Kentucky 27 Louisville 2

Kentucky’s defense stiffled Louisville’s offense scoring on a Ashton Cobb return of a Louisville fumble for 28 yards and 310 lb Myron Pryor’s return of another fumble 72 yards for a score as the Wildcats embarrassed Louisville 27-2 in the Governor’s Cup on Sunday.

The Cats defense held Louisville to 205 yards total offense with 153 yards of that on 20-43 passing by Hunter Cantwell. Mike Hartline was 16 of 31 for 147 yards and only one mistake in his first start. Neither team could get much of a rushing game going although Kentucky managed to score a td by Tony Dixon in the second half.

The brightest spot of the game was shared between the defense which was outstanding and Randall Cobb who showed that he has the potential to be a really great reciever for Kentucky. The dullest spot of the game was the offense which showed none of the spark Kentucky fans have become use to. Coach Brooks made it as simple as possible for Hartline which was good enough for Louisville and possibly in the next 3 games. Hopefully by using Cobb more as a reciever they will move the ball on a consistent basis in the future.

The biggest looser in the game was Kragthorp. Brooks and Kragthorpe are a whole lot alike when it comes to doing things the right way but Kragthorpe probably wont last long enough to straighten out Louisville. Keeping that in mind if we keep winning for a while we will be getting more Kentucky players to commit to UK.

SEC strength

After Mondays Tennessee game we will have seen all the SEC teams play. Some early observations about the league. LSU, Florida, Alabama and Georgia a will all contend for the league championship with Auburn a half step behind them. Mississippi is rising and Arkansas, and S Carolina are falling. Vanderbilt seems to be the same as last year. Mississippi St has hit rock bottom if their first game is any indication of how they are going to play. Tennessee and Kentucky will give us a better guage of how strong the league will be. Right now the 5 – 9 slots in bowl bids are up for grabs.

BCS Busters

Utah survived 25-23 over Michigan to remain in contention as a BCS Buster. They put up 313 yards in the first half and held on to beat Michigan. Utah dual purpose kicker Louie Sakoda had field goals of 28, 43, 41 and 53 and punted six times for 283 yds.

East Carolina defeated Virginia Tech 27-22 when T.J. Lee returned his own blocked punt 27 yards for a touchdown with 1:52 left.

Boise St had no problem in beating Idaho St 49-7. Boise St had 352 yds passing and 230 yds rushing in their blow out. They could have scored in the last few seconds but did the right thing.

BYU beat Northern Iowa 41-17. Max Hall threw for 486 yards and two touchdowns and Dennis Pitta had a career-best 213 receiving yards for the Cougars as they extended the longest winning streak in the nation to 11.

TCU had no problem in beating New Mexico 26-3. Quarterback Andy Dalton ran for two touchdowns as TCU took advantage of New Mexico’s first-half mistakes and went on to a 26-3 win Saturday in the season-opener for both teams.

After a slow first half Fresno St dominated the second half with 166 yds rushing by Ryan Mathews. The final score was Fresno St 24 Rutgers 7. Next up Fresno St has on Wisconson on saturday at Fresno.

Donald Williams joins Wildcats ‘08 class

With a surprise signing the Cats added a shooting guard to their 2008 recruiting class Wednesday when Donald Williams arrived on campus. Williams had been considering late scholarship offers from St. John’s and Marquette.

The Three-star 2008 prospect made a splash in the spring with his strong play at the Kingwood Classic and the Tournament of Champions.

Six-foot-6 Donald Williams, the 17-Under Select MVP, was one of the major surprise players leading his New Orleans Jazz team to the 17-Under Select championship. Williams finished in the top 10 in scoring and was No. 1 in made field goals with 55 in six games.

Crawford makes Lakers

Former Wildcat Joe Crawford made the Lakers according to the Lakers website.

Crawford was selected by the Lakers with the 58th pick in the 2008 NBA Draft, Crawford, a 22 year-old native of Detroit, Michigan, played four seasons at the University of Kentucky, averaging 11.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 127 games (76 starts).

As a senior, Crawford ranked fourth in the SEC in scoring with a team-high 17.9 points per game, scoring 20-plus points 13 times while topping 30 points on three occasions.

Is it only me or did it cross your mind how good Joe could have been if he had Coach Billy as a coach for 4 years.

ESPN to televise SEC games for 15 years

On top of the great Kentucky recruiting news recently the SEC and ESPN signed a major television deal that promisses to give the Cats more national exposure and spending money. The Southeastern Conference has signed a 15-year deal with ESPN reportedly worth more than $2 billion to televise sporting events, including football and men’s and women’s basketball. Its past time that the SEC got a tv package they deserve. Finally fans who dont live in the raycom broadcast area will be able to see some SEC sports other than the prime CBS games. Goodbye and good riddence Raycom.

Newton Signs with Kentucky

Its been a interesting time for Kentucky fans while I have been setting up the site. 5* qb Morgan Newton, 4* qb Ryan Mossakowski and 3* center Sam Simpson all comitted to play for the Cats. Its shaping up to be the best recruiting class fot the Cats in years with only 5 of the 17 recruits ranked below 3 stars.

In his first game of the year Newton led his team from behind to record a 28-21 victory. After throwing for 170 yards and 2 tds on 13 for 17 passing in the first half Newton ran for 2 tds in the second half.

Nzenwa Named Preseason All-SEC

Kentucky returning All-American Queen Nzenwa was selected a preseason All-SEC member Thursday, the first time a Wildcat has received such an honor.

The returning middle blocker, Kentucky’s record holder in block assists, was named first team All-SEC last season, amassing 174 block assists for the season and leading the team with a .371 hitting percentage.

Rice Named 3rd Team All-American

Junior defender Barry Rice has been named a third-team preseason All-American, the College Soccer News announced. Rice, a native of Parma, Ohio, has also been named Conference USA preseason Defensive Player of the Year. Last season, Rice led UK in goals (7) and points (15), while ranking third in the conference in game winners.