Ess-E-Cee Recap: Congrats To UK And What Was Bielema Thinking...???

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Mark Stoops was able to do something that his successors have not been able to do- actually beat an SEC opponent for the first time in almost 1,100 days...

The Wildcats knocked off Vanderbilt (who are looking to be a really bad football team, by the way) in Lexington- even as a favored program heading into Saturday.

Strangely, fans would like to see the stands at Commonwealth Stadium more-filled than they currently are...
Just ask them...
On the flip side, the HQ would like to know what Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema was thinking in overtime running to the right on a 4th and 2 when he needed a first down to keep the period moving- and your running game was non-existent. You had your chance, Arkansas, and you flat blew it. "A lot of things that caused us to lose this game today came from within our locker room," Razorbacks coach Bret Bielema said postgame. "Our third edge we talk about is playing clean, and that means playing penalty-free. ... The good news is we can correct those things. Our guys did several things throughout the course of the game to get excited about. But obviously, not enough to close it." Here's your local look...

REPORT: Mark Stoops New Kentucky Head Coach

Mark Stoops (AP Photo)

There is another Stoops patrolling the sidelines of college football. 

OSG sources have confirmed that the Kentucky Wildcats will name Florida State defensive coordinator Mark Stoops.as their new head coach.

Stoops joins brother Bob who has great success in his 14 season as Oklahoma head coach as head coaches in the family.  

Of course Mike Stoops was the head coach at Arizona from 2004-2011. 

Stoops is a hell of a defensive coach, he turned the Florida State defense from God-awful to awesome in his three season as the Seminoles defensive coordinator.

The Wildcats are getting a proven coordinator who may not have head coaching experience but has been seen his older brothers have success. 

Mark Stoops takes over perhaps the worst program in the SEC right now.  He will have his work cut out for him.  The UK fan base tends to lose interest in football around mid-October once basketball season begins if the football program is bad and lately it has been.

Stoops does carry the name of college football’s newest first family (Sorry Bowden’s).  With talent rich Ohio just up the road and with Stoops an Ohio native, he was born and raised in Youngstown, Stoops might be able to better tap the reservoir for UK

Stoops will coach the Seminoles in the ACC Championship Game Saturday.

MJ Perino leads True Blue coverage on the hiring...
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