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5 reasons Kentucky football should remain optimistic about 2018 season

UK coach Mark Stoops' post-Texas A&M news conference Jon Hale, Louisville Courier Journal

With Saturday night's overtime loss at Texas A&M comes the inevitable – and seemingly annual – tug of negativity when it comes to a Kentucky football season.

This time, though, you might want to curb that.

The kind of result that in the past would have been deflating and a turning point for a Kentucky football season might not be in 2018.

Looking for reasons, UK fans, to remain optimistic about this team?