A TaxSlayer Bowl that wasn’t especially competitive until the end was still awfully contentious Saturday.
Although Georgia Tech's methodical offense allowed the Yellow Jackets (9-4) to build a 20-point lead and then hold on for a 33-18 victory over Kentucky (7-6), it was their blocking tactics -- and perhaps a few other plays where he believed the officials missed calls -- that raised the ire of Wildcats coach Mark Stoops.
Stoops and Yellow Jackets coach Paul Johnson got into a first-half shouting match while Kentucky’s training staff tended to yet another injured player, and Stoops later let the officials have it before heading to his locker room at halftime.