I’m sure J Batt will happily trade in half a million dollars for a top 10 football win at home.
The Southeastern Conference announced Sunday afternoon that the University of Kentucky has been fined $500,000 for violating the league’s access to competition area policy due to fans entering the field after the Wildcats beat then-No. 10 LSU 35-34 in overtime on Saturday night in Kroger Field. We knew this was coming. I’m not sure any fan — or even most inside the Athletics Department — is too concerned about the financial hit, though.
When it comes to intraconference matchups, these fines are paid to the opposing team, so the Tigers will at least leave Lexington with a parting gift on their way back to Baton Rouge. They can use it to make their already expensive roster even more expensive in 2027. Maybe then they’ll have a chance to beat Kentucky!
From the moment quarterback skipped untouched into the end zone on Kentucky’s game-winning two-point conversion, the Big Blue Nation quickly spilled onto the Kroger Field turf. The atmosphere around the stadium and throughout Lexington was at an all-time high from morning until night. Some UK fans even stole LSU’s basketball on the sideline and dunked on the goal the Tigers had set up. State Street, as expected, was literally on fire…