It will be an early wake-up call for Coach Mark Stoops and the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday with an 11:00 am CT kickoff against Ole Miss as a pair of ranked, undefeated teams, will collide in Oxford.
In addition to the early start time, the Wildcats will be in unfamiliar territory, staying an hour away from Vaught-Hemingway Stadium at a Tupelo hotel in what Stoops said this week would be his very first trip to Oxford during his long coaching career.
What will be familiar to Stoops is Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin as the two have battled for years at various coaching stops, including the last meeting between the two teams in 2000 that resulted in Kiffin’s first win as the Rebels head coach.