Friday was not your typical Kentucky football Media Day, not when head coach Mark Stoops announced sophomore defensive lineman Josh Paschal has been diagnosed with a malignant melanoma and offensive line coach John Schlarman is also dealing with a health issue.
The news cast a pall over the usually sunny proceedings, a pall that hung in the air until finally, almost grudgingly, the questions turned to the normal media day topics of strengths, weaknesses, projections, expectations and, oh yeah, the quarterbacks.
Kentucky doesn’t have one. Not a starting quarterback, anyway. Not yet. Stephen Johnson has graduated, leaving a leadership hole at what most consider the sport’s most important spot.