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Last fall Johnthan Banks was playing for a tiny high school in Mississippi's lowest classification.

Kentucky's quarterback by committee has worked so far. Even though that's the path the Wildcats will probably continue on in Saturday's key SEC game with Mississippi State, it's not the route that UK coach Rich Brooks would prefer.

Randall Burden returned an interception for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of UK's win over Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday.

" It was a fine time for Wildcats named "Randall" Saturday night at Commonwealth Stadium, as wide receiver Randall Cobb and cornerback Randall Burden have been honored for their efforts in Kentucky's 36-13 win over the University of Louisiana at Monroe.

John Conner scored once on the ground and also caught a touchdown pass for Kentucky, as the Wildcats dismantled the UL- Monroe Warhawks, 36-13, in a non-league affair at Commonwealth Stadium.

Kentucky enters the second half of the college football season with a 3-3 record.

Randall Cobb scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 4-yard run with 3:17 to play as Kentucky came from behind to defeat Auburn 21-14 Saturday night.

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The thing about a baptism by fire is that you get burned. The University of Kentucky's second-string cornerbacks - thrust into starting roles by injuries to starters Trevard Lindley and Paul Warford - learned that burning lesson in Saturday's 28-26 loss to No.25 South Carolina.

UK squandered several opportunities to win the game against South Carolina on Saturday.

Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low Coming off back-to-back losses to Alabama and Florida, Kentucky could be without one of its best players Saturday against South Carolina.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Lones Seiber has been much-maligned in his University of Kentucky football career, and the senior kicker knew even after a career highlight on Saturday, career criticism was legitimate.

Alabama coach Nick Saban has "mixed emotions" on the legality of cut blocks like the one that knocked star linebacker Dont'a Hightower out for the season to a knee injury.

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Freshman linebacker Ridge Wilson has returned to the team for practice after being suspended last week, University of Kentucky coach Rich Brooks said Tuesday.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - So far, there's no flu outbreak on the University of Kentucky football team.

UK Coach Rich Brooks is looking to get the Wildcats to a fourth straight bowl game for the first time in school history.

The resurgence of Kentucky football has been in part due to a growing number of LaGrange High products.

Paul Warford, here breaking up an end-zone pass to Kent State's Shawn Bayes in 2007, sat out last season after starting 11 games the previous year.

A cornerback of Trevard Lindley's caliber comes along once in a great while for a football program such as the University of Kentucky's. So fellow corner Paul Warford dropped a reporter's jaw last week when he said the Wildcats might have two of them.

But the fact that he's even at the starting gate is pretty significant. Thurmond was emerging as one of the big stories of Kentucky's 2007 spring practice.