To start his first press conference of the 2021 season, Mark Stoops addressed the elephant in the room: the burglary charges facing six of his players stemming from an incident at an off-campus fraternity party in March. In his most candid remarks on the matter, Stoops said he stands by his players, who were cleared by the UK Office of Student Conduct after an investigation this summer.
“I know there’s been a few headlines this summer,” Stoops said. “As you know, we pride ourselves on having a disciplined football team and we’ve done things as well as we can for a long time and we’ll continue to do that.