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Mississippi State loses a weird one to LSU

Even if Fournette is limited, sophomore tailback Derrius Guice is extremely talented in his own right.

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Mississippi State totaled 270 yards in the game, 190 of which came in the second half.

Mississippi State: The Bulldogs relatively youthful and inexperienced squad needs a little more maturity to beat the top teams in the SEC.

“After the first game, I didn’t want him to worry about (the lack of reps)”, Mullen said. Through three quarters and one impressive drive that seemed destined to slam the door, LSU rolled up 400 yards.

“I don’t think he was happy obviously with the decision we made, but he didn’t let it affect his preparation or the teammate he is or being ready to go and his development and maturity”, Mullen said.

Etling completed six of his first eight passes for 100 yards, including a 46-yard touchdown strike, but finished 6-of-14 after missing on all six of his second-half passes with two turnovers – an interception and fumble. Williams came on in the fourth quarter to convert a fourth-and-4 play with a 24-yard pass to Donald Gray, setting up MSU’s first TD. A more capable drop back passer than Brandon Harris was, Etling provides the balance of a vertical passing threat to the bruising runs of Fournette.

MSU held LSU’s defense to a three and out the next drive and got the ball back on their 23 yard-line with 2:06 left in the fourth quarter.

“It wasn’t ideal in any way, but we got a real good start in conference play”, said head coach Les Miles.

“We were pretty shocked”.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida quarterback Luke Del Rio injured his left knee in a 32-0 victory against North Texas on Saturday night, a huge concern as the Gators prepare to play at No. 15 Tennessee next week. Mississippi State lost its opener in a stunner but bounced back by dominating SC and now has a 1-1 record.

Plays that sputtered under Fitzgerald suddenly worked for an offense guided by Williams.

After missing last week’s game with an ankle injury, Leonard Fournette returned and rushed 28 times for 147 yards and two touchdowns.

LSU RB Leonard Fournette rushes 5 yards for a touchdown. “This will be a great challenge for us and a tough environment for us to go out there and win”. Going forward, Etling offers that. Auburn was 1-1 entering its SEC opener at home against Texas A&M Saturday night.

MSU got a 41-yard field goal from Graves in the second quarter and trailed 23-3 at halftime.

“When stuff like that happens, it’s not going to be ideal, but I thought we played physical, Pocic said”.

On the offense, Mississippi State averages 169.0 yards in passing and 264.5 yards in rushing. It was as nasty as it was powerful, the type of move that will make National Football League scouts salivate over the potential that LSU’s stud running back possesses.

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Key got two sacks among his five tackles and forced a fumble on Mississippi State’s final offensive play.

GAINESVILLE FL- SEPTEMBER 03 Steve Spurrier speaks during a field naming ceremony before the game between the Florida Gators and the Massachusetts Minutemen at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium