Well, here we are. I can't remember a Kentucky Wildcats football team that's taken a beating this bad in the realm of public opinion since the Joker Phillips era. For the first time, Mark Stoops and his staff have faced major questions concerning player development, scheme, and locker room control.
Some of that criticism is warranted, some of it isn't. But it needs to be mentioned that this is the second season in a row that Kentucky has come out of the gate at full speed only to crumble at the stretch. Some of that has to do with a lack of depth and increase in competition, and some of it does have to do with mentality and coaching.