It seemed like every talking head on every sports channel was picking the trendy upset of Kentucky over Auburn. I was told repeatedly that this 2020 Wildcat team was probably the best Mark Stoops has produced in the Bluegrass.  The offensive line was well represented among the All-SEC teams and purported to be one of, if not the best, in the conference.

QB Terry Wilson was coming off a very serious injury but had already proved to be an extremely dangerous dual threat when healthy. The UK defensive line was full of veterans and the secondary was statistically one of the best in the nation last year. After watching the game Saturday, I don't think a single assertion about the Wildcats was incorrect. Therefore, it shouldn't come as any surprise Auburn "struggled" to defeat a ranked conference opponent by 16 points.

Andy Graham is a regular columnist for The Outlook.