ESPN will broadcast UK and Indiana clash.
This Week in Kentucky Football: July 26-Aug. 1 ESPN will broadcast UK and Indiana
Indiana Game Selected by ESPN: Kentucky’s Sept. 18 game at Indiana has been selected for live telecast by ESPN. Kickoff has been moved to 11:10 a.m. EST in Bloomington (12:10 p.m. EDT in Lexington).
This is the second UK game of the 1999 season that has been selected by ESPN. Kentucky’s Nov. 4 game at Mississippi State also will be televised by ESPN.
Players in Summer School, Workouts: The eight-week summer school session began June 10. The majority of the players are in Lexington during the eight-week session in order to work out in the weight room, work summer jobs, and/or take summer school classes. The eight-week period ends on August 5.
Mumme On the Road: On Tue. July 27, Coach Hal Mumme will be in Fort Worth, Texas, for a luncheon with the Dallas-Fort Worth UK Alumni Club. On Wed. July 28, Mumme will be speaking at a coaching clinic in Little Rock, Ark. On Thurs. July 29, Mumme will meet the media at the annual SEC Football Media Days in Birmingham. Senior linebacker Jeff Snedegar and senior halfback Anthony White also will represent UK at the media event.
2000 Football Schedule Released: The Kentucky football schedule for the 2000 season continues in the pattern of recent seasons – eight Southeastern Conference games, along with non-conference rivals Louisville and Indiana, plus a new non-conference opponent. There are two changes in the schedule. Ole Miss replaces Arkansas as the rotating league opponent. South Florida, which is moving up to Division I-A, replaces Connecticut on the non-conference portion of the schedule.
Kentucky football schedule for 2000:
Sept. 2 Louisville Away Sept. 9 South Florida Home Sept. 16 Indiana Home Sept. 23 Florida Away Sept. 30 Ole Miss Away Oct. 7 South Carolina Home Oct. 14 Louisiana State Away Oct. 21 Georgia Home Oct. 28 open Nov. 4 Mississippi State Home Nov. 11 Vanderbilt Home Nov. 18 Tennessee Away
Kentucky Football Calendar:
July 27-29 SEC Football Media Days in Birmingham, Coach Hal Mumme, Jeff Snedegar, and Anthony White represent UK on Thursday, July 29 Sun. Aug. 8 Freshmen report Tues. Aug. 10 First freshman practice (morning) Wed. Aug. 11 Two freshman practices, veterans report Thurs. Aug. 12 UK Media Day (morning) Fri. Aug. 13 Team practices begin Sun. Aug. 15 Fans’ Day Fri. Aug. 20 Kickoff Luncheon Wed. Aug. 25 Classes begin Sat. Sept. 4 Louisville at Kentucky
Commonwealth Stadium Construction Update: The aluminum seating is approximately 95 percent complete. Wall framing and drywall work on the suites has been completed. Interior work on the suites (cabinets, counters, sinks, etc.) has begun. Both scoreboards and video boards have been installed. Preparation work has begun for laying asphalt on the lower concourse.
Both ends of Commonwealth Stadium are being enclosed. The project will add about 10,000 seats, bringing capacity to approximately 68,000. Up to $27.6 million may be spent on the stadium expansion.
Watch the Stadium Construction: Fans may view photographs of the stadium expansion on the internet site www.uky.edu/stadium. A camera has been mounted in the press box and is pointed toward the west (Nicholasville Road) end zone. Photographs are updated every five minutes.
John Soward of UK Computing Services handled the technical details of the stadium camera, with assistance provided by Russ Pear, UK Assistant Athletics Director for Facilities, and Chuck Ham of the UK Public Relations Office.
