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Mark Stoops says EKU's Parker McKinney is 'special' QB

Jack Pilgrim

Eastern Kentucky Colonels quarterback Parker McKinney (18) throws a pass in the third quarter of the NCAA football game between the Cincinnati Bearcats and the Eastern Kentucky Colonels at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023.

Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops wants you to ignore the 66-13 beatdown Eastern Kentucky took at Cincinnati last weekend. It’s not indicative of who the Colonels are as a team or how well they’re coached up top with Walt Wells and throughout the staff.

“Believe me, it’s not going to be, ‘Go out there and just roll,'” Stoops said Thursday.