The Latest Breaking News from Mark Stoops

LEXINGTON, Ky. — For the Kentucky football offense, it is go time.

We should have expected this. Four starters gone. Two were NFL Draft picks. A third was the starting left tackle. One former starting guard is now starting at center. The other former starting guard is now playing tackle. Little wonder Kentucky football’s offensive line has started, should we say, slowly.

Nebraska will pay (handsomely) for its denial around its now-former coach, but it isn’t the only program in hot water.

If you peruse the Florida pregame notes package previewing the No. 12 Gators’ SEC East showdown Saturday night against No. 20 Kentucky, you find an interesting nugget.

There’s a reason it’s called “The Swamp”

LEXINGTON, Ky. — On Saturday night, Mark Stoops earned his 60th career win as Kentucky’s football coach with No. 20 UK’s uneven 37-13 victory over Miami (Ohio).

Will Levis had just hung 303 passing yards and three touchdowns on Miami (Ohio). The Penn State transfer had just run his record as Kentucky’s starting quarterback to 11-3 with a 37-13 vanquishing of the plucky RedHawks.

Over the short term, I would argue Mark Stoops was the winner in the public dust-up with John Calipari that followed last month’s “basketball school” imbroglio.

Days away from the season opener, the last thing any football coach wants is a distraction. Yet a distraction is exactly what Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops is dealing with before Saturday night’s date with Miami (Ohio) at Kroger Field.