Insider Notes: College football's changing landscape

Syndication: The Courier-Journal — UK athletic director Mitch Barnhart spoke to the crowd with UofL athletic director Josh Heird at the Louisville Assembly Plant Monday morning, August, 11, 2025 where the giant auto and truck manufacturer announced plans to invest $5 billion and create roughly 4,000 jobs focused on EV production across the Louisville Assembly Plant and the BlueOval Battery Park in Michigan. The company touted the EV investment will create a new production line with a more comfortable work environment.

Over the past week there have been plenty of editions of Insider Notes at Cats Illustrated.

That’s what happens when a college football program finds itself in the position Kentucky is in.

Cats Illustrated continues to break down where things stand for the Kentucky football program, both in terms of the coaching carousel and everything else we’re hearing.

Today we tackle the big changes taking place at Kentucky and all across the country as well as how all that could impact the Wildcats moving into the future.

Read and discuss: Insider Notes on the changing landscape of college football and the unique challenges Kentucky faces