Kentucky Wins the Third Quarter 21-0 and Beats Texas A&M, 31-21
Kentucky 21, Texas A&M 0. That was the third quarter, and it was the game. Entering the half it was 7-7, with Carsyn Baker's 2-yard run for Texas A&M and Henry Boyer's 3-yard catch from Kenny Minchey as the only scores. Coming out of the third it was 28-7 Kentucky, and Texas A&M spent the fourth quarter trying to borrow time it did not have.
The lead changed once. Minchey hit Kenny Darby on a 42-yard touchdown at 11:07 of the third, and Kentucky never trailed again. CJ Baxter then ran in from 3 yards at 3:55 and from 2 yards with 0:16 left in the quarter, a pair of short scores that made it 28-7. Marcel Reed's 5-yard run at 11:37 of the fourth got A&M to 28-14, Adam Zouagui hit a 52-yard field goal to make it 31-14, and Reed found Micah Riley from 5 yards at 3:45 to cut it to the final 31-21.
The giveaways say who won. Texas A&M threw two interceptions, and Kentucky threw none. The yardage was a wash, 423 for A&M and 409 for Kentucky, and Reed threw 49 passes to get 236 yards. Texas A&M's defense had two sacks to Kentucky's none, and Kentucky still won by ten. Four touchdowns and one field goal from Zouagui was the whole Kentucky offense on the scoreboard, and it was enough when the other side kept giving the ball back (twice, to be exact).
Both teams finish 2-1. For fantasy, Reed's 29.4 points led the game even in a loss, Baxter was a workhorse with two scores, and Mario Craver caught 11 balls for 119 yards without finding the end zone.