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Instant Analysis: Good outweighs bad for Kentucky football in Toledo win

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LEXINGTON — Four takeaways from Kentucky's 38-24 victory over Toledo to open the 2019 season.

Right away, 2019 was different

Clearly, this is not last year's Kentucky defense, and that means it can't be last year's Kentucky offense either.

The Wildcats made noise this preseason about throwing the football more in 2019, and they did Saturday.

But the truth is they probably won't have a choice. Kentucky's defense was the key to its 2018 success, keeping the other teams in check and allowing a conservative, plodding UK offense to wear down opponents and run Benny Snell to victory.