Alabama DC details the ‘number of challenges’ Kentucky presents on offense

Alabama’s defensive coordinator Kane Wommack is getting his unit prepared to take on the Kentucky offense he feels can present several challenges.

The Wildcats are coming off a 45-13 win over Youngstown State. Kentucky’s starting quarterback Kenny Minchey threw for 301 yards and four touchdowns in the win. Jason Patterson led the Wildcats on the ground with 78 rushing yards on 11 carries. CJ Baxter was also a standout on the ground for Kentucky in the win with two rushing touchdowns.

Wommack feels the Kentucky offense likes to present the defenses with a lot of eye candy.

“This team has a lot of momentum right now, and there’s a lot of excitement, as there should be,” Wommack said. “I think Will Stein is a fantastic football coach. He’s got great energy from what it seems. Those guys seem to be, in their first game, they responded with a lot of great energy as a football team. They’re creative in the way that they get the ball to their playmakers, and I think they do a really good job of a lot of formations and motions and shifts and things that are what we would call eye candy that they give people, and yet at the same time, they can keep the main thing, the main thing by getting their playmakers the ball. And so they present a number of challenges for us, both Will and Joe Sloan, who I’ve known for a number of years, and think very highly of him as well. So, it’ll be a great road test in Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday, and look forward to the opportunity.”

Kentucky and Alabama will get after it Saturday in Lexington. Kickoff is set for 11 a.m. CST, and the game will be broadcast on ABC.