![]() ![]() This week he's tasked to put the pieces together to create continuity and consistency on offense. Still, Stoops' offensive coordinator is dissatisfied with how his offense performed in week one. Isn't that what it's all about? We want to be really good in all areas, but the bottom line is winning games." Last year we threw the ball for 400 yards in the first half and lost. "We gotta do whatever we have to do to win football games. And frankly, it doesn't bother him nearly as much after a win. ![]() We'll get some things fixed and we'll go from there," said Mark Stoops.Įven though Stoops was displeased with their production on the ground - just 78 yards total - it's tough finding the right balance between run balance. "I'm not worried, I know we'll get better. Snell is confident the Cats can "put it all together," just like his head coach. "I learned that I was so excited and so happy about the good I can do, the good as an offense we can do, I didn't really think about when everything hits the fan or when they load the box in preparing for me." "I was just trying to go, hit the hole and go because I was trying to get out of there," Snell said. ![]() He was not patient enough to wait for the holes to open. In his first game as the featured running back, Snell got a little too overzealous. The second part of the run game problem falls on the ball carrier. There just wasn't anything that was working and I promise you I tried a lot." When Bunchy got dinged up a little bit and we kind of started moving guys, I just never felt continuity. After Bunchy Stallings got banged up, they were forced into a rotation that simply didn't work. The problems started on the offensive line. But at the same time, we gotta be tough, we gotta run the ball." "Part of me wishes probably when I go back, I wish I would've opened it up a little bit. I probably could've opened it up a little bit," the offensive coordinator said after the game. " I probably got a little bit too stubborn. Still, Eddie Gran kept going back to the well that was successful last season. There was a false start, a timeout to save a delay of game penalty and a fumble inside the five. Snell saved another from sailing over his head. A high snap over Snell's head stalled the drive. The first four plays out of the formation led to disaster. Today in Hattiesburg, the Cats couldn't do anything right in the Wildcat. A season ago Benny Snell helped carry Kentucky to seven wins out of the Wildcat formation. ![]()
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