Fans fear Georgia more for obvious reasons, but the SEC’s other Bulldogs have the most top-end talent of any team Kentucky faces. Montez Sweat and Jeffrey Simmons give State the second-best defensive line in the nation, behind just Clemson. Aeris Williams and Nick Fitzgerald might be the most difficult running tandem to tackle in the SEC.
Kentucky has beaten State just once in the last nine meetings. Even though the game is at home and we like to scoff at Starkville’s cowbells, the BBN isn’t giving Joe Moorhead’s team the respect they deserve.