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Student expectations higher than ever as football season approaches

Cue up “Grove Street Party” because Lexington is ready for the 2022 Kentucky football season to get underway.

The Wildcats are coming off a 10-3 season, finishing second in the SEC East while also clinching their second Citrus Bowl trophy over Iowa, something that might have seemed implausible to Wildcat fans just one decade ago.

Before current head coach Mark Stoops took the reins, Kentucky saw some of the lowest lows the program has ever seen.

In his three seasons at the helm Joker Phillips finished with a 13-24 record, being dismissed after his squad went 2-10 in 2012.