By Joshua Huff
The UK football program is stuck between a rock and a national champion.
With its Buckeye neighbors just to the north and the breadbasket of the Southeastern Conference to the south, UK is cemented in the twilight zone of college football recruiting. As UK head coach Mark Stoops nears the end of his third season, the progress that was promised after consecutive top-30 recruiting classes has, so far, failed to fully blossom. Stoops is 11-21 in three seasons and is currently riding a three-game losing streak after Saturday’s loss to Tennessee.
This may be due in large part to Stoops’ recruiting splurge in Kentucky and in Ohio.