The Kentucky Wildcats (0-1) play their home opener vs. Miami, Ohio (0-1) at 12pm on FSN.
The announcers for today’s game are Pete Pranica and Ovie Mughelli.
Kentucky Football is favored by 17 points.
Here is some background information on today’s contest:
The youth movement continued in game one of the 2013 season as UK had 11 first-time starters in the
game against the Hilltoppers, which is a school record for first-time starters in a game according to
records kept back to the 1993 season. A total of 10 newcomers (six true freshmen) saw action.
Nine different RedHawks made their first career start last Saturday at Marshall.
UK has an all-time record of 93-23-6 in home openers. The Wildcats have won seven consecutive home openers dating back to the 2006 season.
Miami is coming off a 52-14 loss at Marshall, a game that was once tied at 14-14 at the half.
Kentucky leads the all-time series 7-4-1 and has won each of the last two contests. Miami’s last win versus Kentucky was a 15-14 victory back in 1979.
Although they never overlapped in their coaching careers, UK head coach Mark Stoops and Miami (Ohio) head coach Don Treadwell have familiar backgrounds. Stoops was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio, while Treadwell spent six seasons as an assistant coach at Youngstown State University, winning an NCAA I-AA National Championship.
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