Kentucky sent a warning to the rest of the SEC

Here's some crazy information for you: Kentucky seems to be the second best team in SEC East. Not in Florida. Not Tennessee. Not Missouri or South Carolina. Kentucky.

The Wildcats played in a 28-7 match against Mississippi State (# 14), beating the Bulldogs in their own game with a physical race led by Benny Snell Jr. He scored four touchdowns to put an end to the game. Mullen Bowl next weekend, when Florida coach Dan Mullen takes over the Mississippi program he led for nine seasons. It will be the Bulldogs 3-1 against the Gators 3-1, while the Wildcats 4-0 welcome 2-1 South Carolina, who managed to defeat Vanderbilt, in a battle for the jump to second place in the SEC East behind. Georgia.

Mark Stoops could have his best group of his six years at Lexington, and the Wildcats seem to be on a third consecutive trip. They do it with an aggressive seven front (three quarterback bags of the Bulldogs Nick Fitzgerald) and a relentless ground attack (229 rushing yards against the Mississippi State two weeks after scoring 303 points in Florida). The Wildcats are doing things in 2018, they have not done it since Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan were president. They beat the Gators for the first time in 31 years and are now 2-0 in the SEC for the first time in 41 years after eliminating the favorite Bulldogs by 10 points. "We are about to hit a door every seven days," Stoops told reporters after the fact.

Mississippi State was a fashionable choice to challenge Alabama this season at SEC West, with a team that Mullen left with talent for new coach Joe Moorhead. Fitzgerald has only completed half of his 32 attempts, with a choice and a TD zero. The most troubling stat for the Bulldogs: their 56 yards rushing. The Wildcats controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides, especially in a fourth quarter of 14 points, and the result was a bit bigger. Snell did not hesitate to comment on Kentucky's dominant position. "It means we run our throats again and again and again and again," he said.

A month after the start of the season, both divisions of the SEC begin to divest. LSU and Alabama are the only undefeated teams in the West, and Georgia seems to be leading over the other six teams in the East, but Kentucky – Kentucky! – Climb the ladder quickly.