Aug. 20, 2003

Wildcats Have Second Scrimmage: The Kentucky football team had its second scrimmage of preseason practice with a one-hour, 20-minute session Wednesday afternoon in Commonwealth Stadium.

And, similar to the scrimmage on Saturday, the Wildcat defensive units appeared to play well. The first-team offense scored one touchdown against the second-team defense when wide receiver Glenn Holt took a short pass from quarterback Shane Boyd and weaved through the defense for a 50-yard touchdown. The first-team defense shut out the second-team offense. The third-team offense mounted one good drive against the third-team defense and cashed in with a 36-yard field goal by Clint Ruth.

“We got in a lot of good work today,” Coach Rich Brooks said after practice. “We made a lot fewer mistakes and I think we’re getting a better handle on operating the defense.”

Brooks also was asked about the progress of the team’s conditioning.

“I think we’re where we need to be with a lot of our team,” Brooks said. “Overall, we’re pretty much over the hump on conditioning, but our legs are still not under us. Now we’re working to get our quickness and explosiveness back.”

There was one injury in the scrimmage. Linebacker Deion Holts got flipped on his back. Brooks said that the injury did not appear serious, but that Holts would have X-rays as a precautionary measure.

Record Number of Student Season Tickets Sold: University of Kentucky students have purchased 1,440 season tickets so far, breaking the school record for student season ticket sales.

This is the fourth year that UK students have had the opportunity to purchase season tickets. The previous record was 1,331 student season tickets for the 2000 season.

Kentucky Football Calendar:

Thurs. Aug. 21Practice, 2:45 – 5:45 p.m.

Fri. Aug. 22Practice, 8:45 – 11:45 a.m. and 3:45 – 5:45 p.m.

UK Kickoff Luncheon, 11:30 a.m., Hyatt Regency Hotel

Sat. Aug. 23Practice, 6:30 – 9 p.m.

Sun. Aug. 24Off

Mon. Aug. 25Practice, 3:15 – 6:15 p.m.

Tues. Aug. 26Practice, 3:15 – 6:15 p.m.

Wed. Aug. 27Classes begin

Practice, 3:15 – 6:15 p.m.

Thurs. Aug. 28Practice, 3:15 p.m.

Fri. Aug. 29Practice, 3:15 p.m.

Sun. Aug. 31Louisville at Kentucky, 6:30 p.m. EDT, televised by espn2