Remember when Florida always beat Kentucky? Good Kentucky teams, bad Kentucky teams, mediocre Kentucky teams.
We know that all changed with Dan Mullen, who saw UF end streaks of home wins against the Wildcats and road wins, all in the space of four years. Heck, if Feleipe Franks doesn’t get hurt, he might have gone 1-3 against UK.
Obviously, under Mark Stoops, this is a team that played physical football and started winning games after playing miserable football in his first few years. Some people consider Kentucky the third-best team in the SEC.
We know this – the Kentucky game is actually bigger than the Utah game because if you lose a home SEC game, you’re in a hole if you want to win a division championship and play in Atlanta.
We focused so much on Utah all summer, but everyone – fans, coaches, support staff and certainly players – needs to get their minds right.
Dooley’s Dozen today will give you a look at Florida’s first conference game under Billy Napier with 12 things you need to know about… Kentucky.
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This is a big SEC game
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Maybe not the biggest, but it is vitally important for both teams and Napier has appealed for the crowd to be one louder for this one. Steve Spurrier told me he thinks it will be because it’s a conference game.
We know this – Kentucky has had two 10-win seasons and two 5-3 SEC seasons, high water marks for Mark Stoops. In…
