Decision to install true freshman as UK’s starting quarterback for season finale vs. Louisville carries major program implications.

After some back-and-forth between passers over the last few weeks, Kentucky Football head coach Mark Stoops has decided to officially make a quarterback change. Stoops announced on Monday that true fr

Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops announced a quarterback change Monday: Freshman Cutter Boley will start Saturday afternoon versus Louisville.

Kentucky will have a new starting quarterback when the Wildcats close out the season against Louisville on Saturday.

With its offense struggling Saturday afternoon, as per usual in SEC games this season, Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops finally made the move the fan base had been clamoring for: As the third quarter got underway, Stoops installed freshman Cutter Boley ...

Head coach mark Stoops announced during his weekly press conference that freshman QB Cutter Boley will start Saturday’s season finale against Louisville. Boley Saw action against Texas last week and though he didn’t exactly fill the stat sheet, there were signs of promise from the young QB.

Kentucky must win at Texas and against Louisville in the regular-season finale to extend its eight-year bowl streak. That prospect already looks remote, but with postseason play technically still possible can Stoops and Hamdan afford to start Boley at Texas considering how he looked in his only SEC experience to date?

A switch to Cutter Boley at quarterback in the second half was not enough to avoid a 31-14 loss at No. 3 Texas on Saturday that officially ended Kentucky’s eight-year bowl streak. The Wildcats (4-7, 1-7 SEC) are now guaranteed their first losing record in a non-pandemic season since 2015.

Heading into this season, Kentucky football fans were hopeful that the quarterback position was in good hands with Brock Vandagriff. The Georgia Bulldogs transfer was a five-star recruit coming out of high school,