Spring Game Sheds Some Light On ESPN’S Lofty Predictions

Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports This year’s Maroon and White Spring Game was played under an unexpected and rather unfamiliar question, “What should the college football world make of ESPN’s high expectations for the Bulldog’s this season?”

The game took place mere days after ESPN released the projected win totals for each college football program, calculated by ESPN’s preseason Football Power Index (FPI), a system that many fans and experts alike take with a grain of salt. Nevertheless, it provides some sort of glimpse at the upcoming season.

Surprising enough is the projected 8.2 win total the program placed on Mississippi State, who finished at the tail end of the SEC West standings last…