I meant specifically, for those who didn't see the game or replays, that UK made a mistake just as embarassing as ours, but TWICE. They left a WR on the line completely uncovered...TWICE. This accounted for 14 of the Gators 28 points. I suppose the other 14 were legit, but the 14 I refer to here were gifted by Kentucky. TWICE. The last one with about a minute left. And yes, I do think that's worse than all our screwups combined.
I don't mean to imply that I am happy in any way with our huge choke job. Particularly when Florida's best WR and arguably best RB are among nine players suspended.
As to the comments that we "are Kentucky", I disagree. We beat Florida at home decisively last year and our choke job was on the road. I believe that had this year's game been in Neyland, we would have won even with a large number of mistakes. Furthermore, we are not yet Kentucky because we beat them last year and every other year since 1984 with the glaring exception of 2011. The only good thing about that game was that it rid us of Dooley, although that took another year to play out for financial reasons.
What I will say is, right now, at this point in the season, I agree that it certainly looks like we are in the same class as Kentucky, which is middle of the pack SEC with a danger of going into the bottom third. Season has to play out, but right now it looks that way, and I'm no happier than any of you.
Still and yet, I hope I am proven wrong. My expectations are low, but I am going to continue to be an optimist and hope a much more energized and focused team shows up against Uga.
