Big Red’s Reads: Yelder to Super Bowl, Doyle to Pro Bowl & Hollingsworth POTW
Happy Tuesday Hilltopper Nation. After an eventful weekend, we’ve got a lot of WKU news to catch up on. Here’s a rundown of everything you…
Happy Tuesday Hilltopper Nation. After an eventful weekend, we’ve got a lot of WKU news to catch up on. Here’s a rundown of everything you may have missed over the past few days
With the Kansas City Chiefs defeating the Titans on Sunday we’ll have a ProTopper in the Super Bowl for the second year in a row. Deon Yelder will get the chance to be WKU’s first Super Bowl Champion to actually play in the game.
Defensive Line Coach and Ace Recruiter Jimmy Lindsey is leaving to join Lovie Smith’s staff at Illinois
Taveion Hollingsworth averaged 26.5 points last week as WKU Basketball went 2–0 in the process. For his efforts, he earned Co-Conference USA Player of the week with UTEP’s Bryson Williams.
Elliott Pratt from the BG Daily News discusses how the move back to shooting guard has helped Hollingsworth recapture his past magic
With Vanderbilt not making a three-pointer for the first time ever, WKU Basketball now sits in third place on the active list of most made in a row
The Houston Texans have fired Former Hilltopper great Romeo Crennel as Defensive Coordinator after the team’s collapse against Kansas City. Here’s to hoping this isn’t the last stop for the Hilltopper coaching great.
Jack Doyle received word yesterday that he’ll be replacing Travis Kelce on the Pro Bowl roster. This will be Captain Jack’s second Pro Bowl selection in 7 seasons, which is tops among former Hilltoppers
I’m still kind of surprised that Tyler Higbee got snubbed after his breakthrough December
Mike DeCourcy and Fox College Hoops released their updated bracket projections and they have WKU as a #14 seed in the South region.
Mik’Quan Deane looks to make an impact for the XFL’s St Louis Battlehawks
WDRB’s John Lewis discusses Carson Williams's impact on this year’s Hilltoppers squad.
The WKU/Marshall football game from this season was ranked the #95 game of 2019 by ESPN’s Bill Connelly.
Former Hilltopper Running Back Joshua Samuel will be heading to FCS Jacksonville State
Former WKU Football Commitment Jay Jay Williams is heading to FCS Tennessee Tech. It appears that WKU stopped recruiting the Florida speedster
WKU Sports did this nice feature on Senior Lady Topper Whitney Creech
Our own Matt McCay reviewed last week’s 1–1 road trip in his Lady Topper Notebook
WKU Insider discussed three recent football offers from the WKU coaching staff
The Ticket office is looking for some feedback from the fans
CUSA Report ranks WKU #1 in the league after the convincing win over North Texas
WKU will attempt to make the February 6th matchup against CUSA contender Louisiana Tech special as they’ve announced a blackout and are busting out the black uniforms again. Hopefully, it goes better than the UAB Game
Two Conference USA men’s basketball games occurred on Monday. Here are the results
With the win, UNT moves a half-game ahead of WKU for first place in the conference
Lady Topper Tennis earned a 7–0 sweep over Western Illinois on Sunday.
WKU Softball is just around the corner
It’s officially Moonshine Throwdown week as WKU will play Marshall three times this week (twice in men’s and once in women’s basketball). Here’s a preview of Wednesday’s tough road game.
Go Tops, this is a huge week for WKU’s various basketball teams as we’ll see if they can carry over their recent momentum to rivalry victories. If you ever come across an interesting WKU-related article send it our way via Twitter at @TheTowelRackWKU or on our Facebook page.