I will go a bit further and give a MSU twist to my above comment -
Mullen was right where Kentucky has now found itself - a perennial winning, bowl-bound team that was on cusp of becoming a top 2 team in their conference division. The difference?? Mullen believed he was better than MSU, and wanted to be a blue blood (but the way he built his success does not work at most blue bloods - they want to win NOW). Stoops has embraced his situation and when both he?s had the opportunities to leave, AND when he had a subpar year UK admin could have pulled the plug, both sides stayed committed to the process. Today?s game is another sign that it works