KSR Today, presented by SERVPRO: SEC Media Days wrap up

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ksr-today-media-days-wrap-up-kentucky-mark-stoops — Construction on Downtown's Broadway Bridge creates a challenging scenario for attendees at the 2023 SEC Football Kickoff Media Days at the Nashville Grand Hyatt (Mandatory Credit: © Denny Simmons / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK)

All good things must come to an end. After a long, fun week, the KSR crew will make its way home from Nashville this afternoon as SEC Media Days wrap up. Given all their hard work on and off the clock, it may take them a month to recover. But the work’s not done quite yet.

Lane Kiffin (Ole Miss), Shane Beamer (South Carolina), and Josh Heupel (Tennessee) bring the event to a close today. For Kentucky, Beamer and Heupel’s comments will be the most relevant since the Gamecocks and the Vols are on the 2023 schedule (and Beamer and Stoops have some chippy history); however, Kiffin is always entertaining, so he’s the perfect choice to wake up the sleepy reporters on the final morning.

Here’s today’s schedule (all times Eastern). You can watch each coach’s press conference live on the SEC Network.

10:05 AM: Ole Miss – Lane Kiffin
- Players: Cedric Johnson (DE), Quinshon Judkins (RB), Deantre Prince (CB)
11:30 AM: South Carolina – Shane Beamer
- Players: Tonka Hemingway (DL), Kai Kroeger (P), Spencer Rattler (QB)
1:00 PM: Tennessee – Josh Heupel
- Players: Joe Milton III (QB), Omari Thomas (DL), Jacob Warren (TE)

Until then, let’s catch you up on a big day for Kentucky Football in Nashville.

Jul 19, 2023; Nashville, TN, USA; Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Stoops talks with members of the media during SEC Media Day at the Grand Hyatt. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports

KSR’s coverage of Stoops and Kentucky at SEC Media Days

Mark Stoops, Octavious Oxendine, JJ Weaver, and Eli Cox made the short and apparently, turbulent trip to Nashville yesterday to represent the program and preview the season. Due to thunderstorms, the chartered flight to Music City was a little white-knuckled, but the crew arrived safely in time for their moment in the spotlight.

Some common themes in Stoops’ remarks throughout the day were the importance of getting back to blue-collar physical football, especially on the offensive line; the return of Liam Coen; what to expect from Devin Leary; the impact of the incoming transfers; and Jay Boulware joining the staff as running backs coach/special teams coordinator. Here’s a link dump of our coverage, which I encourage you to spend some time combing through.

The rest of the league also found out that JJ Weaver has six fingers on one hand, something those of us who follow Kentucky have known for years. It was a good opportunity for him to plug his work with Nike on the “Perfect Fit” glove, though.

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J.J. Weaver is making an impact on and off the field 👏 @UKFootball pic.twitter.com/euAXtmMlPf
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) July 19, 2023

Mark Stoops and players with the local media

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Nick Roush asked Mark Stoops about going bald

After the scrum with the local media, Nick Roush got a few minutes with Stoops on the On3 set on radio row. After covering the main talking points, Roush went for it and asked the question only he could get away with asking: when is Stoops going to give in and let bald be bald? I’ll admit I panicked when I heard Roush asked the head coach of the University of Kentucky Football team this, but to his credit, Stoops handled it well and gave a genuine response.

Mark Stoops’ Main Room Press Conference

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KSR Football Podcast

After stopping by the SEC Media Days Wednesday night party at Nissan Stadium, the boys went back to KSHouse to recap a busy day. Shoutout to them for their shoutouts to East Nashville.

Freddie Maggard’s SEC Kickoff Team Previews

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