Missouri's wide receivers pose a big problem for UK football
jsmith3@herald-leader.comNovember 5, 2013     • Tennessee at
Kentucky      When: 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30    To put it
simply: Kentucky's defense has a tall task on Saturday.  It's
not just because the Cats are facing the nation's ninth-ranked
team.  UK is at a serious size disadvantage against Missouri,
which has six regularly used wide receivers that are 6-foot-2 or
taller.  None of the Tigers' top three receivers, who have
combined for 1,681 yards and 16 touchdowns this season, is
smaller than 6-4.  "They're as good as we've faced," UK safeties
coach Bradley Dale Peveto said. "They're good, they're tall.
They run great routes; they've got great speed. They compete.
They're very physical on the perimeter. This is as good a group
of receivers as I've ever coached against."  They are a big
reason Missouri's offense has been so productive this season,
getting 20 touchdowns through the air, second in the
Southeastern Conference behind only Texas A&M