Usually when we do these kind of opponent season outlook posts we don’t spend too much time reflecting on the prior season. But I’m making an exception for Mississippi State because we need to revisit just how bad LSU—and only LSU—was trying to defend Mike Leach’s air raid offense.
By now the numbers behind LSU’s infamous loss to State are burned in LSU’s fans minds: 44 points and an SEC record 623 passing yards allowed to KJ Costello. If other teams gave up similar numbers to the Bulldogs over the course of 2020 it would be one thing, but LSU was quite literally the only team to have issues with Mississippi State.