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No. 12 Kentucky beats Missouri 15-14 on untimed down to set up huge SEC East clash
Kentucky plays Georgia for the SEC East title next week. (Getty)
Kentucky's dream of winning the SEC East is alive and well.
The No. 12 Wildcats beat Missouri 15-14 on the last play of the game via a touchdown pass from Terry Wilson to C.J. Conrad. The score came on an untimed down because of a Missouri pass interference penalty that put the ball at the 2.
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Here's how Wilson hit Conrad for the score.
The game-winning score. (via ESPN)
The penalty that set up the play was questionable at best. DeMarkus Acy was called for pass interference on Ahmad Wagner as Wilson threw a ball to Wagner in the corner of the end zone.
Pass interference can only be called on a pass that is catchable. Given that Wagner was well out of bounds when he caught the pass from Wilson, it's not clear how he would have been able to catch the ball in bounds.
Here's the penalty.
Sets up huge game vs. Georgia
The SEC East officially runs through Lexington. Kentucky can win the SEC East on Nov. 3 if it beats Georgia. The No. 7 Bulldogs knocked off No. 9 Florida earlier in the day to set up the likely winner-take-all matchup to (presumably) play Alabama in the SEC championship game.
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Kentucky better hope it has some offense in that game. The defense has done a lot of heavy lifting recently and it may not be able to beat Georgia by itself.
But for now, the Wildcats are content to celebrate.
Missouri didn't get a first down in the second half
The Tigers can be unhappy with the officiating at the end of the game. But they put themselves in this position. Missouri had the ball eight times in the second half and went three-and-out in each of those eight possessions. It's a remarkable achievement. Or lack thereof.
Kentucky wasn't much better. Missouri led 14-3 for most of the second half. Kentucky got it to 14-9 on a punt return touchdown by Lynn Bowden. But the six second-half drives before the final score all ended with punts, a failed fourth down or an interception.
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The interception set up the final drive too. Missouri couldn't capitalize on the pick and punted it back to Kentucky with 1:26 to go. The Wildcats survived two sacks on the drive and got to the Missouri 20 with 15 seconds left to set up the winning score.
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Nick Bromberg is a writer for Yahoo Sports.
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