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College football Week 3 picks: Kentucky-Georgia, IU-UCLA, WKU-Middle Tennessee, more

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September 11, 2024

College football Week 3 picks: Kentucky-Georgia, IU-UCLA, WKU-Middle Tennessee, more

It’s still early, but we have a four-way tie at the top of the standings for our Courier Journal sports staff weekly college football picks.

Everyone suffered a Week 2 loss with Kentucky’s 25-point setback against South Carolina at Kroger Field.

While Ryan Black, C.L. Brown, Alexis Cubit and Jason Frakes are tied for first place, sports director Natalie Pierre remains at the bottom of the standings.

Here’s a look at this week’s picks. As is our custom, predictions are straight-up winners and losers (not against the spread), with rankings based on the latest US LBM Coaches Poll. All times listed are ET.

How to watch: Noon Saturday, ESPNU

The picks: Six for Cincinnati and two for Miami (Pierre and Black)

This will be the 128th meeting between these two in the Battle for the Victory Bell. The rivalry’s first game was played in 1888 and Saturday’s matchup will break a series tie, 60-60-7. Last season, Miami snapped its 16-game losing streak in the series with a 31-24 overtime win against Cincinnati. It was the first time the RedHawks won the bell since 2005.

C.L.’s picks against the spread: Will Kentucky cover in its Week 3 home game against No. 1 Georgia?

How to Watch: 3:30 p.m. Saturday, CBS

The picks: Eight for Notre Dame

Notre Dame opened the season with an impressive win over Texas A&M but followed that up with a 16-14 loss to Northern Illinois. The Irish are 28-14-2 when playing at Purdue and have won the last eight against the Boilermakers. Hudson Card completed 24 of 25 passes and threw four touchdowns in Purdue’s 49-0 season-opening win over Indiana State.

How to watch: 7 p.m. Saturday, ESPN+

The picks: Eight for Western Kentucky

Western Kentucky is coming off a 31-0 shutout at home against in-state rival Eastern Kentucky. WKU beat Middle Tennessee, 31-10, last season to improve to 37-35-1 in the “100 Miles of Hate” rivalry. The two programs first faced each other in 1914, but they didn’t meet from 1992-2006.

How to watch: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, ABC

The picks: Eight for Georgia

Kentucky is trying to get its first SEC win after falling to South Carolina at home in its league opener. The Wildcats gained 183 yards of total offense with 44 passing yards against the Gamecocks. No. 1 Georgia has prevented its first two opponents from scoring a touchdown and is coming off a 31-point win over a ranked Clemson team.

How to watch: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, NBC

The picks: Five for Indiana and three for UCLA (Brown, Cubit and Frakes)

Indiana scored a program-high 77 points last week in a win against Western Illinois. Ten different Hoosiers scored a touchdown as the offense rushed for 335 yards and passed for 378 yards. This is the first meeting between these two programs on the football field. This is UCLA’s first season in the Big Ten.

The standings

1 (tie) – Ryan Black (last week 4-1), 9-1

1 (tie) – C.L. Brown (last week 4-1), 9-1

1 (tie) – Alexis Cubit (last week 4-1), 9-1

1 (tie) – Jason Frakes (last week 4-1), 9-1

5 (tie) – Richard Barak (last week 3-2), 8-2

5 (tie) – Brooks Holton (last week 3-2), 8-2

5 (tie) – Prince James Story (last week 3-2), 8-2

8 – Natalie Pierre (last week 3-2), 7-3

Reach sports reporter Prince James Story at pstory@gannett.com and follow him on X at @PrinceJStory.

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Henry County educator named 2025 Kentucky Teacher of the Year

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September 10, 2024

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Henry County educator named 2025 Kentucky Teacher of the Year

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – State leaders recognized the winners of the Teacher Achievement Awards along with the 2025 Teacher of the Year Award, who turned out to be an educator right here in WAVE Country.

Jennifer Montgomery is an English teacher at Eminence Independent Middle School. Through her lessons on literature, she encourages students to learn more about empathy and to find their passions.

When asked what advice she’d give to future educators, Montgomery said it’s important to find a great role model to learn from.

”For future educators, I think it’s important to find teachers that are the types of teachers that you want to be, the types of teachers you see are having a great impact on students, that have positive relationships and just find ways to spend more time with those teachers to see how were they able to form those relationships with students because I think that that is where that starts,” Montgomery said. “Before we go out into our communities, we have to build classroom communities.”

Out of the 40,000 educators across Kentucky, only nine were chosen as winners for the Teacher Achievement Awards, yet Montgomery wasn’t the only WAVE Country teacher to receive honors.

Angela Hardin at Peace Academy, Jessica Talley with Mount Washington Middle, Jamie Brown from Marion County High, and Ibbie “Katy” Cecil at LaRue County High were also recognized.

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Louisville Men's Soccer wins chippy rivalry matchup over Kentucky • The Louisville Cardinal

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September 10, 2024

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Louisville Men's Soccer wins chippy rivalry matchup over Kentucky • The Louisville Cardinal

By Dan Greer

The Men’s Soccer team took to the road Sep. 9 for the Cardinal’s rivalry game against the Kentucky Wildcats. The battle for the bluegrass was a top 25 matchup with the Cards at No. 15 and the Cats at No. 16.

The slugfest grows chippy

The first half saw no ball enter the net in spite of 16 shots total from both teams.

The two teams shared a physical match living up to the Bluegrass rivalry.

With the game still scoreless by minute 57, each side saw their sides with 10 men after a pair of ejections. Kentucky was given a straight red card, and Louisville’s Olayinka Ogunleye earned his second yellow seeing him off the pitch.

This was in addition to a number of other yellow cards delivered throughout the match in the heated rivalry.

On the attack

After a long, scoreless second half, Louisville began to control possession and was able to put up five shots to put pressure on the Kentucky defense.

In the 89th minute, the ball was thrown to Jack Lewis who made a quick pass to the hero of the game, Leon Kondic. Kondic fired from the right side of the box and entered the net.

The game ended in a 1-0 victory for Louisville.

With the last-minute decider, the Cardinals saw themselves winning in Lexington for the first time since 2014.

Student Logan Gish traveled to the game to witness the late goal. “It was so relieving to see the deciding goal so late in the game. With an exciting and physical game as it was, it was a great way to wrap it all up.”

The 4-1 Cardinals head to Pittsburgh Friday for an ACC showdown.

Photo Courtesy // Tommy Quarles, UK Athletics

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Ikenna Alozie drawing interest from Mark Pope and Kentucky

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September 10, 2024

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Ikenna Alozie drawing interest from Mark Pope and Kentucky

Shortly after landing his first five-star recruit as Kentucky Wildcats head coach, Mark Pope is back on the recruiting trail.

Ikenna Alozie, a top-10 prospect in the 2026 class, is a new name to monitor.

Alozie, who attends Dream City Christian in Arizona, told KSR that Coach Pope was in to see him on Friday afternoon. While Alozie does not hold an offer from the Wildcats, he has been on the staff’s radar since earlier this year.

Per 247 Sports, Alozie’s offer list includes Kansas, Providence, Louisville, Michigan, BYU, Villanova, UCLA, West Virginia, and many more. He’s currently ranked 10th overall and first among combo guards in 2026, according to 247.

Shortly after he visited with Coach Pope, Alozie left for a visit to Washington.

Ikenna was just one of three players Coach Pope visited while in Arizona. Pope stopped by Compass Prep to check out Mikka Muurinen and Jacob Lanier, both of whom are class of 2026 prospects.