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Offer to 5-star DL Asher Ghioto puts Kentucky in a recruiting war with a familiar foe

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And there are offers you send because you’re tired of acting like you can’t.

Kentucky offering Asher Ghioto falls into the second category, and that’s exactly why it matters.

Ghioto is a national-level defensive line prospect, the kind of name that usually gets claimed early by the programs that don’t take “no” personally. When a player is viewed in that tier, the recruiting map tends to look the same every year: the Georgias, the Alabamas, the Ohio States, the usual suspects.

Kentucky stepping into that conversation is a statement.

Not a guarantee. A statement.

Will Stein is swinging for the fences to steal the nation's No.