Mississippi State Bulldogs Preview

Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty ImagesMike Leach teams take a while to get going. Yes, they beat LSU but (almost) everyone does that in 2020. Part of that is the install: Leach famously throws it every down and runs a super simple offense based on being really, really good at a few things and bludgeoning you with speed and repetition. The other part is that he only takes over terrible teams in remote corners of the college football universe. My point: if you have to play Mike Leach, Year 1 is a good time to do it.

Missouri, as a program, has had a great deal of success against Leach, to boot. Granted, all of these matchups were Leach vs. Pinkel but here’s Missouri’s record against the Dread…