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Mandatory Credit: Mark Zerof-USA TODAY Sports

As we all know, Commonwealth Stadium is getting a new look this year and the Kentucky Wildcats will have a brand new turf to play on.  And yesterday, the new design was revealed on Twitter.

Granted, it’s not perfect, but I like it a lot.  Like most of the twitter-verse, I think that the new logo is a bit off and want it to be a lot bigger.  But as for the checkerboards?  I like them.  And apparently, a lot of thought went into this design.

"A few months ago, Mitch Barnhart gave a hint about what was to come for Kentucky’s updated athletics facilities, including the $120 million renovation of Commonwealth Stadium. “What we’ve come to do in our facilities is a pretty clean look that is a little edgy, that’s got an element of cool to it,” the Kentucky athletics director said. “Hopefully we’ve done that. There’s a bit of a traditional piece to it that I want to keep. I want to incorporate all of those things.” All of those things are evident in the new turf field design for Commonwealth Stadium, which UK plans to unveil on Thursday. We got a sneak peek this morning: The clean, classic design features the blue checkerboard “pattern of excellence” based on Secretariat’s silks in both end zones and team areas. The pattern, based on Secretariat’s silks, has been a part of the UK football uniforms for the past five seasons. The painted end zones, which say “Kentucky” in block letters, were a regular request in the BBN First initiativefrom last summer where UK solicited feedback from fans about many athletics traditions. The checkerboard pattern in the end zones was test for the final home game in 2014 and became part of the new field’s look, which was designed by UK athletics administrators as well as Coach Mark Stoops."

Nov 15, 2014; Knoxville, TN, USA; Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Stoops during the first half against the Tennessee Volunteers at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports

Kentucky Wildcats football commit Landon Young is getting a lot of attention from other schools and Auburn recently extended an offer.  Wildcat fans rightfully think this may be a repeat of January when several commits flipped at the last-minute, but Young seems committed to the Wildcats.  

"Young said Thursday that he has now received a scholarship offer from Auburn. The 6-foot-7, 290-pound prospect also has offers from Alabama, Ohio State and South Carolina. He has said numerous times that he is solid in his commitment to UK. Young committed to the Cats in June of 2013, less than a year after Mark Stoops took over the program. He was UK’s first commitment for the class of 2016, and ESPN considers him the nation’s No. 140 overall prospect and the Cats’ No. 1 pledge in the class."

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