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SEC Nation heads to Starkville on Saturday
For the second season in a row, SEC Nation is heading to Starkville for the highly anticipated matchup between No. 16 Mississippi State Bulldogs and No. 7 Alabama Crimson Tide this Saturday. SEC Nation came to Mississippi State last season for the University of Georgia game on…
Rating on the road: How Columbia stacks up against Starkville
There are not many teams I would drive through four states in seven hours for, but Mississippi State football is the exception. The weekend kicked off at 6 a.m. Friday morning, my friends and I hit the road, and the only thing I could think about was, “We really need to win this…
McCord: Mississippi State has earned the right to believe again
For years, Mississippi State fans have learned to expect the worst. Call it “Poor Ol’ State.” Call it a defense mechanism. Whatever the name, the idea is the same: do not get too excited because something will eventually go wrong. Plenty of reasons have made you think that way.…
Opinion | Political influencers cater to sensationalism
Political influencers have no idea what they are talking about. Followers of Los Angeles-based political influencer Shaka Smith did not know he was being paid to promote a political candidate until he revealed it. Smith, who has over 700,000 followers, confirmed to the Associated…