Author Archive for Kyle Reh
2012 Kentucky Positional Preview – Secondary
Former UK player Mike Cassity begins his second stint with the Wildcats as an assistant coach, taking over secondary duties from the departed Steve Brown. Cassity brings 37 years of coaching experience back to Lexington, and he may need all of those lessons learned to erase the questions surrounding his position grouping lacking experienced depth. [...]
2012 Kentucky Positional Preview – Defensive Line
The defensive line looks to lead the way for Rick Minter’s second year defense.
2012 Kentucky Positional Preview – Wide Receivers
Led by a new position coach (Pat Washington replaces Tee Martin who left for USC), the wide receivers will turn to a group of seniors looking the make their final mark on the Kentucky football program, while talented underclassmen provide hope for an offense looking for consistency and more explosive plays. Starters: La’Rod King returns [...]
StraitCats Previews: Gary, Indiana Regional
1. Purdue (44-12, 17-7 Big Ten): Big Ten regular-season & tournament champion 2. Kentucky (43-16, 18-12 SEC) 3. Kent St (41-17, 24-3 MAC): MAC regular-season & tournament champion 4. Valparaiso (35-23, 22-8 Horizon): Horizon regular-season & tournament champion Purdue is making just their second regional appearance in school history, and their first since 1987, after [...]
How Miami got host site over UK? I have no idea
Here’s a breakdown of the numbers. Both teams played extremely weak non-conference, schedules. The exception being Miami did play Florida and was swept by the Gators. Kentucky obviously played Florida and went 1-2. Miami did play 10 mid-week games against Top 100 competition, but I’m not sure how you can penalize teams for their mid-week [...]
NCAA.com spotlights the UK Baseball Team
When you think about Kentucky, you think basketball, Kentucky Derby and bourbon. The UK baseball team is trying to change that as they eye a trip to Omaha. Here is a really nice video by NCAA.com on the UK baseball team.
StraitCats Baseball Preview: Kentucky at Mississippi State
Coming off a three game sweep of Alabama and heading into the final weekend of the 2012 SEC Regular Season, the Kentucky baseball team sits atop the conference standings by the slimmest of margins, leading South Carolina by ½ game and LSU by one full game. Looking to claim just the second conference title in [...]
StraitCats Baseball Preview: Alabama at Kentucky
After a fast start, the Kentucky offense has hit a few bumps in the SEC road facing the talented arms of Vandy and Florida, losing their first two weekend series of the year. In the six games against the ‘Dores and Gators, the UK offense managed only 16 runs while hitting a combined .239 as [...]
StraitCats Baseball Preview: Florida Gators at Kentucky Wildcats
The Cats are in the top five of the country and every weekend they continue to surprise more and more people. Our UK baseball coverage has been lackluster at best, so we have decided to bring in one of the biggest UK baseball fans out there to help us out. Please welcome Kyle Reh to [...]
