Sept. 27, 2001
Tickets Available for Ole Miss Game: Tickets are available for the Ole Miss game. The cost is $22 each.
Tickets are available on Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Memorial Coliseum Ticket Office. Tickets also may be reserved with Visa or MasterCard by calling 1-800-928-CATS or 859-257-1818. Tickets may be ordered on the Internet at www.ukathletics.com. On game day, tickets may be purchased at the Commonwealth Stadium Ticket Office.
Morriss Encouraged by Week of Practice: Coach Guy Morriss is very pleased by his team’s showing in practice this week.
“Overall, it’s the best three days of practice we’ve had,” Morriss said after Thursday’s workout at the Nutter Training Center. “The team’s mood has been good, very upbeat and positive. I’ve been pleased with the effort, attitude, and work habits they’ve shown.”A good motivating factor for us is the game we played there last year. They (Ole Miss) got after us pretty good. They overwhelmed us.”
Asked about keys to Wildcats success on Saturday, Morriss said, “We have to stop their running game and try to slow down Eli (Ole Miss quarterback Eli Manning). On offense, we have to stay away from turnovers, run the ball a little bit, and get our passing game on track.”
Kicker Seth Hanson, who missed last Saturday’s game because of a strained hip muscle, returned to the practice field on Thursday.”Seth was a little erratic,” Morriss noted. “He said he had some pain, but thought he would be able to kick on Saturday. We’ll have to see how he does the next couple of days.”
Security Remains the Same: The additional security procedures that were in place for last Saturday’s game remain in effect for the Ole Miss game.
Items which cannot be brought in the stadium include backpacks, bags, flag poles, umbrellas, glass containers, aluminum containers, plastic and paper containers, food, ice chests, bags of ice, video cameras, alcoholic beverages, artificial noisemakers, signage not previously approved by the UK Athletics Association, or any object considered dangerous to patrons in Commonwealth Stadium.
Fans are permitted to bring in cell phones, pagers, still cameras, small purses, binoculars, small radios, and seat cushions. All items brought into the stadium are subject to search.
Parking: All parking at the stadium is reserved. There is no single-game pay parking in the stadium lots. Stadium lots open at 8 a.m.
Non-reserved parking on campus (north of Cooper Drive) is first-come, first-served.Fans who do not have reserved parking are advised to use the “Touchdown Downtown” service. Fans can park in four downtown lots and catch a round-trip shuttle to the stadium for $2 per person.
The four downtown parking lots are located at:?Civic Center Shops Parking, directly across from Rupp Arena on High Street,?Transit Center Parking at the intersection of High Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard,?Central Parking System lot at the intersection of Upper Street and Short Street, and?Central Parking System lot at the intersection of Mill Street and Short Street.The two shuttle stops are located at:?West Vine Street across from the Radisson Plaza, and?Transit Center.For more information on Touchdown Downtown, call 231-7335.
Stadium Gates: Commonwealth Stadium gates open two hours before game time, 11:30 a.m. for the Ole Miss game.
No Pass-out Checks: No pass-out checks are issued for fans who wish to leave the stadium during the game. Anyone leaving the stadium must have a new, unused ticket to re-enter the stadium.
