Mark Stoops Was "Furious" Over Kemp’s Florida Game Comments

Referring to this weekends match up between the Wildcats and the Gators, Kentucky running back Jojo Kemp gave the Florida Gators some locker poster material, literally, by saying...

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"It's going to be fun walking out with a victory and rubbing it in the faces"

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Well Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops wasn't too happy with Kemp's comments and he made it known during the SEC Teleconference on Wednesday:

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I was furious. The thing is – I was outraged; I talked to him about it – but the thing is, he was trying to make light of some friends that he has on this program. But like I told him yesterday, ‘You think they’re gonna hear all that? They’re gonna hear the last five seconds of what you said.’ And I know the great pride of the players in that locker room at Florida. I’ve been all through Florida. I’ve been at Miami, been at South Florida and been at Florida State. I know personally quite a few of those players and the pride that they have, and one thing: it’s not very smart to try to challenge their pride before you play them. Believe me, I know them. And so I don’t think that was very smart. It’s not something that I teach. It’s not how we talk. And really, if you listen to his whole conversation, he was quite humble and really handled himself the right way until the end. But again, that’s just not very smart on our part, and we’ll get that fixed.

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I agree, now can Kentucky pull off the un-thinkable?

Kentucky plays Florida in the Swamp Saturday at 7:30 PM ET on the SEC Network.