Name: Blue-White Spring Game
Time: Saturday, noon
TV: SEC Network
Location: Commonwealth Stadium (Lexington, Ky.)
Format:“I’m going to have a blue team and a white team,” Mark Stoops joked with reporters. “That’s it.” Actually, the first team offense and defense and a few substitutions will wear blue, everybody else will wear white.

While an overall headline will be with the new assistant coaches and if any major changes will be made to avoid a third straight second-half-of-the-season disappointment, here are five things to look for as Stoops finishes spring practice entering his fourth season.

1. Will Drew Barker definitively win the QB job?

While there is a quarterback competition on the surface, the favorite is incumbent Drew Barker, who took over at the end of last season with mixed results. “I’m just going out every day like I’m the starter,” he said last month, according to the Herald-Leader. “I’m sure everybody else is. That’s what you have to do. Last year when I was second-string, I was practicing every day like I was the starter. It’s just something you have to do if you’re with the ones, twos or threes. I just treat it every day like I’m the starter.”

JUCO transfer Stephen Johnson is his primary contender, but freshman Gunner Hoak, Cincinnati transfer Luke Wright and walk-on Davis Mattingly are in the competition.

Saturday should reveal how comfortable Barker is with new offensive coaches. This is Barker’s third offensive coordinator in three seasons. One obvious way to tell about Barker’s progress is the number of snaps he receives, and how late in the scrimmage he’s playing.

2. How will the young offensive linemen fit in?

The biggest story of the 2016 recruiting class was the highly-rated offensive linemen, especially because they were well-known in the state. Still, the players already on the roster were experienced and consistent. Senior center Jon Toth and redshirt juniors Cole Mosier, Nick Haynes, Ramsey Meyers and Kyle Meadows are about as experienced as it gets.

As for the freshmen, including center Drake Jackson and tackle Landon Young, offensive coordinator Eddie Gran is open to playing them early, and not using a redshirt.

“Shoot, if they’re ready to go, let’s go, because you know what? In game six, game eight, they might be able to help us win,” Gran told the Courier-Journal. “Then it’s going to be beneficial to us in year two and year three, a guy that’s got to step in there and go.”

3. Will a receiver step up?

Kentucky has no shortage of skill players, and two receivers, Dorian Baker and Garrett Johnson, are poised for breakout seasons. They’ve displayed flashes of potential. Baker led the team with 55 catches for 608 yards last season, but had just three touchdowns. Johnson, meanwhile, had 694 receiving yards and two TDs. Kentucky needs one of them to establish himself among the top receivers in the SEC, and not just make a splash in one or two games.

4. Where will the pass rush come from?

Stoops has been pleased by the defensive front in the spring, and DE/LB Denzil Ware is among the potential pass rushers the Wildcats need. Jason Hatcher never lived up to his potential before he was dismissed last season, while Ware had 5.5 tackles for a loss.

Alvonte Bell is a wildcard after he’s sat out, then redshirted after he was originally in the 2013 class. While not related to the pass rush specifically, DT Matt Elam’s weight and ability to eat up blockers would benefit the defensive ends, but he’s underachieved so far.

5. Will Chris Westry’s success continue?

The Wildcats lost experience and talent after last season as senior safety A.J. Stamps moved on. But a bright spot in the secondary could be rising sophomore Chris Westry, who started 12 games in 2015 and led the team with eight pass breakups, had two interceptions and was SEC All-Freshman.

“I’ve got to stay with a boot up his you-know-what 24/7 and get him playing on edge, because the game is not easy,” Stoops told the Courier-Journal. “What you always watch for is the guys who come in and have some success as a true freshman sometimes have a tendency to think they’ve got it all figured out.”