UK’s best defender will be the most responsible for containing Louisiana’s offensive force. McGuire will not be stopped, the NFL talent can only be contained. UK’s most irreplaceable player will prove whether or not he truly has improved his physicality in run defense in Game 1. As Freddie Maggard eloquently stated in the KSR podcast, “You’re going to hear pads popping all the way to Nicholasville.”
Young Outside Linebackers vs. a Running QB
If there’s one thing that’s consistently given UK fans headaches over the years, it’s a running quarterback. Mark Stoops’ defenses have done a much better job, but those defenses also had Bud Dupree and Za’Darius Smith.