The Kentucky Wildcats went up big early, but had to hold on to beat Middle Tennessee 34-23 on Senior Day in Lexington.

A win is a win, though, and the Wildcats are now an impressive 8-3 on the season with one game left to play against a struggling Louisville squad.

After the game, coach Mark Stoops discussed a number of topics, including dropping a hint about star RB Benny Snell Jr.’s future on the team.

Here’s what Stoops said after the win on Saturday:

On getting win No. 8:

“You know, it’s important. I think that human nature I’m just like the fans, I’m mad about the ones that we let get away. I want to continue to work and we’re not going to sit at the table of success very long, we’re not very good when we do that as a team. We can’t, we just can’t stay satisfied and our team doesn’t play good that way and we need to have an edge about us here this week. And we got to go play a rival and they’re not having a great season, but they have nothing to lose and I’m sure they’re going to play very, very tough and hard against us. So we need to just kind of get our sights on that.”

On Benny Snell’s future:

“But I think that position and what he’s done is totally different from some of the other guys. And I’ll let Benny make that announcement at the appropriate time and what he decides to do. But that position is clearly different and what he’s done, and the upside, he stands some to lose by coming back where other guys, they all gained by coming back. That position’s really different. You have to look at it differently, so, you know. I don’t think it will be a long conversation.”

On Josh Allen setting the school sack record:

“I’ve had a Thorpe winner and a couple runners-up and been in the Thorpe several times. But just the way he impacts the game being a big guy, he’s really remarkable. And he’s so unselfish. You see players so often in situations like that and he won’t blink an eye if we’re not rushing him. And the way their run game was we were stacking them some and couldn’t get him coming off the edges as much as we would like to. It was even aggravating to me. I was like, hey, let’s get Josh going here. But he’s just, he doesn’t even think about it. If he gets, when he gets his opportunities, he’s going to go. And he wanted the record, but not at the expense of our defense and what we’re doing and game planning.”