KSR Today: Ole Miss Week begins in Lexington
It is Ole Miss Week in Lexington as your University of Kentucky Wildcats prepare for their first game away from Kroger Field this season, a road trip to Ole Miss. Kentucky closed out its four-game home stand with a 2-2 record against Southern Miss, South Carolina, Georgia, and Ohio, the latter losing 41-6 to the Wildcats over the weekend. Read all about that game here.
Today, Kentucky will practice for the first time in Week 5, looking ahead to a new opportunity against a top-10 team. Ole Miss is unbeaten this season and in the last three meetings with UK. Let’s start getting ready for the matchup.
A new Monday with Mark
If you’re a regular around here, you should know the Monday routine by now. Mark Stoops speaks at noon every Monday in his weekly coach’s press conference, where, today, he will look back at the win over Ohio and ahead to the trip to Ole Miss.
Then, later this evening, Stoops will take questions from the fans on his weekly coach’s call-in show. Listen to Stoops with host Tom Leach on the UK Sports Network from 6 to 7 p.m. tonight on the UK Sports Network.
Ole Miss dropped a spot, Kentucky didn’t receive votes in the AP Poll
The Associated Press updated its Top 25 on Sunday, keeping Texas the No. 1 team in the country for a second straight week. The Kentucky Wildcats did not receive a single vote in the AP’s new college football poll. However, there was movement around Kentucky’s next opponent, Ole Miss, which slid from fifth to sixth despite an undefeated record and a 52-13 win over Georgia Southern on Saturday. Tennessee jumped the Rebels in the AP poll after beating No. 15 Oklahoma in Norman.
- Texas (4-0)
- Georgia (3-0)
- Ohio State (3-0)
- Alabama (3-0)
- Tennessee (4-0)
- Ole Miss (4-0)
- Miami (4-0)
- Oregon (3-0)
- Penn State (3-0)
- Utah (4-0)
The Cats are a 17.5-point dog in Oxford
The early money is on Ole Miss, currently a 17.5-point favorite, laying the points against Kentucky. The opening line already moved a point from 16.5. The total on the game is 52.
- Spread: Ole Miss -17.5
- Total: 52
- Moneyline -850/+575
The KSR Football Podcast goes live at 2 p.m. today
The KSR Football Podcast has been riddled with technical difficulties so far this season. We appreciate listeners sticking with us as we switch up the format on the fly in 2024. Today, we’ll give it another try with a new episode live from KSBar and Grille in Lexington. Follow along on KSR’s YouTube for Kentucky-Ohio and Kentucky-Ole Miss commentary from Nick Roush, Drew Franklin, Adam Luckett, and Max Duffy. The show starts at 2 p.m. after Mark Stoops’ Monday press conference. Can’t watch live? Listen to the audio-only version on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or whatever means you use to listen to podcasts.
Tickets still available for Kentucky Basketball’s Blue-White Preseason Event
Blue-White tickets are still available through Club Blue and Ticketmaster for the Friday, October 18 preseason event. The tickets are much pricier this year because the event has been rebranded, rebuilt, and relocated, adding an NIL fundraising aspect, changing the entire format, and moving it to Historic Memorial Coliseum. The night will feature the men’s and women’s teams. Mark Pope told KSR that he and his assistants will be mic’d up for the men’s scrimmage, which will be so competitive, it could draw blood. Pope encouraged fans to bring pom poms and notebooks.
[Learn more about Club Blue’s Blue-White Preseason Event]
We get two Monday Night Football games tonight
Monday Night Football is a doubleheader this week, the first of four doubleheader Mondays this NFL season. The fun begins a little earlier than usual with a 7:30 p.m. kickoff in Buffalo, where the Bills host the Jaguars in a battle of 2-0 versus 0-2. The winless Cincinnati Bengals play 45 minutes later, hosting the Washington Commanders in Cincinnati at 8:15 p.m.
- 7:30 p.m. – Jacksonville Jaguars (0-2) @ Buffalo Bills (2-0) – ESPN
- 8:15 p.m. – Washington Commanders (1-1) @ Cincinnati Bengals (0-2) – ABC/ESPN+
KSR is at KSBar and Grille for Monday’s show
Today’s KSR show will broadcast out of KSBar and Grille in Lexington from 10 a.m. until noon. Come say hi if you’re in the area. Here’s where KSR will be all week:
- Monday: KSBar and Grille
- Tuesday: Studio (closed to public)
- Wednesday: KSBar and Grille
- Thursday: KSBar and Grille
- Country Ham Days in Lebanon, KY
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