Kentucky - East Carolina

the Autozone Liberty Bowl Friday, January 2nd, 5:00pm Memphis, Tennessee

Kentucky (6-6)______SEC______-15.68 Wk Opp oPts Score 1 Louisville -77.32 W, 27-2 2 Norfolk State -423.92 W, 38-3 3 Middle TN State -131.18 W, 20-14 5 Western Kentucky -366.76 W, 41-3 6 Alabama 390.74 L, 14-17 7 South Carolina 93.53 L, 17-24 8 Arkansas -38.58 W, 21-20 9 Florida 473.27 L, 5-63 10 Mississippi State -140.39 W, 14-13 11 Georgia 232.43 L, 38-42 12 Vanderbilt 26.46 L, 24-31 14 Tennessee -88.95 L, 10-28 ____ ____ ____ ____

East Carolina (9-4)______CUSA_____198.86 Wk Opp oPts Score 1 Virginia Tech 283.88 W, 27-22 2 West Virginia 217.96 W, 24-3 3 Tulane -316.49 W, 28-24 4 NC State 84.85 L, 24-30 5 Houston 78.17 L, 24-41 7 Virginia 42.51 L, 20-35 8 Memphis -100.89 W, 30-10 10 Central Florida -163.23 W, 13-10 11 Marshall -136.98 W, 19-16 12 Southern Miss 4.03 L, 3-21 13 UAB -158.62 W, 17-13 14 UTEP -90.18 W, 53-21 15 Tulsa 184.02 W, 27-24

The Wildcats didn't beat anybody of note this year, while the Pirates were the darlings of September. Edge Pirates.

Stats Matchup
Team	Kentucky	East Carolina
Points (rank)	-15.68 (#65)	198.86 (#26)
Record	6-6	9-4
Opp. Points (rank)	-75.86 (#59)	-208.15 (#71)
Opp. Record	72-63	76-82
Points (% of Opp. Avg)	22.4 (92%)	23.8 (92%)
dPoints (% of Opp. Avg)	21.7 (89%)	20.8 (87%)
Rush Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	129.3 (91%)	128.3 (88%)
dRush Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	142.4 (105%)	138.1 (90%)
Pass Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	169.2 (88%)	207.7 (97%)
dPass Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	184.6 (93%)	196.7 (90%)
Tot Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	298.4 (89%)	336.0 (91%)
dTot Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	327.0 (99%)	334.8 (89%)
ST Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	129.7 (103%)	120.2 (98%)
dST Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	92.8 (72%)	108.2 (88%)
Penalties / Pen. Yds	5.4 / 43.9	6.0 / 55.8
TO's / TO Margin	1.7 / +5	2.1 / +5

East Carolina's offense isn't all that great, and they D is just a bit better than average, while Kentucky's in about the same boat. These two are pretty evenly matched, but I don't think East Carolina will be able to get the TD's.

The Line: Kentucky +3

The Call: Kentucky by 6

The Result: Kentucky 25-19

What a wild fourth quarter - were those Pac10 refs? Yikes. Kentucky polishes off a mediocre season with a good win, while East Carolina can only hope to hold on better next year.