By JOEL COLEMAN
sports@starkvilledailynews.com
When Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen and the Bulldogs arrive in Charlotte, North Carolina on Friday, MSU’s seventh-year leader can begin to focus on the challenges that await his team with the Belk Bowl looming.
Before Mullen zeros in on NC State though, his biggest challenge might be fitting 6-foot-5, 325-pound defensive tackle Nick James into a stock car.
“Yeah, I’m not sure about that now,” Mullen said. “(I’m not sure he can) get in that window there and climb into that seat.”
A Sunday stop at Charlotte Motor Speedway is just one of several bowl week events for MSU before the Bulldogs and Wolfpack kick off at 2:30 p.