“I wanted Drew to come back,” Stoops said on today’s show. “I also completely understand it. When I saw his call, I knew exactly what was going to happen. When I saw his number pop up on my phone, I knew. I respect Drew. I appreciate everything he’s done for us.”
With Terry Touchdown Wilson signing with Kentucky a few weeks back, the writing seemed to be on the wall for Kentucky and Barker, but Stoops insists that he would have had as good a shot as anyone to win the job this spring.
“I think he knows the truth is if he had come back, he would have had a great opportunity to win the job,” Stoops said.