Is UK ready to get out of the Southeastern Conference East Division cellar? Pick up most preseason magazines and predictions and UK is predicted sixth in the East, 11th overall. The same Cats that have gone to three straight bowls (which isn’t the feat it used to be, but still) are mostly picked below Vanderbilt and [...]
Continue reading …On many days at practice, Mike Hartline’s cleats are the last ones off the practice field. As what looks like the entire UK football team trots   off the field the moment the practice is over, the quarterback is conspicuously absent. Randall Cobb, Will Fidler and Morgan Newton jog off the field in the procession [...]
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Whether or not you would’ve believed it this time last year, Mike Hartline looks like he’s growing into an SEC quarterback. Hartline was clouded with mystery before the 2008 season. One group of fans guessed Hartline and his 6-foot-6 frame would take the Cats by storm, filling the massive void Andre Woodson left behind. Other [...]
Continue reading …Inside the Nutter Center, UK’s football training facility, there’s a giant schedule with every game the Cats are planning on playing in this season. At the bottom, unassumingly listed like any other game on the normal schedule, there’s the Southeastern Conference Championship game. While most would seem to think that’s a bit bold of the [...]
Continue reading …Joker Phillips may be UK’s head coach of the future, but that’s all he’ll be for now. Even with questions swirling surrounding the future of UK head coach Rich Brooks, Phillips hasn’t taken on any additional responsibilities with the team. There are no immediate plans for Phillips to begin taking on any additional football-related duties [...]
Continue reading …By Nick Craddock The Southeastern Conference’s exclusive TV deal with ESPN and CBS paired with UK’s string of three straight trips to a bowl game was supposed to make the recruiting process easier for the football program. But that doesn’t seem to be the case as only a handful of players in the Class of [...]
Continue reading …It seems as though every year a once almost-unknown steps onto the field at Commonwealth Stadium and gives UK fans performances throughout the season that makes him a fan favorite. In 2007 that man was Stevie Johnson, a junior college transfer wide receiver that didn’t make a big impact in his first year with the [...]
Continue reading …1. Florida Gators Head coach: Urban Meyer (44-9 at Florida, 26-8 in Southeastern Conference at Florida) Last season: 13-1 (8-1 SEC) Burning question: Has a team ever been expected to run the table as much as the Gators are this year? Will it be a disappointment if this group of seniors doesn’t win a national [...]
Continue reading …1. Alabama Crimson Tide Head Coach: Nick Saban (19-8 at Alabama, 12-5 in SEC at Alabama) Last season: 12-2 (8-1 SEC) Burning question: Who’s going to play quarterback? n Greg McElroy is firmly entrenched with the starting spot after a battle with a pair of freshmen in fall camp. If there’s production at quarterback, then the defense, the [...]
Continue reading …Chris Matthews (8) Height: 6-foot-5 Weight: 210 Position: WR Year: Jr. Burning question: Can Matthews do what other junior college players have had trouble doing and make an impact from the get-go? The coaching staff is counting on him to be a starter, and he has the talent. He just needs the experience. Zipp Duncan [...]
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