Beware the Trap Game

Written by Ian | 22 October 2009

After a huge road win against Auburn last weekend the University of Kentucky football team hosts Louisiana-Monroe this weekend.  Monroe doesn't have a host of athletes the Wildcats need to watch out for this weekend and their starting QB is out.  Yet, the Cats have to make sure their emotions from the Auburn game don't get the best of them.

On the positive side, Monroe's biggest offensive weapon is their misdirection and trick play calling.  Kentucky looked great against Auburn's offense last week.  The Tigers used multiple looks last week but Kentucky's defenders stayed home and did a great job of staying with their assignments.  Monroe won't put Auburn's athletes on the field, and if Kentucky can continue to stay put on defense Monroe will have problems scoring.

Monroe comes into the game with a 4-2 record.  Their two losses were bad losses against a great Texas team and a good Arizona State team.  Their wins; however, aren't against anyone near Kentucky's talent level.  Coming into Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday looking for a win looks to be a tough task for Monroe.

So Kentucky has better talent, home field advantage, and I'll take their coaching staff over Monroe's.  The only thing left for UK to do is over look their oponent after a big win.  It's happened before to better teams than the Cats, but if Kentucky can just stay focused and take care of business this week they should be set up for a good run over the next four games.