With basketball being the grandest stage in Lexington, football takes a back seat. You tend to see college co-eds walking around with the infamous saying on their shirts "We're a drinking school, with a football problem." 

Five years ago I would have agreed with that t-shirt. But after seeing the fine work that Rich Brooks did at the helm—taking a team that was on probation thanks to the Hal Mumme era and turning them into a winning program in maybe the toughest college football conference in the country—I'm not so sure.

Brooks stepped down as head football coach for Kentucky at the end of last season and coach in waiting Joker Phillips now owns the keys to the castle. Philli...

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