Big Red’s Reads: McKnight Wins Mr. Basketball, RIP Joe Bugel & College Football News Preview
Happy Monday Hilltopper Fans, over the course of the weekend a lot of noteworthy WKU related news came out. With that in mind, we thought…
Happy Monday Hilltopper Fans, over the course of the weekend a lot of noteworthy WKU related news came out. With that in mind, we thought we’d update you on the WKU’s related content on the internet. Here’s what you may have missed over the past few days:
Western Kentucky signee Dayvion McKnight won the Mr. Kentucky Basketball award on Sunday. The Shelbyville native is the fourth winner in the last six to end up in Bowling Green for their college career.
Former WKU Football player and NFL coach Joe Bugel passed away at 80 years old.
NFL writer Dan Daly has a lot of good tidbits about Bugel on his twitter feed
The Athletic wrapped up their mascot week stories by discussing the Big Red v. Gabbibo saga.
WKU commit Keshawn Murphy continues to impress
The WKU Board of Regents approved a budget with $27 Million in cuts due to COVID-19.
The WKU Athletics department will cut $1 million from its budget as a result. Todd Stewart discusses in the Bowling Green Daily News how the department is adjusting to yet another budget challenge.
WKU Football did gain $35 Million in national exposure during the 2019 football season. Hopefully, that exposure translates to enough interest in the program to overcome the budget challenges above.
Four Western Kentucky Basketball players made Making the Madness’ Top 100 Mid Major players for the 20–21 season.
College Football News continued its 2020 previews with its WKU preview. Here is a deep dive preview on the 2020 Hilltoppers. CFN predicts WKU will win 8 games in 2020.
Offensive Lineman Cole Spencer is one of the top returning lineman in the G5.
Softball America tabbed WKU as a Mid-Major program to watch in 2021.
D1 Softball ranked pitcher Kelsey Aikey as the 23rd best pitcher in America according to their analytics.
Tyler Higbee’s late-season surge should lead to great fantasy football potential in 2020
WKU Soccer served the community by participating in the Soccer United Against Hunger campaign.
WKU pitcher Dalton Mesaris is showing off some filthy stuff during summer ball
We’re sorry for the sparse content lately, hopefully this piece will be the start of everything picking back up. If you come across anything WKU related, please share it with us on Twitter or Facebook.