The Mississippi State football team will go forward with its ReliaQuest Bowl game appearance against Illinois on Jan. 2.
Interim athletic director Bracky Brett revealed the news to ESPN's Chris Low on Tuesday, one day after head coach Mike Leach died from complications of a heart condition.
Chris LowAs <a href="https://twitter.com/HailStateFB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HailStateFB</a> grieves Mike Leach's death, interim AD Bracky Brett tells ESPN that the Bulldogs will play in their ReliaQuest Bowl game on Jan. 2 against Illinois. "The players are 100 percent behind playing this bowl game and doing what coach Leach would expect them to do.