Gene McCaskill News

In the first half against Georgia on Saturday night, Kentucky looked like a team that was ready to call it a night and get back home to Lexington and get ready for the regular-season finale against Tennessee.

" Quarterback Mike Hartline has returned to practice, Coach Rich Brooks reported Tuesday.

After lining up as the place holder for a fake field goal, Marcus Williams picked up the ball and ran for a touchdown to give Eastern the first points on the day.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Every Sunday, University of Kentucky football coach Rich Brooks opens his weekly media teleconference with a rundown of his team's injuries.

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UK's Randall Cobb had what appeared to be a cast on his left hand as Kentucky played EKU.

Morgan Newton threw his first two career touchdown passes and three other Wildcats ran for scores as Kentucky dominated Eastern Kentucky 37-12 Saturday, extending its nonconference winning streak to a school-record 18 games.

As UK's football team prepares for Saturday's game with Eastern Kentucky, coach Rich Brooks says he is having to deal with players missing practice due to a flu bug.

If a 31-24 loss to Mississippi State on Saturday wasn't enough to make the Kentucky football team sick, now the Wildcats have been hit by the flu bug.

Derrick Locke celebrated his first-quarter touchdown with Gene McCaskill, center, and La'Rod King, right.

Anthony Dixon rushed for two touchdowns and a school-record 252 yards as Mississippi State kept its bowl hopes alive by outlasting Kentucky 31-24 on Saturday night.

The Kentucky running game has been money all season. UK's 186.3 rushing yards per game ranks fifth in the Southeastern Conference and would be the Wildcats' highest average since Moe Williams led the charge for a running attack that averaged 196 yards in 1995.

Chris Culliver broke South Carolina's school record for kickoff return yardage on his 61-yard return late in the first quarter that set up the Gamecocks' first touchdown -- and that effort only ranked as his second-best kickoff return of the day.

It wasn't the first Saturday Charles Whitlock and Gene McCaskill had shared on the field at Williams'Brice Stadium.

Mike Hartline had a terrific first half. The controversial quarterback was 9 of 13 for 139 yards, one touchdown, no interceptions, and a couple of big drops, and he still ended up at 69%. Opening drive third quarter, Hartline's leg buckled and had to be replaced by Will Fidler.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier plans to review the video to see whether cornerback C.C. Whitlock is worthy of a game ball for his performance in Saturday's 28-26 victory against Kentucky.

The Gamecocks, now ranked No. 22 in both major polls, will face the Crimson Tide at 7:45 p.m. this Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Stephen Garcia threw for three touchdowns, ran for another and his leaping, acrobatic scramble on third down helped seal the deal for the University of South Carolina.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier plans to review the video to see whether cornerback C.C. Whitlock is worthy of a game ball for his performance in Saturday's 28-26 victory against Kentucky.

Stephen Garcia threw for three touchdowns and ran for another and No. 25 South Carolina stopped a potential tying two-point conversion in the fourth quarter to beat Kentucky 28-26 on Saturday, keeping coach Steve Spurrier a perfect 17-0 against the Wildcats.