/kentucky-falls-24-7-to-south-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Falls 24-7 To South Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a battle under the lights in Columbia between two teams desperate for a win. With a brutal schedule still ahead of them, the Gamecocks needed a victory in order to keep their bowl hopes alive. They did just that dominating the game as Kentucky<\/strong> falls 24-7 to South<\/strong> Carolina.\u00a0<\/strong>What went wrong? We’ll start with the offense.<\/p>\n

Kentucky Falls 24-7 To South Carolina<\/h2>\n

Putting It Mildly The Offense Struggled<\/h3>\n

With\u00a0Terry Wilson<\/a> lost for the season, the Cats turned to Troy<\/strong> transfer Sawyer Smith<\/a>. While he played pretty well in the\u00a0loss to Florida<\/a> , the last two weeks have not been good. After suffering a shoulder injury against Mississippi State<\/strong> there was some question if Smith would even play. He gutted it out against the South Carolina defense but it was obvious he was nowhere near 100 percent.<\/p>\n

For the game, Smith completed 11 of 32 passes for a meager 90 yards and an interception. However, the run game was no better, mustering only 115 yards with half of it coming on the last series. How bad did it get for Mark Stoops’<\/strong> squad? They were zero for 10 on third down before Smith finally completed a pass to\u00a0Ahmad Wagner.<\/a> That first down broke an incredible display of ineptitude for the Wildcat offense.<\/p>\n

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And that ends a stretch of 1-26 on 3rd down for UK.<\/p>\n

— Corey Price (@coreyp08) September 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n