The news broke last week that the 2019 Kentucky-Eastern Michigan football game — originally scheduled to be played in Ypsilanti, Mich. — will instead take place at Kroger Field.
For the first time since 2015, it means UK in 2019 will have eight home games. For the first time since 1991, it means the Wildcats will play two games in a season against Mid-American Conference teams.
Next year, Kentucky will open against Toledo on Aug. 31, followed a week later by the visit from financially-strapped EMU.
UK backers will want to get used to following the “MAC-tion.