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Texas A&M Football: 5 takeaways from defensive showdown vs. Kentucky

By Shelbie Warr

ARLINGTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 29: Trayveon Williams #5 of the Texas A&M Aggies celebrates a touchdown run against the Arkansas Razorbacks during Southwest Classic at AT&T Stadium on September 29, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 29: Trayveon Williams #5 of the Texas A&M Aggies celebrates a touchdown run against the Arkansas Razorbacks during Southwest Classic at AT&T Stadium on September 29, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /
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4. Kentucky’s offense is nothing without the run game

Benny Snell is good at football. He is arguably one of the best, or in his opinion the best, running back in the conference. His quarterback Terry Wilson is also a strong runner and has been able to make big time plays on the ground that brought them to a place where they were 5-0 and looking to knock off big time programs on their way to a possible SEC East title. That dream is all but dead though, that much is for sure.

Kentucky has been great, especially running the ball, until they ran into the buzzsaw that is the Aggie defense against the run. What did this game teach us about the Wildcats? If you take away their run game, they don’t have much to go on in terms of offense — at all. Terry Wilson’s arm is decent enough, but it isn’t going to carry the Wildcats through the rest of the season and to any kind of championship.

If I’m the Wildcats, I am going to head out on the recruiting trail and make sure that you have a quarterback in the upcoming season that can chuck the ball down field and make completions when your run game is shut down like it was tonight against the Aggies.