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Central Michigan trash talk grows the chip on Benny Snell's shoulder

UK players will honor coach John Schlarman and teammate Josh Paschal with a patch on their helmets this season. Jon Hale, Louisville Courier Journal

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Central Michigan running back Jonathan Ward poked the bear this week.

“I don’t know him,” Ward said of Kentucky running back Benny Snell to the Central Michigan student newspaper. "I don’t think there’s anything too special.”

If Ward had known more about Snell, perhaps he would have realized it is exactly that type of perceived slight that has motivated Kentucky’s star running back for years since the Westerville, Ohio native failed to drum up any significant recruiting interest from Ohio State despite attending high school less than 15 miles from the Buckeyes campus.