March 6, 2020
Kentucky just can’t quit Eastern Michigan. FBSchedules.com is reporting that the Cats have agreed to another game with the Eagles on September 13, 2025 at Kroger Field. Kentucky will pay Eastern Michigan $1.4 million to come to Lexington, and hopefully, return to Ypsilanti with a loss. By the time the 2025 season rolls around, this…
January 6, 2020
I’d like to take an initial dive into the 2020 schedule as we officially enter the offseason. Over the next couple of months, we will break down the Cats’ fall slate of games by quarters, or groups of four. The first opponent of the first quarter of the schedule are the Eastern Michigan Eagles. UK…
September 7, 2019
Rewatch some of the best moments from Kentucky’s victory over Eastern Michigan in Week 2 of the college football season. The video is from the good people at Kentucky Wildcats TV:
They say a football team makes its most improvements from week one to week two. Here’s who could make a significant impact for each team when Kentucky hosts Eastern Michigan. Quarterback Mike Glass In the season-opener, Kentucky struggled to contain a scrambling quarterback. If the Wildcats’s defense does not keep containment in week two, Glass…
It could be a fun night at Kroger Field. After a slow start vs. Toledo, Kentucky’s offense racked up 24 second half points. The second half surge was created by multiple explosive plays, including Kavosiey Smoke’s 40-yard touchdown run. The increased offensive tempo has one metric predicting an offensive onslaught tonight. In Bill Connelly’s SP+…
Week two has arrived and it’s time for some more MACtion. One of the biggest laughingstock programs in college football has turned into a tough, consistent winner under Chris Creighton with a propensity to pull Power Five upsets. Kentucky must avoid the look ahead spot with Florida on deck. Nuts and Bolts Chris Creighton enters…
September 6, 2019
It’s been a common trend for Kentucky football to start the season slow out of the gate. After UK found itself tied 14-14 with the University of Toledo at halftime of the 2019 season opener, that same trend reared its ugly head before a much more optimistic second-half led to the Wildcats 38-24 win. Through…
September 5, 2019
DeAndre Square knows his next foe well. The Kentucky sophomore linebacker played high school football at Cass Tech in Detroit, located just 45 minutes east of Eastern Michigan University. As a high school junior, Square and EMU linebacker Desean Boyd helped Cass Tech complete an undefeated season as Michigan’s Division I State Champions. Boyd is…
Kentucky and Eastern Michigan have only met once on the gridiron. Kentucky won the 2017 meeting 24-20, but things did not go so well for the Cats. “We got our tail kicked,” offensive coordinator Eddie Gran recalled. “We absolutely got our tail kicked. We didn’t play well enough. It was awful.” Eastern Michigan outgained UK…
September 4, 2019
The next opposing quarterback on Kentucky’s schedule, Mike Glass III of Eastern Michigan, a third generation Mike Glass, had a big first weekend of his senior season. In fact, it was one of the best Week 1 performances among quarterbacks nationwide and he earned national recognition for it. The Manning Award named Glass one of…