October 28, 1998

Oct. 27, 1998

Liening Sustains Leg Fracture, Out for Season: Senior offensivetackle Jonas Liening sustained a fractured fibula in his left leg duringthe Georgia game on Saturday. He is scheduled for surgery on Wednesday.He will miss the remainder of the regular season. Liening has been afour-year starter in the UK offensive line, starting all 38 games inwhich he has played during his career. Ironically, Liening also suffereda broken left leg in the Georgia game in 1996 and missed the final threegames of that season. Liening’s current fracture is unrelated to hisprevious injury.

Additional monitoring of Saturday’s injuries has revealed thatreserve linebacker Gus Jacobs has a torn knee ligament. He will havereconstructive surgery and miss the remainder of the season. Widereceiver Quentin McCord has a high ankle sprain and is expected to beout for 3-4 weeks. He might be able to return for the Tennessee game.Reserve cornerback Kenneth Grant has been cleared to practice afterX-rays of his injured hand were negative.

Kentucky Football on “The Slant: “This week’s edition of “The Slant”includes a feature on Kentucky football. “The Slant” is a weeklytelevision show on NCAA football and is produced by Host Communications.The Kentucky feature includes interviews with Coach Hal Mumme, TimCouch, and Craig Yeast, and will be televised on the Fox Sports Networkat the following times:

Wednesday, Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 29, 1:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.