COLUMBIA, Mo. — There’s been some holding of horses in Lexington, Kentucky. Just a couple of days after No. 24 Kentucky’s 51-13 blowout loss to top-ranked Georgia, Wildcats coach Mark Stoops answered a fan question on his radio show by encouraging “anybody that’s disgruntled to pony up some more” donations to UK’s name, image and likeness collectives.
The suggestion rankled some fans of the team that plays 78 miles from the Churchill Downs pony palace, drawing Stoops to walk back his comment during a weekly media conference call with Southeastern Conference coaches.
“To me, I was responding to one person at a radio show.