College coaches want the best facilities in the country. Over the summer the competition for upgrades led to a war of words between John Calipari and Mark Stoops. That old feud bubbled back to the surface this week. Friday morning Mitch Barnhart tried to diffuse the situation, particularly the facility piece, by explaining the long process required to make significant changes to infrastructure on the University of Kentucky campus.
In February the Board of Trustees approved a $25 million proposal to give Mark Stoops a 100-yard indoor football facility. Track and field currently takes up some of the real estate, shrinking the old practice surface for the UK football team.