January 2, 2021
The Kentucky Wildcats owned the first half of the Gator Bowl. UK possessed the ball for 11 minutes in the first quarter. Chris Rodriguez scored a hard fought touchdown and AJ Rose busted a few long runs, with his 44-yarder setting up one final score right before half. Ty Ajian blocked a field goal and…
2 — Times Kentucky and NC State have met on the football field. NC State won the first meeting 15-6 back in 1909. The Wildcats won the most recent meeting 27-2 in 1970. 3 — Defensive touchdowns by the Wildcats in 2020, the sixth-most in the nation. 4 — Consecutive games won by NC State…
January 1, 2021
The TaxSlayer Gator Bowl between Kentucky and NC State will serve as a hangover cure for the college football world, the first game to kickoff after the conclusion of the CFB Playoff semifinals. Experts are split on how the game will unfold, most siding with NC State, while 66% of the public’s wagers are on…
NC State will be shorthanded against Kentucky in the Gator Bowl. Three members of the Wolfpack defense will not suit up Saturday afternoon, including their leading tackler. Injuries will sideline linebackers Payton Wilson and Drake Thomas. Safety Tanner Ingle will not play after he was ejected three times for targeting calls this season. Wilson is…
December 30, 2020
In the SEC it just means more… violence in the trenches. A brand built on brute strength and physicality, Kentucky is preparing to show NC State’s linemen a kind of football they haven’t played all season in the ACC. “We played an All-SEC schedule,” said Phil Hoskins. “Playing somebody else probably won’t seem as big…