Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear declined to label Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocide” in an interview with Politico published Sunday, instead critiquing the question as a litmus test among Democrats.
Kentucky
What channel is Vanderbilt vs. Kentucky game tonight (10/12/24)? FREE LIVE STREAM, Time, TV, Channel for college football, Week 7
The Vanderbilt Commodores, led by quarterback Diego Pavia, face the Kentucky Wildcats, led by quarterback Brock Vandagriff on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024 (10/12/24) at Kroger Field in Lexington, Ky.
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Here’s what you need to know:
What: NCAA Football, Week 7
Who: Vanderbilt vs. Kentucky
When: Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024
Where: Kroger Field
Time: 7:45 p.m. ET
TV: SEC Network
Live stream: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial)
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Here’s a preview capsule via the Associated Press:
Vanderbilt (3-2, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) at Kentucky (3-2, 1-2), Saturday, 7:45 p.m. ET (SEC Network)
BetMGM College Football Odds: Kentucky by 13 1/2.
Series record: Kentucky leads 49-43-4.
What’s at stake?
A spot in the AP Top 25 is possibly on the line for the winner. Both Kentucky and Vanderbilt received votes for this week’s poll coming off big wins. Vanderbilt ended an 0-60 drought against AP top-five teams by upsetting top-ranked Alabama 40-35 last week. Kentucky is well-rested following an upset of then-No. 6 Mississippi on Sept. 28. The last time the Commodores won consecutive SEC games was in 2022 when they won at Kentucky, then beat Florida.
Key matchup
Vanderbilt’s offense might get a lot of attention thanks to the swagger and confidence of its quarterback. The Commodores’ 33.5-point average in SEC games ranks fourth, while their 37.6-point overall average stands fifth. The 40 points they hung on ‘Bama was their second-highest total this season. Ole Miss was Kentucky’s first opponent to surpass 300 yards (353), but the Wildcats held the nation’s top offense in scoring, yardage and passing to just 17 points and 262 yards passing.
Players to watch
Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia. Not only does the reigning Conference USA offensive player of the year play with a big chip on his shoulder, he also imbues confidence in his teammates by finding the open receiver or crack to run through. Pavia is why Vanderbilt ranks 22nd nationally in scoring at 37.6 points a game. He completed 80% of his passes against the Tide for 252 yards and two TDs.
Kentucky WR Dane Key has caught 15 passes for 245 yards and a touchdown the past two games, including a career-high eight receptions for 105 with a score that helped the Wildcats beat Ole Miss. The junior from Lexington had a career-best 145 yards on seven catches in a 41-6 win over Ohio. Key’s team-high 369 yards on 23 catches rank seventh among SEC receivers and he’s ninth all-time in program history with 1,524.
Facts & figures
The visitor has won the past two meetings. Vanderbilt won 24-21 in Lexington in 2022. … Vanderbilt held the ball for over 42 minutes against Alabama, had a season-high 26 first downs and converted 12 of 18 third downs. … Eli Stowers, a converted quarterback, led the ‘Dores with six catches for 113 yards against Alabama and leads SEC tight ends with 333 yards receiving. … Kentucky ILB D’Eryk Jackson has team highs of 26 tackles and made at least one stop while starting the past 27 of 28 contests. … Barion Brown and Key have each surpassed 100 career catches this season.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report)
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Kentucky
Final gargoyle returned to its perch atop rehabbed Kentucky cathedral modeled after Notre Dame
COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The last stone gargoyle has been returned to its perch as part of a two-year restoration of a Kentucky cathedral with a facade modeled after Notre Dame in Paris.
The rehab project at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption was sorely needed to repair deteriorated stone, metal and glass that adorns the limestone exterior. The project included 32 recreated gargoyles along with repairs of deteriorated finials, arches and balustrades.
The 125-year-old church, in Covington just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, offers the experience of a European gothic cathedral in the Midwest, said the Very Rev. Ryan Maher, the cathedral’s rector. The cathedral has an “intimate connection to what is really the most popular and most well-known cathedral outside of Rome itself,” he said.
“I think it’s very special and very unique,” said Maher, who watched from the sidewalk as the last gargoyle was raised to top of the facade on Monday.
The renovation price tag was nearly $8 million, and most came from donations, Maher said.
Brian Walter, CEO of Trisco Systems, the contractor, said the final gargoyle going in was “a symbol of the accomplishment of all our facade work.”
“That’s a big, monumental occasion for not only people here, but for us. That kind of symbolized the last stone we’re putting in,” Walter said.
Restoration plans grew out of Maher’s discovery in 2018 of a large piece of stone that fell from the exterior.
“We realized at that time that we needed to investigate not only the source of that one piece of stone that had fallen, but to take a look at the overall facade of the cathedral,” Maher said.
Workers will continue with smaller tasks around the facade, including the installation of chimeras that sit on the roofline, but the heavy lifting has been completed, Walter said.
“This is kind of a once or twice in a lifetime project,” Walter said.
“That’s becoming one of those new litmus tests that we said we would never do as a party again,” Beshear told Politico’s Dasha Burns after being asked if he agreed with the label. “It’s trying to throw out a word and, ‘Are you going to raise your hand or are you not going to?’”
Beshear is the Democratic governor of a solidly red state and a potential 2028 presidential contender. His remarks come as Democratic candidates increasingly grapple with their stances on Israel amid record-low support for Israel among their base.
While several lawmakers, including Vermont’s Jewish Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent, have called Israel’s actions in Gaza a “genocide,” the label has not gained mainstream support in the Democratic Party. Last October, former Vice President Kamala Harris declined to use the “genocide” label, which Israel had long rejected, but said, “We should all step back and ask this question and be honest about it.”
Some Democrats have embraced the question, with a New York congressional candidate telling the leftist streamer Hasan Piker this week that she is “100%” comfortable with the issue serving as a litmus test in her party.
Others have acted as though the litmus test is already in place. In January, for example, California congressional candidate Scott Wiener announced that he believes Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute a genocide after drawing scrutiny for declining to answer the question during a debate.
Beshear critiques Trump, Netanyahu
While Beshear told Burns that Israel “has the right to exist as a democratic country, as a Jewish country,” he added that his feelings about President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s conduct during the war in Gaza and ongoing war in Iran were “a different thing.”
“I believe the United States needs a strong Israel, but not one with decisions being made in the way that Netanyahu is making them,” Beshear said.
Beshear also critiqued President Donald Trump’s response to the crisis in Gaza.
“I believe that it could have been done without a lot of the suffering, but I put a lot of that blame also on Donald Trump,” he said. “If he’d said we are coming in and we are bringing food and aid and you are going to make sure that we’re safe, it would’ve happened.”
Last week, a spokesperson for Beshear told Politico that “AIPAC has never contributed to Governor Beshear and they’re never going to – ever,” a response that dovetailed with a host of other potential Democratic presidential candidates, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who are increasingly distancing themselves from the pro-Israel lobby.
“I think that’s up to each and every Democrat,” Beshear answered when asked whether he thought his fellow Democrats should take money from AIPAC.
“In the end, I think people need to be clear about their stance on these issues,” Beshear said. “And for me, it’s one where I believe that we need a future with an ally in Israel. But we need decision makers there that are not acting the way that Netanyahu is, and we need a president that will push when we are seeing humanitarian crises to actually do something about it.”
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