There has been some trash-talk by the Kentucky Wildcats leading into the Governor’s Cup, some more nuanced than others. Most will point to Calvin Taylor Jr.’s comments as the epicenter. The win guarantee wasn’t the biggest shot taken at the Cards this week.
At Mark Stoops’ weekly press conference he had plenty of nice things to say about Louisville’s offense, especially Tutu Atwell and Javian Hawkins. When asked about the Cardinals’ defense, he had this to say:
“I think what impresses me most is they’re playing harder,” Stoops said. “They are playing much harder from a year ago, you can see they are getting good coaching and they have a bunch of guys running to the ball.