OK, so the Kentucky offense ran just 55 plays (compared to 78 for Southern Miss) and gained just 254 yards (compared to 364 for Southern Miss) and missed blocks and receivers and holes and opportunities.
“It was very frustrating,” said offensive coordinator Eddie Gran afterward, standing on the artificial turf just outside the end zone at M.M. Roberts Stadium as dusk visited Mississippi on Saturday night. “It wasn’t good.”
And yet here’s the thing, the scoreboard on the other side of the stadium looked very good. It read: Kentucky 24, Southern Miss 17.
“We’ll take it,” Gran said.