Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl Preview

Who: Mississippi State Bulldogs vs Wake Forest Demon Deacons Where: LP Field (Nashville, Tennessee) When: Friday, Dec 30th at 6:40 PM EST TV: ESPN   Mississippi State Bulldogs (6-6, 2-6 in SEC) Most impressive victory: 31-3 vs Ole Miss (Nov 26th) Notable alumni: Will Clark, John Grisham, Rafael Palmeiro, Jonathan Papelbon Mississippi State's most impressive victory this year was probably against Ole Miss. Chew on that for a minute. The only team that Mississippi State beat that went to a bowl was Louisiana Tech and they needed overtime to do that. The bloom came off of Dan Mullen's rose this year as his team didn't live up to expectations and he made some questionable on the field decisions. When you look at the stats, the differences for Mississippi State aren't huge. One area of decline was 3rd down conversions as the Bulldogs fell 7% from last year. Another was red zone performance. This year Mississippi State scored a TD on only 58% of their...