UK’s Stoops wants full house for Mississippi State Saturday

Kentucky coach Mark Stoops wants Kroger Field to be packed when the Wildcats host Mississippi State Saturday night. However, the Courier Journal reports more than 14-thousand tickets as of this morning were still available for the SEC showdown. Kickoff is just after 6 Hopkinsville time, with pregame coverage at 4 on Lite Rock 98.7 and lite987whop.com.

Even though the Wildcats are just getting into their 2018 season, the 2019 schedule was announced today. Kentucky will open the season hosting Toledo August 31st, followed by Eastern Michigan on September 7th and the SEC home opener with Florida September 14th.

Other home dates next year include: Arkansas October 12th, Missouri October 26th, Tennessee November 9th, UT Martin November 23rd and Louisville November 30th.

Road games are Mississippi State September 21st, South Carolina September 28th, Georgia October 19th and Vanderbilt November 16th.