Back in the day, Dusty Bonner succeeded Kentucky Wildcats icon Tim Couch as UK’s starting quarterback.
Next to that, Bonner’s challenge of helping replace Freddie Maggard as analyst on the “Countdown to Kickoff” show before radio broadcasts of University of Kentucky football games this season pales.
Maggard, also a former UK quarterback, had created a popular niche in local sports media with in-depth analysis of Wildcats football. So when he joined Mark Stoops’ staff as a player development aide this spring, it left a void.
Bonner, Kentucky’s starting QB in 1999, and Jeremy Jarmon, a standout defensive end for UK from 2006-08, will try to fill that when they join host Christi Thomas on the two-hour pregame program beginning Saturday before Coach Mark Stoops and the Cats face Central Michigan in the 2018 season opener.