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WATCH: Coen, Rodriguez, Cummings provide updates from Citrus Bowl prep

We are less than two weeks away from Kentucky’s Citrus Bowl showdown with Iowa. The Wildcats have a couple more practices in Lexington before taking a holiday break and converging upon Orlando. Unfortunately, Liam Coen had to share some bad news Monday afternoon about Josh Ali and Isaiah Epps. Missing the pass-catchers will not make life any easier against the stout Iowa defense.

They don’t give you anything easy,” said Coen. “They’re extremely physical upfront. And the biggest thing I think about this defense is their strain and effort is through the roof. It’s a testament to their program, to their defense and to their whole program under coach (Kirk) Ferentz.