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Covering University of Kentucky football for the Lexington Herald-Leader. Email jhale @herald -leader.com. No apologies for the soccer tweets.
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NEW: For the first time this week, UK senior DL Tre’vonn Rybka shared his story about overcoming family trauma to reach the SEC. Now, he wants to be an example for kids in similar circumstances.
Start UK football media day by reading what he has to say.
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Former UK star Rex Chapman will be a studio analyst on CBS March Madness coverage through the first two weekends of the NCAA Tournament.
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Bill Murray behind the Louisville bench. Papa John behind the Kentucky bench.
Looks like Cards have won the first battle today.
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John Calipari confirms all of Kentucky's players and coaches are vaccinated heading into 2021-22 season.
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This is easily the best Kentucky football news of the summer.
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Vince Marrow: "This is the state school. Nothing against that school down the road, but this is the true state school."
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A tweet about the news of the day:
The new King of England's first American football game was Kentucky's 1977 33-0 blowout of Georgia.
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Dontaie Allen hits seven 3s to lead UK to a 2OT win. Football beats a ranked team in a bowl game.
Pretty good start to 2021 for Kentucky fans.
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John Calipari a week ago: "The way you judge a league is what's their record in the NCAA tournament?
"If half your teams are three-quarters losing the first game, it kind of tells you that maybe you weren't what everybody said."
Kentucky, Tenn, LSU, Bama all upset already.
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Kentucky is now 7-8 since Mark Stoops signed the contract that made him the seventh-highest paid coach in college football on Nov. 11, 2022.
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Lynn Bowden, Max Duffy, Logan Stenberg, Drake Jackson all named first-team All-SEC by Associated Press.
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Kenneth Horsey has a message for anyone who says non-playoff bowls aren’t important or that the Music City Bowl is a letdown because Kentucky will play Iowa again.
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NEW: Three years ago when Kentucky snapped its 31-game losing streak at Florida, Josh Paschal was watching from his couch in Lexington while undergoing cancer treatments.
Last night, he and Big Blue Nation finally got to celebrate together
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Sahvir Wheeler had 9 points, 6 assists, 0 turnovers tonight.
UK outscored Florida by 30 in his 27 minutes on the floor.
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Terry Wilson called into Mark Stoops Show. Really poised in a bad situation. Impressive young man.
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Worth noting that Square's good friend Chris Oats clinched the 2019 Citrus Bowl with a fumble recovery on last player. Oats was here today in his wheelchair as he works his way back from a stroke.
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This ESPN broadcast really playing up Garrett's "courage" in playing through illness. Not sure that's the message we want to be sending right now.
Even if he doesn't have COVID, we should be normalizing not going to work or school or anything else while sick.
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Mark Stoops on Florida State: "This is where my heart is, this is where I'm going to be. I'm going to be at Kentucky."
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John Calipari tells Senate committee that the type of player who has made a mistake by leaving for the draft early in the past will likely stay in college with NIL money on the table.
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Will Levis was asked before Kentucky's Pro Day if he was going to the draft in person:
"I’m looking forward to going, but I don’t want to go if I could be like a second-round pick. Don’t want to have the camera just on you all day.”
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For all the attention of Josh Allen's rise from 2-star to National Defensive Player of the Year, how good Calvin Taylor has become might even be a bigger surprise. Dude didn't even sign until weeks after signing day.
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The Music City Bowl has announced his 25th anniversary team.
Rich Brooks is the head coach. Josh Allen, Wesley Woodyard and Rafael Little also included.
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Well, that certainly looks like Lynn Bowden threw a punch.
ESPN’s video of the Kentucky/Virginia Tech scuffle featuring Lynn Bowden
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NEW: Three years after it looked like they would play together for Kentucky, Terry Wilson is finally throwing passes to Wan'Dale Robinson this week.
Why is Wilson back at UK for pro day?
"I’m BBN for life. All in with Kentucky."
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Chris Oats, who went through the Cat Walk with UK before the Citrus Bowl, is also n the field in his wheelchair for warmups. Cool sight.
He clinched the Citrus Bowl win three years ago with a fumble recovery.
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Calipari just told the fans here for his postgame radio show if more games are canceled, he's going to try to play the best teams in the country.
"And I'll go on the road. I don't care."
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Officials trying to prevent a skirmish here in early warmups at the Gator Bowl. Barion Brown, Maxwell Hairston among UK players exchanging words with Clemson players at midfield. Vince Marrow also trying to diffuse the situation.
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Update: Music City Bowl now says there will be someone from officiating crew available for a statement after the game.
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Welp, slowed down that Calipari video from last night. This is what the sped up part sounds like at 1/4 speed.
"Scheduling, the guy down west, he's nuts, he's out of his mind."
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SEC coaches name Lynn Bowden first-team All-SEC as all-purpose player.
They put Logan Stenberg and Max Duffy on the second team.
Media had those three and Drake Jackson as first-team picks.
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Crowd gathering outside the Wildcat Coal Lodge for candlelight vigil in honor of Terrence Clarke organized by his UK teammates.
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DeAndre Square coming to the postgame presser on crutches.
Mark Stoops said Square knew he couldn't come out with his injury because of depth situation.
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Rick Barnes and John Calipari just exchanged smiles and laughs on the sideline about how bad they think the officiating is.
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Fanatics/Topps announces it has reached deals with more than 100 universities, including Kentucky, to produce trading cards with school trademarks.
That means any active athletes at UK who sign NIL deals with the company can be featured in their jerseys.
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If former UK All-American Evan White can do this wearing a facial covering, you can wear one too.
You, a fool: First base defense isn't sexy
Evan White, a genius:
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Front and back covers of Kentucky football's 2022 media guide.
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First big news of the day: Josh Allen got married this week. Has son Wesley’s birthday printed on the lining of his jacket.
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Kentucky should rescind its alcohol policy for one night and just give every one of these fans a beer for sitting through this rain.
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Memorial Coliseum renovation should get final approval tomorrow from Board of Trustees and begin construction as soon as current STUNT season ends. Here are renderings for what facility will look like in 24-25.
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See people circulating an SEC rule about no game starting after 10 p.m.
That's a baseball rule. It does not apply to football.
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This is cool. A.J. Rose is an Eagle Scout.
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Buffalo coach Nate Oats on whining comment: "Big Blue Nation surely let me know about it, so you don't want to make them mad."
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NEW: Louisville native Jared Casey decided not to play at Vanderbilt so he could use one of his four games against his hometown team this weekend.
"All of those guys, me, J.J. and Tae Tae, we’re excited to play against this team for sure."
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Mel Kiper now has Josh Allen at No. 14 on his NFL draft big board. There might be no better signal of Allen's increasing dominance than the way opponents are trying to do anything to keep him from the backfield
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Tonight's UK baseball hero is the son of a four-star general who says he found his way after transferring to UK.
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Mark Stoops says on UK's Pro Day broadcast that former OC Eddie Gran is there today rooting players on.
Cool for him to do that and for UK to welcome him.
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NEW: Mel Tucker tried to hire Vince Marrow. UK took 2 Michigan St transfers. Spartans tried to flip Kiyaunta Goodwin on signing day.
Now, budding recruiting rivalry has a new development.
Tucker was 1 of 2 coaches not to include UK on final top 25 ballot
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John Calipari with a cheer for Belmont getting in the tourney at UK selection show watch party
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Don't worry, you're not rid of me yet though.
On Monday, I start my new job as the UK football beat reporter for the Herald-Leader.
Excited about joining the team. Please no football news during my two days of unemployment.
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Massive line for autographs and pictures with Oscar Tshiebwe after the game
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Assuming this UNC score holds, you’d understand Kentucky fans just pretending there is no Final Four this year.
All blue blood Final Four without UK in same city Cats won last title 10 years ago is nightmare stuff for Big Blue Nation.
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NEW: After wearing a “Traitor Joe’s” hoodie at the Senior Bowl, former Uk OL Darian Kinnard called the pandemic a “scare tactic” at combine this morning.
Kinnard says he is enjoying letting teams meet his full personality
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Hubert Davis calling a TO to draw up a last play here in tie game vs. Baylor.
Really overshadowed in the end of Kentucky/St. Peter's was John Calipari not doing the same on final possession of regulation.
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On his radio show, Mark Stoops says there's no lingering issue with John Calipari. Says both coaches want the best for other's program.
"We move on in about two minutes."
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NEW: Lynn Bowden has been named college football's most versatile player.
He leads UK in rushing yards, receiving yards and kick return yards.
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A moment of silence for Kentucky tornado victims before UK at Notre Dame.
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ESPN's Pete Thamel just reported on College GameDay that Kentucky is preparing for Kaiya Sheron to start tonight.
Don't think that is necessarily different from what we already knew, but another data point to consider.
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This Devin Booker photo from last night also great. Almost like he's posing for the camera
http://t.co/wSDeXNN0lI
http://t.co/pgbcyYM5zS
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Obviously didn't matter, but these great photo from
@Utterback13
of Izayah Cummings "incomplete pass" makes the review look even crazier.
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Mark Stoops on being an underdog: "I didn't understand it. It pissed me off ... Look at the score."
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Just walked off the field with an emotional Freddie Maggard. Hard to believe there are many people happier than him tonight. Happy for him and a lot of hard-core UK football fans I know who have weathered more heartbreak than most fan bases.
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Kentucky/Georgia looks like the obvious choice for GameDay next week.
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On the UK Athletics Committee meeting agenda today.
1. Build new indoor track facility.
2. Improve Athletics Facility 2 (Nutter Fieldhouse) Capital Project
3. Improve Kroger
Field Stadium (Audio Visual Improvements) Capital Project.
Full BOT meets tomorrow.
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Not a ton of UK signs at GameDay, but this one was well designed
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So, this means as was widely rumored that Tisdale actually signed with Kentucky in December and waited to announce until the All-American Bowl.
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I just have this feeling that Davion Mintz is going to hit a huge shot in March to cement his status as an all-time fan favorite.
Davion Mintz (
@deemintz1
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0 points against Kansas, 21 points tonight.
Sports, man >>>
#BBN
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@FOX56News
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UK baseball opens top-five matchup with Tennessee with a come-from-behind 5-3 win. Record crowd at Kentucky Proud Park to start the biggest regular season home series in stadium history.
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Kentucky football players taking some time away from camp to pack care packages for Eastern Kentucky flood relief this afternoon.
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Dontaie Allen has his warmups off on the bench, but no sign John Calipari is actually considering playing him. He's the only available scholarship player not to see the court for UK today.
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Will Barion Brown consider the transfer portal? His response should make UK fans happy.
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Some trivia. These are the first commitments from the last four UK coaches.
Rick Pitino: Jamal Mashburn
Tubby Smith: Saul Smith (Jules Camara was the first commitment who wasn't related to him)
Billy Gillispie: G.J. Vilarino
John Calipari: DeMarcus Cousins
NEW: Collin Chandler is Mark Pope's first recruit at Kentucky.
BYU’s best basketball recruit in nearly a decade is now with the Wildcats.
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Wesley has finally hit his limit. Maybe the best behaved baby I’ve ever seen.
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In case Kentucky fans didn't like him already, Liam Coen just told reporters.
"I emulated Tim Couch. I wanted to be Tim Couch."
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"Do I talk a lot of crap? Absolutely. Do I bump a dude here and there to get underneath his skin and talk while I’m doing it? Absolutely. That’s part of my game. It’s what I do. But am I out there to deliberately hurt somebody? Absolutely not."
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Lance Ware has to lead the country in replay reviews per minutes on the court.
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Fourth straight draft a UK guard once projected as a lottery pick has slid into the 20s.
Worked out fine for Keldon Johnson and Tyrese Maxey. Even B.J. Boston exceeded expectations as a rookie. TyTy Washington will look to go same route now.
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Some news: Today was my last day at the Courier Journal.
It's been a great seven years, and I will be forever thankful for the immensely talented team I worked with at the CJ. I'm going to remain a subscriber, and you should too.
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NEW: Nate Sestina will play his final game in Rupp Arena tomorrow, capping a roller coaster regular season in his one year at UK.
"It’s crazy how much people actually support you, people you don’t even know."
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Mark Stoops says SEC presidents are voting on change to rule about transfers within the conference. UK will vote in favor of change.
He thinks there's a chance rule gets changed for this season to let guys like Joey Gatewood, Tennessee's Cade Mays play.
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Ravi Moss to crowd at halftime: "We're family and family is brutally honest. ... You guys have not been the greatest today."
Urging fans to stand up and be louder in second half.
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Reached out to the NCAA for clarification on the hotel situation for Lexington baseball regional. Here's the statement on why Kentucky was allowed to host despite lack of available hotel rooms due to Railbird, HS state championships already in town.
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Classy move from Barion Brown on the way out of the field. Even as a drunk Tennessee fan screamed "Loser!" at him, he stopped to give his gloves to a young fan.
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Review showed Cunningham pulled Tisdale back to him by the collar to start all that.
Somehow there was a penalty called on Quandre Mosely.
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FYI: I asked the Music City Bowl if we could get a statement from officials about Snell ejection and was just told they're not available to media.
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Former UK QB Terry Wilson passed for 381 yards (26 for 37) and three touchdowns in New Mexico's win over New Mexico State yesterday.
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Just the fifth ever UK win against a top-6 AP team. The biggest win in Mark Stoops' career.
Kentucky 20, Ole Miss 17.
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NEW: Documents obtained yesterday by the Herald-Leader show the university investigated this spring an allegation that football players working jobs at the hospital had filed inaccurate timecards.
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OK, UK song was pretty great. Players break out in S-E-C chant after.
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NEW: Joey Gatewood‘s personal QB coach is a Florida fan, but after learning more about UK’s program during Gatewood’s recruitment he’s worried.
“It gives you the sense of the direction that program is headed in. ... It scares me. It really does.”
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Dontaie Allen is going to have to play for Kentucky this season. Nothing we've seen so far suggests this is a good enough shooting team to leave him on the bench.
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UK AD Mitch Barnhart and many members of his staff are out drying off seats with towels at Kentucky Proud Park.
A good sign this regional game between UK and Indiana State might start relatively soon.
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John Calipari doing his best to throw shade at officials without saying anything that is going to get him fined in this presser.
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UK lands transfer commitment from 2023 FCS Punter of the Year.
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