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At some point late last Saturday night as Mississippi State was finishing up its win over Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, LSU was down in Baton Rouge packing up to go home.
The Tigers’ game against McNeese State was cancelled after just a few short minutes of play due to ongoing storms in the area, so when No. 14 LSU heads to Starkville this week for its Top 25 matchup against the 25th-ranked Bulldogs, it’ll serve as the season opener for the Tigers.
As MSU head coach Dan Mullen met with members of the local media on Tuesday during his weekly press conference, the Bulldogs’ seventh-year leader said he wasn’t sure which team the unique circumstances favored.