A November to remember has quickly turned into a November to forget for Stein and company.

Coming off a 34-6 loss at Tennessee last week, Kentucky still had their eye on the prize. If you had won out, you would’ve pretty much had a playoff birth guaranteed. That was until Kentucky dropped their second game in a row to move to 0-2 in November.

Former Kentucky linebacker, Jon Sumrall, and the Florida Gators, walked into Kroger Field and defeated Stein and the ‘Cats, 21-14, likely ending those hopes.

There were a lot of similarities in these two losses. A fourth quarter collapse, poor run defense, and losing the turnover battle.

Kentucky went into the fourth quarter last week down 13-6 and this week they were leading 14-13. They were outscored 29-0 over the last two fourth quarters.

Against Tennessee they allowed 240 rushing yards, and tonight they allowed 211 rushing yards vs. Florida. Last week it was running back DeSean Bishop who put up 109 yards and this week it was quarterback Aaron Philo who out-rushed the ENTIRE Kentucky team with 102 yards (61 rushing yards for Kentucky).

Going into the Tennessee game Kentucky was ranked fourth nationally in turnover margin, not having turned the ball over in the four previous games. Since then, Kentucky has gone on to lose the turnover battle vs. Tennessee 3-0 and against Florida 1-0 after dominating in that area all season long.

The script has been flipped in all aspects of the game for Kentucky.

“We didn’t play to our standard, really in all three phases,” Will Stein said in his opening statement just moments after the Florida loss.

He continued with, “We’re pissed. I’m pissed. Our players should be mad. A team came in here and physically beat us in all three phases.”

Kentucky will look to bounce back next week as they travel to Columbia, Missouri to play the Missouri Tigers at 7:30 PM EST. They will have one more game remaining after that, which comes at home on Senior Day versus the Louisville Cardinals.

This team currently sits at 7-3 overall after a 7-1 start to the season, with eyes set on a 9-win season.

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