Travel back with me to the 2013 football season. Starting quarterback Tyler Russell got injured in the season opener and Mississippi State fans were introduced to then redshirt sophomore Dak Prescott. Flash forward to current time and Dak is tearing up the NFL for the NFC-leading Dallas Cowboys and our Bulldogs just finished a mediocre 5-7 season.
If there was a bright spot in 2016 for the Bulldogs – other than the Golden Egg returning to Starkville – it was quarterback Nick Fitzgerald. After the cluster that was South Alabama, Fitz was named the starter over Damien Williams and Nick Tiano, and was asked to carry the MSU offense.