Kentucky Struggles, Then Stops Hilltoppers For Landslide Win

Whoosh, drop.  Whoosh, drop. Don't look around.  That's not a leaky faucet you hear, but the sound of the Kentucky receiving corps.  More wide open passes fell to the ground in the first quarter than should in an entire game. I counted at least five, and that's five too many.  Kentucky coach Rich Brooks promised a smaller bunch of receivers to accompany Dickie Lyons Jr. with some sort of decency, but it didn't show against Western Kentucky last Saturday even in a 41-3 win. The Wildcats (4-0) will need to catch the easy ones when they head to Alabama  next weekend, including the one off the hands of a Kentucky receiver and into the arms of his Hilltopper counterpart.  Mike Hartine's first interception of the season looked like an intentional tip drill, not another dropped pass. Receivers were near, but not at the top of the list of Kentucky's offensive faults.  Although they stacked up 41 on Western, it's still Western, and the second worst team on their ... (link)