Larry Vaught of the Danville Advocate-Messenger is reporting that UK and Western Kentucky have agreed to a four-year series in football, with two of the games being played at Commonwealth Stadium and the other two being played at LP Field in Nashville.
The 2010 and 2012 games will be played at Commonwealth. The 2011 and 2013 games will be played at LP Field, home of the Tennessee Titans. It’s also where Kentucky won the Music City Bowl to complete the 2006 and 2007 seasons.
Interesting agreement. Wonder what percentage of the tickets UK will be guaranteed as theirs in LP Field? Doesnt make sence if it is less than 45% or so. And I wonder if this means Western will play in Commonwealth for zero guaranteed dollars.
2010 is the last year of the UL-UK contract that was renewed back in 2006….think that game might be phased out beginning in 2011 John? If UK could get another ‘manageable’ BSC conference opponent to come to Commonwealth in 2011 I think it would be a good idea to give the UL-UK series a break for a few years.
LP Field? Against Western?
I can understand wanting a WKU “home” site that also holds 50K+, but Nashville??? Maybe Im wrong but Id think playing then at PJ Cardinal Stadium would make more sense. Kinda like UK does with Freedom Hall, and who knows a KY based school may actually win a game in Papa Johns this year, LOL.
Im sure, though, UL wouldnt allow such a thing to occur.
Suprise, Suprise! Another case of the bigger school in the bigger conference bullying the smaller school out of 2 home games in this series. Western Kentucky took this deal anyway because they want the competition and the opportunity. It’s a shame that UK does not want to bring even more hype to the sport of football in the state of Kentucky and play Western at Houchen’s L.T. Smith Stadium on their campus, instead a battle between two state football programs is played in Nashville, TN! WHAT!? Is UK that scared to play a smaller school in their own house? Thanks for not completely bringing excitement to the sport of football.
Ole Mitch at his best.
Western, playing there first season as a Division One school this year, last year they were in ‘transition’. Another ‘buy win’. Wonderful. Is respectability not just around the corner?
Now all we need is to add Eastern Kentucky as the annual homecoming game.
With the Cats becoming a regular at Nashville, wouldn’t this make them have the home field advantage in all four games?
The fans talk about seven, eight, or nine wins this season and they get rewarded with adding a four game series with one of the lowest rated teams in the nation.
When is someone going to question the direction of the football program? We are stuck in an also ran position because of the administration’s fear to step up an play someone.
Thanks, Mitch. Is this the type of games we’re going to load the non conference schedule with to make sure Joker gets off to as good a start as Billy G.? i.e. replacing UMASS with Gardner Webb?
UK has no reason to play at Western because they wouldn’t make any money off the deal. And also, there’s no chance that the UK/UofL game takes a break for a couple of years. Neither side wants to be taunted for being the program that backed away from the other. I wouldn’t mind seeing a two year contract with Indiana though. I always thought that was a pretty good game.