Coming off a week where the Bulldogs had upset the fourth ranked team in the nation, Mississippi State was hoping to carry momentum down the stretch of the season to close out November. Unfortunately, MSU had to go through Alabama.
Nick Fitzgerald and the offense took quite a beating from the vaunted Crimson Tide defense. The running attack didn’t have enough space to run with every attempt at an option run being sniffed out. And any time that Fitzgerald dropped back to pass, it wasn’t long before a linebacker or defensive end was bearing down on him.
Unfortunately, the defense struggled just as mightily as MSU’s offense.