For a long time, a good October in Lexington felt like a loan. Somebody always came around in November to collect.
Kentucky football coach Will Stein has changed the paperwork.
The Maxwell Football Club, on Thursday, put Stein on its 2026 George Munger Award Watch List, which names ten head coaches whose teams have excelled through the first eight weeks. Kentucky is 7-1, ranked in the top 10, and tied for first in the SEC. The club points to wins over South Carolina and LSU. Those are two good reasons, but they are not the only ones…