It’s one thing to lose. It’s another to lose at home. But it’s something completely different when your home stadium stops feeling like home.
That’s what Kroger Field has become, not just a place where Kentucky loses football games, but where the visitors take over and celebrate on Kentucky’s turf while the home crowd heads for the exits. It happened in the 2024 season finale against Louisville, and it happened again Saturday night against Tennessee. Two straight rivalry games in Lexington, two straight home invasions that turned into mostly empty bleachers and orange or red.
By the time the fourth quarter began against the Vols on Saturday, most Kentucky fans had already gone home, leaving the stadium orange.