Defense sets early tone

Kentucky offensive coordinator Joker Phillips gave kudos to the UK defense for its play early in fall camp.

“Our defense is playing really fast, and that’s a good thing for us,” Phillips said. “That’s one of the things that we’re going to see in our league week in and week out.”

Phillips said the UK ‘D’ has given his offense problems with their blitz schemes.

“They’re timing up and disguising their blitzes really well, and we’ve got to do things to change the snap count to try and help ourselves,” he said. “Those guys are running around, flying to the football, and having fun. It’s only making us better. We’re young and inexperienced, and right now, they’re bloodying our nose, no question about that.”