Mark Stoops has shown a pattern of failure that extends far beyond the field

Mark Stoops’ on-field mistakes have been dissected for years, but Saturday’s 41–0 humiliation at Louisville brought everything back to the surface.

And it’s not just the game-day errors. The deeper issues lie in development, roster building, portal evaluation, and a program culture that has visibly slipped.

Here is the uncomfortable truth: This isn’t a slump. It’s a pattern.

The on-field chaos that follows Kentucky football under Mark Stoops

We can point to the 2017 Florida breakdown where Stoops called a timeout and for whatever reason decided that a Florida receiver didn’t need to be covered. We can point to the Ole Miss disaster this year where the ABC broadcast bluntly said, Mistakes like that get you fired.

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