[goBIGblue82]

I'm not so sure how true that is. Personally, I think it's just the opposite. In college, you see a ton of guys in their 50's and 60's who are at the top of their game and the collegiate game as a whole.

Saban, Miles, Briles, Meyer, Kelly, Petrino, McElwain, Fisher, Richt, Strong, Patterson, Leach, Bob Stoops, Malzahn, Chris Peterson (Washington), Paul Johnson (Georgia Tech), Kirk Ferentz at Iowa, MacIntyre at Colorado, Dantonio, Bill Snyder and Spurrier (up until this year, and I'm not so sure he should have hung it up) are all 50 or above (many in their mid 50's, into their 60's and even 70's) that are doing VERY well and thats just to name some of them & only in the D1 Power 5 Conferences at that.

In Kentucky guys that age are considered "old and outdated" in the eyes of many.

How many guys in the state will be coaching next year over the age of 50?

Larry French (Southwestern), Phillip Haywood (Belfry), Chuck Smith (Boyle), Kevin Wallace (Bowling Green), Mark Brown (Elizabethtown), Bill Sharp (Russell County), David Barnes (Caldwell County), Dudley Hilton (Taylor County), Beatty (T) and Sam Simpson (Henry Clay) are the only ones I can think of that are 50+ (David Morris @ Mayfield maybe?) in the entire state. The college coaches I named above are just those that are D1 Power 5 and I'm sure I left some out that are 50+.

.....whole lot of RINGS in that group, too. Matter of fact, there are only three in the names above who don't have one as a HC (Simpson, Barnes and Sharp), but they've been in the mix quite a few times and/or gotten there.

11 guys 50+ out of the 220 football playing schools in the state doesn't scream a lot. Right at 5% and less if more than 220, which it might be...something around that number.

I can agree with all of this. I didn't intend the statement to only refer to football.