Vandy coach jokes (?) that Obama call hurt UK

In a light-hearted exchange with reporters Thursday, Vanderbilt Coach Kevin Stallings suggested that a call from President Barack Obama earlier in the day might have distracted Kentucky in its game at South Carolina Tuesday night.
When a reporter suggested that South Carolina proved how UK was beatable, Stallings said:
“Oh, I don’t know. They probably got caught on the right time, the right night. How hard would it be to get a group of 18-21 year olds to focus after the President of the United States calls you that day? That was almost like a setup, I think. I’m not sure the President wasn’t for South Carolina.
“I don’t know how John could have possibly gotten them to focus in on that game. That probably makes our job that much harder, because their edge is going to be way up. They’re good enough as it is, we don’t need them to be any edgier than what they would have been naturally.”
When someone asked if he wished Obama would not call Vandy’s team, Stallings said:
“No, but he can call them again if he wants to, though.”