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Kirk Herbstreit surprises Mark Stoops on radio: "I love watching your team play."

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“Kirk from Ohio, you’re on with Mark Stoops.”

The Kentucky head football coach hears from fans every Monday evening throughout the season during his call-in radio show, and tonight was no different. This time, though, it was ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit calling in to congratulate his longtime friend on defeating Florida on the road to become the program’s all-time winningest coach.

Herbstreit, a native of Centerville, OH, wanted to publicly give Stoops his flowers for building a tough, winning culture in Lexington.