The Southeastern Conference gave Kentucky a demanding 2024 schedule with road trips to Ole Miss, Tennessee, and Texas, plus a home game against No. 1 Georgia. Those were four playoff contenders in preseason conversations, and the thought process around Big Blue Nation was to defend home field in all games but Georgia and hope for the best in those challenges outside of Lexington. Kentucky did not defend its home field in Lexington. In fact, Kentucky did the opposite, losing all four of its home SEC games in Kroger Field, an inconceivable outcome before the season began but a reality on October…