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Kentucky football recaps historic win at Ole Miss
Saturday in Oxford could have been a movie, Kentucky defeating No. 6 Ole Miss as three-score underdogs and doing so in Oscar-worthy fashion — backs against the wall and against all odds with a mix of good fortune and guts being enough to take down the best offense in college football.
That’s why UK Sports Video turned it into a cinematic experience for Big Blue Nation to sit back and enjoy with some popcorn and a soda for a minute — eight, to be specific.
The video starts with the lead-up, pulling soundbites from the College GameDay crew picking the Rebels in a clean sweep.
“I’ve got Ole Miss big in this one,” co-host Desmond Howard says. “Are we going against the spread or what?”
Then we peek into the locker room where Mark Stoops stresses the Wildcats needed to “line up, lock in, focus, execute: “You’ve got to go take it, you’ve got to go make plays. We will. Believe it.”
We see Willie Rodriguez’s bone-crushing hit on the opening kick, followed by Ole Miss’ quick score and Kentucky’s response with a field goal the other way, then Dane Key’s touchdown grab to take a 10-7 lead going into the half.
“It’s your grit that got you to this point. It’s got to be our toughness and our grit to bring us home and finish this thing,” Stoops told the team. “You put it in your mind, do whatever you have to do on every single solitary play and get that grit and toughness. We deserve it. You are better, go play better and finish it — but one play at a time.”
One play at a time, they did just that, the defense putting on a clinic in the second half while the offense hit on some explosives to help solidify the 20-17 win — the missed game-tying field goal in the final minute being the icing on the cake.
Celebration, crowdsurfing, victory.
Want to know what it’s like to be in that other locker room? Ole Miss shared a behind-the-scenes look at the loss through the Rebels’ eyes — weird if you ask me, but hey, I’m happy to drink up Lane Kiffin’s tears.
“That’s what’s going to happen, man, when you play in this league,” Kiffin told the team. “It’s good good players and good teams. You let them hang around, OK? You had great momentum, you did great things in the third quarter, but you have to finish them off. This is a great lesson.”
It sure was, buddy.
Go Cats.
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Jon Rothstein predicts the starting five for the Kentucky Wildcats
The start of the 2024-25 Kentucky basketball season is almost here, which means at practice over the next few weeks, Mark Pope will be trying to finish deciding who his starting five will be this season.
CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jon Rothstein was recently at a Kentucky basketball practice, and after he tweeted out that he believes the starting five for the Wildcats will be Lamont Butler, Koby Brea, Jaxson Robinson, Andrew Carr, and Amari Williams. This is the starting lineup that many figured would be out there for the Wildcats during the offseason, but hearing from someone who was recently at practice, it seems like this will be Kentucky’s starting lineup.
This lineup gives Kentucky a perfect balance of offense, defense, and size. The Wildcats will have two big guys who can defend the rim and rebound in Williams and Carr. The Wildcats will have a facilitator in Butler who will find open teammates but score when he needs to. This team has the guys who will be asked to score, and they are Brea, Robinson, and Carr. All of these players have different roles, and if these players execute their role well, this team will be really good.
Kentucky has a ton of players who will come off the bench, like Kerr Kriisa, Otega Oweh, and Brandon Garrison, who will be very good when the starters need a rest.
The Kentucky Wildcats have a ton of depth on this roster, and that will help them stay fresh during the season and within each game.
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Kentucky Lottery Kentucky 5, Cash Ball winning numbers for October 2, 2024
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The Kentucky Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.Here’s a look at Wednesday, October 2, 2024 winning numbers for each game
Kentucky 5
08-19-24-30-38
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Cash Ball
02-16-19-23, Cash Ball: 04
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Lucky For Life
06-30-33-42-44, Lucky Ball: 13
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Pick 3
Evening: 2-8-8
Midday: 0-5-5
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Pick 4
Evening: 6-2-4-0
Midday: 1-7-9-1
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Powerball
01-02-21-37-43, Powerball: 21, Power Play: 3
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Powerball Double Play
39-44-45-46-66, Powerball: 13
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Kentucky lawmakers lead effort to protect white oak trees
WASHINGTON — Before it makes it to your glass, bourbon is aged in barrels made of charred new oak, helping give Kentucky’s signature spirit its flavor and color.
White oak trees grow in Kentucky and surrounding states, but environmental advocates said action is needed to protect them.
“Forest inventory analysis data from the Forest Service shows that while there are a lot of mature white oak trees out there across the eastern United States, there are not very many seedlings growing, and that’s primarily because sunlight’s not reaching the forest floor,” said Jason Meyer, executive director of the White Oak Initiative. “We’re not managing forests like we used to.”
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., have introduced bipartisan legislation, the White Oak Resilience Act of 2024.
It directs research, calls for pilot projects focused on the white oak and would allow for private funding of restoration efforts.
Many species of wildlife depend on the trees and the decline of the mature white oak could happen in the next 20-30 years, Meyer said.
“While we have white oak-dominated ecosystems right now, in the future, those ecosystems are going to disappear if we don’t do something about it,” he said.
Rep. Andy Barr, R-Lexington, Rep. Morgan McGarvey, D-Louisville, and Rep. James Comer, R-Tompkinsville, co-sponsored companion legislation, which recently passed the House as an amendment to a separate bill.
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