Remmber when Rich Brooks was hired? It was Dec. 29, 2004. Guy Morris resigned on Dec. 9.
That’s a long time for a coaching search to wrap up. The reason? Athletic director Mitch Barnhart was turned down by just about every football coach on the North American continent before finally hiring Brooks, an old friend from [...]
John Calipari after the win
John Wall on the record breaking 16 assists
DeMarcus Cousins after the Hartford game
Another game, another stunning performance by John Wall.
The star freshman had 16 assists and just 1 turnover. Too bad he only finished with nine points (a career low). Somehow, I think he’ll get over it.
Here’s tonight’s game story.
And here is James Pennington’s column about the DDM.
Here’s a few extra notes from tonight’s game, an outstanding [...]
Join the Kernel for a live blog of the UK – Hartford game 20 minutes before the 7 p.m. tipoff. UK enters the game ranked third nationally and with a sterling 13-0 record, while the Hawks carry a seven-game losing streak and 2-9 overall record into the contest. Feel free to leave comments or questions [...]
It might get lost a little bit in all the Urban Meyer shuffle, but there has already been plenty of reaction to Rich Brooks’ announcement that he will likely retire now that the season is done. Here’s a quick roundup of what some people outside the normal UK media contingent (which I’m sure you’ve already [...]
Cousins is Freshman of the Week
DeMarcus Cousins, come on down!
Cousins is the latest UK freshman basketball player to win the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week award. Cousins is the third Cat to win the award. Teammates Eric Bledsoe and John Wall won the award earlier this season.
The Cats have made the weekly honor more [...]
Joker Phillips on Brooks’ potential retirement
Derrick Locke on why he decided to return for his senior year
More Locke on his decision
Players, Brooks discuss bowl loss
More players, Brooks after the loss
Morgan Newton on Rich Brooks
So, this is how it ends.
Or, at least, that’s what it looks like. We won’t know for sure for a few days, but it sure looks like Rich Brooks has coached his last game in blue. We’ll get a final answer a little after New Year’s, it seems.
Until then, Mitch Barnhart, Joker Phillips, and UK’s [...]
Nashville, Tenn. – Welcome to the Music City Bowl! For the third time in four years, the Cats have made Nashville their bowl home. And for the second time in that span, UK will take on the Clemson Tigers (the Cats beat Clemson in 2006). If UK can win tonight, it would mark the longest [...]
UK wraps up the 2009 football season tomorrow night in a familiar way: against the Clemson Tigers in the Music City Bowl. You’ll probably remember 2006, when UK’s streak of bowl games started with a win over the same team in the same bowl.
Of course, a lot has changed since then for both teams. Here [...]
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