Kentucky Football has added what looks like to be 3 wins as the Eastern Michigan Eagles have signed a 3 year contract to play the Wildcats.
Here is the news from FBSchedules.com:
The Kentucky Wildcats and the Eastern Michigan Eagles have scheduled a three-game football series for 2017, 2019, and 2020, FBSchedules.com has learned via an open records request to EMU.
In the first game of the series, Kentucky will host Eastern Michigan at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington on Sept. 30, 2017. The game will be the first ever meeting between the two schools on the gridiron.
Two seasons later on Sept. 7, 2019, Kentucky will travel to face EMU at Rynearson Stadium in Ypsilanti. The Wildcats will host the third and final game of the series on Sept. 5, 2020.
Although the series is set up like a two-for-one, there are two separate contracts — one for the 2017 game and one for the home-and-home series in 2019 and 2020. According to the contract, Eastern Michigan will receive a $1.2 million guarantee for the 2017 game.
It doesn’t help the strength of schedule as EMU is 12-46 over the last 5 seasons.
But, when you play in the SEC East and are trying to just make a bowl game every season, I really don’t have a problem with another win on the schedule to help the cause.
