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'Moor Cowbell': Joe Moorhead embraces Southern living at Mississippi State

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STARKVILLE, Miss. — The beverage is Moxie, a high-fructose carbonated drink he has tasted only once, and then only a sip. The bright orange cans occupy prominent positions on Joe Moorhead’s desk — and in his football program. Which brings us to this important question for Mississippi State’s new coach:

What do you call Moxie?

“I’m from Pittsburgh,” he says, “so I call it pop.