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How Urban Meyer and Lou Holtz are helping Will Stein keep UK from eating the rat poison
When you knock off a top-10 team on the road, the natural instinct is to take a breath and enjoy the view, especially with a buy game like South Alabama coming up where the Cats are currently favored by nearly 3 touchdowns. But inside the Joe Craft Football Training Facility, 36-year-old head coach Will Stein […]
Alex Afari was always coming back to Kentucky, and he’s starting to thrive under new coaching staff
Through all the legal drama that surrounded him as he came back for another, and final, season of college football, Kentucky Football linebacker Alex Afari Jr. is still absolutely a player worth rooting for. “It was always coming back to Kentucky,” Afari said following a recent practice. “This is where I started, and this is […]
Well-known national college football voice is buying into Kentucky
Fans have a lot of ways to celebrate after their team wins a big game, especially the one Kentucky won Saturday at No. 9 Texas A&M. One of those ways is listening to what the national analysts are saying. For Kentucky, if Todd McShay is buying in, that’s significant. On a recent episode of The […]
Is social media a secret weapon for Will Stein and Joe Sloan?
Following Kentucky’s breakthrough win over Texas AM, head coach Will Stein took time to jump on an interview with Liam Blutman of Barstool Sports on an edition of “Blut Talks Ball.” In that interview, Stein was asked a ton of interesting questions by Blutman, the self-proclaimed ‘No. 1 ball watcher in the world.‘ Stein was […]
Will Stein called out Texas A&M’s lack of fire to help spark Kentucky’s breakthrough win
As a head coach, your first job is to acquire talent. Then you have to coach it up, put your players in a position to succeed, and, most importantly, make them believe they can win. Right now, Will Stein is doing that in spades. If you want to know how Kentucky Football pulled off a […]
Kentucky Wildcats News: Momentum for UK Football under Will Stein
Kentucky football has had two quarters of “bad” football this season. Other than those 30 minutes of disappointment, the Wildcats have been absolutely spectacular. They came out in their season opener against Youngstown State and handled business, as they should. Then, they took a halftime lead and physically dominated No. 10 Alabama before those 30 […]
Kentucky Basketball has momentum for 7-foot-5 Cherif Millogo
Kentucky Basketball continues to recruit heavily in the 2027 class as the Wildcats look to add more commitments to their recruiting class, which currently has one commitment from 5-star small forward Ryan Hampton. According to Joe Tipton of On3, Kentucky, BYU, Texas, and Creighton are currently carrying the most momentum for Cherif Millogo. Millogo is […]
Tyran Stokes is ready for his opportunity to face off against Kentucky
The long, drawn-out saga of the recruitment of Tyran Stokes felt like something out of Groundhog Day. Day after day, moment after moment, the Stokes recruitment would add another piece of information that would make one fanbase happy for that moment, even though nobody knew where he was actually headed. Stokes would ultimately choose Bill […]
QB Marcus Washington Jr. commits to Kentucky Football
The momentum from Kentucky Football’s huge upset win over No. 9 Texas A&M continues for the Wildcats and head coach Will Stein, as the Wildcats have landed a commitment from 2029 3-star quarterback Marcus Washington Jr. Washington does not currently have a national ranking, as he is only a sophomore in high school, but his […]
Nike fixed Kentucky Football up with some new heating and vibrating Hyperslides
Getting a road win at Kyle Field over the Aggies is a good enough gift to last a while, and this week, the Kentucky Football team received a special gift from Nike. On Wednesday morning, Kentucky released a video of strength coach Brandon Roberts giving the guys the new Nike Air Zoom Hyperslides, a pair […]
CJ Baxter and Jason Patterson are becoming the 1-2 punch Kentucky Football needs
There were a slew of positive takeaways in Kentucky’s 31–21 dismantling of the ninth‑ranked Aggies on Saturday afternoon. The offense, defense, and special teams all contributed to the monster win in different ways. You have to assume the Kentucky Football staff woke up feeling pretty darn good about themselves on Sunday morning after executing a […]
Kentucky vs. South Alabama viewing info, what to watch for, odds, and predictions
Following one of the program’s best wins in recent memory, Kentucky Football is back home this week to welcome the South Alabama Jaguars to Lexington. The game will kick off at 12:45 PM ET on SEC Network, with Kentucky favored by three touchdowns to get the W and start the season 3-1. The last time […]
Kentucky Wildcats News: Louisville trying to flip big-time UK commitment
One of Kentucky Football’s top commitments is expected to take a visit to Louisville this weekend. 4-star safety Tristin Hughes is ranked as the 276th prospect nationally and the 11th-ranked prospect out of Ohio, according to the 247 Sports Composite Rankings. Hughes committed to Kentucky back in April after decommitting from Syracuse, choosing Kentucky over […]
Will Stein is excited to see Kenny Minchey continue to grow for the Kentucky Wildcats
Kentucky Football head coach Will Stein believes Wildcat QB Kenny Minchey is just getting started. Minchey had a strong performance in last Saturday’s win in College Station, completing 14/18 passes for 252 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Cats to victory over a top-10 Aggie team. Speaking about his quarterback’s performance in Wednesday’s SEC […]
Kentucky Basketball vs. Kansas Jayhawks game time revealed
The 2026-27 college basketball season is almost here, and we now know the tip-off time for one of Kentucky Basketball’s biggest games of the season. On Wednesday, the school announced that the Champions Classic showdown with the Kansas Jayhawks will begin at approximately 9:30 PM ET. It will be the second game of a doubleheader […]
Paul Osaruyi to visit Kentucky Basketball this week
We’re inching closer toward the start of the 2026-27 high school and college basketball seasons, which means recruiting visits will start heating up. Kentucky Basketball will host one of its top class of 2027 targets this weekend, as top-25 recruit Paul Osaruyi is set to officially visit UK’s campus, according to Sam Kayser. This will […]
Kentucky Wildcats News: UK Basketball Practice Begins for the Cats
Good morning, BBN! The calendar has officially flipped to include basketball season in Lexington. Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats took the floor Tuesday for their first official fall practice of the 2026-27 season, beginning the final stretch of preparation before games get underway next month. One of the biggest developments came from Milan Momcilovic. […]
4 Kentucky Wildcats land on CBS Sports’ list of top college basketball positional players
As we inch closer to college basketball season, many analysts and insiders are taking a closer look at teams and players across the country. That is exactly what CBS Sports writer Isaac Trotter did, compiling a list of the best point guards who initiate the offense, combo guards, shooting guards, true wings, off-ball wings, stretch […]
Milan Momcilovic is not Andy Katz’s best 3-point shooter in college basketball
Nothing says offseason bait like an Andy Katz top-10 list. The latest edition of his top-10 list included the best 3-point shooters in America. The list put Kentucky’s Milan Momcilovic at No. 3, and that frankly just sounds crazy. Momcilovic is coming off a season in which he shot 48.7% from the 3-point range with […]
Ryan Hampton plans multiple visits to Kentucky and will host a free youth camp in October
Mark Pope and the Kentucky men’s basketball staff visited Ryan Hampton over the weekend, and following the trip, Hampton’s family added a couple of visits to Lexington in the near future. Hampton’s father, Rod, told KSR that they plan to have two visits in October, with one being for Big Blue Madness on October 2 […]
Milan Momcilovic is back to practice and looking good for Kentucky Basketball
The BBN let out a collective gasp when news broke that Kentucky Basketball star Milan Momcilovic suffered an injury to a finger on his shooting hand. Even though it’s the offseason and the injury was initially reported as simply being “severely jammed,” just hearing about any problem with Momcilovic’s shooting hand was a tough pill […]
Kentucky Wildcat News: Kellan Hall picks up another prediction to Oklahoma
Good morning BBN! Will Stein has the Kentucky Wildcats rolling after picking up a top-10 win in College Station on Saturday. Looking to keep the momentum rolling against South Alabama on Saturday, Stein and his staff are also looking to keep on going on the recruiting trail. After already impressing in the 2027 class, the […]
Kentucky vs. South Alabama game glance, opening odds, and early prediction
Kentucky Football is coming off its biggest win of the season, defeating No. 9 Texas A&M, 31-21, on the road. The Wildcats dominated the second half, outscoring the Aggies 24-14 while scoring multiple touchdowns and forcing turnovers. The victory marked the first major road win of Will Stein’s tenure and improved Kentucky to 2-1 overall […]
Kentucky special teams need some love for their performance at Texas A&M
Football is a sport with three phases: Offense, defense, and special teams. Any good coach will tell you that all three matter greatly, and Kentucky won in all three on Saturday vs. No. 9 Texas A&M. We have highlighted the offense and defense to this point, but the special teams need some love. To start […]
Heat Check: What will be Kentucky Football’s final record after beating Texas A&M?
When was the last time the vibes were this high with Kentucky Football? After going into College Station and thrashing No. 9 Texas A&M — highlighted by a 28-0 run that was one of the best stretches of football this program has ever seen — you’d be hard-pressed to find a time when Big Blue […]