- ABC News
- November 14, 2020
Kentucky honored offensive line coach John Schlarman, who died this week after a long battle with cancer, by lining up without a left guard and taking a delay of game penalty on the first play from scrimmage in the Wildcats' 38-35 victory against Vanderbilt on Saturday. Vanderbilt declined the penalty. Kentucky senior left tackle Landon Young then came in on the next play, wearing Schlarman's No. 65 jersey. Schlarman was a four-year starter at Kentucky from 1994 to '97, earning All-SEC honors as a senior, before going into coaching. He coached at Troy before returning to Kentucky as part of head coach Mark Stoops' first staff in 2013. Schlarman's offensive lines were among the best in the SEC, nicknamed "The Big Blue Wall." In 2016 and 2019, they were semifinalists for the Joe Moore Award given to the nation's top offensive line. Schlarman was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare cancer of the bile ducts, more than two years ago. He rarely...