“We got our tail kicked,” offensive coordinator Eddie Gran recalled. “We absolutely got our tail kicked. We didn’t play well enough. It was awful.”
Eastern Michigan outgained UK 312-228 on offense and recorded four more first downs. Stephen Johnson was sacked five times, twice by current Oakland Raider Maxx Crosby, and the Eagles recorded ten tackles for loss. This year’s offensive line was reminded of the performance before game week began.
“Coach Schlarman was definitely talking about that already this morning and yesterday,” Mark Stoops said on Monday. “So he’ll get their attention, he’ll get them right and they will be ready to play.