After 13 seasons, you might expect a head coach’s message to evolve. But for Kentucky’s Mark Stoops, the post-game press conference following a disappointing loss has become a predictable routine. The names of the opponents change, but the excuses remain the same.
Let’s look at the pattern of déjà vu that has defined a decade of Kentucky football.
The excuse generator through the years
- 2018, after a 24-7 blowout loss to an unranked Tennessee: “We didn’t play good enough, didn’t have them prepared well enough and we need to do a better job.