It was still major coaching malpractice to lose to a bunch of unathletic honkies with a miniscule fraction of the talent Cal had at his disposal. Will forever be known as the game that broke Cal.Definitely served as a wake up call and helped the Cats roll through the tourney.
As for 2015, once the Cats got to 31-0, I was of the mindset that "well, they might as well just go for the undefeated season." In retrospect, a loss would have probably been the best thing that could have happened to UK, but they had a chance to make history. Still think if Poythress never got hurt that UK team rolls to 40-0. Bummer.