LEXINGTON – Undefeated but unconvincing, Kentucky has yet to learn how to grab a football game by the throat.
The Wildcats continue to play down to the level of their competition, to dawdle when they ought to dominate, to perform as if good enough were good enough, infuriating fans who have lately been conditioned to expect more of a program not all that far removed from its doormat days.
“There’s some frustration ‘cause it shouldn’t be that way,” safety Tyrell Aijan said Saturday afternoon. “But we’ve just got to buckle down, play football, do what we’re supposed to do (and) not try to do too much.