Mark Stoops makes BBM debut: “So this is Madness? I’ve been missing this for 12 years.”

An unreal night at Rupp Arena got even nuttier when the basketball floor transitioned into a football field, followed by Mark Stoops making his way to midcourt (midfield?) for his first-ever Big Blue Madness.

That’s right, it was the Kentucky head football coach’s first BBM, despite arriving in Lexington in 2012. And he made it clear that wasn’t necessarily by choice, throwing a clear jab at John Calipari for the fallout between their respective programs in recent years.

Rather than singling out Kentucky as a basketball or football school, Stoops wanted to make it clear everyone on campus is now on the same team with Mark Pope and Kenny Brooks in Lexington.

“So this is Madness? I’ve been missing this for 12 years,” Stoops told the crowd. “I just wanted to come and welcome Coach Kenny Brooks and his team, and Coach Mark Pope and his team, his coaching staff. We are all in this together. I cannot thank you enough for your support, to our football team and to all of our athletes. Let’s go get it, let’s have a great year. Thank you all so much.”

Kentucky took care of business with Big Blue Madness. Now it’s time to kick Vanderbilt’s ass tomorrow night.

Go Cats.

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