Vince Marrow says there was no reason for Kentucky to not try and score on its final drive before time ran out. (Vicky Graff Photo)
Kentucky got criticism from some because it called timeout with seven seconds to play at Georgia and scored a touchdown with four seconds left in the 30-13 loss to the No. 1 Bulldogs. Georgia coach Kirby Smart did not complain and kept his No. 1 defense — which had allowed just two touchdowns in the first six games — on the field during UK’s 22-play scoring drive to end the game.
Kentucky recruiting coordinator/tight ends coach Vince Marrow was not quite sure what all the negative buzz was about.
“We were just running our offense,” Marrow said. “Georgia still had its No. 1 defense in there.”
“We were just doing our operation. I don’t know what the big deal was (with the criticism). We were running and passing.”
If Kentucky could have scored earlier, it certainly would have.
“If we had scored with a minute to play, we probably would have kicked an onside kick,” Marrow said. “That’t the way we play. We don’t quit. I just felt like we were running our offense until we scored like we try to do every drive.”
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Much ado about nothing.
Really????? A complaint about playing the game. You play your best until the horn sounds. How about UGA keeping their best D out there to keep us from scoring??
Score every chance you get for 60 min UK. I am glad they scored! It ticked Georgia off, and I enjoyed it! Georgia didn’t show any mercy on UK, they just did their job. I am living for the day when UK football stomps the guts out of Georgia, like the 77 team did between the hedges! That team was a bunch of killers. That said, I am running out of years.
Any team that does not try to score when behind is nothing but a bunch of quitters, besides that, the complainers should have taken the points. A big portion of the national sportswriters picked Georgia to cover the spread.
A team that’s behind should never stop trying to score…………period !