How does a program like Kentucky go from SEC pretenders to SEC contenders?
Well, former Florida Gators quarterback, now SEC college football analyst Tim Tebow, said he thinks it’s because of coaching. Tebow, in Athens ahead of “SEC Nation” on the SEC Network Saturday morning, praised Cats head coach Mark Stoops for changing the culture in Lexington where the players now buy-in that they too, can contend and win.
TIM TEBOW ON UK GROWTH: “How do you go from a team that wants to win and hopes to win, to a team that steps on the field and believes they’re going to win. Like Alabama. That’s what’s starting to change.” @TimTebow on @UKFootball @UKCoachStoops @LEX18News @BBNTonight #BBN pic.twitter.com/l2jR5muPvm
— Anna Maria Tarullo (@tarullotweets) October 15, 2021
“How do you go from a team that wants to win and hopes to win, to a team that steps on the field and believes they’re going to win,” Tebow said. “Like Alabama. That’s what’s starting to change.”
The Cats go into their game Saturday against Georgia with a chance to take the lead in the SEC East and be in the driver’s seat for Atlanta to represent that division in the SEC Championship Game.
A national audience will see if they can pull the upset Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on CBS.
Veteran journalist Stacey Mickles graduated from the University of Alabama and covers SEC football for Saturday Down South.
