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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 10-21-2014, 01:45 PM:

We have improved no doubt about that but to give the number one team in the country a close game is probably far fetched.

Mississippi State has spent the past month obliterating stereotypes about the program, ignoring a mediocre history and rising to the top spot in the national rankings for the first time in school history.

Now the Bulldogs are learning to embrace life as the favorite.

No. 1 Mississippi State (6-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) travels to face Kentucky (5-2, 2-2) on Saturday, which will be the program’s first game as the top-ranked team after the Bulldogs were off last weekend.

“We’re going into a game with a target on our back,” Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen said. “Having to go on the road in a hostile environment … against one of the most improved teams in college football this year. Our guys better learn how to handle that and make sure we have unbelievable focus about how big of a game this really is.”

Life in the SEC is almost never easy, but Mississippi State’s next three weeks are relatively forgiving. The Bulldogs travel to face the Wildcats on Saturday — which lost to 41-3 to LSU last weekend — before home games against Arkansas and UT-Martin.
The previous off week has allowed the Bulldogs time to rest and now they’re close to having everyone healthy.

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