Tomorrow night, Kentucky faces a Mississippi State team that started SEC play 1-7 but has now won five straight. Over the past two weeks, the Bulldogs beat then-No. 11 TCU, South Carolina, Missouri, LSU, and Arkansas. That last victory came on the road and is one of three Quad 1 wins for the Bulldogs. If Kentucky is trending down, Mississippi State is trending up heading into tomorrow night’s bubble team battle in Starkville.
On Monday, Chris Jans — Mississippi State’s new coach — shared the message he gave his players prior to their big win over Arkansas.
“I told them that leading up to the game, which is really not the norm for me 3-4 hours before a game, to tell the team how good I felt about where we were at.