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And just like that, the Iowa football season is coming to a close. In typical Hawkeye fashion, Iowa gave fans a reason for optimism. Heading into a Black Friday showdown with a reeling Nebraska team, the Hawkeyes needed to just not completely trip all over themselves to return to Indianapolis as Big Ten West Champions for the second straight…

LEXINGTON - It once was unthinkable. But Kentucky now is a mainstay during bowl season. Thanks to last week's 21-17 road win over Missouri, the Wildcats will play in a bowl for the seventh year in a row, all under the guidance of coach Mark Stoops. Prior to Stoops' arrival in 2013, UK only had played in 15 bowls in its history. Given the difficulty…

LEXINGTON - The Kentucky football program is in a rough patch, having dropped three of its past four outings. There's some good news for the Wildcats, though: at nearly this exact point last season, they had just lost their third straight game, a 45-42 home setback to Tennessee. UK turned it around, though, and ended the season on a four-game win…

The Northern Illinois Huskies have another difficult test ahead of them as they travel to Lexington, Kentucky to take on the Kentucky Wildcats, who are currently ranked eighth in the NCAA. For NIU, it will be their second straight game against an SEC opponent after falling 38-28 last week to Vanderbilt. The Huskies had a 28-14 lead midway through…