2021 Tennessee vs Kentucky

over field in lexington as kentucky goes for a second straight win over tennessee that hasn't happened since the days of disco and defensive end aren't still while tennessee comes in invigorated off the by with bull rule still very much alive on rocky top tonight it's big orange in big blue nation they share a common border and common contempt they've been getting after each other since the late 1800s in a rivalry long dominated by tennessee payton's been in this place a time or two at one point the balls had the old beer barrel for 26 years but the cats have clawed back including last year's emotional win in knoxville for late uk coach john schlarman six and two wildcats four and four volunteers mark stoops now in his ninth season a ten win season still very much alive this is the big one they gotta get with the remaining schedule very favorable and for josh hypel year number one it is a much improved offense for the vols they too hopeful to get a bold bid and get things back on track in knoxville beth mullins kurt morrison don davenport kentucky winning the toss and deferring so we'll see this fast tennessee offense ready to go and for more on that don is talking tempo yeah tennessee goes fast real fast they run a play every 20.8 seconds but they're not just fast they're efficient early in games they're outscoring their opponents in the first quarter 124 to 30 this year kentucky defensive lineman josh pascal said the tempo is a concern it's tough to stimulate that in practice they'll have to get adjusted quickly and withstand the pace physically well into the fourth quarter to get a win here tonight it's all under the direction of hendon poker who's got the best passing rating in the sec with 17 touchdowns and two interceptions as he makes his seventh start of the year and they will throw it on first down a receiver screen and a first down and more for javante peyton that big play man makes another one and the volunteers open it up with a 75-yard score [Applause] well you want to go fast and this is what tennessee does but kentucky sort of what we saw last week it's reared its ugly head all over again poor tackling from this defense of the kentucky wildcats mississippi state had big plays because of the missed tackles and all ready to start this football game you can't volunteer those types of plays but yet the tennessee volunteers are already on the board terrific blocking on the perimeter from the other receivers out there the extra point is good from chase mcgrath and for payton his fifth touchdown catcher better than 25 yards that's his second 75-yard td of the year it's just blocking on the perimeter you got to be physical and no one gets off the block and then poor tackles right there you gotta be able to make the plays this kentucky defense they talk all week long about getting to the spot being physical in their tackles and just making the play and the play is there to be made you got to make it did not and now it turned into tennessee singing the fight song terrific blocks from bayless jones and princeton fan out there to clear the way for peyton and one play in the volunteers on top they are trying to prevent kentucky from winning their second straight for the first time since 1977 and as they have done all season kirk fast starts in the first quarter they're averaging better than two touchdowns a game in the first quarter this year yeah and you would think that kentucky being at home the crowd everything kind of going your way and yet the first play by the visiting team is a 75 yard touchdown [Applause] and again a reminder kentucky deferred to let tennessee have the ball first tonight toby wilson is away and kentucky will have it to start at their own 25 for will levis the transfer from penn state leading them to big wins over lsu and florida but really struggled against mississippi state last week yeah that's the big thing that was talked about here in lexington he's got to get the turnovers fixed that's what his head coach mark soup said get the turnovers fixed he's got to protect the football before football has to be about the program protected no interceptions today [Applause] let's start out with a couple of tight ends in there and chris rodriguez in the backfield and the first carry is for chris and he bounces to the outside and picks up eight or nine for the junior from mcdonough georgia over 2100 yards rushing in his career that's top ten all time at kentucky and he's averaging over 100 per game so far this season well that's a nice way to start right you run over a guy get to the second level showing that he's 100 healthy that's what the talk is all week that rodriguez is now fully healthy [Music] let's send rodriguez out to line up as a wide receiver empty set here for will levis short underneath incomplete looking for wandel robinson and it will be third down theo jackson had the coverage as he returns from an injury but that's the chess match because if you look at that pass by levis why throw into double coverage i know that londell robinson is your guy he's you you're gonna find ways to get him the football throughout this game but try to not put it in double coverage they will come quickly to the line here on third and short and the keeper for the quarterback then the spot is a good one that'll move the chains for kentucky and as levis picks up the yardage yeah when we talk about number one wandel robinson he gets about 41 of their catches so much of the offense runs through him so they're trying to find that balance right kirk let's get him the touches but let's see if josh ali can step up demarcus harris can step up and make more plays with levis looking their way from time to time for one dale robinson is a drive star you want to get a drive started the correct way you get the ball to number one first and you have everybody start to come along as well kabassia smoke was wrapped up in the backfield by omari thomas and a loss of one [Music] looks like there was a flag tossed on the play as well on the far sideline along the line of scrimmage [Applause] first five and we welcome you to kroger field here in lexington kentucky tennessee scoring on their first play from scrimmage a 75-yard touchdown strike to grab the early lead and now the first possession here for the kentucky wildcats and let's revisit the score handed javonte peyton and it's just a quick screen on the outside and poor tackling again by the kentucky wildcats last week they didn't tackle well against mississippi state in the first play of the game a couple missed tackles and mr payton 75 yards to the end zone we'd like to welcome those of you that watch cincinnati hang on and remain undefeated it's been another chaotic day around college football with wake forest losing for the first time looks like michigan state will follow suit perdue with the upset so a couple more unbeatens go down and a first down run for chris rodriguez as he gets into the secondary of course it is uh week number one since the playoff rankings have come out and it was a good week for the southeastern conference with georgia and alabama going one and two the dog's already a winner today alabama and lsu going on seeing the kentucky wildcats at 16. a lot of people want to see is this the same team that we saw to start the year 6-0 are we going to see the team that's lost the last two games in the sec amo this season has been running to football under the direction of mark stoops now in his ninth season a gain of five yards there justin rigged the tight end making the grab stoops is the second longest tenured coach in the sec behind nick saban and he faces the new guy josh hypo in his first year at tennessee how about our impact players yeah the impact players tying evans along with alan tate taylor on the tennessee side and we talked about wandel robinson and josh pascal two guys who i think we're going to have a big impact on today's game our chick-fil-a impact players for you [Music] and a whistle and a quick timeout for kentucky here they're first on their first possession looking at a second and seven and we will take the brick with them be back to lexington in a moment [Music] and welcome back to espn football presented by sonos you're watching the sec on espn early 7-0 lead for tennessee on the road in lexington tonight i'm beth moans along with kirk morrison and dawn davenport it's a big night for kentucky kirk after their 6-0 start to the season they've dropped their last two games they haven't been able to do what they do best and that's run the football that's got to change tonight for them to control this clock well it better change that's what people in lexington are asking will the real kentucky wildcats team please stand up please stand up and i think it's about getting back to right here the run game that's their true identity getting back to the running attack that's kavacier smoke the junior from alabama picks up 18 yards there and when kentucky's running the football well it opens up everything for the offense it opens up the wide receiver it opens up the tight end everybody benefits when they are running the football as well as they did to start the season yeah when we talked to mark stoops he mentioned the big blue wall this offensive line that really is the generator for the offensive attack they've been salty all week they've been disappointed with the run game the last two weeks and losses granted to very good run defenses in georgia and mississippi state but i thought that was a great word salty and darion canard by the way wearing the 65 today for uh the late john sharman their former o-line coach yeah they want to get back to the rushing attack they just felt like last week at mississippi state they weren't the physical team they got pushed around last week they've talked about it all week long and they want to go out and be the aggressor against tennessee darien's on mel keiper's top 10 list for offensive tackles that might be available for the draft next year they'll run it again with smoke and he's got the first down yardage [Music] nice little block on the outside well the guard on the inside deer rosenthal gets a block and then gets up to the second level and now you're starting to see layers of the rushing attack they want to be able to go inside and outside and now you'll be able to win first down second down you're able to take some shots and that's what will levis he has to connect on his opportunities taking shots down the field rodriguez the offset back wendell robinson is slotted right number one is their big playmaker on this 10th play of the drive met in the backfield and he backs his way forward into the red zone for a couple of yards taking aaron beasley with him wow you see that reed by aaron beasley you talk about see space run space that's a linebacker play now he's got a finish he held on but man that's a nice read by beasley and then just the power by rodriguez to just get a couple on that play [Music] [Applause] that's coming in at six and two they're four and two in the conference tennessee at four and four two and three they're fighting for bowl eligibility in this final month of the season the wildcats a 10-win campaign still very much in play if they can win tonight and more good hard running from chris rodriguez picks up seven it's kind of the opposite of a game of tug-of-war right this time it's just the offensive line for kentucky look at all the blue hats they're on the left side they're on the tennessee side of the football nice blocking up front and rodriguez running behind i think that was the center luke fortner had had the pancake on that one see you out of sylvania ohio of course you know mark stoops gets some tough guys out of his home state gets him to the commonwealth rodriguez he's got the first down to the nine and it's first and goal kentucky on their first drive trying the counter the quick strike this is a much different chris rodriguez that we're seeing this week than last week at mississippi state looks more determined looks like he's really this week of practice and they talked about he needs a week of practice in the last couple weeks you're trying to hold him out a little bit you get a bye week in there you just you felt that this is a guy who needs to practice because his reads are a lot clearer you're seeing it so far to start this game nice down here running by chris rodriguez no hiding what they want to do tonight kirk nine rushes in their first 12 plays of this drive for 53 yards trying to punch it in [Applause] mclean is the motion man at a false start [Applause] false star offense number 65 five yard penalty first [Applause] mark stoops with the sixth win of the season gets the cats eligible for a bowl for the sixth year in a row they've won their last three postseason games [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] against the four-man rush underneath to the 10-yard line and it's caught down to the nine by brandon bates the junior out of cincinnati gets five yards back nice play call there you you have a little motion up top but you bring wandel robinson underneath and all the attention all the eyeballs go to number one and yet there's a tight end sitting over the ball it's a nice job of will levis seeing what the defense is doing if they're playing zone you hit that guy right over the ball that's a good early completion to get his confidence going [Music] smokey in the backfield with him continues to go from the shotgun he'll spend a lot of time under center as well [Applause] smoke the delay and reaches for the goal island he's in touchdown [Applause] [Music] [Applause] kentucky just watch the left side of the offensive line you get two tight ends in there baits rigs and then rosenthal horsey fortner the center it is a group effort that left side of the offensive line creating holes creating gaps and you don't need much for five nine two oh one smoke cavazier smoked to the end zone that's what the cats want to do they eat up eight and a half minutes off the clock on a 75-yard 14-play drive matt ruffalo with the p-a-t ties it at 7. you score first just give us our opportunity offensive line getting off the ball [Music] espn college football prime time is presented by sonos experience game changing sound made easy and in part by b it's what's for dinner good memory for the cats 10 years ago when they snapped tennessee's 26-game winning streak in this series this is a big rivalry for these border fans and dawn found one in particular that she's enjoyed yes a bunch a bunch how about this is john t bryce's 52nd consecutive tennessee kentucky game been to everyone since he turned 18. he's 70 now he was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and has started chemo but mr bryce convinced his doctors to let him attend this one game here tonight had to do some extra blood work and tests to get approval but guys the streak continues he will return to chemo treatments on tuesday mr bryce i know there are a whole lot of tennessee and kentucky fans that will be pulling for you and so are we 50 seconds straight best wishes indeed and true fandom absolutely that's college football at its best right there a lot of tennessee wins over that time but uh in recent years under mark stoops uh kentucky's started to turn things around a bit in their favor second possession and the second play for tennessee they scored a touchdown in 11 seconds the first time they had it so they go right back to the exact same play and it's javonte what is the knee on the ground though when he caught that football his knee was on the ground i wouldn't be if they want to stop the play but this is what happens when you go fast incomplete intended for bayless jones they have i thought the officials missed that place on the first play on that first play of the drive he caught the football with his knee on the ground actually even stopped right there instead of the extra yards but already on third down for tmz they like to run three plays a minute both these teams good on third down offensively not so much defensively this is what hinden hooker his eyes his pre-snap verification of what the defense is doing time out you know the kentucky fans gonna take a little credit there uh [Music] making some noise here tonight and we'll take the time out be back in a moment [Music] tied at seven it's third and seven but is it really kirk morrison no it should be third and ten you look at the first play of the drive the ball thrown at javonte peyton but watch the left knee the left knee is on the ground that should have been a no game blow the whistle but when you go as fast as the tennessee offense does you get away with those type of play where the officials their replay booth did not call down to stop play an advantage there for tennessee third down out of the timeout small in the backfield [Applause] another tennessee touchdown this time it's bayless jones [Applause] 72 yards score 45 of those after the catch [Music] all this is is just recognition recognition by a senior quarterback hendon hooker just realizes i got bayless jones on a linebacker deandre square number five i got a six one 224 linebacker trying to run with one of the premier players in the sec i'll take that match up every single play hooker finds it and another touchdown big play for the volunteer offense two touchdowns in 36 seconds extra is good 14-7 tennessee on a pair of 70-plus yard touchdown throws from booker well look you got a linebacker in space he doesn't know what's going on tell me what did vayner jones do he just ran straight and looked back for the football he got a linebacker on a premier wide receiver in the sec that's a mistake in coverage by kentucky and a good job by hooker seeing it before the snap that's pre-snap recognition by the quarterback a fifth-year senior realizing i like that match-up better than throwing it anywhere else on the field already our second rendition of rocky top here in lexington [Applause] 75 yards to payton 72 yards to jones [Applause] and an injured player on the extra point jackson lampley [Applause] as you see the four teams in the college football playoff and we already know kirk that that is about to change because michigan state lost tonight to purdue so a pair of unbeatens fall wake forest as well i can't wait for tuesday right we'll see what happens as the day goes on we know lsu at alabama right now that's a big one obviously in the sec but tuesday the reveal and i've always said do not get upset about the first reveal that we had on tuesday just let it play out we got a long way to go before the final rankings and for people disappointed with the cincinnati at number six don't be surprised if that falls after they struggle sweat it out against tulsa at home today i heard twitter was ablaze by the finals some issues at the end of the game i believe well that's two quick strikes early by this tennessee offense and the kentucky defense struggled last week at mississippi state and already seeing early struggles only what four plays four players four plays two touchdowns four passes for 150 yards in 37 seconds and lampley [Applause] will gingerly make his way through the tennessee sideline [Music] unfortunately here for him because uh tennessee coming off the bye week was actually getting healthy again in the middle of the season they've had some issues with injuries through the first half of the year they have just started to get some guys back in the fold [Applause] as toby wilson will kick it away here to zach johnson this is played out exactly as both offenses would hope the quick strikes for tennessee the nice leisurely run it right up the gut stroll down the field for kentucky the first time they had it but the defense is under fire here in the first quarter as we send it down to dawn well beth will levis struggled last week through three picks he spoke to his team in the locker room in starkville right after the loss last week put it all on himself told his team he knew that wasn't him wanted them to know he was going to commit to attacking the week preparing for tennessee like they had never seen before and he challenged and asked his teammates to do the same he told me he felt they had a great week of practice and we're seeing that offensively translate onto the field so far here tonight yeah the coaches talk about trying to make will feel as fluid as possible they thought it was a little rigid at times a little out of sorts last week and a throw like that a quick hitter to get it to a playmaker like juan dale robinson will help boost that confidence well we've seen that play a lot a drive starter right to start every drive it seems like wandel robinson gets the football but that's sort of the crutch for i think will levis get an early throw get the confidence going and will that now open up the run game more we saw them feature that in that first drive can they get back to that and also keep that tennessee offense on the sideline smoke back there with levis nine yard touchdown run already for smoke as mclean goes in motion cavacio again right up in the middle gets out across the 30 runs into tyler barron and jeremy banks the leading tackler for the vols this year [Music] job number one for this big blue wall is to keep those guys out of the backfield because tennessee leads the country and tackles for loss they'll meet you behind the line if you let them would you like this third and three right here for kentucky under center two tight end set rodriguez hit and then able to lean forward and tumbles across the line to gain for five more got through jalen mccullough for the first down yeah mccullough's right there to make the play watch the left side of the screen 22 one on one 22 versus 24 and 24 wins that match up just gets enough for the first down watch the power and the balance by rodriguez just keeps enough momentum going forward for the first down [Music] isaiah cummings will come to the left side of the line and lead block for rodriguez who finds the scene and picks up nine they have already run for more yards here in the first quarter than they did all last week in start vegas it starts with that block by the tight end you mentioned it isaiah cummins he gets the kickout block and i and rodriguez is showing his ability he ran inside now showing the ability to run outside positive yards on first down ryan robinson to the left side with josh ali play action looking for robinson who sits in the middle of the field and catches it down inside the 40. they play action about a third of the time they have the football and then they find one that was a big play action down in distance so second in one when you think about it it's kind of a throwaway down the way that they've been running the football early on take a shot down the field but when you take the shot you got to make it that time levis to robinson for a first down yeah that uh we're going to talk a little bit tonight about the los angeles rams because that's where new offensive coordinator liam cohen came from and they're running a lot of pro stuff [Music] they gained 16 there [Music] another delayed handoff not much for smoke aaron beasley we've called his name a couple times already tonight and it's second and ten one thing i can say about this tennessee defense is they're aggressive these guys fly around they play hard and that's the one thing we talked to their defensive coordinator tim banks they consistently they just want to be in the right spots they feel like hey as long as we communicate we're in the right spots we can handle some of the shot plays and we've got to be able to stop the run tonight [Music] looks the other way and a first down catch for josh ali the senior out of hollywood florida they're hoping to get him and more involved tonight at 12. you talked about being fluent that's what this coaching staff wants to see will levis be more fluent take what the defense gives you that time a little bit of blitz he saw the blitz but was able to locate his receiver that's a nice pickup for first down cohen getting uh into the college game for the first time coming from the pros so we use a lot of similar formations we tried to use the same cadence a lot of the installs that they used in los angeles trying to get more and more comfortable as the season progresses there maybe a yard matthew butler [Applause] making his 22nd career start with the stop but i love the drive though right four minutes 40 seconds the clock's just moving and this is what you want to be methodical in your work methodical and moving the ball down the field getting chunks on first down second down and converting on third down this is a nice drive being put together by the wildcats this is wild this is going to be a first quarter 15 minutes where kentucky has the ball for 14 and a half of those minutes and they may be trailing because of the quick strikes for tennessee tonight a 72 and a 75 yard touchdown levis keeps and tennessee was able to sniff it out banks got him and it's third down [Music] you probably won't see that play too often they're just kind of keeping the defense honest with levis holding on to the football that time i thought he could have handed it off but that time keeping it keeping that defensive end they'll come back to that play but nice job by tyler barron that'll do it 14-7 tennessee with the lead through one tonight in lexington kentucky long sustained drive for the cats and two 70-yard plus touchdown scores for the volunteers [Music] [Applause] welcome back to the sec on espn from lexington the third and ten for kentucky to start out this second quarter and canard jumps the gun for the second time tonight the statistics tell a whole different story than the scoreboard does zero rush yards they've got more total yards four plays than tennessee does on tournament or kentucky does on 23. i'm looking at that 14-23 that's a long time to have the football and it's still ongoing for this wildcat they're offense and 15 for will levis empty set five wide robinson slotted left that's his first look and he's going to go for the deep ball into the end zone incomplete behind josh ali in its fourth down theo jackson had the coverage i got to put that one on the quarterback that's got to be toward the pylon that ball has to be thrown at the pylon the adjustment by ali i don't think he could have got there if that's something because you're looking at levitz and he's saying oh come back adjust to it but i think if he throws that to the far pylon that's a touchdown miscommunication yeah miscommunication he throws that to the back pylon that's a touchdown ruffle around to attempt a 50-yard field goal and it is no good had the leg but missed it right and the score will stay 14 to seven how big was that fall start though by pushing pushed him back about five yards now would that have made a difference who knows but again mistakes and a drive now costing the wildcats points hey let's take a look at our drive recap brought to you by mazda and here are the tennessee touchdowns don't blink they're quick early on peyton 75 yards up the left sideline for a touchdown and on the last drive jones linebacker on jones yeah i'll take jones touchdown volunteers that was a terrific toss from hooker and they try and get peyton on the end around and he's met in the backfield for a loss [Applause] josh pascal vito tisdale met him there loss of a few on the play so here goes the up tempo volunteer attack hooker has a man wide open again across midfield it's jalen hyatt breaks a tackle at the 20 and shoved into the end zone and uh the official on the far sideline saying they stepped out of bounds way back uh near the 30-yard line let's see where they spot it out at the 29 it's still a pick up of 41. well if you don't communicate you get beat the communication was not there by kentucky and that's again an easy throw for hooker he just finds the open guy because the miscommunication by the kentucky secondary way in kentucky is lucky that he stepped out because another missed tackle that one by valentine [Music] so after a no gain on first down the ball was out a fumble and this would be huge for a kentucky defense that only has four takeaways all season as hooker tried to get it too small did they get it back and they did kentucky football and the rare turnover for the cats defense [Applause] not only rare turnover for the cats defense also the tennessee offense they take care of the football plus 12 i'm sorry minus 12 on the season and they give the ball to kentucky and all this is just a it just seemed like a mis mishandle hooker trying to pull the ball out and it seemed that small may have held on for a little bit anyway if the ball goes over to kentucky unforced error by the volunteers jacquez jones got the fumble recovery the middle linebacker [Applause] and it's back to the kentucky offense down a touchdown when we come back hey don't miss sec football final they've got you covered with the biggest stories of the day around the conference starinoqua hosting along with jean chisholm chris doering benjamin watson 10 30 eastern over on the sec network and on your espn app another busy day a busy saturday around the league number one georgia a winner should stay in that top spot [Applause] kentucky off of the turnover a rare takeaway for the wildcat defense and levis finds joshua lee gained a 13 and a first down starting the uh the drive off a little different there getting levis on the move a time a nice stroke to the outside to josh ali it's a nice little drive starter a little bit different than before running the ball or getting to robinson this time ali starts to drive [Music] texas a m a winner over auburn today arkansas beat mississippi state how about lsu right now up a touchdown over alabama in the second quarter another action around the league on a day where we've seen two more unbeatens lose michigan state and wake forest go down wandel robinson they got a couple of guys to swarm around the playmaker led by warren burrell that's a nice tackle by burrell you just want to grab anything it doesn't matter what it is you can grab a shoelace a foot a towel a jersey you're one on one with one of the premier players i think in college football wandel robinson that's a terrific play by morrell all by himself that's a big tackle you can celebrate on he's part of the new breed around college football these what mark stoops called a free agent fit now you're finding guys in the portal so you're not just recruiting high schoolers you're recruiting current guys in college that can help you out right away robinson certainly one of those as they run it with rodriguez out across the 45 and that'll bring up third down in about six [Music] nine carries 47 yards here in the first half they've already run it better tonight than they did against mississippi state and certainly against the georgia defense they fell to the number one team that a couple games ago but it's a favorable schedule the rest of the way after tonight at the tennessee defense first thing find out where's juan dale robinson they got a safety over top over the top of him pressure coming levis swim time looking for robinson over the top and he's got it down to the 25-yard line good protection to give levis time to find him then he sticks it in there for 31. they found the weak spot in the defense the safety's toward the middle and robinson gets to the outside that's a nice throw by will levis he leads robinson to the outside that's a nice over the shoulder catch by wandel robinson that's quarterback wide receiver on point [Music] hitting on about 66 of his throws this year interesting to note too tim banks the volunteers defensive coordinator was with levis at penn state before he transferred the throwback here to the quarterback he's got three blockers with him levis inside the 10 and down he goes at the 7. chauncey magwood threw it back to him and then gained 16. you know this something was wrong when you saw the formation and canard the right tackle was all by himself a nice move into the line of scrimmage by levin throw to the outside and came all the way back a big play he'll speed up the tempo levis leaping in the air towards the goal line touchdown kentucky levis goes airborne from eight yards out for the score [Music] [Applause] you want to build confidence in your quarterback think about this drive the big throw on the outside to robinson then you throw it back to the quarterback and this time he's going to finish the job airborne for mr will levis that's a confident quarterback making a confident play touchdown wildcats six plays 71 yards they cash in the turnover in just over three minutes and now an extra point away from tying things up i believe they might be reviewing uh the touchdown to make sure that levis broke the plane before anything contacted the field of play i don't think there was any doubt on that [Music] [Applause] up he goes and that's a touchdown i don't see how they reverse that the arm did come down first but certainly looked like he was breaking the plane with the football yeah absolutely i mean the ball penetrates the plane of the goal line before he's down or touches out of bounds that's that's a touchdown that's an unbelievable effort though by will levis you see his teammates that you know it's a big play when all the big boys come over and give you a big hug they miss those type of plays last weekend here's the pylon cam [Applause] [Music] i have not seen an angle that tells me anything different soaring in for the score look at the elevation [Music] [Applause] yeah that ball that's a touchdown just [Music] the tip of that nose of that ball touches the goal line that's a touchdown [Music] after further review the ruling on the field stands touchdown [Applause] tremendous effort by the quarterback will levis the play stands [Applause] and ruffalo to tie it i'll leave it at 14 a little will power from levis [Music] catching air and breaking the plane and the cats even it up able to take care of miles college and that leads us into our lineup for tuesday on espn hoops all around number one south carolina women open up the champions classic and then it's off to madison square garden for kansas michigan state in between games the college football playoff reveal week two and then the nightcap kentucky and duke as the final season gets underway for coach k everything available on your espn app and also a special get well wishes out to coach vital for a speedy recovery coach and let's check in now with kevin connors [Music] [Applause] goodness nobody's safe for around college football this year that's the target on your back upset after upset scare after scare incomplete on the throw hooker a little hot on the pass intended for princeton fant in a 14-14 game there's your average drive time nearly 18 minutes of possession for kentucky under two minutes for tennessee a lot more traffic for kentucky right a little slower pace than what this volunteer offense is used to be used to doing all game long time evans the carrier but the flag thrown behind him at the offensive line [Applause] holding offense number 76 this was one of the things that had tennessee excited coming into this game for just uh the third time all year they had their starting five linemen all together in a game and you saw spraguens with the take down there including the maze brothers cooper at center cade at right tackle the knoxville natives second and 20. hooker run out of bounds around the 15. my body fitzgerald was in hot pursuit and then drawing back and forth [Applause] i talked to you about this a lot through the week right this is not a game for kentucky defensively that you want to jaw back and forth you got to get lined up because tennessee is already on the football you got to do your talking on the sideline get set up communicate no breakdowns look at another receiver screen for jones and this time kentucky will not let them get away veto tisdale has them and it's fourth down but there is a flag down i think they're probably going to get a cut block a little chop block on the outs on the uh left on the right well i think it was the left tackle 58 down arrow white they just chop blocked at the line of scrimmage and immediately i saw the official throw the flag before the ball's even thrown [Applause] personal foul tripping offense number 58. penalty is declined fourth down they'll go with tripping instead here on right that's all the trout but it's it's the roll a little barrel roll at the end at the official call took out jj weaver but the officials caught him steve marlow our referee tonight ron leatherwood the replay official and the punting unit is on josh ali is back around his own 35-yard line [Applause] high booming kick ali backpedaling the fair catch at the 31. and a punt of 53 yards from paxton brooks hey let's take a look at this week's college football playoff rankings brought to you by allstate already today losses in the top 10 from michigan state and wake forest alabama and oregon both trailing tonight kirk it's tough to be uh the hunted in college football these top ten rankings we know will change on tuesday for sure who elevates does does ohio state move up it was close with nebraska cincinnati a real nail biter against tulsa today who moves up notre dame the other top 10 team with a win today impressive over navy [Music] i think we know georgia will stay put at the top another big win for the dogs as they inch closer to 12-0 they have tennessee next the volunteers right now in the midst of a four-game stretch against ranked opponents levis will keep it in more tough yards running out close to the 40 into the arms of aaron beasley and a gain of five yeah play breaks down get what you can get that's what levis did got a block also by rodriguez and now third and three looks a lot better than what could have been third and long third make plus nice job again will levision going through the progressions with the window one closed and go take off get a couple yards [Music] mclean moves into the backfield with levis will looks that way now steps up avoids the rush another hurdle out to the 45 and a first down he wanted to go to mclean on the outside but it was covered by travon flowers of safety so again this is what levis is showing his eye discipline his number one target taken away just picked up the first down this is a confident quarterback he's showing much different than we saw last week at mississippi state he's a track star quarterback tonight so far for will and the eight-yard touchdown leap earlier [Applause] [Music] as the cats try and grab the lead mclean bounces to the outside across midfield and another first down around the 40-yard line of tennessee as he scoots for 16 around the edge he only hit five carries coming into the game they talked about we want to get jaton mclean into the football football game and you're seeing early on they're featuring him out there on the passing plays and now getting to the outside in the run game big story here in this first half developing 118 yards rushing for kentucky minus three on the ground for tennessee who has had the football for less than three minutes their defense has been out there for over 20. levis run down and taken down by jackson way to stay deep in tennessee you've got to give them credit on that last play it was a shot play and this is what you're used to seeing from kentucky's new offense of 2021. they want to get the ball down the field tennessee was all over it safety's deep and levis instead of forcing it just picks up a couple yards stoops is furious about something he's working the officials runs into elijah simmons excuse me rodriguez on the carry tennessee gets simmons back up front defensively that's big for them [Music] third down and six coming up they are five of six converting off third down here in the first half [Music] again where's juan dale robinson where's he lined up at this time he's in the slot up top four-man pressure lettuce all day to throw and he's got it 20-yard line to chauncey magwood in his first catch of the season after he threw a pass earlier tonight and that'll move the change i can't tell you how many times i've seen that route on sunday by the los angeles rams it's cooper cub is playing the role of wandel robinson and then there's robert woods and the nice little end cut behind they get the linebackers and safeties that would converge on robinson and there's the end cut right behind for the first down coordinator liam cohen former quarterback coach in l.a mark stoops wanted to change things up offensively and they brought in cohen to try and run some more pro-style stuff rodriguez boy those legs just never stop churning he gets down to the 16 three yards as they have reentered the red zone here [Music] there you go fired up offensive coordinator liam cohen he wanted to get back to some consistency that's what you're getting so far in this game by this kentucky offense looks like might be cramping here for caleb tremblay under five to go in the half back in a moment welcome back to the sec on espn good one here in lexington in a tie game kentucky on the move a reminder you can kick off your week 9 nfl sunday at 10 eastern with the countdown crew on espn and the app they'll have all the latest for you jordan love going to get the go for green bay against kansas city this weekend and then it's bear steelers on monday night football at eight o'clock eastern under five to go in the half levis dangerous pass knocked around and almost intercepted theo jackson there to mess things up that's a terrific read by theo jackson you have to prepare for that moment because he saw it and just took off just watch 26 theo jackson he sees wandel robinson he's all over he should have intercepted that pass he believed it and went made up and made a great play they knew they had to be around robinson at all times the big play-making threat look at six of seven on third downs here in the first half for kentucky they're looking at another one levis quarterback drive he's got it inside the five first and goal kentucky as they try and make it three touchdowns and three red zone trips this one's all on the offensive line the secondary's playing a little bit off watch the center though luke fortner the center just gets all the way up and he's just picking linebackers off allowing levis to find the opening find the gap behind the yards that are needed for the first down seven carries 35 yards for levis they are wearing out this tennessee defense they've been on the field for 23 minutes and they'll go jumbo here with six offensive linemen and bring a tight end into the backfield levis on the rollout touchdown wildcats justin wave [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] under center bootleg you underneath the extra tight end justin rigg that's an easy throw for levis and the touchdown for the wildcats [Music] first lead for kentucky ruffalo on for the p.a.t as they go 11th place 68 yards and five and a half minutes we talked about the tempo the tennessee defense right now is on pace to be on the field for 50 minutes nearly 25 minutes they've been out there already in the first half penalty is against tennessee [Applause] 41. and it's 26 carries for 138 yards rushing here in the first half minus three yards rushing for a tennessee offense that averages 226 per game and look at the time of possession that that tennessee defense has been out there yeah that's that's a long time and if you're a defender on this tennessee football team you're looking at your head coach saying coach we need a break we need a blow you're going over to your quarterback hinden hooker you got to find the captains on that defense go over to hooker hey we need to drive we got to get us a little bit of time just let us get our breath and that's the give and take right with an up-tempo offense because hey you can look at the scoreboard and say we got 14 points on only 11 plays so we know we can strike quickly but what does the fourth quarter look like in this type of situation always always fun to talk to the defensive coaches on an up-tempo offensive team yeah you need to drive though and i know that's what coach banks is telling his guys hey we can't worry about what the offense is doing we've got to make some stops again we do need to drive give us a breath we're going to get a chance to return it here and out across the 30 to the 34 yard line how about a studio update with kevin connors [Music] [Music] 25 [Music] 15-yard penalty on veto tisdale yeah so just when the pac-12 was thinking man we got a chance we got oregon in the top four and already the duck's in trouble against washington yeah and i didn't see the penalty there yeah i'm looking for the penalty as well he's holding on to the lower part of the jersey not in the horse collar area right above that name plate i did not see that and there's coach stoops has been uh giving the officials an earful all game long and rightfully selling that last on that last call [Applause] he's showing that saltiness on the sideline that his offense has been playing with after back-to-back losses tion evans with the run at a gain of nine [Music] look for the quick throw and immediately hit and thrown down for a loss valentine flush that out on the throw to tillman way to trigger there by valentine saw the play just triggered making the play in the open field it's another tennessee injury it's the starting tailback tyian evans is a huge injury because i expected this tennessee offense to really feature him today he's one of my impact players for a reason because healthy you want to get him going and hopefully open up the big plays on the outside well the outside big plays have been there but they haven't been able to establish the running the rushing attack today out of hartsville south carolina how about a check with dawn down on the sideline yeah you guys are talking about it member offensive coordinator alex golish pointed out how important it is to have some success on the ground offensively because if you don't you're asking your defense to be out there for 40 minutes and he said that's not fair he said that alabama law showed him how key it is to make sure they're playing complementary football it's a fine line there obviously but you got to make sure that you still score give your defense a breather the easiest way to do that is run the football so not good seeing your starting running back go down either [Music] [Applause] that's what they're talking about upstairs in the booth right now okay how do we have to adjust things uh without evans at least for a play here well they want to continue to at least get a drive and it's something that has to be talked about too hey we've got to give our defense a break just give them one drive whether we get two three minutes why not even take this into a four-minute situation take this ball into halftime first and ten three and a half minutes to go in the half trying to drive for a tying score and flags quickly and the penalty against tennessee third on the volunteers false star offense the entire line accepted the center five yard penalty first down four guys right carbon spraguens and cave maze on the move share the blame they're all looking at cooper hey man why don't you snap that hooker will keep and not much doing jones is there another offensive lineman down got four yards back and that is cooper maze the center slow to get up [Applause] jones right up the middle and then tisdale was able to finish him off it's a loss of seven watch number 10 the left side of your screen he comes and just sees the blitz waits for it to open up and he hits it like he was shot out of a cannon just right through and untouched to the quarterback jacquez jones it's an offense that allows the most sacks in the sec kentucky gets one there it's third down and long hooker another receiver screamed jones got blockers in front of him he'll get a bunch of it back he's going to come up short behind darnell wright he gets 14. yeah but this four down territory you haven't you want to keep this drive going put a player down for kentucky fourth down and four coming up that's isaiah gibson the injured kentucky player 150 to go balls have a couple of timeouts left a 21-14 kentucky lead let's check into the studio with kevin [Applause] another wacky saturday around college football teams tumbling at the top a couple more unbeatens go down as you see gibson come off to the side and we're looking at a fourth down gibson just hit the deck as he was walking back to the line of scrimmage but here we go fourth and fourth tennessee [Applause] close to the edge contacted a flag as the pass was incomplete but it looked like tisdale got to bayless jones too early [Applause] you're exactly right beth he read it he saw it and just got there a little too early defense number seven the ball will be placed at the spot of the foul carries an automatic first down you think about it in fourth down gotta have it moment for the tennessee offense who do you think they would go to they're gonna go to bayless jones and tisdale just a tad too early he read it he was there wayne was short of the first down too yeah right there for tisdale and another chance here for tennessee keeping the drive alive picked up hooker with time now he'll step up and run with it shannon tacklers he's got a first down takes a lick and dives inside the 20-yard line and a red zone chance for the tennessee offense as he goes for 15. i thought he had an opportunity to run even earlier in the down i think right now he saw the play fake it was covered take off and go wide open across the middle touchdown tennessee the tight end jacob warren right up the seam 18 yards for the score third touchdown pass of the first half for hendon hooker again the play action everybody's watching the running back no one's looking at the tight end jacob warren who just streaks down the middle of the field all the passes today for tennessee have been weird to the outside in the slot and they finally featured the tight end near the in the red zone for the touchdown [Applause] extra is good all even at 21 114 to play the two-minute 43 second scoring drive [Music] [Applause] they've got 21 points on the board and they've run 18 total plays in the first half that was seven points but it feels like 14 for tennessee because not only did they get a good drive in they did they developed the rhythm but they also gave that defense a much needed rest so that feels like that score of seven points is a lot more for this football team it's a job well done and still look 114 left hopefully you can hold out and take this thing into halftime tied up boy it's really developing into a terrific rivalry so one-sided for years for tennessee and under mark stoops kentucky making some noise in recent seasons and now the arrival of josh hypo and the cranked up offense along the tennessee river [Music] i'm going to take this to another level they've been squaring off since the late 1800s it's the third longest played rivalry in the southeastern conference they share a common border and common contempt and now a common score with 114 to play in the half [Music] hoping wilson to kick it away zach [Music] [Applause] hey the next stop on the f1 schedule i thought we've been talking about fast and furious here it's mexico city the grand prix tomorrow afternoon lewis hamilton trying to chase down max verstappen our coverage begins at 12 30 eastern 9 30 pacific on abc and your espn f1 f1 tap for the mexico grand prix [Music] be interesting to see how does kentucky handle this 114 left two timeouts they try to push the ball a little bit down the field they kind of settle in and trying to get this in the halftime as they do receive the second half kickoff [Applause] levis under center [Applause] and they will run a nice cutback and it's smoke picks up nine and a half might as well keep trying to wear down this defense and smoke appears to have a lower leg injury after that run [Applause] hopefully he's okay he's walking off the field and that would be a big blow to this kentucky offense he is struggling to make it to the side here on this 27th rush of the first half for kentucky and gets that leg caught underneath him caleb trombley with the takedown this will be the 43rd play of the first half for the wildcats robinson with a touch on the perimeter runs out of bounds at the 40 to stop the clock still with a couple of timeouts under a minute to go you had two positive plays you had the drive starter the run by smoke that kind of got you going now another throw to robinson now you're in full two-minute mode you're now in striking distance well you know we get a couple more yards we're in field goal distance but if you get it all the way down we can still steal seven still at seven points to end this half mike uh matt ruffalo by the way has missed tonight from 50. so keep that in mind as they kind of move this down the field the fake to rodriguez and levis throws it away trembley was bringing some heat second and ten tennessee defense is all over that one again just staying deep they don't want to get beat by the deep play so understand the situation knowing that they still have two timeouts left kentucky does so they can throw it anywhere on the field so you got to cover grass get a little deeper in your drop keep the wide receivers in front of you smoke by the way did not go into the medical tent is trying to walk it off on the kentucky sideline perhaps to try and return in the second half levis quick on the release he's got his tight end rig and he's got a first down across midfield gains 14. that'll stop the clock briefly [Music] just a three-man rush another catch out on the perimeter is josh ali trying to get out of bounds and he can't taylor kept him in and the second time out called by kentucky kentucky the second of the first half it's a 30-second timeout [Music] [Music] so i'll leave it at 21 a piece with 32 seconds to go beth bones along with kirk morrison and dawn davenport crazy statistics your time of possession heavily favoring kentucky but uh 20 21 on the scoreboard what would you expect in a rivalry game right you know both teams the fan bases it's been back and forth the early explosion by tennessee but it's been kentucky's offense getting the drives going the run game going a much different will levis than we saw a week ago i wouldn't expect anything different between these two teams right yeah very entertaining big plays long touchdown passes for hendon hooker he's got three of them in the first half and the ground game has been churning it out for the kentucky wildcats and now levis trying to drive him down the field to grab the lead heading into the locker room one time out remaining and now it's tennessee with the timeout tennessee their second of the first half thirty second timeout so they will have one remaining i've been watching a lot of basketball this week and this is a two-for-one possession for kentucky they received the ball to start the second half so any points here is a plus so you want to attack the end zone if possible and this could be that down a distance second and four take a shot try to get this tennessee defense off guard gonna have a third down opportunity but with that one timeout still left in the in your back pocket and then the ability to stop the ball with the chains moving there's plenty of time 32 seconds is a lot of time no panic no rush for the kentucky offense and then defensively for tennessee you're preaching hey keep things in front and tackle and bounds like i saw the previous play sold out tonight at kroger field here in lexington robinson's isolated to the top of the screen levis looking that way now shifts his gaze down the middle of the field right down the hash and it's dropped warren burrell had the pick and couldn't hold on looking for chris rodriguez and he found the orange jersey instead well he found the wrong guy will levis he actually had his tight end streaking isaiah cummings on the right side of the screen he came open late he went to the wrong guy and almost got burned there by burrell who just drops a for sure interception but cummings to tie it in a little drag across the field was wide open but levis locked in and almost had that one kicked off three down and four [Applause] good protection levis to robinson couldn't hold on theo jackson had the coverage and now you'd be looking at a 57-yard field goal attempt [Music] on fourth down yeah it's a decision time because like you mentioned too far out for a field goal and you don't want to punt it away so they're going to go for it here on fourth down i like that route combination again same thing locate juan dale robinson if you the tennessee defense keep two eyes two sets of eyes on number one in the slot [Applause] let's come and levis to robinson incomplete and tennessee will take over [Applause] 16 seconds on the clock well that's the guy who they're going for you knew robinson in the slot that's a big key he's the guy they were going to he just couldn't hold on to the football theo jackson right there in coverage but again if if i was tim banks the defensive coordinator i'm keeping a couple of sets of eyes on robinson in that gotta have it situation they probably could have stole one there so now it turns to tennessee who's got a timeout 16 seconds left hendon hooker already with three touchdown passes in this first half the season long for their kicker chase mcgrath is a 48-yarder and they'll go four wides hooker throws to the edge and turning it to the outside for a gain of eight is tillman clock stops with 10 seconds you still have the one timeout left and this time you can utilize the entire field you can go take the seam you can take in between the hashes that's what you should be guarding if you're kentucky hooker swings it caught and out of bounds at the 41-yard line again by tillman they only use four seconds there i think you got to keep the field goal here five seconds left not enough time i believe to run another play either you're going to kick forward throws it to the outside and it is caught and there are two seconds left on the clock in a 14-yard gain efficiency i'll give you that efficiency and belief that's three seconds from snap to finish a terrific job by hooker all the way to the outside and that's tillman grabbing the ball at his shoelaces and getting out of bounds 35 yards in 14 seconds to set up this opportunity for chase mcgrath from 43 and the lead into the locker room [Applause] got the leg and it's good [Applause] three plays and 35 yards and 16 seconds to set that up for the lead after the fourth down stop for their defense and didn't use a timeout can you believe that that's efficiency on the tennessee side a three-point tennessee lead as we send you to the studio and kevin welcome back to espn football presented by sunos and welcome back to the sec on espn cover field here in lexington a wild first half of play and a 24-21 tennessee lead they threw for 261 kentucky did their damage on the ground look at that time of possession difference under six minutes with the football and yet tennessee gets 24 points on the board yeah that was the big thing also too the third down so you look at kentucky they're able to convert seven of nine really kept the drives alive you mentioned it they kept the tennessee offense on the sideline but they kept the defense for tennessee out there way too long they did what they wanted able to control the clock with the run game but for tennessee they had two touchdown passes of over 70 yards such an entertaining offense to watch both quarterbacks doing exactly what they want to do yeah when you look at hendon hooker what he's been able to do is get the ball to his playmakers early on you saw it you get it to peyton you get it to bayless jones you find the mismatches that help you out and then you get to the tight end as well and then when you think about will levis he hasn't turned the ball over they wanted to get that part of his game out and you see the confidence that he had in the first half taking off from plunging to the end zone a very effective first half for will levis hooker after the touch back first and ten from the 25 for kentucky and the first down throw to josh ali had a gain of 12. [Music] that was good for the cats to see kavacier smoke back in the game he got dinged up in the first half [Music] we'll go back to chris rodriguez here [Music] as we send it down to the field and don davenport well but that similar conversation from both kentucky head coach mark stoops and tennessee head coach josh hypel they were not happy with how their team has tackled in that first half for tennessee specifically josh hypel pointed out they were out of their gaps missed tackles that's why they couldn't get off the field and he said offensively we've got to help him out too and we've got to do that with the run game now meanwhile mark stoops said yeah we've held on to the ball for a long time but if we can't stop tennessee and match scores that's not going to matter [Music] up to the edge of ali shoved out of bounds yeah i mean tennessee's got the lead because of a three-play 35-yard drive in 16 seconds after a fourth down stop to set up the go-ahead field goal at the end of the second quarter they always say work smarter not harder the tennessee offense they seem to work smarter they get things done quickly efficiently and yet you look at the kentucky offense they had to work a little bit harder they had to sustain drive convert on third downs can they get some big plays in the second half to get some quick scoring seven of nine tonight on third down they've got a third and two here levis will keep on the rollout airborne again and it looks like he's got the first down aaron beasley got him around the ankles and a little chit chat going on i like the little run pass option here he's got three levels of a route get to the outside he can throw it to smoke he had a deep over route that was developing but if you don't both of those are taken away you go get it yourself nice job will levis [Music] one rushing one passing touchdown for levis [Music] robinson that's his seventh catch and a flag after he stepped out of bounds gains three there offense number six 10 yard penalty first down that was how he blocked it on the perimeter just got to let him go at some point he's got to let go and ali holding on right there in front of the official across his team there was a takedown of allante taylor who is making his 28th career start we heard his quote in the opening of the program what he said this week we don't lose to kentucky that's how they're brought up in the tennessee program hasn't happened often but the cats won it last year in knoxville they have not won back-to-back tennessee games since 1977. we're talking star wars we're talking reggie jackson we're we're talking a long long time ago when art still was out there playing d the all-american for the cats and now we have a little chit chat is this a fall start or all sides do they give five yards back to kentucky [Music] first now that's murray thomas dawn hey you guys are talking about this rivalry gritty dog fight tension lots of bad blood who brings the extra fire just a couple of the phrases i heard from players from both teams this week to describe it both sides said we expect a fourth quarter dogfight who's the most physical team that's the one that's going to come out on top i've been saying it all week this is an underrated rivalry there's a lot of hate between these fan bases oh yeah on a first and 12th here for kentucky is cut back by smoke we go back down to dawn you hear it every day on your radio show in nashville don't you dog oh i sure do you should have heard it this week i tell you what leading into this one there was a whole lot of talk we we actually had a kentucky student call in and ask which tennessee jersey he needed to wear in the student section because he grew up a tennessee fan but you see that often it's just back and forth i'm trying to spot the guy but there's a couple of tennessee jerseys in the kentucky student section but that's how deep this rivalry goes kids that grew up tennessee fans go to kentucky and vice versa yeah even though they lost to alabama in their last outing they were there with the tide until the fourth quarter and then things went sideways on them throw down field and robinson's got it at the 20-yard line first down cats levis beats the blitz again yeah nice play design too he had just enough time to throw and wandel robinson the route had to develop in a 27-yard game by levis just keeping his eyes downfield not affected by the blitz [Music] another miss tackle inside the 10-yard line first and goal kentucky goes brendan bates and look at kentucky sean derek kind of carbon copy of the tennessee offense right they're going hurry up speeding things up and it's now catching that tennessee defense off guard a little bit we've known the amount of plays that they had in the first half and now speeding up on the last couple of drives last couple for kentucky 13 more yards there rodriguez is the offset back [Applause] he'll get the call breaking a tackle at the five and he's down close to the goal line say the knee is down inside the two jeremy banks had him and then he scored it away this is not the same chris rodriguez i saw last week i watched that tape of the mississippi state game he didn't run the football the way he's running it today's much angry runner today a flag is down and the arms are raised and touchdown kentucky defense communities decline the resulting play is a touchdown two yards for will levis and he grabs the lead back as the cats are now four for four touchdowns in the red zone [Applause] [Music] and all evans does just go to door number one and it's wide open didn't have to go far it went left the doors wide open touchdown will levis second rushing touchdown of the day another sustained drive 10 plays 75 yards another five minutes in their favor the time of possession is now about 30 minutes to six minutes [Music] will levis another score for the cats 28-24 hey taco bell welcomes you to the live my student section of the year contest use hashtag student section sauce to get the committee's attention go to espn.com taco bell to see how your school can compete the turnout here sold out at kroger field the students on hand they've just witnessed the third league change of the night and a short kick they'll stay away from bayless jones and tennessee will get a good return anyways that close to midfield and into kentucky territory goes jimmy holliday and that'll set up the balls with a 33-yard return on the short kick yeah short kick backfire you you get the short kick and you remember you have to now adjust your coverage so everyone needs to converge on that side but you got too many cats inside of on the outside of the numbers five guys outside the numbers the rest on the inside that's a big pickup nice adjustment there for tennessee so their big pass plays got them through the first half will they look to try and run it more they average over 200 a game they only had 18 in the first half and they will go with jabari small in the back here and then throw it out to the edge in bayless jones and he'll pick up seven or eight we'll keep our eyes on whether or not ty and evans can return he got nicked late in that first half and we do not see him on the sideline just yet for tennessee as hooker finds jones for a first down i want to see if they wait if they would establish the run and you mentioned no ty and evans they've only got 18 yards rushing so far so this may be a game that's just over the shoulders of hinduism i may just say let's let's throw it or run it here small break and tackles inside the tent and he's gone touchdown tennessee 37 yards and a fourth lead change puts tennessee on top wow what a block by the right guard [Applause] i think it was the block on the right side by javontez spraguens just coming all the way down actually was cade mays the tackle the guard pulled the tackle comes down and just sealed that and then jabari small just takes off and just makes this barry sanders impression by making the guy miss in the open field and racing for a touchdown what an answer by the volunteers boy this is a big play offense seven possessions our crack statistician russ delin informs us none of those over three minutes that scoring drive was 43 seconds yeah a little stop and start jabari small said no i'm not small i'm going big this is one of the reasons that there's so much hope around josh hypel 16 more points per game for this offense than a year ago 31 points on the scoreboard tonight kirk in just 24 plays in just over six and a half minutes the buy-in is there you know he talked about it when he became the head coach that's what i asked him i said hey tell me what was the buy-in like he said it didn't take long i showed guys that i'm gonna put you in some great situations to make you go out there and be successful and it starts with what he talked about accountability and connection and that's what he's built so far this is a much different tennessee team that we've seen in years past and you get the sense of accountability and consistency this is key and we don't need to tell folks on rocky top it's been bumpy since phillip fulmer left as the head coach hyper is the fifth different guy in 13 years and just a couple of those have been winning seasons in the sec and uh they're excited around rocky top aren't they dawn yeah fan base is all in on hypo right now because you talked about those offensive numbers clearly this is a fun tennessee team to watch but i got to tell you this roster is all in with josh heifel players i talked to this week raved about really their relationship with his staff as a whole beth you mentioned it accountability and connection is what josh heifel said that he found out was missing for some of these players that have been here in this program and his coaching stuff was truthful they were real at practices they were real after practices consistently real is a phrase one player used to describe this coaching staff the buy-in is there yeah and then the thing here to ali's got a first down they also got a boost from within their own organization as they have conducted a year-long internal investigation under um alex violations under coach jeremy pruitt they didn't disclose their findings but they did announce that they will not self-impose a bull ban so that means if they can pick up a couple of wins they could be bowl eligible however the ncaa we remind you has yet to weigh in so that could change but no self-imposed bull band for tennessee good strong run from chris rodriguez and as we know and you've seen in your days as a player kirk those extra bold practices that extra bold game and the excitement and the experience that that provides well you talk about a clean slate he said we had no slate because when josh hypo came in he's like everybody was transferring out i didn't know who i was going to have on my roster who i was going to have to go out there and coach but you saw early on they felt that look you're coming here to play i want to put you in some good situations and so far the buy-in is there but man they got some upcoming guys without the clash next week of the georgia defense against this up-tempo offense that's gonna be fun it's gonna be fun complete mccullough had the coverage on rig and that's gonna bring up third down and six i think you can pull all you want to the fans here they didn't like that there was no call on the play but a good job there by jaylen mccullough he was right there was as the pass was thrown stayed off the tight end and just it was good technique he got the hand across in the inside and knocked it down that's technique clinic work there by jalen mccullough [Applause] looking at third and six now for will levis 20 for 28 210 yards passing for will [Applause] they only rush four levis with time across the middle caught that first down into tennessee territory for josh ali gains 13 on his sixth catch of the day well wandel robinson's at the number three wide receiver and he look you see there's two eyes two sets of eyes on robinson and it leaves the other wide receiver wide open ali a terrific play call there by lean cohen the offensive coordinator knowing that tennessee is going to converge on robinson and find out late for the first down they've converted nine of 11 third down chances there's room and space in that vapor trail left behind rondelle robinson for other guys to slip into no gain on that run from cavassiere smoke solan page the third linebacker they only rotate really about three guys since they lost juwan mitchell it will be second down here [Music] [Applause] [Music] kentucky coming in tonight ranked 18th in the country one of seven ranked teams in the first reveal of the college football playoff with georgia and alabama in the top two spots intercepted a lot of green grass for taylor and he will take it the other way for the pick six [Applause] alontay taylor the senior from manchester tennessee and for volunteer fans the cookie monster gets the int [Applause] and the cookie monster read this one all the way but he's in a squatting stance on the outside and he just saw the ball get delivered and never broke stride he took off running caught the football and just kept going and then gave me a little something in the end zone a little shimmy over there by the cookie monster alontay taylor wow 55 yards the other way and so both sides are able to cash in on a takeaway tonight extra point is good a 10 point tennessee lead and a name image and likeness cookie for volunteer fans tonight kentucky's mark stoops the head coach he said look we got to get the turnovers fixed with will levis but i want you to watch alontay taylor the cornerback for tennessee watch his eyes his eyes are on will levis and levis just throws a blind throw out there to wandel robinson taylor just watched the quarterback the entire time and just took off and got a little shimmy little shimmy action there achievement a little woo by alante taylor another game-changing play for an outstanding football player for the tennessee volunteer and remember he's the guy this week to the tennessee media said hey we don't lose to kentucky he's trying to make that happen dawg yes he is you know what allante taylor came in as a wide receiver had over 8 200 yards and 75 touchdowns receiving in his high school career it was jeremy pruitt the old tennessee coach who actually moved him to db as a freshman he told me this week that he bought it he thought he was gonna play in the league as an offensive guy didn't even know how to backpedal he was so uncomfortable but he also said he is so grateful now that pruitt made that decision for him pointed out took him a while to get the position sure does look good though tonight and he made the play and then something happened afterwards because he went into the tent he's not out there right now as levitz will run for a first down and a gain of 18. it was taylor's replacement patton that made the tackle and now the kentucky offense has to come from behind it's a little bit easier early on when the game is sort of kind of kind of close you're able to still run your offense so if you're leaning corn the offensive coordinator for kentucky just reminding your quarterback will levis you can't get it all back with one throw continue to have the methodical drives and keep this tennessee defense on the field smoke maybe got one even the defense kirk is his big play capability a 55-yard touchdown on a pick six to go with a pair of 70 yard plus scores for the offense in the first half when you want to get still a score back you want to find a way to get this thing as close as possible to the fourth quarter and you got to hope that your conditioning offensively will take over because this tennessee defense has played a lot of plays about 33 minutes they've been out there for 60 this will be the 68th play that the tennessee defense has been out there levis five guys coming after him will run it out across the 45 it's going to bring up third down and six jeremy banks with another tackle [Music] yeah it took a shot at the end of that play [Music] did levis don't forget the new college football playoff reveal on tuesday night and in all likelihood that will change with michigan state losing at purdue oregon in trouble with washington tonight cincinnati barely beating tulsa and oklahoma or ohio state rather a squeaker over nebraska georgia looked impressive first down throw across the middle to cummings oh man that's a tough throw you talk about a tough quarterback hanging in there watch the last this was the previous play at the end it takes a little shot gets down you can tell he's a little banged up and he comes right back staring he can see the eyes he's like a bunch of big volunteers landing on them and then on third down being able to stand in the pocket and deliver a strike for a first down ten of 12 now on third down [Music] [Applause] looked like he had it in double coverage theo jackson we've called his name quite a bit you got to help your quarterback on that one i mean cummings is it's a tight window but you got to come down with that catch and will levis put that one right on the money you get two hands that's a tight window that's that's two hands on the football you got to come down way to fight through the end though there by jackson he's got a helping quarterback on that one 22 of 32 with a touchdown at an interception smoke trying to move through the defense thrown down after a gain of a couple and now kentucky's got them right where they want them third down they need eight they don't even stop twice on third down tonight you haven't seen a ton of tackles for lost though and that's what tennessee has kind of pride themselves on so you give a ton of props to the kentucky offense right they've been getting great push only one tackle for loss on the game and that's why this third and eight i can see this still has four down territory as well now they have not used their punter tonight colin goodfellow haven't needed him long they pick up the blitz incomplete down around the 20-yard line and it's theo jackson again with another pass breakup in front of wandel robinson and way away from the play there are flags down on the near side i want to know if they get demeko slaughter number zero a little illegal touch in the legal hands [Music] [Applause] he carries an automatic first down yeah he was the corner on the outside and just got a little too handsy he guessed the route always take away the inside first take away the inside but that's a terrific route by ali selling the outside getting him to commit then when he goes back in slaughter held the jersey that's a learning moment right there for danical slaughter third down take away the inside first make the quarterback throw the long pass to the outside nevis under center rodriguez action with chris levis a lot of room to run he'll get the first down a little shake and bake inside the 20. and it's back to the red zone where kentucky has been four times and scored four touchdowns this is the growth of a quarterback he wants to take the big shot he wants the the big throw to the end zone but if it's not there go get some positive yards picks up a first down keeps the change moving 72 yards rushing 235 yards passing and oh we forgot 15 yards receiving caught a ball in that first half my bad total yardage numbers trying to get his team within a score [Music] [Music] smoke rodriguez and levis all rushing for over 50 yards and that that has now put them over the 200 yard mark on the night [Music] they wanted to get back to their identity their identity is running the football this offensive line we talked about it throughout the first half they were salty and last week mississippi state they felt they just weren't physical enough they've been the more physical team it's just that tennessee's been scoring that wheel two tight end sets lettuce on second down swings it for robinson caught in the end zone touchdown kentucky [Applause] [Music] [Applause] i want you to see this double move by wendell robinson he's writing a slot watch the double move just a little a stutter step that freed him up and it caught both secondary players for tennessee which one takes him there was two guys in the end zone but it's just a quick stutter that gave just a little bit of confusion and a nice throw by levis for the touchdown nine catches 109 yards and now the 15 yard touchdown catch for rondale robinson [Music] second td toss for will levis and it's 38-35 with 120 to go in the third first one starts with the protection all day to throw the ball but another outstanding route by wandel robinson who mark stoops told us yes i don't know if i should say this but he's exceeded the expectations that we've had for him coming in as a transfer from nebraska he's a smart football player you can put him anywhere on the field and he's showing just how diverse of a route tree that he has in his arsenal nine plays 75 yards just over five minutes you know we were curious so he's such a tremendous athlete you think of uh bowdoin who was here a couple of years ago and they moved him to quarterback and you know is there any carryover from some of the things you were able to do with lynn that you could do with wandel and actually they said you know what he he really wanted to get away from being in the backfield like he was at nebraska that was one of the reasons he wanted to come to kentucky and get him out in space get him touches down field and that's what they've been doing all season that's his sixth touchdown catch and his fourth game this year of over 100 yards receiving [Applause] tennessee will have it out at the 25. hey kick off your week 9 nfl sunday at 10 eastern with the countdown crew on espn got all the early breaking stories injury updates all you all the fantasy information you need and it all leads up to monday night football with the bears and steelers in pittsburgh how about pittsburgh three wins in a row they have resurrected their season well they got back to their identity talking about kentucky getting back to their identity the steelers got back to running the football another former sec guy lazy harris run the ball well for the steelers getting them going again out across the 40 for jabari small in a first down run [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] down to the 40-yard line hauled down by deandre square and two more big chunk plays that one goes for 19. and the kentucky defense looks confused hands on hips trying to figure out what's going on in tennessee the up tempo offense right back down the field hooker and heave that out of bounds well what a fine though hendon hooker has been by the way terrific story marty smith did on hendon hooker and his family courses dad a terrific quarterback north carolina a amt hall of famer's brother austin he went to watch him play with his family and the bye week last week coming over from virginia tech and after a coveted health scare has really enjoyed taking over at quarterback and boy is tennessee happy they got they only have a couple of scholarship guys left after some transfers well he brought leadership and when you got a new head coach you bring leadership especially on moments like this third long hooker down field incomplete and it's fourth down he was looking for jalen hyatt check that that was tillman and he had him he had tillman wide open and he just missed it that was a for sure touchdown if he puts it out there but fourth down they don't even think about the punter they'll go for it three receivers left safety back to the middle hooker looks left puncher kind of and tennessee gets a fourth down stop [Applause] a body fits gerald de'andre square leading the way yeah a body fitzgerald got there first he beat his offensive lineman off the ball first to get hooker off the spot [Applause] and then square comes in to finish the job that's a nice call there by brad white on fourth down they decided to blitz and they caught the tennessee offense looking for the big play and couldn't get a gun couldn't get it done well it was fun talking with brad white this weekend we talked about you got to come down with bad intentions and playing in the sec you got to put your face on somebody and the defense did just there he sure did and then they jump they are rosenthal offense number 51. five yard penalty first down we've already had four lead changes as tennessee jumped in front by 10 here in the third quarter and now kentucky trying to make it back to back scoring possessions [Music] still alante taylor in the secondary after his pick six he appeared to get hurt it has not returned since i mean what may be the final play of this third quarter rodriguez out to the 45 gain of seven [Music] and the teams will head to the other end of the field the three-point game heading to the fourth quarter battle of the borders a good one [Applause] [Music] welcome back to the sec on espn phone flashlights are on at kroger field we got a good one here in lexington a good one going on lsu and alabama just announced tonight college game day will be headed down to the grove next week ole miss and texas a m and lettuce had his man josh ali juggled and dropped [Applause] two touchdowns rushing two touchdowns passing for will also a pick six to allante taylor who has returned to the secondary after missing a [Music] possession four lead changes already and a remarkable night statistically the volunteers have scored 38 points on 30 plays they've only had the football seven minutes and 45 seconds on this drive kentucky could hit 40 minutes time of possession levis to the air out on the edge cummings [Applause] that's a first down that's what a throw there's they're only rushing three and eight yards i mean eight men behind and levis finds the weak spot in the defense right in front of the safety behind the corner that's a tremendous throw because you got to have a little arc but also the trajectory to put the ball right where it needs to be and cummins picked up the first down 11-13 on three downs levis now 261 yards throwing blitz right up the middle and they will throw him down for a loss all the way back at his own 42-yard line it's byron young bringing the heat first sack of the night and that's just a great stunt it's the tackle gold first and then the end goes to the inside so watch six byron young comes all the way on the inside and gets the loss for 11. back in the cats up [Music] second down and 21. and a collision in the backfield and down goes one of the officials who ran into chauncey magwood make sure he's okay [Applause] center judge chris garner [Applause] too many men in motion on that one yeah he seems to be okay yeah right may have been hurt a little bit but he holds the football for ready for play from the head official and as he's trying to get out of here just a little incidental contact [Music] four receivers go right just a three-man pressure across the middle almost picked knocked down by flowers [Music] and it's third down in loan and an injured player for kentucky and that is darion canard who's wearing the john schlermann number 65 jersey tonight take a timeout and be back in a moment second playoff reveal coming up on tuesday hopefully darion canard is okay appeared to be poked in the eye on that last play he brought his helmet over to the sideline to put a shield on it for him in the hopes that he could return wandel robinson down inside the 45 tackled by theo jackson and it's going to bring up third down for robinson his 10th touch 121 yards receiving check that fourth down offense will stay in there the other big sack member earlier that pushed kentucky back so they got half of the yardage or a little bit more than half to give them opportunity here on fourth down on their 81st play of the night [Applause] levis all out blitz coming well in trouble and he's sacked back inside the 45 second sack of the possession and the pressure is good for tennessee that's byron young and he's got both of them at a loss of 11. yeah they just bring the house they bring everybody just one-on-one on the outside and just they brought too many guys and kentucky not enough to withstand the charge from the volunteers a nice call on fourth down again bringing the pressure just not enough guys to protect especially with that defensive lineman out canard one of their best blockers had to come out for the play and they were all over jeremy flacks off that right side i saw wendell robinson one-on-one with the guy said that's the matchup you want and they'll realize they're probably gonna bring pressure jalen wright is in here at tailback the third guy of the night it's been all jabari small in the second half we have not seen the return of tyonne evans who was out with an injury in that first half and here they come again up tempo hooker play action looking for the deep ball tillman under thrown and cedric goes back to make the catch inside the 10. high pointed it over carrington valentine got lost on the play oh you read my mind i said that better be on you got lost on monday you talk about adjustment back to the football cedric tillman a terrific play and now we got an injured wildcat and i got my air quotes coming up when i say injured wildcat as the volunteers hurry up to the football a gain of 37. just watch the adjustment by cedric tillman this ball is thrown in the air and just to come all the way back yeah that's that's that's how you got moss right over the top of number 14 carrington valentine a terrific catch and then valentine down to the ground looking at his left leg for hendon hooker 14 of 18 for 310 yards so yards per throw tonight as we work the calculator as fast as we can [Laughter] i was told there would be no math we've got a ton of time a ton of time it's a lot over 17 yards per catch per throw [Applause] so valentine will come off to the side amazingly enough with all the points on the board for tennessee they've had so many big plays this is only their second red zone trip of the evening yeah they've been it's been the big play over and over and we saw it there on the last one cedric tillman going up and making a big play and just when he thought kentucky was on the verge of scoring and taking the lead they don't turn over on downs now the volunteers knocking on the door right stays in the game at running back hooker to the corner back of the end zone a foot down caught touchdown cedric tillman from six yards out and he's got his fifth td catch of the season [Applause] it's the fourth touchdown pass of the night for hooker coverage recognition that's what that touchdown was coverage recognition from hinden hooker and there was just i mean the defender doesn't even get a hand on him to reroute him that ball is thrown perfectly from hooker to tillman for the touchdown that's that's picture perfect right there that's what you want to see quarterback wide receiver on point what makes them so dangerous is you can't defend just one guy that's a touchdown throw to all three of their starting receivers and their starting tight end tonight for hendon hooker 45-35 volunteers in the fourth [Music] espn college football prime time is presented by sonos experience game changing sound made easy and in part by discover exceptionally common sense [Applause] another big win for kentucky in this rivalry but pendant hooker trying to get tennessee the big road win the unstoppable player 316 through the air four touchdowns kirk to four different guys it's been nothing but positives for hindi hunter the the only criticism i could say is he had a mishandled snap in exchange early on that was the early turnover for the tennessee offense but other than that he's had a fantastic game today finding all different wide receivers the running game working taking off when needed definitely impressed me so far no kuipers got him in his top 10 quarterbacks right now around the country how about a studio update right now from kevin [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] all right so oregon and alabama in tight ones tonight three of the four top four playoff contenders trying to get a win we know michigan state lost earlier today so they will get dropped in the playoff reveal on tuesday night terrific college basketball triple header with south carolina women against nc state and then all the big boys kentucky duke will be playing kansas michigan state should be a lot of fun the reveal will be between the men's double header for madison square garden on tuesday [Music] another 10-point deficit for will levis in this kentucky offense robinson continues his big night spinning away from a would-be tackler he's inside the 45 with his 11th catch for 147 yards he's got 25 there it's amazing what play action does right it keeps the linebackers near the line of scrimmage and it opens a window for levis to get the ball to robinson this is what the play action does for kentucky the big play off the successful run on first down by rodriguez second game in a row now that the kentucky offense has possessed the football for over 40 minutes they lost to mississippi state with that advantage last week they're trailing tonight even though tennessee has only had the football for eight and a half minutes can their defense hang on here in the fourth quarter [Music] you got to find a way you got to dig down deep and you you have to find a way to get another turnover this is part of the game where you may start taking chances up ten maybe trying to jump a couple routes if you're tennessee second and ten for levis [Music] and they beat it as he rumbles down inside the 25 [Applause] for their 30th first down of the night yeah qb under center and just hand off direct runs this is where chris rodriguez i think is at his best just going downhill hand the ball off go find the opening and just go and that's when i think he's most effective going north and south he's two yards shy of a hundred on the evening 217 yards rushing for the wildcats as cavassia smoke will take his turn the throw inside the 10. inside the five touchdown kentucky it's isaiah cummings [Applause] [Music] [Applause] this is hard on the linebacker because lyman aren't supposed to lie to you but this time the kentucky offensive line you get a puller so all the linebackers are thinking it's run it's a fake and isaiah cummings right behind the linebackers who ran up for the run fake is wide open for the touchdown little levitt celebrates because a terrific play call you get the linebackers to over commit and levis with the strike to cummings for a little work at the end for the touchdown 75 yards in just five plays a little two-minute grill for the kentucky offensive here we go it's back to a three-point game 9 36 to play in the fourth in lexington [Music] short work for kentucky and the 24 yard touchdown catch isaiah cummings from will levis who now has three passing touchdowns and three rushing touchdowns tonight and it's back to a three-point game problem for kentucky has been the big play capabilities for the tennessee offense even the defense scoring with a pick six they have a couple of 70-plus yard pass plays tonight and let's send it down to dawn well guys tennessee starting running back tion evans was injured in the first half tonight he's been on the sideline for all of this fourth quarter he's been running a little bit almost seems like he's been running to try and stay warm i did ask josh hypel about his status at halftime he said he thinks he'll be okay but he's got the hand warmers on his helmet is not near him so i don't know if we're gonna see him again nothing official yet from tennessee yeah that's been an issue throughout the season for the vols getting evans and small together in the same game and we've also seen some jailing right now here in the second half jalen is in their tail back and the throw to the edge incomplete looking for peyton and the coverage from mosley second and ten defense has to rise up in this moment communicate and be able to make a play blitz off the edge and now catch him in the backfield jacquez jones was there yeah it was the blitz from tisdale on the outside tisdale comes up he forces the play inside and he runs right into the arms of jacquez jones huge third down here for both sides they've only had a third down four times tonight they're one for four [Applause] [Music] four guys coming hooker will run for it and he'll get it out to midfield in a first down tennessee as he rushes for 25. you saw it beth you saw it four-man rush and everyone's in coverage everyone's got their eyes on their man but hooker finds the opening for the first down 50 yards rushing now for hendon over 300 passing right breaks a tackle down inside the 45. the freshman from durham north carolina has only appeared in four games with 28 carries called upon here in the second half [Applause] [Music] falls out looker has to fall on it and another exchange issue second one of the night and olaf's of one that wasn't an exchange it was right the true freshman just got in the way he got in the way and actually bumped into him hooker and the ball popped out and we're true freshman in the big time moment here [Applause] in the game third and four right makes up for the mistake first down punch to the 30. youssef corker saved the touchdown oh block by the center though cooper mays he got two he got one guy to get the seal then he came in and got another one and white was able to slip him right behind for the big game more of right [Applause] got a couple [Applause] and that was just a game of keep away if you're tennessee offensively you're gonna score quickly that's what you normally do but can you sustain a big drive right here toward the end of the game you almost feel like if you score a touchdown here that's just maybe too much to overcome for kentucky they've run it better here in the second half including the 37-yard touchdown run by small as jones is the kentucky player down on the field well over 100 yards in the second half they've really established a run and really gotten them not only some big plays but it's also helped kind of keep the consistency and the big plays on the passing game have also been there as well let's check in with the studio [Applause] number 10. [Applause] [Music] it'll be fun to see utsa that's a big game conference usa with utep so with wake forest and michigan state losing today it's down to georgia cincinnati oklahoma and the roadrunners secretary runners of utsa well national tv tonight get a chance to see the roadrunners put in some work usc at arizona state the late gabe on espn tonight and second and eight for tennessee trying to bounce that lead back up to 10. right with the carry big hole inside the 10-yard line and it's first and goal tennessee for jalen wright he takes it 22 yards the vision of a true freshman being able to see and watch ride the wave and get all the way to the outside moore's right to the five he's got the hot hand just keep handing it off to the true freshman keep handing it off and let him go you get your opportunity you take it [Applause] right and carving and mains and spraguens and the other maze up front leading the way on this drive parker in trouble wrapped up and sacked back at the 10-yard line [Applause] wow jj weaver and deandre square well dj weaver and square better go give carrington valentine a big hug they better go give him a handshake because he's the one that made the play it was valentine's coverage on tillman he locked him up that was the guy that hooker wanted to go to couldn't because of the coverage by valentine loss of five in its third down four receivers bunched right this is where the quarterback run the quarterback keeper is activated on the four by one hooker in trouble again and he's wrapped up back at the 20. gibson got to him and a flag is down on the near side at the 10. before the snap false start offense number 88 the five yard penalty third down that's a costly penalty because it's repeat the down so that play doesn't count wow that's a big break for tennessee break for tennessee that could have been so it would have been fourth down and now they'll keep the ball here third down they'll lose some yardage but another chance on third and goal four guys coming hooker slides to his left and down he goes kentucky defense showing up strong then it's fourth down wow that's just way to converge you got guys just flying around and that's where that that's team defense team defense [Music] by kentucky you don't get them on the first time you got to converge and weaver was able to finish the job chase mcgrath on to attempt the field goal make this a six-point game a 35-yarder he's already hit from 43. they missed it wide right [Applause] three-point game 442 to go kentucky with the football mcgrath pushed it and the cats have it when we come back look at that last drive for kentucky defensively they decide to turn it up they brought pressure to make hendon hooker have to speed up the process and for an offense that already goes fast it was the the rush that was getting there for the kentucky defense bringing pressure and pushing hooker out of the pocket so here we go under four and a half now to play a full complement of timeouts for kentucky they trail by three they are approaching their 90th play of the game and a a ground attack kirk i gotta believe they want to continue with that and try and work this clock right down to the end and you wanna give hooker absolutely surgical methodical with this drive this is a game of keep away right here you want to go down you're scoring seven you're not trying to get three [Music] levis incomplete looking for rodriguez coverage from banks the linebacker was right there will levis has had the big night can he cap it off with the finish three passing touchdowns two rushing touchdowns also a pick six a little shocking there you get positive yards on first down with the run and i think when you think about right now where they're at in this game it's about sustaining drives and getting third and shorts now third long here they have not had to point the football all night 11-14 on third downs here's the third and seven levis behind wandel robinson and he reels it in first down kentucky [Applause] 10-yard pickup a dozen catches now for one day yeah an option route two he gets a one-on-one option route two-way go and the corner is just backpedaling doesn't know is he gonna go out is he gonna go in and robinson with the fit to the out comes back in ball's already in the air first down cats we've called theo jackson's name a lot defensively let's see if he's lurking around robinson in the fourth quarter missed on the tackle coming up from behind to try and punch it out and robinson able to take it out across the 40. i think jackson robinson going to be a good battle here on the finish oh it is it's it's really just one on one jackson misses he ties to come back and knock the ball out but this is wandell robertson time you get me fourth quarter crunch time game on the line yeah i know where i'm going with the football number one juan dale robinson how does lean coin the offensive coordinator disguise him and put him in some other situations where the defense can't key in on him this 13th catch good for nine more yards rodriguez first down kentucky under three minutes to go there's no rush you see the clock and i know it's about 2 45 left and now we have a tennessee player down the defense has been out there for 91 plays and close to 44 minutes can they hold on for another 2 45 [Applause] let's uh check in with the studio [Applause] hmm that one's coming up next after the conclusion of our matchup here in lexington it's the second time tonight they've been working on caleb tremblay 2 45 to go kentucky won in knoxville last year they have not beaten the volunteers two in a row since 1977 and that's what they're going for as uh the progression under mark stoops the wildcats look to continue that here in the bluegrass they've picked up a couple of wins recently against tennessee a couple against florida georgia still their nemesis but trying to rise up in the east of the sec and this is that drive this is that drive where legends are made too around these parts we've seen quarterbacks get taken off on shoulders this is one of those games one of those drives for will levis three timeouts still left so you have the entire field you have plenty of time to get this ball in the end zone you're thinking score seven not get three we're scoring seven to win this game two tight end set rodriguez the long setback they pick up a couple close to midfield you know the coaches and players don't think about it but of course fan bases do if georgia and alabama both end up going to the playoffs you're looking at new year's six bowls deeper into the southeastern conference if kentucky gets a win here 10 wins is a huge possibility tennessee holds on and gets a win here a game closer to bowl eligibility in josh hypel's first year [Music] with a couple of winnable games still remaining then they've got georgia next week mclean they've been setting this up all game and tennessee was ready for it under two minutes to go and it's third down yeah still no panic still no rush still got three timeouts left find the right play call you know you have two downs to work with it so it's third down and you have a fourth down opportunity if you don't pick it up here but again third down wandel robinson title where is he lined up at how did you get number one the football lined up in the slot slot top of your screen four guys coming lemus in trouble and they're going to get to him and daddy goes sacked at the 49. and it's fourth down and that was tyler baird he just beat the offensive lineman in front of him quickly to the ball and mark stoops will call the timeout [Music] [Applause] [Music] yeah i think the officials missed this one stoops is it out on the field right now and that was a face mask [Applause] that's a face mask all the way to kentucky and a 15-yard penalty assessed to kentucky and coach mark stoops for unsportsmanlike conduct with a fourth down coming up [Applause] yeah it's a back home and i understand coach stoops you're angry you're upset it is a bad call that goes against you that is a grab of the face mask by tyler baron and it should have been called by the official but it was not called and this is where the head coach has to keep his composure [Applause] so instead of fourth and nine it is fourth and 24 for kentucky yeah it was now it's an opportunity at fourth and 24 that it's gonna be difficult to pick up [Music] and understanding that i understand where coach stoops is right now he's upset he's hurt but [Music] you got to find the play now he's got to quickly get together with liam cohen and say let's get our best rondelle robinson play for 25 yards right here they need to get to the tennessee 42-yard line and the prevent defense is out there for the volunteers [Applause] got to be able to protect first to get the ball down the field [Applause] volunteers send three after levis everybody else drops will swings it downfield and it's camp for a first down inside the 40. isaiah cummings keeps the drive alive under a minute to go as he picks up 28. yeah you mentioned it they rushed three they dropped eight and no one saw isaiah cummings leaking on the outside no one picked him up and he was able to get free for the first down now they'll bring the house levis puts it up for grabs out of bounds incomplete it was byron young who's got a couple of sacks who was coming after him and wow just all day to throw for levis and just a late leaking out of the backfield isaiah cummings on the right sideline and nobody from tennessee saw two timeouts still for kentucky 46 seconds to go [Applause] a school record 97th play coming up in a three-point tennessee lead [Applause] levis incomplete he was looking for cummings and that was good coverage from kamal hadden third down coming up again tremblay butler those guys up front just trying to create some type of pass rush you mentioned over 90 plays for this defense can they muster up enough down here late can they create some pressure late if you're will levis still with the two timeouts can you find wandel robinson one more time you see the field goal range line there still a ways to go for the cats with 41 seconds levis under duress incomplete robinson and harris were down field and it's another fourth down for kentucky it's sort of a decision time here because it's fourth and ten and now you still want to tie this game you got an offensive lineman down [Applause] of course a running back down it's a decision you got to make right now as a head coach that's chris rodriguez from here kirk it would be a 56 yarder ruffalo's long this season is 45 he missed from 50 earlier wow just kind of going through in my head right now two timeouts left fourth and ten offensively are you playing for the tire playing for the win do you want to put your quarterback in a situation of trying to force the ball to get 10 yards or do you just get enough yards to make a comfortable field goal i think in this situation you don't want to leave any time left for tennessee if you do tie it up that's another thing you have to worry about too do you in this situation it's a tough one but i think you uh well you need to play for 11 yards here right yeah i don't think they're going to ruffalo are they at this point or they're he's got his helmet on around midfield so if you can get the first down you got plenty of time with the timeouts right but it's a tough one because do you think they should kick it here no no i think that they should get 11 yards but i don't know how they gonna get 11 yards on a fourth and ten because now you think about giving the ball all the way back to tennessee with time left on the clock so this is an important fourth down it's a tough one i'm trying to figure it out don't you like robinson for maybe 10 plus yards or somebody in his vapor trails yeah just to pick up the first down well you want to get the first down no matter what yeah if you're tennessee defensive i don't think you need to worry about going going deeper let's see on the 99th play for this offense tonight [Applause] london robinson's in a slot in the middle lined up at the number two receiver here comes the blitz levis the deep drop the pass is away and it's incomplete and the tennessee defense holds jeremy banks was bringing the pressure on levis and tennessee will take over on downs [Applause] wow great hold by tennessee what would they do would they play coverage they decide to bring pressure one-on-one on the outside and levis tried to buy just enough time to get the ball off but just sailed on them boy on a night where the offenses shined and made big plays and a tennessee defense that was out there for over 46 minutes they have enough in this fourth quarter to come up with a fourth down stop to take over [Applause] and they are on the verge of handing kentucky a third straight loss and inching a game closer to bowl eligibility out kentucky they will have one kentucky their second of the second half it's a 30-second timeout and then that would be it after that last time out on a third down snap 99 plays 99 plays defensively for tennessee i mean you talk about trying to have having enough that's also do they have enough at the end they found one last play one last rush i love what tim banks did hey i know you guys are tired so that's just what it splits the bejesus out of them they blitzed the last four plays i was trying to figure out what was the play what would the play be for kentucky because you need 11 yards and it sounds easy to just get it to robinson but banks to dc for tennessee you know they were going to cover robinson and said you know what we're just going to bring it right call at the right time and a head scratcher for uk with the 99 plays 600 yards of total offense 34 first downs and it appears it will still come up short against tennessee big play after big play for the volunteer offense tonight huge pick six for alontay taylor [Music] this game was about hindi hooker this was his ability to throw the ball all over the field tonight the big plays really think about how this game started today you know the first play to the outside peyton goes 75 yards for a touchdown four touchdown throws for hinden hooker i mean his leadership was on display throughout to four different receivers and what a fit he has been for josh hypel and alex golish in this offense and kentucky now out of timeouts and that's it tennessee comes to lexington and gets the win 45-42 and josh hypo's introduction to this rivalry [Applause] they had 15 plays of over 10 yards tonight a couple of scores of over 70 and they will win it 45-42 now let's get you to utep and utsa clay mafic and rocky boyman on the call thanks so much for being with us tonight in lexington

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Published: Sun Nov 07 2021