Stephen Johnson has one more game as Kentucky starting quarterback. For UK, it is a big one, too.
How the underdog Wildcats (7-5) fare against No. 20 Northwestern (9-3) in the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl on Dec. 29 in Nashville will essentially dictate whether the 2017 UK football season is viewed as a success or not.
Yet with Sunday’s announcement that junior-college standout Terry Wilson had spurned recruiting pitches from Florida and Nebraska to pick UK, it is not too early to look ahead to the competition to replace the graduating Johnson as Kentucky’s starting QB for 2018.