Kenny Darby earned another SEC Freshman of the Week honor His third of the season catscoverage.com/2026/10/27/…

READ: Will Stein reaffirmed that Kentucky is his dream job “This is really the one job when I was at Oregon that I felt like if I ever got offered, it was a no-question ticket” si.com/college/kentucky/foot…

I really love this quote so much. The man is at his dream job

Will Stein: "I think the best part of what we do is that we blend tempos and that we're not just one pace all the time. I think that's the best way to play because you are now dictating the pace of the game"

Will Stein on the CFP expansion to 24 teams: "they think it's just so we can save our jobs, like, no, I want to play in a dang playoff. I want Kentucky to host a playoff game. I want to do all that stuff and so does all these other schools. ...More games are going to matter longer into the season"

Will Stein on the 24-team playoff format: "the games are going to still matter across the country. Now there's going to be more games that matter for more people. So the notion that regular season doesn't matter, like that's what I think is not true. I think it now makes everybody's schedule matter for more"

Will Stein on Jamarion Harkless: "Chops has been really good the past few weeks. We challenged him to to play to his potential, and I think he has. He's done a good job of pushing the pocket and being a really good run stopper"

Will Stein talks about the clock management late in the first half vs Vandy "It's like, yeah, I know it's at (1:05), but we don't need to take a timeout right now. Let's keep milking the clock so we score with 21 seconds left and give Vanderbilt zero time to go back down the field. We could call a timeout with, I believe, 26 seconds left was when we called the first one. Then we were able to call it on like the next two plays. If you burn them too early, then you're scrambling at the end"

Will Stein on Sam Greene: "hoping to get him back full go by this next game."

Will Stein: "This is really the one job when I was at Oregon that I felt like if I ever got offered, it was a no question ticket, because I would have always been sick to my stomach looking at this job with somebody else in the seat given the opportunity that I had"

Will Stein: "You got to use both. It's not like you can't be in the portal and only high school. It's just like the draft. It's like the NFL. There's a draft and there's free agency, and so we're going to utilize both as long as we can"

Will Stein on high school recruiting: "if you look at our class right now, it's pretty deep. There's a lot of players coming in, and specifically offensive and defensive linemen, because I think you got to grow from the high school ranks in those realms. That doesn't mean we don't go in the portal this January and go add value where we see fit, but that's that's definitely a big way to do it"

Will Stein on his staff: "I think we all get along well, and get along doesn't just mean it's sunshine and roses every single day. it's truth. It's holding people accountable, even as a staff, and ultimately guys that you love being around and love Kentucky football"

Will Stein on the bye week: "this week's all about work. It's about improvement. It's about growth. The easy thing to do is relax and have a sigh of relief for the last eight weeks, but plenty to improve"

READ: Kentucky's Mark Pope deemed on the "hot seat" by Gary Parrish "Give Pope any normal Power-4 job, and he's fine. No issues. He might even get a contract extension. But Pope doesn't have any normal Power-4 job" si.com/college/kentucky/men-…