Big Blue Brew 7/19: Say Cheese

Today, if a picture is worth a thousand words we're trying to figure out how much a photo gallery at Drake's is worth.

🔵 The Official Daily Newsletter For Kentucky Athletics

Good morning! Is there a better way to start your Wednesday than with highlights of Dewayne Robertson jumpin’ and jukin’ his way to his one and only interception with Kentucky? We submit to you that there is not.

What else can you find steeping in today’s Brew?

📸 Frame it up
🏈 We’re talking offensive explosions today
🔵 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Say Cheese. If a picture’s worth a thousand words, how many words is a photo gallery of Kentucky men’s basketball chilling at Drake’s pool party worth? Check out these collections from OVO’s house,

🔼 Four Scored. Run it back… again! Kentucky volleyball was picked by SEC head coaches to win the league for the seventh-straight season and placed four players on the preseason All-SEC Team. The Wildcats earned 10 of the 13 first-place votes in the preseason coaches poll with Florida earning two votes and Tennessee garnering one.

(Head coaches weren’t allowed to vote for their own team in the poll, so that’s all but two programs recognizing Kentucky as the standard, y’all.)

UK has won or earned a share of the SEC championship in six-straight seasons dating back to 2018.

Kentucky also placed a league-high four players on the preseason All-SEC Team as voted on by the head coaches with each coach unable to vote for its own players. Eleanor Beavin, Emma Grome, Reagan Rutherford, and Azhani Tealer were all voted to the preseason all-conference team, the most of any team in the league with no other team earning more than two slots.

🤔 BIG BLUE TRIVIA

The number of the day. Mark Stoops just finished up his first decade with Kentucky football and we’ve got just 45 days until he embarks on the start of his next decade at Kroger Field.

And today we’re talking about offensive explosions.

In his first 10 seasons with the Wildcats, how many times has Kentucky scored at least 45 points in a game?

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

🔵 ONE BIG THING

Preaching to the choir. What he’s been through. The mindset it takes to succeed. That’s what Anthony Muñoz focused on when the Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive lineman focused on when he came to Lexington and spoke about his journey.

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📅 COMING SOON

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: 14 times!

And for those counting at home, two of them came against Louisville.

🔵 Have a great Wednesday, y’all!