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Fitzgerald hoping to make leaps in Moorhead's offense

ATLANTA - When Joe Moorhead agreed to become Mississippi State's head coach, his first order of business was to send a text message to his new quarterback.

This wasn't an ordinary, nice-to-meet-you message, however.

"He said, 'I want you to clear off a spot on your mantel for the Heisman Trophy, and I want you to know what your ring size is right now. You're going to need it.,'" Nick Fitzgerald said.

How is that for an introduction?

"I didn't know how to take it at first," Fitzgerald said. "Once I met him and was around him, I could tell it was real.