Mark Stoops suffered perhaps the worst loss of his Kentucky career Saturday night, falling to South Carolina 24-14.

The Wildcats were missing Will Levis, but that wasn’t why they lost. To Stoops, Kentucky lost simply because of poor effort on both sides of the ball.

Hid opening statement postgame clarified that.

Kentucky better have hoped Levis wasn’t the reason they lost, because Stoops was unsure of his availability next week against Mississippi State.

And the way the Bulldogs look right now, that should worry Wildcat fans.

  Stoops also noted the responsibility to takes to turn things around after back-to-back losses. The Wildcats can’t afford to fall 3 times in 3 weeks with the Bulldogs up next.