LAS CRUCES – New Mexico State center Eli Johnson describes college football in the Southeast as “a second religion.”
Johnson, a Mississippi native, played in 13 games at Mississippi, including a 59-31 loss at Alabama in 2019.
“Football is king, it’s football season year around and it’s all anyone really cares about,” Johnson said. “I think the thing that makes it special is just how important it is to the people.”
Johnson and the Aggies play at No. 3 Alabama on Saturday at 10 a.m. (TV: SEC NETWORK; RADIO: 99.5 FM KXPZ) in the first of back-to-back guarantee football games.