Dan Mullen has done a lot of things right since he arrived at Mississippi State back in 2009. One of the things he learned in 2012 is if you want to compete in the SEC, you are going to have to have a defensive line that is capable of imposing its will on the opponent.
The Mississippi State football team has been building a solid defensive line ever since the 2012 season. The Bulldogs got off to a fast start in 2012 by winning their first seven games of the season, but once they reached the teeth of the schedule, they discovered they didn’t have the defensive line to compete with the better teams in the league.