Russell Hansbrough, Ish Witter, and Tyler Hunt: 34 carries, 228 yards. 31 pass attempts: 72 net yards.
1. Mississippi State's biggest strength this year is depth in the passing game. We knew that coming in -- MSU ranks 65th in Rushing S&P+ but 11th in Passing S&P+ -- and we saw its effects on Thursday night.
Even against a pretty good Mizzou secondary, the Bulldogs were able to pick out matchups they liked and exploit them. That often meant "Find Fred Ross and throw him the ball," but DeRunnya Wilson had success down the sideline, both Fred Brown and Darrion Hutcherson had at least one 20+ yard catch, and MSU ended up with six guys with at least two catches.