5 things we learned from the Kentucky Football Spring Media Day

A few days before March 1st, most of the Big Blue Nation's attention to the post -season efforts by the Kentucky Basketball team are. While Mark Pope prepares for the most critical part of the season Mark Stoops Lays the foundation for a reconstruction of the Kentucky football program.

For the first time since his program, Stoops spoke new players for the spring semester 31 new players. He spent 30 minutes of questions before the media received an hour access to the players. In the coming days and weeks there will be a lot to chew, with interviews and stories. He revealed that there would be a form of a spring game and spoke a little about Tru Edwards' authorization, but there are a few other highlights that we now have to share. Do me a favor and stay to the end.

Kentucky is “on Tilt” in this low season

There is a feeling of urgency in the Kentucky football program and you don't play a game for six months. Mark Stoops said all the right things to do the responsibility for what went wrong. Now he is focusing on the future and there is no time to waste.

“There is so much to do, but that's good. That gives us a bunch of juice, a lot of energy that gives so much to do today. Leave us today. Leave us fourth and one today and really increase the intensity because it can be overwhelming what needs to be done. “He added:” Let us have this motivation everyday life and I feel that in the building. “

Kentucky has to be a physical football team. You can not only do this with lip service. Stoops reinforces intensity in spring practice to ensure that his players know what to expect from them in autumn.

“We will be as we are again. We will generally be good and hard and play the game properly and we will be physical. It starts [in practice]“, Said Stoops.

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Kentucky is old

When Josh Braun'S 2025 season ends, he will have played a football game in every stadium in the Sec*, apart from the Big 12 teams that joined last autumn. He is a married man who will be a starter in the Sec in his third year. He is not the only veterinarian on the rebuilt offensive line with several years of college football experience.

“When you look at you, you are adult men. They are people with 2-3 degrees. There are people who are married. You are very serious about what you do. I think they are just an impressive group, ”said Mark Stoops.

The career not only starts a status on a piece of paper. You can feel the ripening when talking to these men. When I asked Zach Calzada What he learned the most in incarnated word, he said: “I think my development as a man and as a guide was the most important thing.”

An incoming newcomer could talk about high NFL goals. These boys are all about shops between the ears. Kentucky needs that to reflect on the field in her game.

*I asked Braun about his favorite -SEC centers outside the teams for which he played, and it was not Alabama or LSU. These places were big, but he gives South Carolina and Tennessee nod for the best surroundings.

Shiyazh Pete is an interesting cat

Speaking of ripe, the left tackle from the state of New Mexico doesn't speak like a college football player. Shiyazh Pete described Mark described as “statesman” because he means what he says. When was the last time you listened to someone as a statesman?

It was only a short conversation, albeit a revealing that Jacob Polacheck went into detail on KSR+. I left the Kentucky Football Media Day, who wanted to spend a lot of time to speak to Pete. He is a fascinating person.

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Two newcomers are future starters in Kentucky

Darrin Strey I didn't look like a guy who was supposed to end his final year in the high school. Do not try to get into a handshake like a damp fish like a damp fish, or his large gloves will smash your phalanges into a thousand pieces. This is a child lit in the trenches. His size, sportiness and passion bring him on the right track to be an impact player on the street.

You probably don't have to wait that long to see Martels Carter On the field in a Kentucky uniform. He has the physical tools to play in the secondary level this autumn. Carter also has the mentality required to be successful early. When Luckett asked him if he had a “welcome to the Sec moment”, Carter was surprised by the question. “Naw,” he took a break. “I'm kind of different.”

No sales participation/zero concerns for Kentucky

The players are paid to play College football. At the moment the money comes from NIL collectives. Although collectives are nowhere to go, this money will soon come directly from school. Here is the catch: the judge has not yet approved the agreement in the house from which the schools in the neighborhood of 20 million US dollars have to pay to athletes annually. This uncertainty could be a problem, but Stoops and Co. were able to steer financially in the free agency without ran in dollars.

“We worked out what we could do for this year. I think all coaches would like to know and have our duties quite stable from year to year. We could do that. We will adapt. We were able to operate this year, ”said Stoops.

“We know that the share of sales would occur if the judge would approve him that he would enter in July, but that's all part of the contracts that we have already negotiated with them.”

Roush Las: That felt like old Mark Stoops

How many times did you complain about Nil about Nil last year? If he weren't angry with collecting donations, he would say “I don't want to make any heading.” He was not the mark that fell in love with the Big Blue Nation, to the man who had an advantage and was ready to fight when he was pulled into a corner.

Stoops took his balls today and admitted his mistakes. Sometimes the changes with a large picture were too overwhelming. He focused on more than the upcoming task. It feels like he has an overview of what the organization has to achieve in the long term, and he has a plan that he can carry out every day.

He spoke to the media on the edge of his seat. It feels like the old Mark Stoops is back. He was withdrawn into a corner and now he is ready to fight his way outside.