Mississippi State has lost to Alabama in each of the last seven seasons. The Crimson Tide are the only SEC West school Dan Mullen has failed to beat, and it hasn’t really been close with an average 19 point margin of victory for Bama. But in 2015 the Bulldogs are at home with their most decorated quarterback in school history – the time to beat Alabama is now.
As soon as State lost to LSU in the second game of the season and quarterbacks Nick Fitzgerald and Elijah Staley shined against Northwestern State, talk of a potential big year in 2017 began to arise.