Kentucky sports and beyond.
Mike Rutheford of the Card Chronicle blog has peered into his crystal ball and mapped out a 6-6 record for the Louisville football team. He thinks Charlie Strong’s second club will go 3-4 in the Big East.
And Mike has been just one game off, either way, in each of the last three Cardinal seasons.
But which team does he think will win the Governor’s Cup?
His prediction is short and (for one side) sweet.
From UK: After posting a pair of wins on opening weekend, including a 2-1 comeback victory over No. 9 Michigan, the Kentucky men’s soccer team has moved up to No. 21 in the latest National Soccer Coaches Association top-25, released Tuesday afternoon. Kentucky (2-0-0) bounced into the top-25 in the latest NSCAA poll, also moving to No. 29 in the College Soccer News top-30, released on Sunday night.
The Wildcats advanced in the polls courtesy of a pair of wins, including a 2-0 result over Dayton in the season lidlifter on Friday night. In a match-up with Michigan on Sunday, UK fell into an early 1-0 hole in the second half, before mounting a furious rally that included 13 shots. Sophomore Tyler Riggs came off the bench in both UK wins to net three goals, including both second-half goals in the upset win over Michigan.
UK has been led offensively by Riggs through the first two games, netting three goals on six shots, including five shots on goal. C.J. Tappel netted a goal and added an assist in the season opener, with Charles Pettys assisting on both goals in the Dayton win. In goal, Tyler Beadle has saved four shots in two games, allowing only one goal for a 0.50 goals-against average.
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Andrew Clifford
Andrew Clifford, a backup quarterback at South Carolina, will be out two-to-three weeks after being injured in a moped crash, according to TV station WIST. Clifford was driving the moped while carrying a pizza, said South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier.
Clifford is USC’s third-string quarterback behind Stephen Garcia and Conner Shaw. He played in all of two games last season for the SEC East champs.
According to the school was a member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
On the other hand, he wasn’t wearing a helmet.
Clifford was found unconscious and later received stitches.
Maybe he needs to take scooter lessons from Tom Hanks. And Cal hopes the pizza wasn’t Papa John’s.
Originally posted on August 29 at 2:05 p.m.
All through fall camp, UK coach Joker Phillips has been bragging on his freshmen class, saying he expected more newcomers to play this football season. He wasn’t kidding. At Phillips’ first weekly press luncheon on Monday, seven true freshmen were listed on the two-deep depth chart.
Click the continue line for bios and mug shots of the seven rookies you will seeing plenty of in the near future.
Continue reading ‘Closer look at seven true freshmen who could play for UK’
The Legends of the Fall are returning. College football is back. To be accurate, our national pasttime returns Thursday night, the joy continuing on through Friday and Saturday.
Opening night is highlighted, at least in these parts, with an ESPNU doubleheader of Murray State-Louisville, followed by Kentucky-Western Kentucky.
I’ve put together a TV chart, plus a look at five must-see games this first weekend.
Click the continue line for a chart of all the Thursday, Friday and Saturday televised games.
Continue reading ‘A look at college football games on TV this week’
In our series about UK fans on twitter, today we spotlight Cameron Moore. His twitter handle is @chmoor2.
He’s relatively new to twitter, having about 150 to his credit. His tagline: “husband, dad, avid UK sports fan, once an athlete now a weekend warrior” And a recent tweet: “@UKCoachCalipari coach, we need you to cheer harder for the @Reds #weareuk”
Click the continue line to read his twitter story.
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DeWayne Peevy
Big Blue Links and notes for Tuesday:
- UK associate athletics director DeWayne Peevy has “punished” the UK’s student newspaper the Kentucky Kernel for having the gall to check with two students to confirm rumors they were joining the basketball team as walk-ons. This was done before the students were officially announced as athletes by the school. As punishment, the Kernel is being banned from select player interviews being held today.
Continue reading ‘BBL: UK-Kernel controversy; Belittling Rupp task force’
SEC links for Tuesday:
- Game Week and Alabama has still not decided on a starting quarterback. Sophomore A.J. McCarron and redshirt freshman Phillip Sims are bracketed at No. 1. Nick Saban says both will play. He’s not saying who will play first.
- LSU has lost senior offensive guard Josh Dworaczyk, the Tigers’ most experienced offensive lineman, to an apparent knee injury and will have surgery within the next two weeks.
Continue reading ‘SEC: No decision on Bama quarterback; LSU loses lineman’
Amidst reports that Texas A&M will leave the Big 12 tomorrow, the popular twitter topic tonight has been #SECApplicationQuestions.
A whole host of twitter mavens have chimed in, including Andy Staples of SI.com.
Hat tip to @PeterBurnsRadio who got the ball rolling. Click the continue line for my choice of the top 15 entries.
Continue reading ‘Twitter fun with #SECApplicationQuestions’
(Updated to include Willie Cauley.)
Looks like Kentucky basketball’s guest list for Big Blue Madness is starting to take shape.
Alex Kline, the Recruit Scoop’s 17-year-old analyst, tweets: “DaJuan Coleman, TJ Warren, Dakari Johnson, Shabazz Muhammad & Chris Walker scheduled to attend Kentucky Midnight Madness in October.”
That’s quite a guest list.
Continue reading ‘UK’s Madness visit list starting to take shape’
