John Clay is a sports columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader. A native of Central Kentucky and graduate of UK, he covered UK football for 13 seasons before being promoted to columnist in 2000. He lives in Lexington with his wife and two sons.
UK in SEC logjam
That historic sweep of Tennessee this past weekend put John Cohen's baseball Cats in much better position, but Kentucky hasn't sealed a bid to the SEC Tournament quite yet.
Fresh from the SEC Office, here is how the teams stack up (division winners, plus next six qualify):
- 1. Georgia 19-7-1 (leads East; clinched berth)
- 2. LSU 15-11-1 (leads West)
- 3. Vanderbilt 15-11
- 4. Kentucky 14-13
- 4. Florida 14-13
- 4. Alabama 14-13
- 4. Ole Miss 14-13
- 8. Arkansas 13-13
- 9. S. Carolina 13-14
- 10. Auburn 11-16 (won 2 of 3 from Tennessee)
- 11. Tennessee 11-16 (lost 2 of 3 from Auburn)
- 12. Miss. State 7-20 (eliminated from contention)
Final weekend
- Alabama at Georgia
- Arkansas at Miss. State
- LSU at Auburn
- Vanderbilt at Florida
- Tennessee at South Carolina
- Ole Miss at Kentucky
By the way, if you haven't read Mark Maloney's terrific piece on Saywer Carroll, published in the Herald-Leader over the weekend, you can find it here.
What's "historic" about pounding a last-place team?
Posted by:Joe D. | May 13, 2008 at 08:01 AM
They hadn't swept Tennessee in something like 20 years, I think.
Posted by:John Clay | May 13, 2008 at 09:34 AM