Exciting Football Game in Lexington, Kentucky

This football team had beaten the number one team in the country last week. They were up 28-10 at half time. What were the chances they could be beaten? I am referring to South Carolina of course. They were playing the University of Kentucky, and I thought it was going to be a blowout.

My niece Emma is a Sweetheart Majorette for the UK Marching Band, so my wife Cindy and I decided to drive down to Lexington, Kentucky this weekend to watch Emma perform at the game. We have seen Emma perform at several events over the years. Shed is an awesome twirler. I took my camera equipment down and captured some excellent images. I will have some of these images in my photo gallery soon so stayed tuned. The weather was absolutely terrific this weekend--not too hot, not too cold.

Before the game, which was scheduled to start at 6:00, we did a little tailgating near the stadium. It only cost us $20 for parking. Ha! Attending sporting events these days is getting out of hand. But now on to the story of the game.

I thought the rout would continue in the second half. I was wrong. South Carolina did not score another point in the game, and the Wildcats scored touchdowns on three convincing drives. When it was 28-23 with South Carolina ahead, Kentucky tried a two point conversion and was unsuccessful. After another three and out, UK marched down the field and scored again with under two minutes to play in the game. This time the two point conversion worked and the score was 31-28 in favor of the Cats. With 1:15 seconds left in the game, the Gamecocks finally mounted some offense and moved down into the red zone with only 11 seconds remaining. They decided to try one more play to win the game outright with the chance to kick a field goal remaining if the play failed.

The pass into the end zone was tipped by one UK player and then caught by another UK player to end the game. What looked like a yawner of a game in the first half turned into one of the most exciting games I have seen in a quite a while.