Kentucky Headlines – 11/5/09
November 5th, 2009 11:44 AM║ Posted By: John Pennington ║ Permalink ║ Tags: Kentucky
1. Morgan Newton’s first three games have yielded the up-and-down moments that one would expect of a true freshman quarterback.
2. Cornerback Trevard Lindley will finally return from a high ankle sprain this week, but tailback Derrick Locke will be out.
3. Receiver La’Rod King is catching the attention of the UK coaching staff.
4. In basketball news, the Wildcats will face John Calipari’s tiny alma mater tomorrow night.
5. A pair of ESPN analysts are interested to see how successful Patrick Patterson will be in Calipari’s new offense.
6. Those same analysts believe regular season losses will strengthen UK in time for postseason play.
7. The Kentucky-Louisville rivalry should only get hotter with Rick Pitino now having to go against John Calipari.
8. Calipari says that in his offense, “you’ve got to be aggressive, confident and skilled. We just had a lot of guys that were a little bit tentative (in their exhibition opener), which surprised me.”
