Kentucky football moving forward

So, here we are. 0-5 in conference, only one conference win at all since 2023, and 0 wins at home in the last two seasons.

This week, leading up to the Tennessee game, you could tell Stoops is resigned that this is the end. He looks and sounds discouraged and realizes now he's lost the fan base and that it's really time to go. He stayed one to two years too long.

With that said, he took Kentucky to places they hadn't been since Bear Bryant was here. He made us one of the overall better defensive teams in the conference, and when we could manage a decent offense, we won a lot of games. He needs to be appreciated by the fans, even though the relationship has soured.

Here's what I propose. Make Sexton earn his money. If Va Tech is interested, work out a trade that works for both sides. Kentucky pays a lesser buy out and Stoops goes there, and isn't fired. It's a win/win for both schools.

Kentucky needs to find an offensive minded coach, because Boley is going to be in the heisman conversation and we need to keep him. It's a lot like when we wanted to keep Couch and hired Mumme.

But the difference has to be, it can't be a one sided hire, you are going to have to give the HC the ability to hire a really good DC and staff. If you can do that, we have a lot of pieces we can keep, and it won't be so much like starting over. Don't do that, and many of those pieces, including Boley might leave. A lot of teams will want him and some of the other young players we have.

We'll see how it plays out. I think 99% of our fans are ready to move on, and I think it's best for Stoops as well.

Arkansas you should keep Petrino to run your offense, and hire Stoops to be the DC. He can then reunite with Cal.