Kentucky Football head coach Mark Stoops is approaching this Saturday’s game against FCS opponent UT-Chattanooga as if it were the most important game of the season.
Now 2-0 to start the 2021 season, Kentucky is riding rather high off a 35-28 win over the Missouri Tigers last weekend. Beating Mizzou was necessary if the Wildcats wanted to make a serious run for Atlanta and the team took care of business. In all likelihood, Kentucky will steamroll UT-Chattanooga in a couple of days (UK opened as a 31-point favorite), but that’s not the mindset the ‘Cats will walk onto Kroger Field with.