Two days after Kentucky’s loss to Florida was largely marked by two plays where the Wildcats left Florida receivers uncovered, coach Mark Stoops explained how he reacted to the mistakes.

When asked about the procedure with communication and substitutions between players and staff, Stoops took responsibility, and said “Obviously, that can’t happen. There’s no excuse for it. That starts with me.”

“Now I got two guys that the ball cannot be snapped unless we have leverage on both sides of the ball,” he said at a Monday press conference. “That’s on me. I can’t believe it happened, but it did and I take responsibility for that. So, that cannot happen. We have plenty of people that can watch and look for things. That shouldn’t happen, and it did.”

The second incident happened near the goal line and Stoops said it was a miscommunication.

“We tried to switch personnel and the two corners got confused on who was coming out and who wasn’t and again, that can’t happen, and again, that’s on me,” Stoops said. “I cannot let that happen.”

This type of blunder was the third time it’s happened for Stoops at Kentucky. Against Vanderbilt in 2015, a 21-17 loss, the Commodores scored a 37-yard touchdown just before halftime when Kentucky didn’t recover a receiver.

Coming out of a timeout, wide receiver Caleb Scott jogged toward the sideline but stopped while still on the field. Uncovered, Scott streaked down the left sideline and caught a 37-yard touchdown pass from Kyle Shurmur to give Vanderbilt a 21-10 lead at the half.