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With Bobby Petrino gone, what's next for the UK-Louisville rivalry?

Mark Stoops is keeping the focused turned inward in advance of the Kentucky-Louisville rivalry game. Jon Hale, Louisville Courier Journal

LEXINGTON, Ky. – A win for Kentucky on Saturday at Louisville gives the Wildcats their most regular-season victories in 41 years.

But dreams of nine-win seasons seemed far away in August 2013 when Mark Stoops started his UK career with a stunning 35-26 loss to Western Kentucky in Nashville.

The coach of that WKU team, of course, was Bobby Petrino, who was starting the next chapter in his career.