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Kentucky's Mark Stoops understands the thin line Tennessee's Butch Jones walks | Fletcher Page

LEXINGTON, Ky. — When Mark Stoops was asked Monday if he knew what Tennessee football coach Butch Jones is going through, I thought of a line by Bubbles from "The Wire."

"Thin line between heaven and here."

(If you haven't watched The Wire, you should. Three times, like I have).

For college football coaches, the margin between inking contract extensions and updating the resume in search of a new gig is tiny.

Many Kentucky fans, expressing anger, disappointment and sadness on social media, were ready for a coaching change when Stoops started last season 0-2.