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UK headcoach Rich Brooks speaks at yesterday's new conference in Wildcat Den at Commonwealth Stadium. Brooks discussed the
resrgnation of offenswe coordinator Ron Hudson. SEE COLUMN ON PAGE 3 FOR REACTION.

UK assistant steps down *

Offensive coordinator resigns;

head coach will

By Jeff Patterson
iHE KENTUCKY KERNEL

UK offensive coordinator
Ron Hudson resigned yester-
day. ending weeks of specula-
tion that he and head coach
Rich Brooks would not return
next season.

Brooks addressed the team
before practice yesterday
about Hudson's decision to
leave the team before the end
of the season.

“i didn‘t really see it com»
iiig." said junior tight end Je-
remiah Drobney.

Hudson talked to Brooks
Sunday about the possibility
of stepping down. Brooks
said. Hudson handed in his
resignation after sleeping on
it,

“Because of the turmoil
surrounding my future and
the lack of brorluctioii within
the offense. i feel it would be
in the best interest of the pro-
gram that I relinquish my po-
sition at the University of
Kentucky." said Hudson. who
could not be reached for com
ment. in a press statement.

Brooks “reluctantly ae
cepted" Hudson‘s resignation.

“He felt there was so much
going on that it would be bet-
ter for the team." Brooks said.
“i tried to talk him out of it.

"I'm sick to my stomach
about it."

Hudson served as an assis-
tant coach tinder Brooks at
Oregon from 197778.

Speculation on both coach-
es‘ future began Nov, 1. when
Brooks said he'd quit if Hud»
son were to be fired.

UK President Lee Todd
and Athletic Director Mitch
Barnhart couldn‘t give a clear
vote of confidence for Brooks
Friday after the UK Athletic
Board of Directors meeting.

However. the athletic di-
rector had no problem endors-
ing Brooks yesterday.

be back in 2005

“Rich will be back next
year." Barnhart said.

Brooks said UK adminisv
trators did not pressure Hud-
son to resign.

“There was enough spec-
ulation." Brooks said. “He
wanted to clear the air.

“He made it clear he did
ii't want to be the focus of
this week."

“This was Ron‘s
sion." Barnhart said.

Hudson signed a two-year
contract in January 2003.
paying him 8200.000 per year.
His current contract was set
to expire June 30, 200;”).

Receivers coach Joker
Phillips and offensive line
coach Paul Dunn will call the
plays in UK's season finale
Saturday at ’l‘eiinessee
Phillips will call the passing
plays front the press box.
Dunn will call the running
plays from the sideline.

"Everything has happened
so fast." Phillips said. “His
last words to us were. '(Jet
them ready?"

Hudson came to UK after
being an assistant with
Kansas State from 1995 to
2002. He was the offensive co-
ordinator for his final six sea-
sons there.

At Kansas State. his of-
fense led the nation in scoring
iii 1998, averaging 48 points
per game. In 2(Ki2. he coached
the nation‘s second-leading of-
fense. averaging 45.8 points
per game.

But his results at UK did-
n't live up to the numbers pro-
duced at Kansas State. Last
season. UK averaged 273
points per game and ranked
96th out of ll? Nf‘AA Divi»
sion l-A teams in total offense.
This season. UK ranks 115th
in scoring. at 14.2 points per
game.

“I wouldn‘t point it at Ron

deci-

See Hudson on page 2

 

Ron Hudson

I Born in Oakland, Calif.

I He played basketball, track and
rugby at Diabio Valley College and
the University of California. He also
played football while serving in the
Marine Corps.

I He has coached for 36 years, in-
cluding serving as UK's offensive co-
ordinator for the past two seasons.
He coached at Kansas State for eight
seasons before coming to UK.

I He worked as an assistant under
Rich Brooks at Oregon from 1977-78.

I He started coaching as a gradu~
ate assrstant at California in 1969. He
has also coached at Stanford, UCLA.
Notre Dame, Illinois and with the
now~defunct USFL's Memphis Show‘
boats.

I He has coached in W bowl
games in his career.

I He IS married to the former
Melissa Roth.

 

“Rich (Brooks)

will be back

next year."
Mitch Barnhart

UK Athletic Director

 

 

By the numbers

UK offense in 2004

114th in total offense out of 07 NCAA

DiViSion l-A schools

liSth scoring offense, averaging 14.2

points per game
17 touchdowns

270 yards per game

UK offense in 2003
96th in total offense

57th in scoring offense, averaging
27.3 pornts per game

44 touchdowns
327.3 yards per game

Hudson's offense
at Kansas State

1998: Led the nation in scoring with
48 pornts per game

2002: Second in scoring with 45.8
points per game

Hudson

Phillips

Suspect in 2003 sexual assault pleads guilty

Roland
with his hand around
a woman's neck and
chased him until he
ran to a [7K police of;
ficer for help.

By Dariush Shafa
WE moucxv KERNEI

A former Eastern Ken»
tiicky University student
who was charged Novem-
ber 2003 iii a sexual assault
of a student on Rose Street.
changed his plea yesterday
morning in Fayette (‘ircuit
(‘oiit‘t

Avery (‘. Roland. 26.
pleaded guilty to firsttde-
gree sexual abuse. unlawful
imprisonment and fourth-
degree assault

"It's kind of a personal
decision." said Roland‘s

lawyer. Alex
Rowady. about the
change in pleas.

"i think he felt
it was the tiiost ap-
propriate resolu-
tion."

Roland was ar
rested Nov 1. 2003.
near the Boone
Faculty (‘enter af-
ter four UK stu-
dents. Todd Seagrave. Jeff
Tiirok. Scott Howe and
Matthew Boone. said they
heard screams coming from
behind the faculty club.

The four students said

i

Roland

they found

”We were all
there." 'l‘urok said.
"We saw what hap
pened. There‘s no
way we were going to
get refuted "
Turok said he

 

is also

happy at the resolution to
this chapter in his life con
sidering it was in the legal
system for a year.

As for being called he-

roes. 'l‘urok said he and the
others were iiist doing what
was right

“It's how
raised." he said.

"It makes you feel good
about your gut instinct and
knowing right from
wrong."

Roland is currently be
ing held at the Fayette
(‘ounty Detention t‘enter
and will be sentenced later
in December

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Cheap fares to fly home
Page 6

Cats try not to catch upset bug
Page 3

Student reports
attempted assault

Burglary occurred at apartment
while student, roommate slept

By Emily Hagedorn
in kwucio KERNEL

An unknown man broke into title of the Royal Lexing-
ton apartments aiid attempted to assault a female student.
said Lexington Police and the victim.

On Friday at about 31:3 a m. an unknown man en»
tered a first-floor apartment at the Virginia Avenue coni-
plex through an unlocked window in one of the bed
rooms. said Lt. James (‘urless. commander of the person
al crimes section for the Lesiiigton l’olice.

Laying the screen on the empty bed. the suspect
walked to the living mom. said the victim. l‘ai'rie Eliza
beth Grimes. 20.

The man probably broke into (irimes‘ apartment be-
cause he saw her and her roommate in the ll\ ing room.
said the psychology sophomon-

“it was probably because we had our blinds open in
the living room." (irimes said

The suspect did not awake (ii‘lmt‘\ until he was on top
of her and ripped her pants at the \f‘lilii. she said. He also
did not awake her other roommate who was sleeping on
another couch.

Grimes pushed him off and ran into her other room
mate‘s room.

"I was really confused." she
had was to push him off me."

By the time that roommate ran out of the bedroom.
the suspect was already jumping out of the window.

(‘urless said he fled on foot

(irimes was not hurt. and the police report said she
was not taken to the hospital

(‘urless could not confirm many of iirimes' details be-
cause “we as an agency don't release specifics." he said.

The suspect is about 354;" had closeshaven. dark hair:
and was wearing a black. short sleeve tersey with white
stripes on the sleeves and baggy. light color jeans. she
said.

(irimes said she did not get a good look at his face be-
cause tlie first thing he did when she pushed him off was

See CRIME on page 2

said "The first reflex l

The burglary
and attempted
assault
occurred in an
apartment at
the Royal Leic
ington complex
near Lime-
stone and Vir-
ginia avenues
early Friday
morning.

CASSIE STOKES I
srArr

Number of athletes
graduating may rise

Bv Carlosh Shata

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my up."

By 31lti",illt‘ldli\i-t'si'\ ot l\'i“tt.ii'l\_\ will try to in
croaw graduation initcs of stilllt‘iil .itfiletes to To percent.
according to pliiis oiitlit‘cd b\ t'K's .\'f‘.\.\ selfstudy
steering coiiiitiittcc

The most rec t"ll .\'l‘ \ \ stati‘tics
teriiig school between Wit and lief \ll"\\ l'K's stu-
dent .ithleo- graduation "Silt“ :it to percent this figure is
ille‘ second lowest nerccii' |..'i‘ iii the Southeastern t‘onfer

for freshmen en‘

t'llt‘t'

'l‘hc .i\i".l*_'i‘ a: Hlli.illi'ii l‘.lit' for .ill l'K students is o'l
percent. said Jolii‘. l‘iei oz'o .i pliii'ut lt'\ professor who is
scr\ mg on the ('Hliililll’i'

.\lllli‘llt liiv‘ector .\litcli B.ii tiliait said athletics
should striic to he on par with the iiiii\crsity's rate

The present goal for as is to mirror the university."
ltat‘tiltai't s.iltl

The computer .igreod .lllil sair in the report that the
admissions process is not the real culprit. instead. ”is-
sues of iiiotiyation and .ichie\enient‘ are

The committee .ilso discussed the possibility of in
creasing spots on l'K athletic teams but said that even if
team si/es are increased. the amount of financial aid and
the number of scholarships would not increase

Though the possibility w as discussed. the committee
called the mine "tin-gative" and declined to investigate it
further

Another issue the committee focused on was the gap
iii participation between men‘s sports and women's
sports a 2.3 percent gap

They proposed that [K Athletics begin searching for
another women's sport. The plan suggests a dedicated
search in fall 2008 with a sport selected by spring 2006
and a financial plan ready by fall 11006.

“I think it should be a commitment." said Barbara
Young. a UK Board of Trustees member “That‘s what a
plan is."

The steering committee‘s chairwoman. (.‘onnie Ray.
l'K‘s vice president for institutional research. planning
and effectiveness. said that though there are obstacles.
the goals are within reach.

”That doesn't mean we can't improve." she said.
"What we would like to do is not impossible."

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 PAGE 2 I Tuesday. Nov. 23. 2004

By Pradnya Joshi
' 'niiio'ii

Donald J. Trump's newest
boardroom message is:
“You're bankrupt!"

For the fourth tiitie iii the
last 14 years. casino contpa‘
nies owned by the business»
man turned pop-culture icon
have filed for bankruptcy.
This time. Trump Hotels &
Casino Resorts lnc. is buried
under $1.8 billion iii l()l1s.

But despite the resound»
ing flop. the Donald won't be
hearing the words “You‘re
fired!" In fact. he‘s keeping
his title as chairman aiid
chief executive. And the fil-
ing won‘t drastically hurt
Trump‘s personal wealth. es
timated at $2.6 billion by
Forbes magazine. making
him America's 71th richest
person.

’l‘runip. the tireless self
promoter now seen by mil-
lions on the NBC hit show
"The Apprentice.“ said he
doesn‘t see bankruptcy as a
stigma or defeat. btit as an
opportunity to fix the fi~
nances of the money-losing
company. “This represents
less than 1 percent of itiy net
worth." ’l‘rump told Newsday
on Monday. “it doesn't mean
ttiucli financially from nty
personal standpoint but I
think it's goittg to be very int»
portant iii the future. I think
it's goiitg to be a great com-
pany,"

Officials for the publicly
held company had been nego-
tiating with creditors since
this summer to work out
agreeable terms. tln Sunday.
Trump Hotels and more than
37 related holding companies
officially made their (‘hapier

W Master is . .. .

Trump casinos file bankruptcy

11 filing iii US. Bankruptcy
(‘ourt in Camden. NJ. The
properties affected include
the ’l‘aj Mahal and Trump
l’laza iii Atlantic City. NJ.

A Chapter 11 tiling allows
a company to keep operating
and protects it from creditors
while managers work out a
plan to pay off debts.

As part of a deal worked
otit with creditors iti October.
'l‘runip will put iii $71.4 mil-
lion of his own money itito
the company. Trump will
also get the former site of the
World‘s Fair in Atlantic (‘ity
aiid 1.5 percent stake iii the
Miss l'niverse pageant. but
'l‘rump‘s ownership stake
will be cut from 56 percent to
27 percent.

Analysts say the batik-
ruptcy shouldn't htirt
'l‘rtinip's image he is the
gambling business after all.

notes Sean Egan. managing
director of Egan-Jones Rat-
ings Co. But this may not be
the end of Trump's prob
lems. Analysts point to rising
competition from inside At-
lantic (Tity such as the Borga-
ta Hotel & Casino. and the
spread of gambling to nearby
Connecticut and New York.
“Trump made the mistake of
over-leveraging and under-in-
vesting in his properties."
Egan said.

Trump himself was un-
bowed. "There‘s more compe-
tition. but we have the
hottest brand in the busi-
ness. I'm the biggest develop
er in New York.

My show is the hottest
show in television." Trump
said.

“1 think it's going to be
terrific. (‘all me in a year.
aitd I'll show you I'm right."

 

Hunters remember five killed by

By RJ. Huftstutter and
Stephanie Simon

Los’iicrits nits

BIR(‘HW()()l). Wis.
Hundreds huddled in the dark
town square yesterday night
to memorialize six hunters
their friends and neighbors
killed in an attack so savage
few could speak of it

it was the comtiiunity‘s
first chance to gather since a
trespasser emptied his semi»
automatic rifle Sunday iitto a
group of friends out for a
Thanksgiving week deer
hunt.

"We have come here
tonight with ttiany emotions."
Paul Oman. pastor of the
Trinity Lutheran church.
said. “Shock. certainly Ques-
tions of why Anger Resent
merit. Arid the need for his
tice."

Some in the crowd cried
Most stared straight ahead.
The pastor sang "Amazing
Grace."

Authorities arrested (‘hai
Soiia Vang. :io‘. as he emerged
front the woods iiist before
dusk Sunday. a short distance
from the carnage

According to local law en
forcement. Vang had come up
from his home in St Paul.
Minn. with at least two
friends. He started out hunt
ing on public land but appar-
ently got lost and wandered
into a 400acre tract of private
property. After the shooting.
he encountered several other
hunters who guided him out
to the road. where a game
warden wttli the Department
of Natural Resources arrested
him

Authorities are still look
ing for Vatig's friends.

The dead and wounded

were from this rural streti h of

northwest Wisconsin .i re
gion dotted with small towns
like Birchwood.

Many had toiiitectiotts to
the largest village iii the .iri-a.
Rice Lake ipopulation 8. tom

The victims part of a
group of a dolen or so w ho
came together each you 1r:
chided a father and son and

Hudson

Continued from page l

Hudson." said si‘llltil‘

does work."

However. several current and
former players have said it hasn't

been used properly

“In some casm you hayi- to
tweak to your personnel.” Boyd

said.

quarter
back Shane Boyd "This offense

several longtime friends.

Killed were Robert t‘rot
teau. 12. aitd his son .loey. 30;
Al l.:iski. 13; Mark Roidt. 38:
aitd Jessica thlers. 37 l)en
tits Drew. 3.7. died of his in
juries at a hospital last night

The party met up Sunday
at a cabin iii the woods l’ock
etiiig walkie-talkies to coin
ntunicate. they split tip to
search the shadows for deer.

Terry Willers. Jessica's fa
thcr. came across the intruder
first. officials said

The man was perched iii a
platform in the trees. al
though the woods were clear
ly marked no trespassing So
Willers asked liiiti to leave.
The man climbed down as
two of Willcrs‘ liiiittitig part
net‘s arrived. He turned to
walk away

Then. without warning.
he turned back and opened
fire

A burst of gunfire hit the
three limiters (Joe was able
to reach his w'alkie-talkie atid
call for help. Others iii the
party rushed to the sci-tie, The
titan kept tiring.

Willers, along with
hunters Dennis Drew and
Lauren Hesenbcck. was \(‘l‘l'
oiisly wounded.

“1 can't describe how i
feel. How should you feel?”
asked Karen Roit, Her soit
Mark. she said. was “fun lov-
ing." an avid outdoorsman.
He had been hunting since he
was 12.

At the time of his arrest.
yang was wearing a hunting
licensi- pinned to ills orange
vest. as required by law That
same tag number was
scrawled iii the dust coating
one of the \ ictnns' all-terrain
vehicles The hunter appar
cntly had iotted it down there.
pl'iitiiitig. to tell a ranger
about the trespasser before
on shootin: erupted

sawter i otitity biiet‘tff
.lini Meier said \‘ang was “e\
tretnei‘. calm" at the titiio of
ill.\ and had been

show in: some cooperation '
with ‘l‘llilitl‘liltN The to
round clip of his I‘lib'. :iii in
eypensiye t‘liiticsi- made SKS

,.-.«. g
H. i' \i

lilaienii-iit would s‘.irt after the

'l‘cnnessi-i- game
"We are going to

find

assault weapon. was empty
when he was arrested.

He has not yet
charged.

l’olice iii St. Paul aiid Mitt-
neapolis have had contact
with Vang several times in re
cent years. Twice iii the past
18 months. they responded to
a domestic disturbance at his
house. And oti Christmas Eve
iit Boot. he was arrested for
felony domestic assault after
his wife told police he had
threatened her with a hand—
giiit. He spent two nights iti
_iail biit was ntleased when his
wife declined to press
charges. according to ()fficer
Ronald Reier of the Min
neapolis Police Department.

“We have nothing iii our
records that would ever indi-
cate he was capable of the lev»
el of violence we saw iii
northwestern Wisconsin."
said ()fficer Patti Schnell of
the St. Paul Police.

Birchw'ood. famed for its
bluegill fish. had just 518 resi-
dents in the last census.

"We‘re tip here in the
sticks . . Stuff like this just
doesn't happen here." said
Wes Winrich. who runs a
hunting guide service iii this
lumber town.

But. as several locals
pointed out. the nine-day fall
deer hunt always draws plen-
ty of outsiders.

Wisconsin counts on
hunters for an economic
boost estimated at 81 billion a
year. Some t‘stoixx) hiiittiiig li-
censes are issued annually
statewide. including :iziioo
sold to \Isltors from every
state in the nation and more
than a tin/ct] foreign coun-
tries

ln northwest Wisconsin.
the deer art- so plentiful
aitd so prone to collide with
cars that carcasses litie
many roads. Hunting season
is more than tradition here:
it‘s almost a sacred ritual,

Some local schools close
during the deer hunt Many
people take time off work.
tiencrations of families go
out to hunt together for meat
they will eat all winter

been

”1"

llgill iiiit't‘isltt' itiiit'iiiiigitiii' and

move on.” Barnhart said

trespasser

Some veteran hunters
said yesterday that they have
had problems with out-of-
towners who don’t know how
to read the maps that mark
which tracts of forest are pri-
vate property and which are
open to the public.

And several in this over-
whelmingly white region
voiced unease. in particular.
with hunters from the Hmong
community immigrants
from Laos who have moved by
the thousands to Wisconsin
and Minnesota in the past
decade. “This is our own case
of terrorism out here." one
woman at the vigil said.

Acknowledging that “fear
is running around the com-
munity." ()man urged his
neighbors not to give into
hate. “Tonight is just the be
ginning of us drawing togeth~
er as a community." he told
the crowd of about 300 who
gathered iii the biting cold.

The tragedy prompted at
least a few hunters to ptit
away their camouflage for the
season. (‘ecil (Teller said he
had flown to northern Wis
consin froiti Riverside. Calif.
to bag a deer btit turned
around and headed back to
the airport as soon as he
heard the tiews. "i just don‘t
want my deer that bad." he
said.

Matty others. however.
headed itito the chill with
their rifles as usual yesterday.
determined to enjoy the hunt
even as law-enft)rcement offi-
cials front nearly a dozen
agencies combed the crime
scene for evidence. Matty
came to the candlelight vigil
still Wearing their blaze-or»
ange caps and license tags.

“1 don't care who that guy
is. he‘s not scaring tne away
front my trip." said Roger
Widiker. 61. who catiie up
from Milwaukee.

His son. Mike. was a bit
ntore cautious: “Yes. we went
back otit there today. biit it's
still scary." he said.

HUFFSTUTTLR REPORTED FRON BIRCNWOOD
AND SIMON WON ST LOUIS

Crhne

Continued from paqel

Brooks said he is open to pro

inoting from within ills own staff

"I would say the offense l\ Jo
ing to i haiigc quite a bit. depend
mg on who thi- people ate run

out: it ' Brooks said

.Ncithcr Brooks nor liariiliiirt
said there is a timetable iti select
mg a new coordinator. but both
said l‘k’ needs to hire someone

cover his face.

report said

He is dark-ctimplected. but she couldn't
specify his race. (‘urless said he was white.
Drugs were not present at the scene. the

(‘urless said this seems to be an isolated
incident. The man's description does not
match descriptions from other crimes

The crime is listed as a seconddegree

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Hudson was iii charge of re
cruiting iiinior college players

Brooks said Hudson is trying
to figure out w here he‘s going to
work and live

“I'm sure he's making calls
and getting his house ready for
sale.‘ Brooks said "Wonderful
life this coaching "

While the losses mounted up
for UK (2-8. 1-6 Southeastern t'on
ferencei. attendance dwindled in
Commonwealth Stadium (‘on
cerns over ticket sales for next
season had some influence in
Barnhart's evaluation of where
the program is headed.

“We have a financial responsi
bility to this program." Barnhart
said.

The search for Hudson's re

burglary. which is when someone knowingly
enters or remains unlawfully iii a dwelling
with the intent to commit a crime. No items
were listed as being stolen. he said.

As a t‘lass (‘ felony. second-degree bur-
glary carries five to In years in prison.

"Looking at the undertones is what
makes it a personal crime." (‘urless said.

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 Tuesday.
Nov. 23, 2004
PAGE 3

Sports

Tim Wiseman
Sports Editor

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As North (‘arolina and Arizona
both found out over the weekend.
the road can be a scary place a
place where an early season tune-
up can prove to be anything but.

Santa Clara shocked the No. 3
Tar Heels 7766 in the Pete Newell
Challenge in Oakland. Calif. Fri-
day. while Virginia. picked to fin-
ish eighth in the Atlantic Coast
Conference this season. thumped
No. 11 Arizona 78-60 Sunday.

UK coach Tubby Smith and his
team look to avoid a similar pitfall
when they make their annual trip
to the US. Bank Arena in Cincin-
nati, where the Cats will take on
Ball State for the first time in
school history

”It will be a challenge for us."
Smith said. “Ball State has had
some extra time to prepare. and
they will present some problems
for us. They do a good job in their

offensive screening —- moving
without the ball -~ and they have a
veteran team returning.

“Tim Buckley's teams are al-
ways well coached and really do a
good job of shooting the threes. We
will be tested defensively. because
they execute extremely well."

Senior forward Chuck Hayes
said that such upsets are the na-
ture of the college game and that
the Cardinals will give the Cats all
they can handle.

“That‘s college basketball,“
Hayes said. “It’s not going to come
easy. They have some experience.
some athletes and some shooters
on the team.

“We are not taking them lightly.
We have our work cut out for us.“

Junior guard Patrick Sparks
knows what it's like to pull the up-
set while playing for a team from a
mid-major conference. As a fresh-
man at Western Kentucky Univer-
sity in 2001—02. Sparks led the Hill-

toppers into Rupp Arena and hand-
ed the then-N0. 3 Cats a 5442 defeat
in the season opener.

“I know exactly what they're
going through.” Sparks said.
“’They re going to come out with a
lot of intensity, and they’ re going
to be ready to play. We played
against them when I was at West-
ern. and it’s going to be a dogfight
— we just have to match their in-
tensity and let them know that
we‘re here to play and get a win."

Some think the Cats, with so
many underclassmen, might be
susceptible to an upset. but Smith
said that was not the case.

“We will rely on veteran play-
ers to give us the type of leader-
ship they have been giving us." he
said. “so the younger players un-
derstand what it takes to prepare
and how you should prepare for a
team."

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called the right play.
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hard deci

sion because as UK Athletic
Director Mitch Barnhart
said. ”You have to remember
that we're dealing with peo—
ple‘s lives here."

But it was the right deci~
sion.

Hudson‘s offense never
caught on at UK - not last
year and certainly not this
year.

In 2003. the (Tats‘ scoring
average dropped from 32.1
points per game to 27.3
points per game.

This season. the drop
was even more severe.

Through 10 games. the
t‘ats have averaged 14.2
points pet game. earning
them a ranking of 115th of
117 NCAA Division l-A
schools in scoring. ()1in
Washington and Arizona

score less.

In total offense. UK ranks
114th. Only Buffalo. Central
Florida and Duke are worse.

In 2003. UK scored 44
touchdowns. This season.
UK has just 17.

“Offensively. we didn't
get done what we wanted to
get done." Barnhart said.

That's why Hudson need-
ed to go. He simply wasn‘t
getting the job done.

Former UK wide receiver
Chris Bernard played for
Hudson last year. and he
said it was a frustrating sea-
son for the Cats‘ offense.

"The problem with this
offense is that not everyone
was buying into it." Bernard
said. “Some. of us did not un-
derstand the play-calling or
the way plays were being
drawn up."

This year. Bernard said
he saw more of the same.

“I don't think (the of.
fense) was ever going to get
going." he said. “I don‘t
think that offense was going
to work in the (Southeastern
Conferencei."

Like most UK fans.
Bernard winced when he
saw quarterback Jared
Lorenzen run the option.

“It makes no sense run-
ning the option with a 300-
pound quarterback.“ he
said.

Exactly

That was Hudson‘s fatal
flaw: his inability to adapt to
the personnel he inherited
at UK.

Instead of changing his
ways to meet the strength of
his players. he refused to
stray from his playbook.

Hudson inherited UK‘s
all-time leading passer in
Lorenzen and a pool of wide
receivers that included
record-breaker Derek Abney.
And he wasted them.

Lorenzen needed to do
what he did best — sit in the
pocket and throw the ball.

Hudson handcuffed him,
and it cost the Cats a chance
at a winning record.

With probation weighing
on UK. this season was sup-
posed to be tough.

It was not supposed to be
demoralizing.

And so Hudson did the
right thing. the reasonable
thing. the honorable thing _
he accepted the facts and
stepped aside.

His departure might not
equal immediate success for
UK. but it was the right
move at the right time.

“A change needed to hap-
pen." Bernard said.

Thankfully it did.

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Krystal Ball

Staff picks for the weekend of
Nov. 26, 2004

Derek Poore (62-22)
last week: 5-2

Tennessee 28, UK 3

Virginia Tech 16, Virginia l0

LSU 2i, Arkansas 17

Texas Tech 28, Oklahoma St. l4
Mississippi 3i. Mississippi St. 20
Colorado 28, Nebraska 24
Southern Cal 70, Notre Dame 10

Leslie Wilhite (59-25)
last week: 2- 5

Tennessee 34, UK to

Virginia Tech 24, Virginia l7
Arkansas 27, lSU 24

Texas Tech 37, Oklahoma St. 30
Mississippi 14, Mississippi St. 13
Nebraska 20, Colorado l7
Southern Cal 34. Notre Dame 20

Ben Roberts (56-28)

last week: 3-4

Tennessee 58, UK 0

Virginia Tech 17, Virginia 14

LSU 31, Arkansas 21

Texas Tech 27, Oklahoma St. Zl
Mississippi 54, Mississippi St. 52
Nebraska l2. Colorado 7
Southern Cal 38, Notre Dame l4

Steve lvey (55-29)
last week: 5-2

Tennessee 21. UK l7
Virginia Tech 35. Virginia 28
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LSU 28, Arkansas l4

Oklahoma St. 35, Texas Tech 31
Mississippi St. 9, Mississippi 7
Colorado 24, Nebraska l7
Southern Cal 3], Notre Dame 29

Lindsey Keith (55-29)
last week: 3-4

Tennessee 28. UK 21

Virginia Tech Zl, Virginia 17

LSU 31, Arkansas 28

Oklahoma St. 24. Texas Tech 14
Mississippi 31, Mississippi St. 21
Nebraska 38, Colorado 34
Southern Cal 38, Notre Dame 28

Jeff Patterson (55-29)

last week: 3-4

Louisville 44, Cincinnati 27
Virginia Tech 17, Virginia 14
Arkansas 27, LSU 23

Oklahoma St. 31, Texas Tech 27
Mississippi Zl, Mississippi St. IT
Nebraska 34, Colorado 23
Southern Cal 28. Notre Dame 20

Josh Sullivan (55-29)

last week: 3-4

Tennessee 70, UK 2

Virginia 17, Virginia Tech TO

LSU 35. Arkansas 21

Oklahoma St. 18, Texas Tech 7
Mississippi l0, Mississippi St. 7
Colorado 28, Nebraska l0
Southern Cal 17, Notre Dame l3

Tim Wiseman (54-30)
last week: 3-4

Tennessee 28, UK l0

Virginia Tech 17, Virginia 14

LSU 21, Arkansas 20

Texas Tech 31, Oklahoma St. 28
Mississippi 20. Mississippi St. 17
Nebraska 14, Colorado 13
Southern Cal 35, Notre Dame 32

Sara Cunningham (52-32)

last week: l-6

Tennessee 43, UK 29

Virginia Tech 17, Virginia 16

LSU 35, Arkansas 32

Texas Tech 38, Oklahoma St. 35
Mississippi 24, Mississippi St. 21
Nebraska 29, Colorado 26
Southern Cal Al, Notre Dame 16

Adam Sichllo (48-36)

last week: 5-2

Tennessee 28. UK 13

Virginia 21, Virginia Tech l7

LSU 37, Arkansas l0

Oklahoma St. 28. Texas Tech 27
Mississippi St. l7. Mississippi l0
Nebraska 24, Colorado 20