TAMPA, FL - Will Stein stood at the SEC Media Days podium for the first time as the Kentucky head football coach and essentially pulled a move that would make Curt Cignetti proud.

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There have been plenty of times over the past few years when new head coaches would point to tradition, facilities, a fan base or recruiting practices as to why they would have success at their new destination.

A number of those statements usually fall on deaf-ears, knowing the coaches were just going by the playbook that comes when taking over at a new school, or becoming a head coach for the first time.

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At Kentucky, the football program had plateaued under Mark Stoops. There needed to be a sense of hunger once again in Lexington, and former Oregon offensive coordinator Will Stein was the man for the job.

Given his long history with Kentucky, the fit works with Stein. He bleeds blue, and there is enough excitement in Lexington within the athletic department and fan base for him to have the support needed to find success, whatever that may be over the next few years.

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But, we're seen Kentucky have success before, though it's been a few years since they've garnered headlines.

On Monday in Tampa, Will Stein made sure to add fire to that excitement within the Wildcats base, with one simple answer that reminded us of Curt Cignetti telling reporters to 'Google Him' during his introductory news conference at Indiana.

When asked the Kentucky coach was asked why he believes that he can find success in Lexington on the football field, Stein took about five or six seconds to compose himself before delivering a quote that has obviously made its rounds across college football.

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"This is gonna sound like really...I think because of me, to be honest," Stein said to the room. "I think because of me. I know what it takes. I have seen it at the highest levels. I know what it takes to recruit at this level

"You just gotta believe man. You got to put the football down and just play. There's not really anything else to be said. Is it gonna happen overnight? I don't know, I really don't. If I had a crystal ball, everybody in this room would be really, really, rich right now. The best determination of if it's working is putting the ball down and playing football."

While Stein would go on to mention that there will be bumps in the road along the way, you can't help but enjoy his refreshing take as a first-time head coach.

There was zero fluff to his answer, just honesty. He wants to win now. Not only for himself, but for the Kentucky program that he holds dear to his heart.

"I am prepared for tough moments and hard times," Stein would add. I succumbed to that in our process. I already do self-talk myself about how I can stay neutral when stuff is bad, I can stay as neutral as possible and be very diplomatic in my approach.

"So, that's why. Growing up a fan (of Kentucky) is one thing. But, I know the players that we can get here. I know we can recruit North, South and East. People come to Lexington and love it. The longer I live there, the longer I'm like 'Wow, this place is incredible. It's got everything you want...It takes some TLC, and you gotta attack."

And, it's clear that Will Stein is not going to just patiently wait for his turn to change the narrative in Lexington.

"You can't sit back and wait. That's one thing i refuse to do at Kentucky is wait."

Alright, he certainly won the news conference at SEC Media Days. Now, let's see how long it takes to get Kentucky into the CFP conversation.

Who's to say he's wrong? We're all obviously thinking differently of Indiana these days.

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Over the Summer, the Supreme Court will grant miscellaneous orders as needed for individual cases. And usually, towards the end of July and the end of August, the Court issues a formal orders list. Most of the entries are denials of rehearing or orders in pending cases. But today's order list had a surprise entry: a cert grant!

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25-246 JOUPPI, KENNETH J. V. ALASKA The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.

The question presented is "whether, in determining whether a fine contravenes the Excessive Fines Clause, courts may consider the gravity of the underlying offense purely in the abstract or should consider the gravity of the specific defendant's wrongdoing."

This case has an unusual posture. The cert petition was filed in August 2025. On November 25, the case was distributed for the December 12 conference. No action was taken on the petition for some time. It appears the Justice may have been holding the case pending the resolution of Pung v. Isabella County, which was decided on June 23.  On June 25, the Petitioner filed a supplemental brief arguing that Pung "proved largely irrelevant to this case, plenary review continues to be warranted" and "casts no doubt on the cert-worthiness of the petition here." Respondent did not file anything. The case was then conferenced for the June 29 cleanup conference. But there was no grant on June 30, along with the other cases.

Now, nearly three weeks later, there is a grant.

What happened here? Did the Justices tentatively decide to grant on June 29, pending some further internal deliberations? Maybe a Justice wanted to take one more look before granting? Did the Justices (gasp!) talk about the case over the summer break? Maybe they just wanted to get the case on the docket to fill up the fall calendar?

This process is very unusual.

SCOTUSBlog identified a few other instances where the Court granted a case over the summer. For example, in August 2012, cert was granted in Chafin v. Chafin. But this was a case distributed for the long conference that was granted earlier. Did the Justices find time amidst the Obamacare summer to talk about the case?

SCOTUSBlog identified two other cases granted in August 2021, Johnson v. Arteaga-Martinez and Garland v. Gonzalez. Both cases were conferenced at the July 1 conference and granted about a month later.

Somewhat relatedly, next week I will have a essay published arguing that the Court should eliminate the summer recess, in part, to avoid cert petitions piling up over the summer. Today's orders list is a useful data point!

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