UK postgame notes
*Kentucky is 4-2, 0-2 in the SEC.  South Carolina is 5-2, 2-2 in league play. 
*South Carolina leads the series 13-6-1, including 8-3 in Lexington.
*South Carolina has a nine-game win streak over the Wildcats.
*Kentucky returns to action Sat. Oct. 18 at home vs. Arkansas.  The game will begin at 7 p.m. and is a live telecast on ESPNU.
*UK held USC to 74 yards rushing; the fourth time in six games an opponent has rushed for 75 yards or less.
*UK converted just 1-of-16 third-down attempts and South Carolina converted 8-of-17 attempt on third down.
*Steve Spurrier led teams are now 16-0 against the Wildcats.
*1st Quarter Summary
USC's Ryan Succop missed a 49-yard field goal attempt with 7:07 remaining.
UK's Trevard Lindley intercepted USC's Chris Smelley and returned it 28 yards for the touchdown.  It was Lindley's eighth career interception and third this season.  It was also his second career touchdown but first interception return for TD.  The last UK player to return an interception for a TD was Micah Johnson last season for 21 yards vs. Florida Atlantic, 11/29/07. UK 7, USC 0 (4:33)
*An 84-yard kick return by USC's C. Munnerlyn setup a 16-yard touchdown pass from USC's Smelley to Kenny McKinley on the next play. UK 7, USC 7 (4:13)
*2nd Quarter Summary
USC's Jordin Lindsey blocked UK's Ryan Tydlacka's 21-yard field goal attempt.  It was recovered by USC's Captain Munnerlyn and returned for an 81-yard touchdown. USC 14, UK 7 (13:36)
*UK's Tony Dixon rushed for a 2-yard touchdown.  It was Dixon's fourth rushing TD of the season and 14th of his career.  UK 14, USC 14 (6:23)
*UK's Ryan Tydlacka nailed a career long 51-yard field goal.  Kentucky's last 50+ yard field goal was by Taylor Begley against Alabama in 2004; UK 17, USC 14 (0:04).
*3rd Quarter Summary
USC's Ryan Succop missed a 50-yard field goal attempt with 13:16 remaining.
UK's Ryan Tydlacka missed a 45-yard field goal attempt with 6:46 remaining.
USC's Ryan Succop missed a 40-yard field goal attempt with 2:31 remaining.
*4th Quarter Summary
USC's Stephen Garcia completed a pass to Weslye Saunders for a seven-yard touchdown.      USC 24, UK 17 (7:08)
*UK Individual Notes
*Dicky Lyons caught two passes for 12 yards. Lyons is now fifth all-time on the UK career receptions list with 139 and ranks fifth on the career receiving yardage list with 1,752 yards and tied for third on the career receiving TD list (18).
Lyons has caught at least two passes in 26 consecutive games 
*Sophomore Brad Durham earned his first collegiate start at right tackle.
*UK tied its season high for forced turnovers in the first quarter with three, including two interceptions and one forced fumble. 
*Junior Micah Johnson led the defense with a career-high 12 tackles.
*Sophomore Derrick Locke led the offense in both rushing and receiving yards for the second consecutive game. On the ground he gained 53 yards on 15 carries and caught eight balls, tying his career high set last week, for 57 yards through the air. Locke led the team with 146 all-purpose yards.
*Freshman Randall Cobb totaled a career-high eight receptions for 53 yards, also a career high.

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UC postgame notes
*The Bearcats finished the first half with a 210-63 advantage in total yards. UC held Rutgers to 63 yards in the half, a season low for an opponent (UC held Eastern Kentucky to 74 total yards in the first half of the first game of the 2008 season) and the Bearcats held Rutgers to two rushing yards and two first downs in the half.
*UC's 13 points in a game was its fewest points since Sept. 23, 2006 when the Bearcats lost, 29-13, at No. 11 Virginia Tech.
*It was UC's fewest points in a win since a 7-3 victory over Western Carolina on Sept. 17, 2005.
*UC did not record a passing touchdown for the first time this season and the first time since UC's 24-17 loss at Pitt last year (Oct. 20, 2007).
*The Bearcats did not force a turnover in the game, snapping a 19-game streak of forcing a turnover.
*Attendance: 32,370 - sixth largest crowd in UC history at Nippert Stadium.
*Kevin Huber finished the game with a career high nine punts, including a career best 64-yard punt. He tallied a career high 418 punting yards and landed 6-of-9 punts inside 20 yards, also a career high.
*Connor Barwin recorded two sacks in the game, the first time he's had two sacks in one game. Barwin leads the team with six sacks in 2008.
*Chazz Anderson had his second rushing touchdown in as many games with an 8-yard rush in the second quarter, giving UC a 10-0 lead. Anderson finished the game with 239 passing yards in his second career start at quarterback and recorded a career long 27-yard pass.
*D.J. Woods finished the game with a career high in receiving yards (67), receptions (4), and career long (24-yards). Woods had four total receptions on the season coming in to the game.   
*Jake Rogers kicked a 19-yard field goal in the first quarter marking the fourth straight game he connected on a field goal. He landed a 50-yard field goal in the third quarter which ties Eric Richards (vs. Southern Miss., 1997) and Phil Insalaco (vs. Miami (OH) 1988) for the sixth-longest field goal in UC history and is a season long for Rogers.  
*Marcus Barnett had a season long 27-yard reception, surpassing his previous season long of 24 set against Eastern Kentucky. He recorded a season high 79 receiving yards.
*Lamonte Nelms recorded his third sack of the season.
*Mike Mickens knocked down a pass with less than two minutes to play, recording his team-leading seventh pass breakup of the year.
*Jacob Ramsey finished with 85 yards on 14 carries including a five-carry, 48-yard tally in the fourth quarter.

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Ohio State postgame notes
• Jim Tressel’s record with the Buckeyes now is 79-17 (.823) and his career record is 214-74-2. Tressel’s 214 wins are tied for third-most among active FBS coaches with Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer. The Hokies were idle this week.
• Ohio State has outscored its opponents 50-10 this season in the first quarter.
• Brian Robiskie caught two passes for 19 yards and moved into ninth place on Ohio State’s all-time receptions list with 109.
• Robiskie has caught a pass in 31-consecutive regular-season games.
• Chris Wells gained 94 yards, the first time this season the junior has not rushed for at least 100 yards. His streak of five-consecutive 100-yard games dating to last year was snapped.
• Chris Wells moved into 10th place on Ohio State’s all-time rushing list with 2,664 yards, passing Calvin Murray, who ran for 2,576 yards from 1977-80.
• Terrelle Pryor made his fourth-consecutive start at quarterback for the Buckeyes. He is now 4-0 as a starter. Pryor was 10 of 14 through the air for 97 yards. He also ran 14 times for 27 yards.
• Brian Hartline has caught at least one pass in 25 consecutive games.
• James Laurinaitis led the defense with 10 tackles. He has 13 career games with 10 or more tackles and 44 in his last three games going into Saturday.
• Ohio State scored its first touchdown on a blocked punt by senior defensive back Malcolm Jenkins and was returned 20-yards by freshman linebacker Etienne Sabino. It was the first blocked punt for a touchdown since A.J. Hawk in 2005 vs. Northwestern. It also was Jenkins’ first blocked kick of his career.

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Bengals news
Signed free agent K Dave Rayner, a fourth-year NFL player from Michigan State. Rayner (6-2, 210) has 41 games of NFL experience, having played with Indianapolis in 2005, Green Bay in 2006 and Kansas City and San Diego in 2007. He has made 41 of 58 field goal attempts (70.7 percent), with a long of 54 yards, and he is 45-of-46 on PATs. He has 15 touchbacks on 41 career kickoffs.
            Rayner became a free agent for 2008 when his San Diego contract expired with no qualifying offer. He was signed and later released by Miami in June, and signed with Detroit on Aug. 9. He played in preseason games two and three with Detroit, going seven-for-eight on field goals and five-for-five on PATs. He was released by the Lions on Aug. 26. 
           Waived FB Reagan Maui'a, second-year player from Hawaii. Maui'a signed with the Bengals as a free agent on Sept. 3. He was inactive for Games 1-2 and 5, and started at FB in Games 3-4 (no statistics).

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UC basketball news
CINCINNATI - University of Cincinnati center John Riek, who suffered a knee injury last summer prior to the NBA Draft, will join the Bearcats following the fall quarter in December, head coach Mick Cronin announced today.
Riek, who escaped the war-ravaged Sudan as a teenager, comes to Cincinnati after exploding onto the basketball scene last summer at the LeBron James Skills Academy where he was named the event's top underclassman by recruiting analysts.
Following the camp, Riek spent the 2007-08 season at the Winchendon School, where his stock rose and he entered his name into the NBA Draft. Considered a potential lottery pick, Riek was named the No. 1 high school center in the country by Rivals.com and at one point was considered the top player available for the draft by Fox Sports' Jeff Goodman.

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Update on Mike from Fairfield
I stopped by to see Mike Thursday night. I got him some groceries and made sure he's going to be able to stay at the Motel for another week while he figures out what to do next.
He gave me a hug and had tears in his eyes. He was blown away by the support you guys have shown. Since 3pm Thursday there has been a steady stream of listeners stop by the Motel to offer help. When I arrived I saw Randall from Colerain. Hammy had stopped by earlier. Mike said it was the best day he's had in the last 3-4 weeks when all this began.
Friday I hope to have news on a 5th/3rd account for him if you would like to make a donation to help him get on his feet. You guys are the best! Thanks for answering the rally call.
I can't thank Mark Schlemmer of 980 WONE in Dayton enough for the heads up on Mike's situation. He helped me get the ball rolling on help for Mike.

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