Just finished scanning the Southeastern Conference standings and discovered that two teams — Florida and Missouri — have yet to lose a game at home this season. Winning games at home are pivotal to a successful season. Florida is 9-0, while the Tigers are 12-0 when playing at home. Ole Miss (11-1), Kentucky (10-2), Arkansas …
Category Archive: EKU sports
Jul 23
College Football: Eastern Kentucky picked to win OVC title
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Eastern Kentucky University football team was picked as the favorite to win the Ohio Valley Conference title this fall in a poll conducted by the OVC coaches and sports information directors. The announcement was made Monday at the OVC football media day event. It’s the first time since 2009 that EKU …
Feb 16
Ohio Valley Conference to feature divisional play
On Thursday the Ohio Valley Conference announced the plan for divisional play for men’s and women’s basketball beginning with the 2012-13 academic year. The addition of Belmont University on July 1, 2012 will give the OVC 12 member institutions, the largest the Conference has been since it was formed in 1948 (the OVC is currently …
Dec 06
EKU’s Hood named top coach
No surprise here: Eastern Kentucky University football coach Dean Hood was honored as one of five NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Regional Coaches of the Year Tuesday by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). Under Hood’s guidance, the Colonels (7-5) won six of their final seven regular season games to earn a share …
Nov 21
Eastern Kentucky finally home for the playoffs
It’s been a long time – 17 years to be exact – since Eastern Kentucky University has competed in a playoff game at Roy Kidd Stadium. Since then, the Colonels (7-4) have been in the postseason just five times and have failed to gain traction as a regular contender in the FCS. Eastern made its …
Jul 30
The Kidd gets facelift
RICHMOND – Eastern Kentucky football coach Dean Hood made sure a piece of the past stayed intact during field renovations at Roy Kidd Stadium.
Jun 23
UK sports: Helping each other
Last week, my wife Rhonda and I took a short excursion to Berlin, Ohio and spent a few days the Amish parts of the state that borders Kentucky. We drove through the area last year on our way back from Cleveland, Ohio, and decided to spend more time in the area the year in the …
Jun 11
Vacation time
Just to let my readers and followers know that I will be on vacation for the next 10 days. My wife and I are going to visit Holmes County Ohio and visit the Amish settlements in the region. Looking forward to some time off. I will attempt to update the blog once we get there.
Jun 08
Helping hand
My father-in-law shared a story with us over the weekend that shows there are some good people — and coaches — in the world in which we live. Recently, Bill’s brother Owen was mowing his lawn and ran out of gas and needed to take a trip into town to refill the gas can. While …
May 04
Following a legend
Danny Hope has some big shoes to fill at Purdue. He filled some bigger shoes at Eastern Kentucky when he replaced legendary coach Roy Kidd. Hope will follow a similar path when he takes over for Joe Tiller at Purdue this fall. In a recent article in the South Bend Tribune, our sister paper in …
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