This is the official A Sea of Blue Open Game Thread for the Miami Warhawks @ Kentucky Wildcats. Game particulars as follows: Date & Time Saturday, Oct. 24 7:30 p.mCoverage TV: Fox Sports Network Radio: BBSN GameTracker Online Audio Live Blog Location Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington, Ky. Gameday Information Here is the stats comparison: <!-- BODY,DIV,TABLE,THEAD,TBODY,TFOOT,TR,TH,TD,P { font-family:"Liberation Sans"; font-size:x-small } --> Team Statistics Kentucky Opponents Louisiana-Monroe Opponents Scoring: Points/Game 24.5 24.7 30.5 27.8 Scoring: Games - Points 6 - 147 6 - 148 6 - 183 6 - 167 First Downs: Total 116 106 119 121 First Downs: Rushing - Passing - By Penalty 66 - 44 - 6 57 - 42 - 7 56 - 51 - 12 41 - 70 - 10 Rushing: Yards / Attempt 4.51 4.66 4.58 2.93 Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD 248 - 1119 - 11 238 - 1109 - 7 255 - 1168 - 14 198 - 580 - 11 Passing: Rating 105.67 118.30 134.09 122.69 Passing: Yards 912 980 1200 1575 Passing: Attempts - Completions - Interceptions - TD 166 - 91 - 6 - 6 153 - 79 - 5 - 9 154 - 88 - 6 - 9 238 - 140 - 5 - 9 Total Offense: Yards / Play 4.9 5.3 5.8 4.9 Total Offense: Plays - Yards 414 - 2031 391 - 2089 409 - 2368 436 - 2155 Punt Returns: Yards / Return 9.00 7.00 3.71 5.44 Punt Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 13 - 117 - 0 7 - 49 - 1 14 - 52 - 0 9 - 49 - 0 Kickoff Returns: Yards / Return 25.38 23.33 20.48 24.19 Kickoff Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 26 - 660 - 1 27 - 630 - 0 29 - 594 - 0 32 - 774 - 2 Punting: Yards / Punt 37.81 37.85 40.32 40.24 Punting: Punts - Yards 31 - 1172 33 - 1249 34 - 1371 34 - 1368 Interceptions: Returns - Yards - TD 5 - 93 - 1 6 - 64 - 0 5 - 22 - 0 6 - 53 - 0 Fumbles: Number - Lost 6 - 3 4 - 3 17 - 5 17 - 8 Penalties: Number - Yards 34 - 308 40 - 314 47 - 419 62 - 539 Time of Possession / Game 30:16.33 29:42.67 31:52.00 28:05.83 3rd Down Conversions: Conversion % 38.46% 38.89% 42.17% 43.48% 3rd Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 91 - 35 90 - 35 83 - 35 92 - 40 4th Down Conversions: Conversion % 72.73% 54.55% 100% 50% 4th Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 11 - 8 11 - 6 3 - 3 8 - 4 Red Zone: Success % 85% 80.95% 82.76% 95.24% Red Zone: Attempts - Scores 20 - 17 21 - 17 29 - 24 21 - 20 Field Goals: Success % 62.5% 71.4% 77.8% 80% Field Goals: Attempts - Made 8 - 5 7 - 5 9 - 7 5 - 4 PAT Kicking: Success % 100% 100% 95.7% 95.5% PAT Kicking: Attempts - Made 18 - 18 19 - 19 23 - 22 22 - 21 2-Point Conversions: Success % 0% - - - 2-Point Conversions: Attempts - Made 1 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 On paper, this looks like a pretty close game, but one thing you have to take into account is the strength of schedule.  Kentucky's is much tougher, currently at #8 in all the land, with ULM checking in at #83.  Louisiana-Monroe has played exactly 2 winning teams, both who have beaten the Warhawks convincingly.  Four of Kentucky's six games have been against winning teams, and four of them have been against ranked or previously ranked foes. Still, the Warhawks are a quality program with good players, and if Kentucky does not get on top quickly, this could be the kind of game UK could lose, the so-called "trap" game coming off a big road win to a theoretically inferior foe.  Both teams will have their starting quarterbacks out for the game, so the offenses of both teams will be somewhat equally disadvantaged. This is a big one.  UK needs this to get back to a winning record. Go 'Cats!