National championships and Southeastern Conference titles are nothing new to the UK swimming and diving team. But this season, the team's diving leader - Taryn Ignacio, who was a national champion in both the 1-meter and platform events - is gone. Ignacio and teammate Joey Brown both graduated, but diving coach Mike Lyden is confident in the current divers.
Homecoming week has a different meaning for everyone associated with UK. For fraternities and sororities, it is a time for competition and the right to be called homecoming champion. For alumni, it is a chance to come back to campus. While most of the university is celebrating UK's 62nd annual homecoming, themed "Catopoly," senior tight end Jacob Tamme and the rest of the UK football team will remain focused on their game against Mississippi State on Saturday.
There's more to being a successful collegiate coach than the ratio between the figure in the left column of wins and the right column of losses. Holding back the tears of joy while hoisting up a championship trophy on a breakaway stage is only half of the story of the men and women who pace up and down the sidelines in a tailor-made suit, pinstripes and all.
With brutally tough games against South Carolina, Louisiana State and Florida, the UK football team hasn't been accustomed to playing the role of favorite the past few weeks. When the Cats finally got their chance to play that part on Saturday against Mississippi State, they played much like they were the underdogs in an ugly 31-14 loss to the Bulldogs.
At the beginning of the season, cross country head coach Don Weber hoped his team's summer workout programs would have dramatic results during the season. Now, on the eve of UK hosting the Southeastern Conference Championship, those hopes have come to full fruition, as the women's cross country team dominated the competition all season long.
Quarterbacks Did Andre Woodson get out-Heismaned last week by Florida's Tim Tebow? It's hard to say. But Woodson certainly didn't hurt himself. The senior quarterback passed for a season-high 415 yards and five touchdowns in front of a nationally televised audience.
J.D. Williams Asst. Sports Editor Record: 33-14 Last Week: 4-2 Penn State California Oregon West Virginia South Florida Florida Matthew George Sports Editor Record: 31-16 Last week: 4-2 Ohio State California Oregon West Virginia South Florida Florida Eric
The UK women's basketball team ran onto the floor of Memorial Coliseum last night amid the cheers of fans young and old for its first-ever Fan Day. The event featured inflatable games and free posters, as well as a Blue-White scrimmage. More than 250 fans came out to take part in the festivities.