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Kentucky Football: UK 35-Point Underdogs Against Alabama Crimson Tide

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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The Kentucky football program is in for the ultimate test: a road game against the Alabama Crimson Tide. Kentucky is 35 point underdogs.

The Kentucky football team started the 2016 season in an underwhelming manner, but it’s recovered in impressive fashion. It won a 62-42 shootout over the New Mexico State Aggies and then turned up the defensive intensity for 17-10 win over the South Carolina Gamecocks.

No one seems to think Kentucky stands a chance against the Alabama Crimson Tide in Week 5.

According to Phil Steele of ESPN, the Crimson Tide are favored by an unfathomable 35 points in an SEC encounter.

In other words, no one thinks Kentucky has a chance of avoiding a blowout, let alone winning.

I’m not a gambling man, but it would be nice to think Mark Stoops and the Wildcats could cover the spread. Alabama is the heavily favored team, but it’d be tough to watch Kentucky lose by that big of a margin.

Having said that, Alabama dismantled the USC Trojans by a score of 52-6 during Week 1 of the college football season.

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For Kentucky, this will game come down to whether or not its defense shows up and its running game can move the chains. Boom Williams and Benny Snell Jr. have been exceptional in 2016, but this is Alabama.

If any front seven is going to keep the Wildcats’ run game in check, it’s that of the Crimson Tide.

Furthermore, Stephen Johnson will make his second start and fourth overall appearance at quarterback for Kentucky. He had 310-yard and three-touchdown gem against New Mexico State, but amassed just 141 yards from scrimmage against South Carolina.

South Carolina has a strong defense, but it’s hardly Alabama.

With a shot at an unpredictable upset, Kentucky now has bulletin board material: people are projecting a destructive blowout.

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