{"id":434499,"date":"2024-11-06T15:50:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T20:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=434499"},"modified":"2024-11-06T15:50:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T20:50:01","slug":"mark-stoops-says-he-contacted-sec-league-office-about-sideline-contact-on-brock-vandagriff","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/kentucky-football\/mark-stoops-says-he-contacted-sec-league-office-about-sideline-contact-on-brock-vandagriff\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Stoops says he contacted SEC league office about sideline contact on Brock Vandagriff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Stoops shared Wednesday that he was in contact with the league office after the Kentucky-Tennessee game in Week 10.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1st quarter of the game, Kentucky QB Brock Vandagriff ran out of bounds onto the Tennessee sideline. UT defensive lineman Omarr Norman-Lott, who was not on the field for the play, extended his hands out toward Vandagriff, making contact with the quarterback, who fell to the ground.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: Mark Stoops has contacted the SEC about the late hit on Brock Vandagriff vs. Tennessee: &#8216;No place&#8217; for those actions in football<\/p>\n<p>( <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBeasmoreSports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CBeasmoreSports<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SECNetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SECNetwork<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X8es3HcRkE\">https:\/\/t.co\/X8es3HcRkE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2kzXJ76HA5\">pic.twitter.com\/2kzXJ76HA5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 On3 (@On3sports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/On3sports\/status\/1854221313667104918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Stoops did not share any details of his conversation with the SEC, but made his feelings on the play known.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is something I sent into the SEC office,\u201d Stoops said. \u201cThat\u2019s it, I can\u2019t even tell you what was said or the information that I got back. I\u2019ll just say, in general \u2014 not about that player but in general \u2014 there is no place for anybody striking anybody in the head at any place. Before after, during, anytime during a game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kentucky dropped the game 28-18, falling to 3-6 on the season. The Wildcats are off in Week 11 before finishing up with Murray State, Texas and Louisville.<\/p>\n<p>[H\/T On3]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Stoops reached out to the league office about an incident in the Kentucky-Tennessee game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":193079,"featured_media":434502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","tags":[],"class_list":["post-434499","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_types-news","teams-kentucky-football"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/434499"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/193079"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}