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Raw pain fills the locker room as Stoops and players react to OT heartbreak

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The whole team was gutted, read what they had to say after another loss.

Kentucky football's Mark Stoops breaks down loss to Ole Miss | Jeff Faughender/Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Mark Stoops looked gutted. His players were emotional. Kroger Field fell silent. It was a scene Big Blue Nation knows all too well, maximum effort, statistical domination, and somehow, another crushing defeat.

Kentucky lost 16-13 in overtime to No. 21 Texas, a game they controlled for nearly 40 minutes but couldn't finish, leaving players and fans alike asking, "How did this happen again?