On Saturday, Mississippi State will do something it hasn’t done in 26 years: play a game in Hattiesburg against Southern Miss. And one man will have been on the sideline for both.
Rockey Felker, who was also one of the top quarterbacks in school history, was MSU’s head coach in 1989 when his Bulldogs took on Brett Favre and the Golden Eagles on their home field, and now he’s back on the staff under Dan Mullen as the director of player personnel, ready to bridge a 26-year gap in the rivalry.