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SEC AFTER DARK: UK Football opener serves as reminder of bygone conference

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Kentucky football kicked off its season opener at 10:05 p.m. ET, over two hours after its projected start time of 7:45.

Despite that, plenty of fans still packed into Kroger Field ready to watch some football and probably would have stayed far into the a.m. had the game not been called in the third quarter thanks to, shockingly, more weather.

Kentucky fans celebrate after Kentucky gets a first down during the Kentucky vs Southern Mississippi football game on Saturday, Aug.