When Kentucky Visits, So Do Its Fans STARKVILLE, Miss. - Five hours before Mississippi State was to play No. 1 Kentucky here Tuesday night, white T-shirts were left on the backs of nearly all the 10,500 seats in Humphrey Coliseum. It was a "white out," a sign of spirit, except it was not a complete white out. There was some blue in The Hump, although it was not as discernible as in some other arenas. This is the fourth smallest arena in the Southeastern Conference, which helped immensely with Mississippi State's home-court advantage, but there was still some Kentucky blue. Kentucky fans are roving revenue in the SEC. They usually fill up the empty seats in the arenas of opposing teams, which is annoying to home coaches, although welcomed by the accountants. This is, after all, a football league. It is an old story that Kentucky fans travel well, but they are really traveling with their team 26-1 this season. South Carolina is averaging 9,028 in attendance, but managed 16,527 when the Wildcats came to Columbia. Georgia is averaging 6,783 and had 10,523 for its home game with Kentucky. Auburn's average attendance jumped to 9,121 from 6,299; and Tennessee, in its first post-Bruce Pearl season, averages 17,116, but saw that number jump to 21,678 with Big Blue on the prowl. Vanderbilt did not leave as many spots for the Kentucky fans, if comparing numbers. The Commodores average 13,659. The crowd when the Wildcats hit town was 14,316. Tim Pember, a Kentucky fan who lives in Spartanburg, S.C., said the arena at the University of South Carolina was more than half full with Kentucky fans. "You came out of their feeling like you were at a Kentucky home game because at the end of the game it was mostly Kentucky people left," Pember said. Rick Wolfe, a Kentucky fan from Falmouth, Ky., bought his tickets to this game in November; and drove 570 miles to get to Tuesday's game. Each ticket was $30, which is considered a bargain for Kentucky fans shut out of Rupp Arena by a waiting list that some say is 20 years long.