(09-05-2014 02:21 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(09-05-2014 02:00 PM)adcorbett Wrote:  

(09-05-2014 12:14 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  Lets not jump the gun here on UTSA getting into the MWC or AAC. They are winning this year with a ton of 5th year seniors because of smart redshirting when the school first moved up. Will they be able to match this in future years with a younger team?

Do we know that they have not done that every year since? Meaning they might have a stream of 5th year seniors the next few years.

Agreed. It's a strategy that has worked at BYU for a long time. Could work here too, even though UTSA isn't going to have the guys returning from LDS missions that BYU has.

(By the way, even for BYU, the age difference is hugely exaggerated by media and fans who don't look at the actual numbers. According to this article, even with 80 out of 105 players who had served missions, the average age of BYU's 2008 football team was 21, while the average age of USC's team the same season was 20, which sounds about right for a team that does a lot of redshirting like Carroll's teams did.)

Being 20 in college sports is like hitting 30 in pro.

Age 23=45 y/o baseball player.