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To football fans in the state of Mississippi, the Battle for the Golden Egg is the primary tool used to gauge the success of a season.
Moments after his Mississippi State team fell to arch-rival Ole Miss 38-27 on Saturday night though, MSU head coach Dan Mullen provided a different perspective.
Mullen admitted he was disappointed to lose the Egg Bowl for the second year in a row, but couldn’t help but point out how the Bulldogs defied many preseason prognostications.
“We finished a lot better than (the media) thought we would since (the media) picked us to finish last in the SEC,” Mullen said.