Sometimes, one coaching decision decides a football game. On Friday night against Texas, it was arguably the same baffling decision made twice on offense, and twice on special teams. We have covered the crazy decision to run it up the gut on 3rd and 4th down in OT, but special teams deserves a mention too. Why are you kicking the ball to game-breaking punt returner Ryan Niblett, not once, but twice?
The first warning ignored
After Niblett’s electrifying 45-yard punt return late in the first half set up Texas’ only touchdown through the first three quarters (and the whole game), logic dictated Kentucky would adjust.