UK coach Mark Stoops' post-Texas A&M news conference Jon Hale, Louisville Courier Journal
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - As Miles Butler’s 43-yard field-goal attempt clanked off the crossbar in overtime Saturday, it was time to confront the new reality of Kentucky football.
For most of six consecutive quarters, Kentucky’s offense had looked nothing like the unit that helped power the Wildcats to a 5-0 start. Had Darius West’s fumble return for a touchdown propelled UK to an improbable overtime win at Texas A&M Saturday, that fact would not have changed.