Kentucky plays Eastern Kentucky in Lexington this coming Oct. 3, and usually, an SEC team hosting a nearby FCS opponent wouldn't be reason to expect any out-of-the-ordinary chippiness or frayed tempers.
But after the events of this past January, the officials of that game will be on the highest of alerts. Kentucky.com reported Tuesday on documents and videos released by the Richmond, Ky. police department on two separate incidents involving Wildcats and Colonels players: the first a Jan. 25 bar fight involving three UK players and EKU lineman Colton Scurry, and the second a punch thrown by EKU's Patrick Graffree that lays out Kentucky quarterback Drew Barker in the lobby of an EKU dorm.
In video of the second incident, which according to the Kentucky.com description occurred the same night as the bar fight, individuals identified by police as Barker and teammates Dorian Baker and Tymere Dubose are part of a crowd in EKU's Telford Hall when Graffree enters. Graffree -- a former Kentucky defensive lineman who transferred to EKU -- removes his sweatshirt and punches Barker in the side of the head, sending Barker to the floor. Watch:
Barker, Baker and Dubose (who police said arrived at the EKU dorm with a female student who lived there) were the same three players involved in the bar fight, which sent Scurry to the hospital with a broken nose and facial fractures. Police called Scurry the "primary aggressor" in the confrontation, and last week a grand jury declined to bring any charges against the Wildcat players. Video of the bar incident from the Courier-Journal:
Barker, Baker and Dubose were also three of the four Wildcats suspended last September for a pellet gun incident on the Kentucky campus.
