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Throwback Thursday: That time Eastern Kentucky almost beat Kentucky

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In case you’ve blocked it from your memory, Kentucky was down two touchdowns with seven minutes left and had to rally to take the game to overtime. The Cats went on to win 34-27, but had things gone differently, it would have been one of the worst defeats in program history. In order to keep ourselves hungry and humble, let’s take a look back at what happened on that early October night.

Dorian Baker was the hero

Kentucky’s comeback rested squarely on the shoulders of Baker, who hauled in a difficult fourth-down catch to tie the game with 52 seconds left in regulation and caught the game-winning touchdown in overtime.