STARKVILLE, Miss. – Nick Fitzgerald struggled to fully explain how low he felt last September after Mississippi State lost its 2016 season opener 21-20 to South Alabama.
“I was upset. I was down. I was given the chance to show that I could play and I messed it up,” Fitzgerald says.
Just hours before that nightmare of a loss, Fitzgerald’s dream had finally come true. After two seasons of learning from the great Dak Prescott, one as a redshirt and one as a backup, Mississippi State finally was Nick Fitzgerald’s team.
The game did not go well.