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Kentucky football has not had the best two weeks in the passing game, and they’re going to be making a change at quarterback for Week 3 as they face Eastern Michigan. Head coach Mark Stoops noted that redshirt freshman Cutter Boley has taken all of the first-team reps in practice, and it is expected that […]

For the third straight year, Kentucky is naming a transfer as its starting quarterback to begin the 2025 college football season. Ahead of their Week 1 matchup against Toledo, the Wildcats named Incarnate Word transfer Zach Calzada as their starting signal-caller. Head coach Mark Stoops confirmed on Monday that Calzada will start in Week 1, […]

University of Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Stoops didn’t mince words at SEC Media Days, offering a raw and unfiltered assessment of the challenge ahead as he enters his 13th season leading the Wildcats. Coming off a disappointing 4-8 campaign, Stoops made it clear that returning to form in the upcoming college football season won’t […]

Kentucky football hopped in on the Fourth of July weekend recruiting frenzy. Multiple power conference schools like Notre Dame, Miami even Syracuse landed high profile prospects. But the Wildcats won over top 10 quarterback Matt Ponatoski. The four-star chose UK over some notable powers too. Hayes Fawcett of On3 revealed Oregon, Alabama and Arkansas losing […]

The Kentucky Wildcats football program hopes to bounce back next season after finishing the 2024 campaign with a 4-8 record. It marked the first time since the 2016 season that the Wildcats did not qualify for a bowl game. To make matters worse, the program lost one of its premiere defenders in the transfer portal […]

After four seasons of college football, Kentucky Wildcats quarterback Brock Vandagriff has decided to call it a career. “While Brock Vandagriff did not enter the transfer portal this month, he is not returning to UK. After one season starting at Kentucky, he is retiring from playing football, Vandagriff confirmed Sunday through a UK spokeswoman,” Jon […]

Kentucky football has reportedly received a commitment from former Nebraska running back Dante Dowdell, per Hayes Fawcett of On3. Dowdell, who previously entered the transfer portal, is set for the next chapter in his college football career. “BREAKING: Nebraska transfer RB Dante Dowdell has Committed to Kentucky, he tells @on3sports,” Fawcett wrote on X, formerly […]

Georgia football is expected to make a run at several players in the transfer portal.

As they transition to being without Jaxson Dart and Tre Harris in 2025, Ole Miss has hit the transfer portal with intent and is on the verge of another potentially massive move. After spending three years with Kentucky, wide receiver Dane Key entered the transfer portal in early December and is eyeing a potential move […]

The Michigan football team is a squad that is expected to hit the transfer portal hard this offseason. The Wolverines had some elite NFL talent on their squad, but they also had a lot of inexperience players that struggled. Now that Michigan will lose those top guys to the NFL, they need to reload. One […]

Florida State football is already working to rebuild from a disastrous 2-10 season. The Seminoles are in the mix for Kentucky transfer Barion Brown, per On3. Brown is a wide receiver who is expected to be a major target for teams in the portal. At Kentucky, Brown posted 361 receiving yards in the 2024 season. […]

The Louisville Cardinals (7-4) head into rivalry week with a matchup against the Kentucky Wildcats (4-7). It is time to continue our college football odds series with a Louisville-Kentucky prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. Louisville-Kentucky Last Game – Matchup History These two teams have played every […]

Kentucky football head coach Mark Stoops made a big move at quarterback ahead of the game against Louisville. The Wildcats have had a tough season, with Stoops fighting off retirement rumors throughout the year. The program will miss a bowl game for the first time since 2015. Much of these struggles are due to a […]

Texas football head coach Steve Sarkisian gave a surprising take on the Longhorns’ opponent on Saturday, the Kentucky Wildcats. Quarterback Quinn Ewers and the No. 3 team in the country are two wins away from securing a spot in the SEC championship game. However, a loss before the regular season ends could put the Longhorns […]

As the Texas Longhorns prepare for their highly anticipated matchup against Kentucky, questions surrounding quarterback Quinn Ewers’ future have taken center stage. Saturday’s game at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium could be Ewers’ final home appearance. Still, the 25-7 starter and one of Texas’ most consequential quarterbacks has yet to announce his intentions regarding the […]

The Kentucky Wildcats (4-6, 1-6 SEC) hit the road to take on the No. 3 ranked Texas Longhorns (9-1, 5-1 SEC). It is time to continue our college football odds series with a Kentucky-Texas prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. Kentucky-Texas Last Game – Matchup History This […]

Kentucky football has had a difficult season, largely due to a struggling offense under Georgia transfer quarterback Brock Vandagriff. It has led to Wildcats head coach Mark Stoops facing some retirement rumors. The program now sits at 3-6 overall and 1-6 in the SEC and is on the verge of missing a bowl game for […]

Mark Stoops is contacting the Southeastern Conference after the hit Kentucky Wildcats quarterback and ex-Georgia transfer Brock Vandagriff took during Saturday’s game against the Tennessee Volunteers. He says there is “no place” in the sport for what happened to his starting passer. “It is something I sent into the SEC office,” Stoops said on the […]

The Kentucky Wildcats (3-5, 1-5 SEC) head to Neyland Stadium to take on the Tennessee Volunteers (6-1, 3-1 SEC). It is time to continue our college football odds series with a Kentucky-Tennessee prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game.   Here are the Kentucky-Tennessee College Football odds, courtesy […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with an Auburn-Kentucky prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Auburn-Kentucky. This game is the Misery Bowl. It’s a battle of two teams which are having brutally and ruthlessly awful seasons, swimming in disappointment and underachievement. Hugh Freeze is being paid a ton of […]

Kentucky football hardly squares off against Ohio State on the football field. However, they managed to one-up the Buckeyes in one of their gridiron strengths: Recruiting. Kentucky bolstered its 2025 class on Wednesday by scoring a verbal commitment out of four-star tight end Mikkel Skinner from Greer, South Carolina. But more impressive is that the […]

Two days after an overtime loss last Saturday to the Tennessee Volunteers, Florida football coach Billy Napier noted that the injury that knocked Gators running back Montrell Johnson Jr. out of the game was not, “a long-term issue.” But as promising as that prognosis may sound, it was at least a little vague, because nearly a […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with a Kentucky-Florida prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Kentucky-Florida. Head coach Billy Napier is losing time and chances at Florida. He had an opportunity to make a huge statement last weekend, and to be fair to Napier, Florida did play a dynamic […]

It sounds like the Kentucky football team will once again be without star defensive back Maxwell Hairston this weekend. Hairston has missed the last two games for the Wildcats because of an injury, and it’s looking like he won’t be able to play this weekend either. The Wildcats will be visiting Florida on Saturday night […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with a Vanderbilt-Kentucky prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Vanderbilt-Kentucky. This game is not one of the headliners on the Week 7 schedule, but it is certainly going to be a fascinating game to study and observe. Vanderbilt and Kentucky have both pulled […]

While people discussed if Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin threw shade at Hugh Freeze last week, there is no doubt he showed respect to Kentucky football head coach Bob Stoops after they pulled off the upset Saturday, 20-17. The coach who always has rumors attached in Kiffin would speak about Stoops’ decisions towards […]

Ole Miss aims to keep its momentum going when it hosts Kentucky in Week 5 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford. It is time to continue our college football odds series with a Kentucky-Ole Miss prediction and pick. The Rebels are still unbeaten after yet another convincing win in Week 4, where they scored a 52-13 […]

College Football is back for Week 4 action as we’re set to bring you another betting prediction and pick for this upcoming non-conference matchup. The Ohio Bobcats (2-1) will take on the Kentucky Wildcats (1-2, 0-2 SEC) as both teams search for a much-needed win. It is time to continue our college football odds series […]

The Georgia Bulldogs entered Week 3 as the No. 1 ranked team in the AP Top 25 poll. Less than 24 hours after their razor-thin 13-12 victory over SEC rival the Kentucky Wildcats, they dropped to No. 2 behind the Texas Longhorns and fell to No. 3 in our power rankings. Winners of two of […]

Georgia opens up their SEC schedule as they visit Kentucky. It is time to continue our college football odds series with a Georgia-Kentucky prediction and pick. Georgia enters the game sitting at 2-0 and has been dominant in the process. They opened against Clemson in Atlanta. They started slow, with just two field goals in […]

College GameDay announced that they would be headed to Columbia, South Carolina for the Week 3 matchup between South Carolina and LSU, and Paul Finebaum wasn’t happy. The plan originally was for ESPN to bring College GameDay to Lexington for the game between Kentucky and No. 1 ranked Georgia, Finebaum revealed on The Matt Barrie […]

South Carolina and Kentucky square off at Kroger Field in Lexington in the SEC opener for both teams. It is time to continue our college football odds series with a South Carolina-Kentucky prediction and pick. The Gamecocks scored a 23-19 win against Old Dominion in Week 1, but it was far from a complete performance […]

Kentucky football enjoyed an auspicious start to the 2024 season as expected, mauling Southern Mississippi in Lexington’s Kroger Field. The beating was a bit abbreviated, however, as Mother Nature decided to take pity on the Golden Eagles and give them back some of their Saturday night. “By mutual agreement of the participating institutions as permitted […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with a Southern Miss-Kentucky prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Southern Miss-Kentucky. This turned out to be an explosive, controversial, and ultimately complicated offseason for coach Mark Stoops and the Kentucky football program. As Wildcats Wire reported, “Kentucky and the NCAA settled on […]

The NCAA is imposing agreed-upon violations on the University of Kentucky football and swimming programs. Kentucky reported the alleged misdoings itself, which are said to revolve around “impermissible benefits” and “countable athletically related activities,” respectively, per the NCAA. At least 11 football players are said to have collected payment for hours they did not work […]

It looks like pre-game injury reports might be a thing in the NCAA. At present, college teams aren’t required to disclose a list of their hurt players before games. That could all change, as SEC commissioner Greg Sankey recently disclosed that there would be discussions in the spring meetings about the implementation of “availability reports” […]

Just because a player did not get drafted does not mean that their football journey stops there. Every team finds undrafted gems out of nowhere that not only make the team but make an impact. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are no exception. A year ago, undrafted free agent Christian Izien started four games for Tampa […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers made it to the divisional round of the NFC Playoffs last season only to get knocked off by Coach Dan Campbell’s Detroit Lions. New offensive coordinator Liam Coen came up from Kentucky football and has now made two key hires for his offensive staff. Baker Mayfield and the Bucs have been […]

Two perennial bowl teams face off as Clemson and Kentucky face in the Gator Bowl. It is time to continue our College Football odds series with a Gator Bowl Clemson-Kentucky prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Gator Bowl is the sixth oldest bowl game, starting back in 1946. It played at Gator Bowl Stadium from 1946 […]