Coach For A Day-Kentucky

The WIdlcats visit Nashville Saturday needing a win to keep bowl hopes alive following a tough loss to Tennessee.

When Kentucky arrives in Nashville to face Vanderbilt on Saturday afternoon at Vanderbilt Stadium, Big Blue Nation will have the pressure of needing to win against a Commodores squad whose bowl hopes evaporated in the heat of Florida's Swamp last Satruday.

Mark Stoops and his Cats have three games remaining and must win one of two against Vanderbilt and arch-rival Louisville (they have a likely win in a game versus UT Martin between) if they are to go bowling again this season.

Stoops and his staff are likely wondering if they will face a Commodores squad with some fight left or one that has given up and given in now that their season's finale is set in stone.

Fresh off a very disappointing home loss to Tennessee where the Cats had the ball at the Vols goalline late in the fourth quarter but failed to score the winning touchdown, being stopped on fourth and goal had to sting a bit.

What will we see from Kentucky this week and what would I do as coach of the Cats against the Commodores?

OFFENSE 

The Cats have had quarterback issues themselves this season, so much so that Stoops moved Lynn Bowden Jr., a reciever to quarterback and has gone to a read-option- mostly running attack down the stretch. 

Bowden can throw the football, a little and is affective with play action,   but he's most dangerous when running the football.

Because of their own limitations I'd have to keep things simple and rely on what has gotten the Cats to this point. Running the football. 

Bowden along with running backs Chris Rodriguez, Kavosley Smoke and Asim Rose are the Wildcats offense and have been affective in powering the Cats to a win over Missouri and a near miss against the Vols last week.

Keep doing what you do and try to wear down, and out the Vanderbilt defense that played well in the forst half last week in Gainesville, but could not sustain through the second half. 

It's simple, but the Cats must execute it. 

DEFENSE 

Riley Neal is back and will start at quarterback for the Commodores, meaning that there is at least a marginally competant player running their offense and one who they will allow to throw the football, 

Kentucky was able to get pressure on the quarterback last week, causing ealry mistakes, getting hits and sacks, thus I would come hard after Neal and try to force him into mistakes that would create short down and distances and make it easier on my offense to not have to sustain long drives. 

WIll the Commodores show up and try to make a game of it, or are they alreayd gone. 

We'll find out Saturday.