For Kentucky football, the main goal remains attainable. Get to Atlanta. Win the SEC East. Play in the conference championship game. Short of that, the goal is to make that Nov. 19 matchup with Georgia at Kroger Field mean something. Or everything, actually.
Last Saturday’s loss at Ole Miss did nothing to change any of that. Mark Stoops’ Wildcats are now 4-1 overall and 1-1 in the SEC. They lost a game in which they shot themselves in the foot so many times it’s a wonder they could walk back to the team bus afterward. On Monday, Stoops said, “How can I say this without getting blasted? I thought it was a great football game.”
Hold the blast. It was a great game. Great atmosphere. Great setting. Kentucky fell from No. 7 to No. 13 in the AP poll, but is still a good football team. To lose a road game by three points to an unbeaten conference foe who was a seven-point favorite is nothing to be embarrassed about.
