After practice on Thursday, Mississippi State’s football players were asked to raise their hands if they wanted to go see the new Star Wars that night. Well over half of them looked as if they thought it was a stupid question, because of course they don’t want to go watch Star Wars. The rest of them looked as if they, too, thought it was a stupid question, because of course they want to go watch Star Wars.
“What kind of question is that?” senior offensive lineman Justin Malone asked later.
He fell in the smaller but certainly more excited category of those who have been anticipating this release for years.