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Cincinnati Enquirer sports columnist and WLW radio sports-talk host Paul Daugherty admits this morning he's a turncoat . Once an unabashed NFL fan, Doc has switched its allegiance to the college game. Maybe it's years of watching the Bengals. Maybe it's the resurgence of UC football. Either ...
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First to admit here that UK's competition to this point has been something less than stellar. But what Kentucky has done with field position has certainly been stellar. Thanks in large part to Tim Masthay's kickoffs, and some nice pooch punts by Ryan Tydlacka, the Cats have been able to keep ...
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A Crimson Tide 10:
1. Alabama has not allowed a point in the first quarter all season. Nick Saban's club has outscored opponents 74-0 in the first 15 minutes.
2. Alabama has not trailed at any point in any of its five games.
3. The Tide received 21 first-place ...
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Tuesday, Sept. 30
Time
Game
Network
8:00
Fla Atlantic-Middle Tenn
ESPN2
Wednesday, Oct. 1
Time
Game
Network
8:00
La Tech-Boise St
ESPN
Thursday, Oct. 2
Time
Game
Network
7:30
Nicholls St-Northern Iowa
ESPNU
7:30
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Boise State Broncos
Nicholls State Colonels
A 3-spot from Rich Brooks’ press luncheon earlier today:
1. The challenge of the Bama offense: Alabama plays “back-to-basics” football, as Brooks called it. Bama isn’t a spread team. The Tide lines up in a pro-style, no-nonsense offense that has but one goal -- to knock you off the ...
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All
Last week
This week
Vanderbilt
2-0
4-0
Open
Auburn
Kentucky
0-0
4-0
W-Western Ky 41-3
@Alabama
Georgia
1-1
4-1
L-Alabama 41-30
Open
Florida
1-1
3-1
L-Ole Miss 31-30
@Arkansas
Tennessee
0-2
1-3
L-Auburn 14-12 ...
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Kentucky Wildcats
South Carolina Gamecocks
Alabama's 41-30 win over Georgia may not have been a shocker, but the Crimson Tide's 31-0 halftime lead at Athens was an absolute stunner. We've heard before that Alabama football was on its way to regaining its national power status. In fact, long-time columnist Paul Finebaum wrote that the ...
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After Kentucky's 41-3 win over Western Kentucky:
Kentucky has allowed 22 points in its first four games. That's the fewest since Bear Bryant's 1950 team started the season with four straight shutouts.
The closest to that is the 1966 UK team, which allowed 31 points in its first four ...
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From Commonwealth Stadium:
Western fumbles away the football, and Will Filder makes his 2008 debut as UK quarterback.
At end of three quarters, Mike Hartline was 17 of 28 for 155 yards with one interception and one touchdown.
At end of three quarters, Kentucky had outgained ...
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From Commonwealth Stadium:
End of third quarter: UK 31, WKU 3.
Ashton Cobb is not in uniform because of a stalking charge. Here's the story.
Western's Siewert misses a 45-yard field goal with six seconds left in quarter.
Nice drive by the Cats. Go 61 yards (after penalty) in ...
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Georgia Bulldogs
With UK up 17-3 at the half, some notes:
Kentucky outgained Western 146-95 in first half.
Hartline was 10-of-18 for 77 yards with one interception.
WKU's Bobby Rainey rushed for 96 yards on seven carries.
Western has 99 yards rushing, to 69 for Kentucky.
Kentucky has ...
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Western Kentucky's first half possessions:
Time
Start
Plays
Yards
Result
1Q-1500
20
3
-3
Punt
1Q-1056
20
3
5
Punt
1Q-822
op41
3
-7
Punt
1Q-150
10
3
-1
Punt
2Q-1136
23
6
29
Punt
2Q-427
20
5
46
FG-50
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From Commonwealth Stadium (e-mail me at jclay@herald-leader.com):
Cats take a short punt and drive 38 yards in seven plays to extend lead to 10-0 . Tony Dixon did the honors from a yard out. There's 11:43 left in first half. Lones Seiber made the extra point.
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From a predominately blue, but red-flecked Commonwealth Stadium: (E-mail me at jclay@herald-leader.com)
They just introduced Rajon Rondo to thunderous applause.
Good news: Ryan Tydlacka kicks a 45-yard field goal for a 3-0 Kentucky lead with 10:56 left in quarter.. That's his first ...
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From a very pleasant Commonwealth Stadium:
At 6:15 p.m., the temperature is 80 degrees with a few clouds.
This is the first football between Kentucky and Western Kentucky.
WKU quarterback K.J. Black, out the past two weeks with a shoulder injury, is expected to start tonight.
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SEC picks for Sept. 27: Last week: 5-2 Season: 27-8 Against the spread: 9-4
Alabama at Georgia (Georgia by 7): Terrific late September matchup. Bama freshmen passed
first road test at Fayetteville last week as Tide trounced Arkansas. Between the Hedges is a much tougher task. Georgia ...
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Tennessee Volunteers
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No man can change time. But college football
can, much to the chagrin of its coaches. On
the SEC teleconference Wednesday, responding to questions from the Tennesseean’s Joe Biddle for a column on the subject, most of the leagues coaches railed ...
Thursday, Sept. 25
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Game
Network
8:00
Miss Valley-North Alabama
ESPNU
8:00
SMU-Tulane
CBSC
8:00
USC-Oregon State
ESPN
Friday, Sept. 26
Time
Game
Network
8:00
Connecticut-Louisville
ESPN2
Saturday, Sept. 27
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Southern California Trojans
Oregon State Beavers
As you might expect, the British press was none too happy with the Euros loss to the Americans in the Ryder Cup. As you might expect, they let team captain Nick Faldo have it. Question at press conference: "What is it like to take a winning team and make it into a losing team?" ...
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