ESPN.com’s Southeastern Conference blogger, Chris Low, writes this week that the time was right for Randall Cobb to leave for the NFL, but Low will certainly miss getting the chance to cover Cobb’s exploits on the college gridiron for Kentucky.”He is absolutely one of my favorite players in the SEC and college football because, as I have said so many times, we can take Randall out and have a race and he probably won’t be the fastest, he is certainly not the biggest guy … but when you put pads on him and turn the scoreboard on and give him the football, he is magnificent,” Low said earlier this season to tomleachky.com. “If you get the football on the 4- or 5-yard line and have one play to score a touchdown and I can pick anyone in the SEC to give the football to, it would be Randall Cobb because he can do so many things.”= = =Of all of the impressive numbers Cobb posted during his UK career, for me the most significant is setting the school record for touchdowns. It’s more than just the number.So many of those 37 touchdowns Cobb scored came at key points in close games. It was fitting that the record-breaking score was the game-winning touchdown in a win over South Carolina, which was among the most noteworthy during Cobb’s time in Lexington.For the record, Cobb said Thursday his most memorable TD was his first one against Norfolk State.”It was just that feeling that I had finally done something,” Cobb said. “I think that was the best one.”= = =If you’re a Jamal Mashburn fan, you can still say he holds the UK freshman scoring record — for players who started the game.After Mash’s record of 31 points had stood since 1991, UK’s latest rookie crop has broken it twice, the latest being Terrence Jones’ 35-point explosion against Auburn on Tuesday night. CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish says he’s been a little surprised by how well Jones has played, and he thinks the UK coaches might be a little surprised, too.”A lot of guys are big and talented – I mean they’re all over the country right now, and yet, there’s a special little thing that makes some of them ready to go right from the start, whether it’s an intensity thing, a connection thing (or) just a little bit more skilled than you thought,” Parrish said recently on “The Leach Report” radio show. “But it’s either there or it isn’t, and I honestly think you can’t see it until the games start. You can see potential in anybody when they’re in high school, if you’re looking for it.  And the guys who are McDonald’s All-Americans, the upside’s very easy to see. What’s a little more difficult is being able to project when it’s going to be reality, and you can’t always do that. “(Michael) Beasley comes in, he’s a monster from the start – that makes sense. (Kevin) Durant comes in and he’s a monster from the start – that makes sense. What DeMarcus (Cousins) did last year was, I think, better than most thought and I would say the same thing with Terrence Jones. I would tell you this: I’m surprised about how dominant he’s been in the games to date, but so is John Calipari, so is (assistant coach) John Robic, so are the other people on that staff. I think they knew, like everybody knew, they were getting a talented prospect, (but) I don’t think they knew they were getting a great player right from the start. That’s very clearly what they got.”= = =LSU had some bad losses in the pre-conference portion of its schedule but the Tigers are off to a 2-0 start in the SEC as they prepare to visit UK this weekend.  LSU radio voice Jim Hawthorne said defense has been the key.”In the Auburn game and the Arkansas game, they relied primarily on a 2-3 matchup zone,” Hawthorne said. “Playing man-to-man, they were getting into foul trouble and they just don’t have a lot of depth. I think (the zone) has been the biggest change that’s been the most productive for them. They run at the 3-point shooter and try to back them away from the 3-point line. It’s been effective but it’s only been a couple of games.”Like Kentucky, LSU’s top three scorers are all freshmen. One of them, Ralston Turner, has been slowed of late with a leg injury and is a question mark for the Kentucky game. The Tigers’ inside strength comes from Ole Miss transfer Malcolm White, who led the Tigers in scoring in their win over Arkansas Wednesday night.