I didn’t realize this until I heard Louisiana Tech QB Taylor Bennett mention it during Monday’s press conference: Mississippi State will be the first SEC school to pay a visit to Tech’s Joe Aillet Stadium. Not only that, the Bulldogs are the first BCS school to come a-calling.
Tech is not the kind of school that can easily draw big teams to its place. For starters, the 40-year-old stadium only seats 30,600. Tech will visit State next year as part of a home-and-home deal.
So you have a bowl team coming in, and the game is on ESPN2. Having once lived in Ruston myself, I know this is a huge deal for those folks.
The players will be pumped up, especially this being the first game, so MSU will have to deal with a team that’s got a little extra adrenaline. It’ll probably make for a close first half, especially if State doesn’t move the ball on its first possession. You see this all the time – an underdog comes in with more energy and puts a scare into the clear favorite. State needs to come out and attack, so as to quickly deflate Tech’s upset hopes.
Any predictions on the halftime score? I’ll say 14-7 State (remember, I have my final at 28-14).
August 28, 2008 at 2:11 pm |
Halftime: 6-3
August 28, 2008 at 3:02 pm |
10-10
August 28, 2008 at 3:11 pm |
I’ll buy 14-7 State at the half…
In the contest on my website I also have predicted State to win 28-14 in a contest we have going on. Hope that holds true so I can win my own prize!
August 28, 2008 at 3:18 pm |
i’m gonna go with 17-6 Dawgs at half….game ends 31-13.
August 28, 2008 at 3:37 pm |
13-0 MSU @ the half!!!
August 28, 2008 at 3:58 pm |
17-3 MSU at the half.
Oh, I meant to tell you all that I was digging into the bowels of the College Football front page on the MSNBC web site sports section and came across a story listed as “watch out for these four programs on the rise”. I thought to myself, could MSU be one of those teams and when I opened it, they were. Teams were, Stanford, Miss State, NCState and Michigan State. It said they all have bright futures and they had a little write up about each team. Pretty interesting. When I say in the bowels I mean way down the page but it is there.
August 28, 2008 at 4:18 pm |
Here is the link to the article that rwriffe is talking about.
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/24036609/
August 28, 2008 at 4:30 pm |
thanks conquistador
August 28, 2008 at 4:40 pm |
good job Brad!
Mississippi State up 20-7 at half. we win 37-17. like most teams they wont have an answer for Dixon/Ducre. there 17 will mostly be off our mistakes – Pegues out.
GO DOGS!
August 28, 2008 at 5:22 pm |
Be mindful as to what you read on MSNBC or see on the ultra liberal media cable network, hear that they are masters at brain-washing.
August 28, 2008 at 5:25 pm |
Halftime score – MSU – 13, Tech – 10; MSU wins 23-17.
August 28, 2008 at 6:19 pm |
24-3 halftime , MSU wins 38-10
August 28, 2008 at 9:26 pm |
MSU – 17 Tech – 0 MSU 31 Tech 10
August 28, 2008 at 9:41 pm |
State 10 – Tech 7 halftime
State 24 – Tech 14 final