🔵 The Official Daily Newsletter For Kentucky Athletics

Good morning. Who’s ready for another winning weekend? Get ready to have this feeling for the third Saturday in a row when football takes on Akron.

What else are we mixing into today’s Brew?

🏈 Delivering on defense
⚾️ Spring schedule released
🔵 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 D Up. Game day is right around the corner, and the Kentucky defense seeks to hold a third team to under 20 points. But even with how solid the defense looks, defensive coordinator Brad White wants to put out the little brush fires that keep popping up. An example of this would be to “get off on third down, opportunities to, instead of being third and four, we could have had it at third and eight,” White said.

🛡️ See what else White has in the plan for the defense.

🔼 Spring Forward. Can we jump ahead a couple of months to baseball season already? To get the excitement going early, Kentucky baseball released its spring schedule, which consists of five home series. The boys have already been hard at work in hopes of gaining a third NCAA Regional championship win.

🗓️ See more information about the schedule here.

🤔 BIG BLUE TRIVIA

Hold ‘em. Football has played two games, and the defense has done an incredible job in each. So far, the most yards they allowed a team to get was 311, and that was Eastern Kentucky. The defense did even better when it came to Ball State.

Today’s question— how many yards did the defense hold Ball State to?

Think you got it? Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🔵 ONE BIG THING

Big Cat. We know how many Wildcats are in the NFL right now, so we’re going to help you keep track of their every move. Lynn Bowden Jr. played at Kentucky during his freshman and sophomore years from 2017-2018 as a wide receiver, and the Raiders drafted him in 2020. He went on to play for the Dolphins from 2020-22 and the Patriots from 2022-2023 and is now starting his first season with the Saints.

😼 Read more about Bowden’s time at Kentucky here.

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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD

Friday, September 15

🏃 Cross Country Southern Showcase @ 8:30am | Live Results
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs South Carolina @ 7:30pm | Tickets
⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Texas A&M @ 8pm

Saturday, September 16

🏈 Football vs Akron @ 7:30pm | Reserve Tailgate

Sunday, September 17

🥎 Softball vs Eastern Kentucky @ 1pm
🏐 Volleyball at Nebraska @ 7:30pm

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 295 yards!

🔵 Have a great Friday!