Back Thru The Wildcat Years
One Year Ago
(^Kentucky coach Jerry Claiborne, who's entering his sixth season at the helm of the 'Cats, introduced his squad to the media this month. Senior quarterback Kevin Dooley will be the man expected to lead the charge when the 'Cats kickoff their season against Utah State at Commonwealth Stadium. Dooley has the dubious task of replacing record-breaker Bill Ransdell of Elizabethtown. Other key returnees for the 'Cats will be seniors Mark Higgs, Dermontti Dawson, Jerry Reese, Greg Kunkel, Joey Worley, junior Ivy Joe Hunter and sophomores Vic Adams and Dee Smith.
>^The University of Kentucky basketball schedule is out. Among the non-conference showdowns Eddie Sutton's Wildcats will face will be Indiana (Big Four at Indianapolis), Louisville (at Lexington), Miami of Ohio (first round of UKIT), Hawaii, Alaska and the Orangemen of Syracuse. The game
against Syracuse will be held at Rupp Arena.
Six Years Ago
S Scott Schroeder, a University of Kentucky linebacker, seems to be on the way to a successful comeback after missing the entire 1981 campaign because of a knee injury. It's quite ironic he suffered the injury during the '81 spring Blue-White scrimmage. It was expected that Schroeder, who paced the squad in tackles in 1980 as a sophomore, would start last season at linebacker. That was until he suffered the injury. The Satellite Beach, Fla., native "probably worked harder than I've seen anyone work," noted Wildcat team trainer Al Green of Schroeder's comeback trail. "We've measured the strength in his legs and they are equal. So, that gives him a clean bill of health. There is no question he looks better this year. I think all the hard work will pay off."
WILDCAT QUIZ
1. True or False? Kentucky didn't win a conference game during the 1987 season?
2. How many of Kentucky's games were broadcast on national television last year (network and cable)?
a) none
b) one
c) two
d) three
3. Kentucky lost how many games by less than a touchdown last year?
a) two
b) three
c) four g>
d) five
4. Who led the Wildcats in rushing (total yards) last season?
a) Ivy Joe Hunter
b) Al Baker
d) Andy Murray
5. True or False? All three of UK's graduating defensive starters attended NFL training camps this summer?
6. Against which team did Kentucky give up the most points in one game?
a) Tennessee
b) Florida
c) Vanderbilt
d) LSU
7. Against which team did UK quarterback Glenn Fohr have his best collegiate game (Hint: he threw for 240 yards and two touchdowns)?
a) Georgia
b) LSU
c) Tennessee
d) Florida
8. What returning Wildcat finished second on the team in kickoff return yardage?
a) Ivy Joe Hunter
b) Chris Tolbert
c) Darren Bilberry
d) John Bolden
9. Who was the Wildcats' leader in interceptions last year?
a) Chris Chenau*'
b) Tony Massey
c) David Johnson
d) Oliver Barnett
10. True or False? Kentucky finished third in the SEC in total defense last season.
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^Calling it a "setback but not an indication the bone will not heal," University of Kentucky basketball coach Joe B. Hall announced at a August 8 press conference at Wildcat Lodge that UK star center-forward Sam Bowie has had his leg placed back in a cast. The 7-foot-l Bowie, an Ail-American as a second-year player, will be a junior athletically, at the university this year. He missed the entire 1981-82 campaign with an injury which is diagnosed as a hairline stress fracture of the left tibia (shinbone). Bowie was at the press conference, wearing the cast which covers from his ankle to knee. The cast he wore before covered his entire leg.
"In this last review of Sam's X-rays, the entire Campbell Clinic in Memphis held a viewing of the X-rays," Hall noted. "There were 12 doctors that discussed the case. They are the ones that felt for Sam's future and his security that he needed to go back into the cast. They gave two reasons. One was to guarantee that he would not bear weight on the leg. The second reason is to pinpoint the electrical sttimulus. That has to be a very precise treatment. The cast insures that the stimulus goes to the proper spot. They could have left him out of the cast but it insures he will not bear weight on it and the stimulus hits the correct spot."
"The outside of the bone looks well healed, covered over and lamanted," continued the Wildcat coach. "But they saw some weakening on the inside of the bone. I assume a weakening is a widening of the area. I don't know how else to put it."
^The FWA. better known as the Football Writers of America, has selected Cats'Pause publisher und editor Oscar Combs to a two-year term on the association's board of directors. Combs was selected at a meeting at Kings Island, Ohio.
^ Later this month the Great Kentucky Shootout will be held at Freedom Hall. You ask, what's the Great Kentucky Shootout? It's where former University of Kentucky and Louisville players get together for a game on the hardwood. Proceeds from the contest will go to charity. Some of the former collegiate Bluegrass heroes expected to play are Rick Robey, Truman Claytor, Dan Issel, James Lee, Kevin Grevey, Dwane Casey, Darrell Griffith, Jerry Eaves, Roger Burkeman and Wiley Brown.
?-Several former Kentucky Wildcat grid stars still are keeping their chances alives for a shot at the professional ranks, while a few others have been cut. From last year's squad tight end Jim Campbell is trying out with the American Football Conference Houston Oilers. Lineman David Bond and Greg Long still are with the Atlanta Falcons, while defensive end Venus Meaux is with Dallas and defensive end Don Fielder is in Pittsburgh. All are free agents. Rick Strien, is one of the few unlucky 'Cats. The former UK placekicker tried out with New England and Pittsburgh. Ken Roark and Kelly Kirchbaum also were let go by the Washington Redskins and Houston Oilers, respectively. Kirchbaum, a standout on the 1977 10-1 UK club, played for the New York Jets before being cut by the Oilers.
^New Wildcat coach Jerry Claiborne is making use during practice sessions of the tall towers built at Shively Sports Center many years ago by Paul "Bear" Bryant (1946-1953). Former coach Fran Curci seldom used the tower, in the rare occasions when he ascended it, he usually went to the first tier. John Ray (1969-72) also seldom used the tower. At one time, Ray had a small platform built on a pickup truck from which ' he could get a better "look" at what was hap-
pening at the compltA, which contains four full-size football fields.
>^The appointment Oi Marilyn McReavy, developer of national championship volleyball squads at Sul Ross and Utah State universities, as head coach of UK's Lady Kats was announced by Wildcat athletics director Cliff Hagan.
Seven Years Ago
1^ As the Kentucky Wildcat football squad opened fall practice several team members were noticably missing from the field. Freshman Ail-American defensive end Jeff Dennis announced that he would be transferring to the University of Cincinnati, concentrating on a theatrical career. Running back Charlie Jackson was dismissed from the team by head coach Fran Curci after Jackson was arrested for firing a gun in Woodland Park during the middle of the morning. Wide receiver Greg Wimberly didn't return to school after having academic difficulties in the spring. Richard Adams, Chris Jones and Scott Schroeder all suffered injuries and Rick Buehner, George Taylor, Mike Duncan, Ron Knott and Kevin Kearas also did not return to the team for various reasons.
?Kentucky baseball coach Keith Madison signed two players for the 1982 season. They were Rick Campbell, a shortstop-second baseman from Bowling Green High and Mark Wallace, a left-handed pitcher from Boyle County High School.
>^The Kentucky Lady Kat basketball team was able to capture only two victories in a seven-game tour in Japan.
Eleven Years Ago
(^University of Kentucky athletics director Cliff Hagan announced the appointment of Robert L. Bradley as assistant to the director for academic affairs.
?-The 1977-78 University of Kentucky basketball schedule was announced with a full Southeastern Conference tilt along with matchups against Indiana, Kansas. Nevada Las Vegas, South Carolina and Notre Dame highlighting the 'Cats' card.
i^The Southestern Conference Skywriters picked the conference football race to come down to Alabama and Florida fighting for the crown. The writers picked Georgia third, followed by Mississippi State, LSU, Kentucky, Tennessee, Auburn, Mississippi and Vanderbilt.
Thirty-One Years Ago
(?Kentucky football drills are underway for the 1957 Wildcats, with 71 varsity candidates reporting and approximately 35 freshmen joining the team. The first two days will be devoted to picture taking, physical exams and getting settled. Two-a-day sessions are planned for the first 10 days. Energetic headmaster Blanton Collier enters his fourth year at Kentucky and 60 percent of his varsity squad will be sophomores, of which there are 43.
(?George Mikan, considered by many the toughest basketball player ever, says that former University of Kentucky forward Ail-American Leroy (Cowboy) Edwards was the toughest player he ever faced.
"He has huge, powerful hands and a habit of squeezing my knees so hard, when a referee wasn't looking, that I'd be paralyzed for a second while he was shooting," Mikan was quoted. "Once he knocked out four of my teeth. He outweighed me 80 pounds and he knew all there was to know."