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Picking against UK football? Players hear your doubts and welcome them

UK coach Mark Stoops said at SEC Media Days he can't worry about where people are picking his team in 2018. Jon Hale, Louisville Courier Journal

ATLANTA – Kentucky's football players know their team is being picked to finish in the bottom half of the Southeastern Conference East Division yet again.

Their response is simple: Keep doubting.

“We love it,” senior outside linebacker Josh Allen said during UK’s stop at SEC Media Days on Monday. “… We’re a bunch of underdogs. We have an underdog story. We have an underdog team, and we like it.