In the first game of the season with Southern Miss traveling to Kentucky, there are many storylines and superlatives.
Nick Mullens enters his senior season after having a record-setting junior year that is garnering national attention; offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson returns to Kentucky after spending a lone season where the team finished with a 5-7 record in 2015; replacing contributors such as Kalan Reed, Michael Thomas and Rashod Hill to name a few, but most importantly, how Hopson and his nearly entirely new staff will pick up where Todd Monken left off with the Golden Eagle football program.