Kentucky football beats Southern Miss 31-0 in a very strange start to the 2024 season

well these are not ideal circumstances here at Kroger field got a lot of people still here it is after midnight and there is almost 10 minutes left on the game clock in the third quarter we are now on a delay I can't even count how many it's been but kickoff was delayed 2 hours and 10 minutes in the season opener and here we are in another delay 10 minutes after midnight cats are up 31 to nothing so they have that going for them but there's a very tired crowd maybe some people that had too much to drink and they're all wondering if there will be football again we're we're kind of wondering if there's going to be football at all guys I'm not feeling great spilling beers behind us we've got empty beers are and we can't sell beers during the lightning delays it's a real shame Adam Logan the beers should be flowing during lightning delays not pulled off and I tell you what that play in the first I guess first half in half of the third quarter makes people want to drink in a good way right once celebratory I think Brock Vander Griff very good game I think the defense Nick really kind of flexed their muscles once they kind of settled in and the receivers passing game was I think very impressive Jan mcklin wi in on the release on a goal ball something we haven't seen and then some of that the tailbacks I thought all play well I think all in all all three phases even special teams had a dominant first half I thought I think there's a lot to like about this football team we're reacting to this like it's going to end first of all let's set the stage we there could be football after this we're not exactly sure but we are going to speak like there's not going to be football because the the storm above us itn't not great we're looking at at least 1:00 a.m. on starting again but the start for the cats was it was pretty good right I just want to see more I just wanted to see more football and like L said it took him a while to get settled in Jam Dumis Johnson awesome interception tipping the ball to himself and then after the defense they they were a little leaky early on we saw some of those third and Longs get converted but then when things got tight in the Red Zone djck tipped to pass JQ Hardway picked it off and we saw a lot of man coverage on third down right man coverage Drew oh people were asking for it in third down we gave it to him we were told that Brock's not a slider I didn't see anybody slide out there no running over people third Downs not great for the defense to start first quarter Southern Miss went three for three including a third and 18 they went for about 40 yards but the defense stepped up made plays early two interceptions on their first two drives both balls one in the end zone so even though they weren't really firing all cylinders that defense right away they made the plays to keep Southern Miss out of the end zone which like when you're sitting around waiting luck it like we're all human we they spent all offseason talking about we got to clean up the operation clean up the operation second offensive SN Kentucky has to call a timeout cuz they G get H up but it's human like we're we were all sitting around here for 2 hours it sucked but you know what credit to the fans you guys rocked that Stadium dude that was awesome drew that was incredible I mean there are season openers here that haven't had as many people that set through a 2hour and 10-minute rain delay the fact that they came back and started this game after 10:00 and the crowd looked the way it did was insane even during the uh during the break they did a good job playing the new lights playing music keeping the crowd into it we had a wave going but shout out to everyone in the Big Blue Nation who sat through that and is still here thinking we might look at all these people still here Drew why why don't you go say hi to some of them yeah yeah go say hi to some what's up guys can we ask you a few questions why are you still here waiting do you believe they're going to play Hey as long as there's breath There's Hope yeah as long as there's breath There's Hope yeah yeah they should I mean why not I like it we got L's down Behind these guys come on let's talk to you all I'm loving it you think about this delay all the L's down you know we're playing Southern Miss though I mean we hate Louisville all the time playing all right back on the field let him play ball how long would you all stay until you finally gave up in the morning until they put him back on the field let's go ksr I love you man appreciate it we love you all too this is the number one let's get some coffee number one running back where you play I don't play nowhere okay well it sounded good you look like boy me too me too see as you can see we got fans out here they're waiting it out Ral and luck it they have to wait it out cuz they work here's down they taste good in the morning they taste good for lunch they taste good for dinner all day every day at at this point you know as much that to L fans because they will get irrationally upset and they will tweet at ni grous in the morning as much as I want to get this game in because you know a potential shutout maybe a little gambling aspect we need to finish oh the under was a lock we may may or may not have the same game parlay riding on the result of uh playing or not in this game it is a little ridiculous that we're going on 12 125 1220 and we're all still here just hoping to see more football you know Drew I absolutely love after dark football like it's one of my favorite things in the whole wide world never in a million years did I think hey me Nick and Drew will get to work during after dark football we're getting it right now and we're getting all of the Looney Tunes just how the game started the game started crazy and then just when you think you're in the clear in ky's hey we got this song cruise control boom Another delay and now we're out here in The Concourse just hanging what all did you oh great what are some more things you enjoyed of what we did see out of the football in the first half and three minutes of the third quarter not going to lie I was a little worried that Kentucky ran the ball six times with the first possession and zero of them were to the running backs it was a little concerning but once they really got going I liked Brock vander's ability to keep plays alive um we saw a couple of them where looked like he was going to tuck the ball and run but he said no no no no I'm actually going to keep my eyes down field find somebody open uh they talked about it lot in the preseason it doesn't matter how long the receivers have to keep running until the play's over Brock kept the Play Alive kept his eyes downfield he delivered some darts and then Southern Miss they they did the most after dark thing of the night Lu it it's they're down 17 to nothing with less than two minutes of play in at the two-minute timeout they're on their own 30 they got four yards to go instead of punting the ball and hoping they can get a stop they try fake it had no shot in Hell cam Dy wrapped it up right away Kentucky had the ball in scoring position they could take their time despite a penalty that almost kicked him out of field goal range Brock Vandergriff made his best throw of the night there was a Blitzer barreling down he stood firm in the pocket he delivered a dart in the seam down to Dan key got 21 yards Kentucky scored on the next play to take a 24 nothing lead Brock's poison the pocket I was really impressed by it you don't see that a lot from first time starters but you can tell that he's played a lot of football for hollow programs even if it wasn't actually in the game oh he stepped in took a big shot would have connected on a big pass but look at part of the reason he's been able to do what he's done so far the offensive line has looked pretty good I know you're always watching the big guys in the trenches it's gone well on both sides of the ball right yeah I think they've played well but I also think Bush hamon we've seen what he's talked about right the quick snaps after the key get the key you get in the Red Zone boom boom quick snap um you saw him set up the under Center heavy line you saw him set up the tight end pass you run it on the First Time come back the second time Jordan dingles wide open the flat easy touchdown so I think you've seen some of the things he's going to do preap motion like the Jets Kentucky jet sweeps right like jet sweeps are going to be a huge part of this a lot of jet sweeps Jet Sweep getting the guys his ball guys the ball ban Brown they got him a lot of creative touches early in the football game when you come back in the second half later in the game you're getting Dane key mcklin involved and then you're the running back rotation you're starting to see how that work out I thought we saw some stuff from jamor wi jorian wiox excuse me and Jason Patterson and even Demi Su cornay I thought ran the ball physically downhill for being a smaller guy I think there's a lot of stuff to like and I think Vandergriff off platform on the run some of the best plays he made to me were just off platform rolling out making throws and I think there's a lot to like so far we had a couple Brock almost had that pick six right yeah that was scary um but his two bad throws to me came in the pocket traditional dropbacks but in the play action game in a off platform he's really making some plays before we go on I want to do a Vibe check real quick okay oh there we go just making sure everybody awake C oh yeah oh yeah let's play this at 3: in the morning how perfect is it that we want the tight ends to get the passes we finally pass them the ball they score a touchdown and the heavens open the storms come down and we cancel the football game not canceled just temporar on hold maybe cancel I appreciate your optimism Mr Franklin Dingle though beautiful touchdown by Dingle scores baby scores hey and who more after dark the first play of season kickoff return it's a pooch kick to Willie Rodriguez and the first tight end goes about 30 yards and gets it to Midfield that was awesome oh any other standout takeaways so far before we get back out there and start praying to the gods to have his football it's silly I we we' never done anything like this the people in Louisville they're bitching at the weatherman they're ready to fight Mark with the sea for scaring people away cuz nobody wanted to show up and watch them play bunch of losers from Austin P we're dealing with real weather here cuz we're real men and you know what we're still going to kick Southern Miss is ass I just saw more lightning so I think the ass kicking might be done I'm not a meteorologist but there's more out there not feeling great about this uh kicking back off we got a live update from uh FR of the program Mark Story the UK band is now leaving the Kroger field stands and the Southern Miss managers appear to be packing up their the band is off the field you know who's not going anywhere us and these fans right here we a't but maybe we should go somewhere I don't know if this will see the light of the day if they do play football we'll probably throw this way if they don't play football thank you for watching this keep watching the ksr YouTube channel these guys have 11 personnel we got the ksr football podcast Jack with sources of say more nonsense like this if they continue to put us in these circumstances but uh this ended up being a pretty fun night all things considered very unique a little different I hope we don't have to go through it again but I'm going home Happy Lively day cbard too are we ready for bamer are we ready is Beamer ready for us well nor sellers ain't ready that's for damn sure for Nick Adam Drew and all of our closest friends behind us thanks for tuning in Kentucky might have won a game 31 to nothing with nine minutes L hey look at this guy he leaving that's not a good whated what we do he's leaving that's not good what we do Mr M I'm leaving you look like you're leaving

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