Football will thankfully be back in our lives very soon
For now, the Kentucky Wildcats have released their 2016 football poster, which has been posted on Twitter:
Here it is, #BBN. The 2016 @UKFootball poster honoring the four players who integrated SEC football in the 1960s. pic.twitter.com/q9ajHgJqsd
— Kentucky Athletics (@UKAthletics) July 12, 2016
That's a pretty nice poster, but it only begins to explain the story of what it represents. Way back in the 60s, the first African-American football players in the Southeastern Conference were former football Wildcats Nate Northington, Greg Page, Wilbur Hackett and Houston Hogg.