Tag: mike hartline
The Pinkie Previews: Kentucky QBs
With the beginning of the season about to get under way Joker Phillip’s is yet to make the biggest decision of the season. Who will lead the Wildcats in the huddle come the Governor’s Cup on September 4th? A game that has no favorite and is up for grabs kind of like the ‘Cats quarterback [...]
Will Fidler or Morgan Newton: The battle to replace Mike Hartline
The knee injury that Mike Hartline suffered against South Carolina on Saturday has put Rich Brooks and his staff in position they did not believe they would be in until next fall: having to decide who will start at quarterback for UK. In an ideal world, Brooks would be making this kind of decision next [...]
Hartline out 4-6 weeks minimum
Today at his press conference luncheon, Rich Brooks announced that Mike Hartline sustained a torn MCL, a partially torn PCL, and cartilage damage. He avoided injury to his ACL, which means that he will not need reconstructive surgery. Hartline will miss at least a month, but could return before season’s end. How quickly the cartilage [...]
Corey Peters named SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week
There were bright spots in UK’s loss to South Carolina, but none were brighter than the performance of senior defensive tackle Corey Peters. Peters has dealt with double teams all season playing alongside a inexperienced defensive line that has struggled to get prussure. Peters broke out in a big way against South Carolina, registering 7 tackles [...]
WHAS: Mike Hartline out for season
We knew that it didn’t look good when it happened, now it appears that the knee injury suffered by Mike Hartline on a play that should have been blown dead will cost him the entire second half of his junior season. WHAS is reporting that “a source close to the program” is saying that Hartline [...]
UK misses opportunity in Columbia, falls 28-26 to South Carolina
There are plenty of positives to take from UK’s best performance of the young season on the road against a quality South Carolina team. However, I can guarantee you that the Kentucky Wildcats will see the close loss as nothing more than a missed opportunity, wondering what might have been if just a thing or [...]
Crucial two weeks forthcoming for UK football, could set tone for rest of season
Let me first sing a familiar tune, something you might remember from a post I wrote about this time last week: UK is 2-2, and any realistic fan could not possibly expect to have had a better record than that after playing arguably the two top teams in the nation. As UK fans, prior to [...]
Manday Musings: the Weekend that was in Pinkie Sports 10/5 edition
Welp, that was a fairly awful weekend in the world of Pinkie sports. We are a third of the way through the 2009 college football campaign and things aren’t looking great for our squads. On Friday, the Cardinals played two good quarters of football and followed it up with two atrocious quarters en route to a 35-10 defeat. [...]
Turnovers Too Much to Overcome, Cats Fall To Tide 38-20
With just over eight minutes remaining in the second quarter, Kentucky trailed Alabama by a single point and was starting their drive at the 50-yard line. Following a three-and-out possession, Ryan Tydlacka landed a punt at the Auburn 3-yard line. On first down from the three, Micah Johnson met Richardson at the inch-line, for what [...]
The Pinkie Previews: #3 Alabama at Kentucky
It’s not very often that much of the sense optimism about a football season gets deflated after a 2-1 start, particularly when that one loss comes to the #1 defending national champion. However, that’s exactly where UK finds itself after escaping with a win over Louisville in a disapponting performance and flopping badly against Florida. [...]
Manday Musings: the Weekend that was in Pinkie Sports 9/28 edition
This is something I’m going start doing every Manday regarding what transpired for the local sports squads we cover here on the Pinkie. Since I’m mainly a UofL contributor, I’ll address the Cards loss against Utah first. I watched the game again Sunday night and I came away slightly more encouraged than I was after watching [...]
Kentucky lays egg against Florida, falls to 2-1
OK, UK got smoked by Florida. 31-0 through a single quarter is about all you need to know. Losing like that never feels good, especially when it happens like that against the same team 2 seasons in a row. However, let’s look at the record and the record alone. We all expected, at least the [...]
Post-game injury report, what we learned from the UofL victory
It’s usually a good sign when the most severe injury is suffered by a member of the coaching staff on the sideline. In this case, though, the injury suffered by offensive coordinator Randy Sanders in a 4th quarter collision with Derrick Locke was pretty severe. Sanders, as Locke was finishing off a long run, took [...]
UK-UofL Recap: ‘Cats escape tight battle against game Cardinals
I guess we probably should have figured. The last time there was a substantial favorite in a UK-UofL matchup, Kentucky upset Louisville in an epic game, headlined by a late, long game-winning touchdown pass from Andre Woodson to Steve Johnson. This time, with UK playing the part of favorite, it looked like it was going [...]
Some additional thoughts on UK opener
Sundays after Saturday game days are for licking wounds and rehashing the good, the bad, and the questions arising from each weekend. I wrote my extended thoughts on UK’s opening win of the 2009 season last night, but I have other thoughts to kick around for a quiet Sunday afternoon. First, let’s talk about the [...]
Kentucky-Miami (OH)-Postgame recap
Leading up to the kickoff of the 2009 Kentucky football season, there has been a sense of optimism among the fan base and the coaching staff. I know I’ve been anxious to see this team take the field and find out whether all the good feelings surrounding the program were based on some reality, and [...]
Joker Phillips to Larry Vaught: Morgan Newton could still challenge for #2
One of the bigger surprises of summer football practice at UK has been the fact that Will Fidler has been basically unchallenged as the number 2 quarterback on the depth chart. Before the strong performance of Mike Hartline of late, I think it’s been pretty widely expected that Newton would jump up and steal the [...]
2009 Kentucky Football Positional Outlook: Quarterbacks
Over the past few months, we’ve been focusing intently on Kentucky basketball after the hiring of John Calipari. We’ve done so for a few reasons: 1) Kentucky fans appetite for basketball information has been utterly insatiable lately, so we’ve obliged 2) It’s been really fun to write about basketball with Calipari at the helm and [...]
