With 13:47 left in the game between top-ranked Tennessee and No. 5 Kentucky on Saturday in Lexington, ESPN color commentator Jay Bilas said these simple words that probably felt like a shot in the arm to many members of the Big Blue Nation.
“Tennessee is a beaten team,” he said as the Cats roared out to a 58-36 lead on the back of a 21-5 run at the point to run the Vols out of the building, 86-69 (nice).
He wasn’t kidding.
Even with a 13-0 run that took about 2:20 of game time in the middle of the second half to put Kentucky fans closer to the edge of their seats, it didn’t even come close to mattering in the end.