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What to watch for when Arizona football hosts Mississippi State

Arizona passed its first test of the 2022 season, winning at San Diego State to match its win total from a year ago. But now comes a much tougher assignment in the form of Mississippi State, an SEC opponent with a potent offense and an underrated defense.

“Schematically, we’ve got a great challenge ahead of us,” UA coach Jedd Fisch said Thursday. “And we have to continue to improve in order for us to be able to be the type of program that one day we want to be, and we need to take this opportunity on Saturday night to be the next step of the build.