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Darrell KSR
09-28-2012, 07:06 PM
Courtesy of UK

South Carolina used an explosive offensive attack and a strong defense to spoil the University of Kentucky football team’s chances of a second-consecutive upset over the ranked Gamecocks by taking down the Wildcats 54-3 at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C.

Kentucky got on the board first after sophomore Avery Williamson caused a fumble on the opening kickoff of the game, which the Wildcats recovered deep in South Carolina territory. Six plays later, Kentucky’s Craig McIntosh drilled a 28-yard field goal to give Kentucky the 3-0 lead.

The Gamecocks responded behind an impressive performance from quarterback Connor Shaw. Shaw completed 26-of-39 passes for 311 yards and four touchdowns, while four Gamecocks had touchdown receptions and two others had rushing TDs. South Carolina led 20-3 going into the half after Shaw and star wide receiver Alshon Jeffery connected on 20- and 24-yard touchdown receptions, while Shaw and Justice Cunningham hooked up on an 11-yard pass. Kentucky’s Matt Roark took one USC point off the board when he blocked an extra point. It was the seventh blocked kick of Roark’s career, tying the school record. The second half was much of the same, with USC scoring four touchdowns and two field goals en route to the victory. Shaw threw for his fourth touchdown on the afternoon on South Carolina's first drive of the third quarter, finding Nick Jones for a 25-yard scoring strike to give the Gamecocks a 27- 3 lead at the 8:46 mark.

After Jay Wooten made field goal attempts of 48 and 42 yards to push the Gamecocks' lead to 33-3, Ellington put an exclamation point on the win with a 61-yard touchdown run with 10:34 left in the fourth quarter. The Gamecocks added two more scores late in the contest. Morgan Newton had 54 yards rushing on 14 carries to lead the Wildcats. Winston Guy tallied 14 tackles while Danny Trevathan contributed 13 stops for Kentucky.

bigronhahn1011
09-29-2012, 08:24 AM
I got the feeling this is going to be just like a bad sequel to an already bad first run movie, with the only difference being that some of the actors are different.