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UK vs. Alabama: Breaking Down the Rolling Tide
The Kentucky Wildcats enter today's tilt (12:20 EST) with college football royalty, in great need of affirmation. After last weekend's titanic sinking at the hands of the Florida Gators, the 'Cats' collective psyche needs a renovation. And there is nothing better to renovate the soul, than a win...
UK Football: Statistically Speaking
With Tru having posted his thoughts on the football 'Cats non-conference schedule, I thought it time to take a statistical look at last year's team. This should give everyone an idea of what areas UK needs to improve on in order for Rich Brooks & Company to have a successful 2009 campaign. At...
Kentucky @ Florida: Learning painful lessons in the aftermath of a calamity
It is my experience that most lessons are best learned by pain and embarrassment. Nobody wants to learn that way, but it seems to me that the painful lessons are more quickly ingrained into habit, and stand the test of time. After being shredded by Florida, rolled into a fatty and smoked like...
Kentucky @ Florida: The bloody morning after ...
Shellacking in the Swamp. Fiasco in Florida. Gator chomped. Some days, you wake up with potential headlines running through your brain. After replaying the important parts of the game in my head, it seems to me that my first observation was even more correct than I thought -- that the 'Cats...
63-5: Will UK redefine the moment?
The Game Even the most pessimistic of 'Cat fans didn't see this one coming. It's not only the margin of defeat that is so shocking (58 points), but more so the manner in which Kentucky lost; blocked punts, blocked field goal attempts, and interceptions returned for touchdowns. Special teams...
'08 Kentucky Football: Tight Ends
This is the sixth in a series of posts which will break down the '08 football 'Cats. Today we break down the tight ends. Kentucky assistant head coach Steve Ortmayer, who also coaches tight ends, must be seeking advice from some of his coaching colleagues in Lexington this summer on how to...
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