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Mark Story: To have a shot at Florida, UK will need a better Levis — and a stouter Big Blue Wall

Will Levis had just hung 303 passing yards and three touchdowns on Miami (Ohio). The Penn State transfer had just run his record as Kentucky’s starting quarterback to 11-3 with a 37-13 vanquishing of the plucky RedHawks.

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Mark Story: Why you are about to watch the most-scrutinized Kentucky football season in history

Over the short term, I would argue Mark Stoops was the winner in the public dust-up with John Calipari that followed last month’s “basketball school” imbroglio.

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John Clay: What impact will current disciplinary distraction have on Kentucky’s football season?

Days away from the season opener, the last thing any football coach wants is a distraction. Yet a distraction is exactly what Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops is dealing with before Saturday night’s date with Miami (Ohio) at Kroger Field.

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John Clay’s preseason college football Top 25: There’s a familiar name at the top

My college football preseason top 25:

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Mark Story: As season draws near, five things Mark Stoops should be worried about

For a Kentucky football program that so often plays the “we get no respect” card, the 2022 Wildcats are basking in preseason esteem.

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Mark Story: Is there a scenario where UK football goes 11-1 in 2022 — and Cats fans are unhappy?

The University of Kentucky began playing football in 1881. In all the time since, no Wildcats team has ever reached 11 wins in a regular season.

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John Clay: In defense of Mitch Barnhart, the athletics director dealing with UK’s departmental drama

Mitch Barnhart turns 63 later this month, but forgive him if he feels more like 163.

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Mark Story: Can UK prevent Stoops-Calipari from becoming Bear Bryant-Adolph Rupp II?

Adolph Rupp is the greatest men’s basketball coach in Southeastern Conference history. Before Nick Saban, Bear Bryant was the greatest football coach the SEC had ever seen.

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Barnhart’s Message to Kentucky Coaches Worth a Second Look

The public discourse between John Calipari and Mark Stoops did not sit well with the Wildcats’ normally quiet AD.

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John Clay: We’re witnessing a strange, new chapter in University of Kentucky athletics

Just when you think you’ve seen it all, you see something new.

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Mark Story: Why describing Kentucky as ‘a basketball school’ is problematic — and outdated

LEXINGTON, Ky. — When Alabama football visited Lexington to play Kentucky in 2013, a player both schools were then recruiting, John Hardin defensive lineman Matt Elam, was making an unofficial recruiting visit to UK.

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‘This program wasn’t born on third base’: Stoops-Calipari feud not settling down yet

LEXINGTON, Ky. — So much for the feud between John Calipari and Mark Stoops blowing over quickly.

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John Clay: Once again, Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops shows he’s not about to back down

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops has a difficult enough job battling the likes of Nick Saban and Kirby Smart and Jimbo Fisher, much less having to go toe-to-toe with his own basketball coach.

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John Calipari called Kentucky a ‘basketball school’ and Mark Stoops, obviously, objected (with receipts!)

John Calipari has rubbed people the wrong way with his brash comments in the past but this time he stepped on the toes of his Kentucky coworker Mark Stoops.

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Is UK a basketball school? Mark Stoops and John Calipari at odds over facilities comment.

John Calipari’s public crusade for basketball facility improvements turned into a public Twitter fight with Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops on Thursday.

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For just the fifth time in history, Kentucky football is ranked in a major preseason poll

For just the fifth time in program history, Kentucky football will enter a season ranked in at least one of the major polls.

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As season approaches, Eastern Kentucky high schools forge ahead with football preparations

The deadly and devastating flooding that’s occurred in Eastern Kentucky in recent weeks has affected nearly all areas of life in the mountains, including one of the region’s proudest traditions: high school football.

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Mark Story: ‘I’ve got to start playing.’ Beau Allen’s transfer driven by urgency, father says.

If his father is correct, quarterback Beau Allen’s unexpected decision last week to transfer from the Kentucky football program may have taken root during UK’s 31-17 drubbing at Mississippi State last Oct 30.

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Mark Story: In 2022, Mark Stoops will make UK football history, but his program faces two big tests

Barring an unforeseen cataclysm, Mark Stoops will make University of Kentucky sports history in 2022. When UK kicks off its season Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. vs. Miami (Ohio) at Kroger Field, Stoops will set a new longevity record for a Kentucky head football coach by commencing a 10th season…

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Mark Story: As Beau Allen enters the transfer portal, what will UK do for a backup QB?

Kentucky Wildcats quarterback Beau Allen announced Wednesday via his Twitter feed that he is entering the transfer portal.

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Mark Story: The 10 players and coaches on the spot in Kentucky college football in 2022

In 2021, there were big achievements in Kentucky college football.

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Florida QB Anthony Richardson dumps ‘AR-15’ nickname

Richardson said he doesn’t want to be linked to the semiautomatic rifle used in mass shootings.

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Mark Story: Kentucky and Mark Stoops keep confounding one of college football’s top pundits

One of the best days of each sports year arrived for me last week: I bought the annual Phil Steele’s College Football Preview.

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John Clay: SEC football is less than two months away. Here’s a ranking of the league’s coaches.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — When it comes to SEC football, there is no such thing as an offseason.

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John Clay: Never mind the skill stars, Kentucky football’s 2022 fate will be decided up front

Kentucky football’s fanatical followers probably peg the Wildcats’ 2022 chances on Will Levis’ arm, Chris Rodriguez’s status, Wan’Dale Robinson’s replacement and strengthening a shaky secondary.

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