As he was walking back into the locker room, Mark Stoops stopped for one final question.
Those feelings he described of going home from the past two bowl games empty-handed and dejected, what about this time just moments after hoisting the Citrus Bowl trophy on New Year’s Day?
“We weren’t going home without it,” Stoops said with a giant grin right before rushing back in to a locker room full of celebrating Cats.
With a 27-24 victory over Penn State on Tuesday, Stoops and his Kentucky team made all kinds of history, starting with getting 10 wins for the first time since 1977.