Kentucky Sports Radio · Apr 21, 2017
Kentucky’s Spring Practice was Uncharacteristically Quiet, and That’s a Good Thing
The 2017 edition of Kentucky spring football was unlike any I’ve covered in five years for Kentucky Sports Radio. It was quiet, almost too quiet.Spring practice has been quiet in the past, mostly due to apathy. Since Mark Stoops arrived four years ago, spring football personified the season. Optimism filled the air like pollen, creating unsubstantiated expectations that created plenty of noise, but would slowly turn into a nuisance.
In his first year, more than 50,000 fans showed Stoops they cared about the football program. Just hearing Stoops’ rhetoric brought fans in droves. They knew there wasn’t much to see, but it was enlightening to hear hope from the head football coach.