Bio Blast: Tennessee Volunteers

The Volunteer and Smokey start off the Vol Walk before a NCAA football game between Tennessee and UAB at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., September 20, 2025. (© Angelina Alcantar/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)Kentucky’s slow start in September has only gotten worse in October. After seeing games on the road against South Carolina and Georgia slip away from them in the first half, the Cats got off the mat and outplayed Texas everywhere but the scoreboard. This football team has shown improvement but you are what your record says you are. Another tough challenge has arrived in Week 9.

Kentucky (2-4, 0-4) will host No. 17 Tennessee (5-2, 2-2) under the lights at Kroger…