February 27, 2021
For nine minutes, it was going so well. Kentucky started this game like the team we’d started to believe in, sprinting out to a 13-5 lead and leading Florida by ten with 10:52 to go until halftime. From there, it unraveled. The Gators’ zone completely stymied the Cats, who turned into the old versions of…
What did John Calipari, Jacob Toppin and Olivier Sarr have to say about Kentucky’s loss to Florida on Senior Day? What’s the locker room morale going into the SEC Tournament? Check out the complete transcripts and video replays below. John Calipari Q.Obviously you all started well offensively, scored a bunch of points, were playing fast.…
Just how disappointing was Kentucky’s home loss to Florida? What does it mean for the Wildcats as they look ahead to the final week of the regular season? Check out the official game notes and statistics, courtesy of UK Athletics: Final Score: Florida 71, Kentucky 67 Team Records and Series Notes Kentucky fall to 8-14…
Kentucky reverted in Saturday’s loss to Florida after a three-game win streak injected some optimism in everyone. With extra down time slowing momentum between games thanks to Texas A&M’s ongoing COVID problems, maybe the week off had something to do with it? Was too much time off to blame? “It wasn’t,” John Calipari said in…
Sitting at 8-14 on the year with just two games remaining on the schedule in Ole Miss and South Carolina next week, Kentucky’s opportunity for earning an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament are officially gone. Better yet, the ever-so-slight chance UK could put together an argument that they may be deserving of an at-large…
Alabama isn’t satisfied with all of its football trophies so now the basketball team is claiming titles for the mantle in Tuscaloosa. The Crimson Tide clinched the Southeastern Conference’s regular season championship tonight with a win at Mississippi State. The win moved Bama to 14-2 in conference play, two games ahead of Arkansas in the…
Olivier Sarr and Jacob Toppin represented the Kentucky players in the postgame press conference after Kentucky’s loss to Florida. Sarr spoke of that final play and what it was like seeing his family on the video board for his Senior Day. Jacob Toppin talked about Florida’s suffocating zone defense and more from the loss. Tune…
Kentucky didn’t come away with the win against Florida on Senior Day, but the pregame festivities were still special moments for the veteran players. Olivier Sarr, who transferred from Wake Forest during the offseason to spend his senior year of college in Lexington, was one of three Wildcats who were honored during Senior Day on…
John Calipari took questions from the media as he explained what went wrong in Kentucky’s loss to Florida on Senior Day in Rupp Arena. “We weren’t the same team today,” he said of the Wildcats. Calipari also teased a non-conference game Kentucky considered for next week, a “top-ranked” opponent, he said, but it’s unlikely another…
Kentucky is no longer expected to add a non-conference opponent to close out the regular season. Originally hoping to add at least one new opponent to the schedule following the cancellation of UK’s matchup against Texas A&M earlier this week, John Calipari now says that his team will focus on the final two games against…
October 13, 2013
Entering Saturday’s game against top ranked Alabama, most Kentucky football fans had one goal in mind: escape without injury. The hope was that Kentucky would play a competitive game, take the inevitable loss in stride, and move on without losing any of its key players. Well, that didn’t happen. It was quite the opposite, actually.…
The attitude of Coach Stoops, Neal Brown, and the entire staff following the Alabama game? It’s over and done with, time to move on and focus on our last six games. I’m a fan. Here’s some highlights from Stoops and Saban after the game. The second half of Stoops’ opening statement: Disappointing night. I thought…
Well, at least it’s over. After facing four straight opponents ranked in the top 20, The next time the Kentucky football team takes the field, they will have a chance to play a game against a team full of (mostly) mere mortals. The Cats’ began this brutal stretch against the 7th ranked Louisville Cardinals before…
Brought to you by angry Les Miles. Didn’t LSU win the game against Florida? I’m confused. But here’s a transcript of Miles’ entire “hammer vs. nail” rant because the man is nothing if not entertaining. S/O to @KySportsRadio, @DrewFranklinKSR, @JaredLorenzen22, and @ryanlemond for having me on! pic.twitter.com/C1IRlJk1EJ — -Drew Barker- (@D_Barker7) October 13, 2013 –…
October 12, 2013
After a hopeful first quarter, Alabama beat up the Cats pretty bad. It doesn’t mean we still can’t laugh at this ref’s Playboy bunny tattoo. Tune into the KSR Postgame Show to hear Matt discuss the game, this tattoo, Jalen Whitlow’s injury, and what it all means heading into the bye week. Tune in to…
A negative mantra that the Cats hadn’t been able to shake all season has been the slow start, with many coaches attributing the failed comeback against South Carolina to a poor start. The players heard their coaches message, holding the Tide to zero points in the first quarter for the first time this year. Bama’s…
Mark Stoops was not a happy camper after the game, unwilling to make excuses for his team’s “unacceptable” performance. However, the murderer’s row stretch of the schedule is over, and things get a lot easier from here. Stoops agrees, and vowed that the team will be more successful during the backstretch of the season: “We…
Did the Cats lose? Yes. Was it ugly? Yes. But at least Matt Elam had fun. The John Hardin giant enjoyed the game from the sidelines and snapped this pic with John Calipari. Elam, whose top three schools are Kentucky, Alabama, and Notre Dame, reportedly wore an Alabama t-shirt covered up by a UK jacket,…
They were who we thought they were. Defending National Champions Alabama came into town and, predictably, dominated the Cats, 48-7. The Tide was clearly more talented than the Cats at every position, but Kentucky’s defense put together an admirable effort to keep the score 0-0 in the first quarter, which is the first time Alabama’s…