Alijah Arenas has picked up an offer from Kentucky. 6-4 guard out of Chatsworth, California ranked No. 4 by Rivals in the 2026 class. Son of Gilbert Arenas. The fifth player in 2026 from California to get a UK offer. Jason Hart offering every five-star out of that state.

I don’t have the specific quote, but when discussing changes coming, Stoops spoke about defense being his “forte” and how he can absorb a loss on that side much easier than on the offensive side. This was the UK postgame show, if anyone has a more concrete quote to share.

The tea leaves to read there would say he’s priming us for the loss of Brad White, which we all knew would be one of the more likely coaches to get poached eventually. The answer to this question is probably obvious: how do we feel about that going into next season?

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Nevermind. Stoops’ contract is a lump sum buyout. Cal’s wasn’t.

Thanks Mitch

Although it isn’t important but I thought the ref clearly ejected him when he kept yapping after they broke everyone up. The ref clearly ejected someone. Peters went straight to the locker room. Anyone know what happened?

Two years ago we were a legitmate SEC football program. Now we are a dumpster fire - and why? Texas A & M! Many of us said it last year - Stoops should have been shown the door - everyone who understands how college football coaches work knew this was going to happen. But we were told go sit in the corner - Stoops is going to lead us back to 10 win seasons. He told us he didn't want to be here by accepting the job. He was supposedly going to A & M for less money too! Just let that sink in!

I hope I have a reason to be excited about UK football again. But the "real news" that is happening is sure not anything to make me think UK football is or will be in a good place until Stoops is removed. I look for UK to lose more money in football revenue this year than they will have to pay Stoops to leave. What a mess!

But..................

Go Big Blue!

Hey Matt,

I didn’t get to hear the Vince interview today but hadn’t see it come up so thought I would ask. Did you ask Vince the story behind the player who hit up the concession stand during the game? If not, can you get the “official” explanation?

First of all Stoops and Vince needs to just shut up and go to work. Second stay away from hanging out downtown drink at home. I'm sure Ruby's will deliver. Third actually act you give a damn no more BS. UK football has died for a great many people and the fans have spent a lot of money supporting the team and coaches and we are fed up. If Mitch doesn't have the testicular fortitude to make shit happen then he needs to be fired to. Football has always been the cash cow and money talks and BS walks. So get it together or get the hell out of the way and let somebody else do the job. That being said I'm out.

Let's hear them. For me, it's touching the bottoms of shoes. Watching people hold shoes by the soles makes me cringe like mad

I know the contract is a big issue. But how can an AD see his semi-flagship program quit multiple times over the years and just move on ?
I say it’s laziness on Mitch’s part. Loves the title and salary, doesn’t want to do the hard work.

Mini update by Branham. Not sure if it’s behind a pay wall, but says he’s going the list to two soon with ont team leading. Has the most to say about UNC and UK. Reading the tea leaves, that school looks like the better blue.

Heard rumor he is talking to Purdue. Anybody else heard this. Can't believe he would bail for the worst job in the Big 10 unless their big alumni are promising unlimited NIL funds....

If Purdue defensive lineman Damarjhe Lewis goes into the portal I would expect Kentucky to be one of the schools that takes a serious look at him.

He hasn't gone in yet but Purdue doesn't have a coach and before long he's going to have to decide if he wants his last year (COVID) to be at a place with a new coach or to find a new place altogether.

Kentucky needs to replenish the ranks on the defensive line given looming losses and he is pretty solid in run support and very experience at the Big Ten having spent time at Indiana and now Purdue.

For what it's worth, I'm getting word that what Marrow said about leaks today is an emphasis for the staff in the offseason, they do not want a lot of names out there so we will just report info we get however we find it. But they know that it's not about winning the press conference at this point.

Played 121 snaps over five games this year and PFF gave him a 64.3 overall grade bolstered by a 74.0 run defense score.

Was he able to put up big numbers at BSU because the comp was weak...?


Boise State's offense in the 2023 season with the Broncos ranking highly in several categories:

• Scoring
  Boise State averaged 41.2 points per game, which was the third-highest in the country. This was the most points per game since 2011.

• Total offense
  Boise State ranked fifth in the country in total offense, averaging 479.5 yards per game.
  
  
  
• Rushing offense
  Boise State ranked fifth in the country in rushing offense, averaging 252.0 yards per game.
  
  
  
• 3rd down conversions
  Boise State ranked seventh in the FBS in 3rd down conversions, averaging 49.6%.
  
  
  
• Red zone offense
  Boise State ranked 10th in red zone offense.
  
  

Could learn some valuable information! lol

Stoopid has turned this program into a complete shit show and it’s past time to turn the damn page! Negotiate a damn buyout tonight and go get Jon Sumrall!!! This program has no hope if not!

Over the years, we have seen teams stomp on logos and plant flags on logos when they, the visitors, get a big win on a rival’s field. To be sure, it is disrespectful, whether before a game or after.

But, should players and fans take so much offense that they want to fight over a logo?

The team just beat you on your field. They want to celebrate. They go and plant a flag or stomp on your logo. I believe it is poor sportsmanship, but is it worthy of the big mid field post game kerfuffle?

This all seems very silly to me. Just make sure you beat them next time.

I guess most people disagree with me. But, it all seems very silly to me.

I haven't been able to speak with 4-star UK RB commit Marquise Davis yet, but can confirm he did visit Missouri and it seems like there is some belief they stand a good chance at flipping him.

Kentucky will be in touch with him this evening to gauge where things are at from their perspective but given the cratering of the offense, the scale of the looming questions facing the program, and the fact he visited before NSD, you can't feel too great.

That would be a major blow to the future of the room. Remember at one point they had Davis and Isaiah West (Ohio State) committed. To lose out on both guys this late would mean it's impossible to replace them from the HS level.

On a bigger level, Wilcox will have some interest from P5 programs if he were to go into the portal. He has had some issues in the program beyond running the football effectively and I don't think there is a whole lot of confidence in the ability to be a consistent RB1 next year there.

You can't count on Chip giving them much because of how his year went and DSK is solid but probably not a guy to headline the backfield in the SEC. So there's still a real possibility they are shopping for a portal RB this year. We should have known it would be an issue this year given the line's lack of talent and the fact the coaches identified the RB room as a real question in the preseason.

I just read where he said we have had one bad season in the past 8 - That is an outright lie. We have had three bad seasons in a row. the one 10 win season we had we had to forfeit those wins. Its easy to be down right now and to see the cup half empty. I guess I am venting from three days of taking it from Louisville fans in the city that I live in.

Is Vince Marrow as good as we have all thought he was? How many stellar Tight Ends has he developed in the room that he brags about all the time? Granite they have to block due to our porous o line, but still. Over the long haul how many great Tight Ends ends has he developed? He is supposed to be a great recruiter, and i guess you could say that he has been a solid recruiter. on paper, we have had top 30classes alot of years. BUT we are in the SEC, and that still ranks in the bottom four or so. With that said with these recruiting classes most years what have we done with them? Mostly lose to teams in the SEC, and beat the teams that we are supposed to beat. I think he is just a BULL Shat artist mostly... just my opinion..

Many younger fans i hear say that Stoops is the best coach we have ever had. I like Coach Stoops and I think he is a solid football coach.. not great.. just solid. However name me one other coach in our history that has had the money put into the program that he has had? He has gotten almost everything he has asked that other coaches did not get. Coach Brooks teams were far more prepared to play most games than Stoops teams (with far less talent). Could Joker have been better had he gotten the resources and support that Stoops got ( remember the card table in the back of the room for the recruits back then, and the hole in the indoor practice facility that they wouldn't fix for him?) Jerry Claiborne teams played a MUCH harder schedule EVERY year, and his teams never laid down like we saw Saturday. I think Joker was in over his head, but i am just making a point that Coach Stoops has gotten everything that he has asked for. Still we have to listen to him bitch about his job being hard!

I give this staff a less than 5% chance of turning this thing around. No other team in the SEC would put up with these results. Perhaps Vandy would, but even they have gotten really serious about winning. We are going to give this staff one more year to turn this around. We are going to go 3-9 or 4-8 next year, get our arses handed to us by UL again and then make a change. Same ol Mitch too far behind the curve to be aggressive when he needs to be. We will most likely miss out on Jon Sumrall, and im sure Mitch will make a good , nice conservatives hire that will keep us in the bottom half of the SEC. We love spending that SEC revenue every year, but wont play like the big boys do when a change is needed. If we dont have the 40plus million to buy these guys out then maybe we are not allocating our money we are making each year wisely. NO OTHER sec team would allow their program to falter like this without doing everything they could to turn it around. Stoops aint turning this around. We all know it...

sorry for the rant.. i am angry about something i dearly love.

Here’s how we’re looking as feast week comes to a close. Reminder that a perfect score is 6.0.

1. Auburn 4.89
2. Gonzaga 4.22
3. Tennessee 4.08
4. Kansas 3.57
5. Duke 3.33
6. Kentucky 3.25
7. Cincinnati 2.72
8. Ohio St 2.66
9. Pittsburgh 2.478
10. Marquette 2.476
11. Iowa At 2.4753
12. Connecticut 2.4750
13. Houston 2.37
14. Mississippi St 2.27
15. Florida 2.22
16. Michigan 2.16
17. Penn St 2.14
18. Texas Tech 2.12
19. Baylor 2.06
20. Alabama 1.99
21. Georgia 1.98
22. Arkansas 1.97
23. UCLA 1.94
24. Nevada 1.8271
25. BYU 1.8269
26. Louisville 1.823
29. Mississippi 1.65
31. St John’s 1.60
35. UNC 1.39

Pretty much: We aren't there yet. We need to learn to play winning basketball. We didn't guard the three well. We didn't guard the pick and roll well. We need to learn how to play winning basketball. I will know more after I watch the tape.

Typing the above my fingers started to shake with PTSD.