🔵 The Official Daily Newsletter For Kentucky Athletics

Good morning. If Waka Flocka said “it’s a party” then you know it’s true. Kroger field is about to erupt for yet another season, and if you aren’t spending your Saturdays with 61,000 Kentucky fans, screaming your heads off, and hearing “Kentucky wins!” then… what are you doing?

Community ties: The baseball team had a beary big donation to the Kentucky Children’s Hospital. Over 500 teddy bears were given to kids. Also catch Devin Burkes very first, and very interesting, interview.

What all are we tossing into today’s Brew?

💪 Elevated confidence from Mark Stoops
⚽️ Men’s soccer gets ranked
🔵 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

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🔼  Let’s Get It Started In Here. Mark Stoops is calm… he’s cool… and he’s definitely collected talking about the start of the season. We’re 30 days out from kickoff and he’s excited about this team’s potential this year.

The icing on the cake? New uniforms! The new threads are dropping soon, and if you missed the teaser we’ve got you right here…

📷 Relive the uniform teaser dropped during 2023 Super Bowl commercial.

🎥 Football is back and it’s a beautiful thing.

🔼 Rank ‘Em. It’s no surprise that the men’s soccer team is ranked No. 3 in all of Division I soccer—after going undefeated in conference play and winning the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, the team advanced to the NCAA Tournament for a pair of postseason matchups.

Be ready for another sweeping season with 11 returning players.

🏆 Rewatch the highlights from the Wildcats winning the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.

🤔 BIG BLUE TRIVIA

Three Up, Three Down. Kentucky men’s soccer sure does love the number three. Not only is that their national ranking, but it’s also the number of teams the squad defeated to win the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.

Our question today—which three teams did the men’s soccer team defeat in the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Tournament?

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

🔵 ONE BIG THING

Keep On Watchin’. Here we are two days in a row with football players announced on watch lists. Today it’s all about kicker Alex Raynor on the Lou Groza Award watch list.

Only 30 college placekickers are picked for this award and Alex Raynor just so happens to meet the mark because the transfer is bringing a hefty box score to Lexington—36 games played, 245 points, 45-for-59 on field goals, and 110-for-113 on point after kicks.

The winner will be announced in December at an awards banquet in Florida.

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📅 COMING SOON

Saturday, August 5

🏈 Football Fan Day @ 11:00am ET | More Details

Thursday, August 17

⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. Eastern Kentucky @ 7:30pm ET (Season Opener)

Thursday, August 24

⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. Florida Gulf Coast @ 7:30pm ET (Home Opener)

Friday, September 1

🏐 Volleyball vs. Pittsburgh @ 7:00pm ET (Home Opener)

Saturday, September 2

🏈 Football vs. Ball State @ 12:00pm ET on SEC Network | Watch Live | Reserve Your Tailgate

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: South Carolina, West Virginia, and James Madison.

🔵 Have a great Thursday!