LEXINGTON, Ky. — When Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart introduced new football coach Mark Stoops on Dec. 2, 2012, Barnhart told fans, “You deserve a football program that competes at a championship level, and that’s what we hired this guy to do.” Then Stoops leaned into the microphone and declared: “I’m highly motivated to build this program to national prominence.” …
On Dec. 9, 2011, John Calipari held a press conference in Lexington, Ky. But after the last couple years, as apparently more and more Kentucky fans seem to wonder about his ability to win UK another national title, you can’t help but look at what Calipari told The Athletic’s Kyle Tucker in his appeal for a new practice facility in …
