There was no finger-pointing or deflecting in Neyland Stadium’s visiting locker room after Kentucky Football’s embarrassing loss to Tennessee, only accountability throughout the team.
Mark Stoops said accountability was his message to Kentucky’s players following their 44-6 loss in the border rivalry.
“I told them that, just like always, that if we take a bad beating like this, that there’s gonna be no finger-pointing; you start by looking at yourself. And that’s not coach-speak or anything else. It’s the truth. Did you perform or coach or do the things, the best you can?”
On the UK Sports Network’s postgame show, Stoops told host Tom Leach, “Any competitor, nobody likes to get beat like that.