Former University of Kentucky football player Wilbur Hackett, Jr. will be featured on the HBO documentary, “Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football,” which chronicles the heyday of football programs at historically black colleges and universities and explores the effect of the Civil Rights movement on intercollegiate athletics. The story culminates with the Sept. 1970 game between USC, which featured African-American running back Sam “Bam” Cunningham, and the University of Alabama, which featured legendary head coach Paul “Bear” Bryant. The documentary debuts on Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 10 p.m. on HBO.

Hackett lettered at UK from 1968-70 where he became the first black football team captain in SEC history, according to Kentucky’s media guide. In 1970, Hackett shared the Wildcats’s Most Valuable Player award with fellow linebacker Joe Federspiel. Hackett is currently an official for the Southeastern Conference.

The Nov. 29 Kentucky-Tennessee game has been selected for live telecast on ESPN2 at 6:30. The game will be Phil Fulmer’s final game as the Volunteers’ head coach. Tennessee has beaten UK 23 straight times, the longest such winning streak in the nation.

While the UK-Mississippi State game will be broadcast on ESPN GamePlan, it will be blacked out in the states of Kentucky and Mississippi, leaving pay-per-view as the only option for Wildcat fans in the Bluegrass to see the game live.

Those interested should contact their local cable systems and satellite providers. The suggested price is $24.95 in advance, $29.95 on the day of game, but final pricing decisions are made by the cable/satellite providers. The game is set for a 2:30 p.m. EST kickoff.

The Georgia at Kentucky football game on Nov. 8 has been placed on a six-day advance selection by the Southeastern Conference and will be televised by ESPN, ESPN2 or Raycom Sports, the SEC Office has announced.

The television and game-time assignments are dependent on the outcome of this week’s Florida vs. Georgia game.

• If Georgia defeats Florida, the Georgia-UK game will be televised at 8 p.m. on ESPN or ESPN2.
• If Georgia loses to Florida, the Georgia-UK game will be a regional telecast at 12:30 p.m. by Raycom Sports.

The Kentucky at Mississippi State football game on Nov. 1 will be televised live on a pay-per-view basis.

The game will be televised live in Kentucky by participating cable systems and satellite providers.  The suggested price is $24.95 in advance, $29.95 on the day of game, but final pricing decisions are made by the cable/satellite providers.  Residents of Kentucky interested in ordering the game should contact their local cable/satellite providers.

The game is under consideration to be picked up by ESPN GamePlan.  An announcement will be made when GamePlan makes its decision.

The game is set for Sat. Nov. 1 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern time (1:30 p.m. Central time in Starkville).

The Nov. 2 UK-Mississippi State game will kickoff at 2:30 EST, MSU announced on Monday. The game was not picked up for live broadcast.

UK student Angie Beavins, a senior journalism major, will serve as ESPNU’s ‘Campus Connection’ broadcaster for network’s broadcast of the Arkansas-Kentucky game Saturday night. Beavins is also contributing to a pair of segments on the UK basketball team for the network’s ‘Midnight Madness’ coverage. UK is now one of 82 schools participating in ‘Campus Connection’, a student-run initiative that includes students announcing games (play-by-play announcer and analyst), sideline reporting and producing televised events on ESPNU involving their schools, as well as contributing special segments and feature stories for other ESPN networks and writing articles for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine.

ESPNU’s coverage of UK-Arkansas begins at 7 p.m.

ESPN GamePlan has added Kentucky’s first two home games, vs. Norfolk State and Middle Tennessee, to its telecast list, which means out-of-state fans can pick up the telecasts. Here is the updated TV situation for those two games:

Norfolk State (Sept. 6, 6 p.m. EDT)

- Televised live within the state of Kentucky on pay-per-view basis (suggested price $24.95 in advance, $29.95 day of game; cable/satellite providers make final decision on pricing)

- Kentucky residents interested in ordering the game should contact their cable/satellite provider

- Televised live outside of Kentucky as part of ESPN GamePlan. (Note: GamePlan’s coverage of UK-Norfolk State will be blacked out within Kentucky borders)

- Non-Kentucky residents interested in ordering GamePlan should contact their local cable/satellite provider

- Broadcast available to Big Blue Sports Network affiliates on a delayed basis

Middle Tennessee (Sept. 13, 7 p.m. EDT)

- Televised live within the state of Kentucky on pay-per-view basis (suggested price $24.95 in advance, $29.95 day of game; cable/satellite providers make final decision on pricing)

- Kentucky residents interested in ordering the game should contact their cable/satellite provider

- Televised live outside of Kentucky as part of ESPN GamePlan. (Note: GamePlan’s coverage of UK-Middle Tennessee will be blacked out within Kentucky borders)

- Non-Kentucky residents interested in ordering GamePlan should contact their local cable/satellite provider

- Broadcast available to Big Blue Sports Network affiliates on a delayed basis