Mississippi State calls Kentucky BIG game

The 3-5 Mississippi Bulldogs host Kentucky this week in a must-win game. To emphasis the must-win attitude, in his weekly news conference Sylveter Croom described the game with Kentucky.

“Big, a big ball game for us this week. I hope we have a great crowd out there and our fans come out. We need as much help as we can get in our home environment.” The Dogs see the winnable games on their schedule dwindling and need to take down Kentucky in order to maintain its bowl aspirations this year.

The season had bright hopes for the Mississippi State Bulldogs in 2008 as they were coming off an eight win season and bowl victory. They had a top noche defense which was returning and the offense was bound to be much improved with talent at running back and a more experience at the quarterback position.

However, this season, spirts have been severely dampened as the Bulldogs have been a large disappointment. The offense has struggled to gain any identity as their hopeful standout returnee quarterback Wesley Carrol regressed and was benched the fourth week of the season in favor of Tyson Lee.

Lee has faired a little better BUT the offense has still struggled as they are DEAD LAST in the SEC in total offense. The lack of an offense has cost this team in close efforts against Auburn and Vanderbilt, which they had more yardage but not enough points to win.

The Dogs are hoping to get back-to-back wins for the first time this season, as they prepare to take on Kentucky. Mississippi State played well last week as, beat writer Rusty Hampton called the performance against Middle Tennessee as “their most complete game” In this game, the offense found a rhythm, the special teams flourished; and the defense continued its decent play. With hopes high Mississippi State hopes to continue on their momentum and claw one win closer to bowl eligibility.