Kentucky was drowning with no obvious life raft to save the program — or Mark Stoops as head coach. Sitting at 2-5 on the year and winless in the SEC, coming off a three-touchdown home loss to rival Tennessee, a path to bowl eligibility was technically there if you squinted hard enough, but you had to be crazy to consider it a legitimate possibility.
And, fortunately, it appears this group of Wildcats has a few screws loose.
First, it was an old-fashioned slobberknocker on the Plains, beating Auburn 10-3 to force the Tigers to make a coaching change.