When Mark Stoops took over the Kentucky football program in 2012, it was nothing but an optimistic glimmer of hope. It couldn’t get much worse in Lexington. Bone-headed plays, two-win seasons, heartbreaking losses, and the longest run of misfortune in the SEC.
Since then, Mark Stoops has obviously turned things around here. Kentucky started winning the close games, they got the top-10 draft pick, they got the best rushing attack in the SEC, they had a wide receiver win six games at quarterback, they had a game for the chance to go to the SEC Championship.
Times have been very good in Lexington under Mark Stoops.