The Kentucky football team is mourning the loss of one of its coaches this week, and opened Saturday’s game with a moving tribute.
45-year-old offensive line coach John Schlarman died Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was highly regarded as a coach and beloved by his players, who paid tribute to him with Saturday’s opening play.
The Wildcats lined up without a left guard for the first offensive play of their game against Vanderbilt. They opted to take a delay of game penalty, which Vanderbilt declined.
This is powerful. @UKFootball left the LG position open on the first play of the game to honor late OL coach John Schlarman who died on Thursday. Vanderbilt declined the penalty. pic.twitter.com/hRA5bYTPaJ
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) November 14, 2020
It’s been a difficult year and a half for Kentucky football, which also lost one of its iconic players last year.
