When discussion arose around the possible exodus of University of Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops for less blue pastures in December, one wish-list item continued to come up: a dedicated indoor training facility for the football team.
Currently, UK's football team is one of three in the Southeastern Conference, along with Ole Miss and Vanderbilt, whose indoor turf is limited due to the presence of a surrounding track surface. Stoops' latest extension was signed with a handshake agreement in place that, by sometime in the foreseeable future, that will no longer be the case.
While the school isn't prepared to make a formal announcement — there are university protocols through which to go and logistics to determine — UK Director of Athletics Mitch Barnhart hopes that "within short order" there will be news to share on that matter.
