By Steve Herman
The Associated Press

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - After its success against Indiana State a week ago, Indiana might be tempted to run the ball even more against Kentucky on Saturday.

The Wildcats, though, will likely continue with the passing game as their main offensive weapon.

They may have no other choice.

"You look at who you are going to play and figure out the best way to attack them and have success moving the football and scoring some points," Kentucky coach Rich Brooks said.

"We did open our sets a little bit and go more with three and four receivers and some more shotgun in the game against Alabama," Brooks said. "Unfortunately, we didn't get into enough of a rotation. ... That limits a great deal what you can do."

Last week, in a 27-17 loss at Alabama, Kentucky took only 47 snaps and managed only 26 yards rushing. For the season, the Wildcats (1-2) are averaging just 79 yards rushing per game.

Indiana (1-2) is coming off a 33-3 victory over Indiana State in which the Hoosiers rushed 49 times, including 20 carries for a career-high 107 yards and two touchdowns by freshman BenJarvus Green-Ellis and 20 times for 90 yards and one TD by sophomore Chris Taylor.

Coach Gerry DiNardo isn't sure how the Hoosiers will fare against Kentucky's defense.

"Their defensive scheme is a new scheme. ... Their style is more popular in the pros than in college, so there is a lot of adjusting for our offensive line because they haven't seen this look," he said.

One thing the Hoosiers have seen from Kentucky - and likely will see a lot of on Saturday - is the passing of senior Jared Lorenzen. The 260-pound quarterback, a four-year starter, has passed for 846 yards and seven touchdowns in his first three games against Indiana.

Last year, Lorenzen passed for 183 yards and three TDs as Kentucky overcame a 17-14 Indiana lead and beat the Hoosiers 27-17.

"Being 1-2 and going on the road to Indiana is not the easiest thing we've ever done. But we can do it," Lorenzen said. "We just need to come together as a team. ... Our goal is to score on the opening drive. We just haven't done it yet."

Lorenzen sprained the medial collateral ligament in his right knee against Alabama but finished the game and is expected to play on Saturday.

"The knee is fine," he said. "It's just a slight sprain. It's something that I'll get over."

Like Kentucky, Indiana's only victory this season came against a Division I-AA team. But DiNardo said the Hoosiers have improved each game, and one indication of their improvement has been fewer turnovers.

Last year, opposing defenses made 21 pass interceptions off Indiana; so far this year, Indiana has thrown just one interception.

"The Kentucky game (last year) is a good example of how turnovers can absolutely destroy you," DiNardo said. "We're going in for what could be a winning score and throw a pick. So, to me, the biggest lesson learned there is you can't have a successful program turning over the ball at the rate we turned it over last year.

"So far we've been a little bit better. Actually, we've been a lot better at that."

Kickoff in Memorial stadium is set for 4 p.m. EST.

UK at Indiana

Kickoff: 5 p.m. today, Memorial Stadium (52,180), Bloomington, Ind.

Records: UK 1-2, IU 1-2.

TV: None.

Radio: WSAI-AM (1530).

Series: IU leads 17-15-1.

Line: Kentucky by 9.

What to watch: UK has won seven of the past eight meetings. UK must develop its downfield passing game and get the ball more to big-play man Derek Abney. The Hoosiers have been susceptible to the pass. Defensively, UK's Vincent "Sweet Pea" Burns will try to extend his streak of nine straight games with a tackle for loss.

UK	Team stats	IU
282.3	Offense avg.	315.6
79.0	Avg. by rush	130.3
203.3	Avg. by pass	185.3
357.7	Defense avg.	430.3
197.0	Avg. by rush	166.6
160.7	Avg. by pass	263.7
26.0	Avg. points for	18.6
24.3	Avg. pts. against	25.0