Getting old and staying old is what most teams in college sports try to accomplish. Mike Leach is doing the opposite at Mississippi State with his Air Raid offense.
Kentucky has one of the oldest defenses in college football. The Wildcats will start nine seniors on Saturday, and six of those players were in the same 2017 recruiting class. Brad White’s defense has spent a lot of time together. The opposite is happening at Mississippi State.
The Bulldogs will start five sophomores against Kentucky and will be heavily dependent on production from new players in the program.