ATHENS, Ga. – Perhaps it’s fitting the biggest home game in Kentucky football history is taking place on the heels of Halloween.
After all, this year’s Wildcats keep coming back after being left for dead, resembling Michael Myers in the “Halloween” horror movie series.
Kentucky is 7-1 overall and 5-1 in Southeastern Conference play entering Saturday afternoon’s showdown against Georgia (7-1, 5-1) in a winner-take-all clash for the Eastern Division title and an early December date in Atlanta. The Bulldogs have reached this point via seven double-digit cruises and a lone stumble at LSU, while the Wildcats have defeated Florida and Mississippi State as double-digit underdogs and climbed out of the grave last Saturday at Missouri to erase an 11-point deficit and pull out a 15-14 triumph with no time remaining.
The Wildcats have been college football’s definition of resilience.
“I am proud of that,” Kentucky coach Mark Stoops said this week. “I’m proud of this team and the way they fight. They play with a passion, and they play for each other. They find a way to win at all costs, and you have to love that about this team. It says a lot about who we are and the culture within our locker room.