Mississippi State is the next installment in our SEC football 2015 previews:
Record last season: In early November last year, Mississippi State was the talk of college football with a 9-0 record and a Heisman Trophy favorite in quarterback Dak Prescott. Alas, Alabama popped the Bulldogs’ bubble the next week, beating MSU 25-20 in Tuscaloosa. After a 51-0 drubbing of Vanderbilt, Mississippi State lost the Egg Bowl at Ole Miss 31-17, then lost 49-34 to Georgia Tech in the Orange Bowl.
Head coach: Dan Mullen had been Urban Meyer’s offensive coordinator, helping Tim Tebow win the Heisman Trophy in 2007, when he became Mississippi State’s coach in 2009.