LEXINGTON — Fourth down on the half-yard line, down four points with 16 minutes still to play.
The timid kick the field goal, move on to the next play.
Jay Hopson is not that guy. The new Southern Miss coach came to Kentucky to win a game, and that means scoring touchdowns. He never hesitated to leave his offense on the field, and quarterback Nick Mullens plunged the 1.5 feet for the go-ahead touchdown.
“I felt like we had the momentum,” Hopson said. “If you can’t score from the inch, then you don’t deserve to score.