Starkville

As the nation got acclimated with Kamario Taylor last week in week one and realized that the Bulldogs have a special player leading his team, PJ Fleck is not overlooking them.

He understands that Mississippi State coming from Starkville to Big Ten country, they've got plenty of players ready to make a statement

statementThis kid might be one of the best quarterbacks we've ever played against in 10 years of me being the head football coach here, and I don't know how close it is.

He's so dynamic.

But yeah, I think they're used to big game environments.

I know Ken Dillian was a little hard on himself when he talked about how they're prepared for the Mississippi State road game last year, which I expect the noise in Kyle Field, even though they don't have cowbells, to be greater because it's probably, I would say, what, 35,000, 40,000 fans more than they had at Starkville last season.

But still, playing those annoying cowbells in practices this time last year is something that did get ASU used to that environment.

And people people I forget that ASU was down 17 nothing and they came pretty darn close to to winning this to winning that game.

I think Kenny Dillingham and the coaching staff did a pretty good job there.

preparing ASU last year.

I know that Kenny said that his only regret is that, I guess, the fans inside the Verde Dickey Dome were turned off to simulate the humidity that's going to be in Starkville, and he did not do it this week.

And by the way, I was at Starkville last year.

Speedy keeps Martin in the lower portion of your mind wide open, and that puts Jackie Papers in a bad place.

Sent him to Starkville right then and there.

They did? They shipped him off to Starkville? He shipped himself.

He said, I don't need any more of this.

I got a quarterback I can't see.

I am looking forward to it.

Either way, hopefully, from this Missouri fan perspective, they are 2-0, setting the stage for what should be a win next week.

It could be a damn good game in Starkville in a couple of weeks.

Speedy keeps Martin on the lower portion of your monitor wide open, and that puts Jackie Papers in a bad place.

Sent him to Starkville right then and there.

They did? They shipped him off to Starkville? He shipped himself.

He said, I don't need any more of this.

I got a quarterback who can't see.

Huge chance for Jeff Levy and company to get a signature win.

They got one a year ago in Starkville over Arizona State when ASU was coming off that playoff run.

Can they get it done at Minnesota? I'm not joking when I say that this is a game that I'm legitimately interested in watching, and you should check it out too.

Last but not least for me, Georgia Tech, Tennessee.

All right, we're back for another segment of Locked On Mississippi State, part of the Locked On Podcast Network, now the number one sports podcast network.

It's time now for Next Up in Starkville.

All right, so like we did last Friday, Karen Rodgers joins us from Locked On.

We're going to talk about several SEC games for this weekend.

was a bigger part of what Ole Miss was doing.

It's certainly what they've got cooking down there in Starkville right now.

Now, the interesting thing to me how they do this here is they're actually going to take Keywon Lacy and they're going to motion him out of the backfield.

So they're going to go from a traditional kind of 11-P presentation and they're going to end up in an empty set with a tight end.

I am looking forward to it.

Either way, hopefully, from this Missouri fan perspective, they are 2-0 setting the stage for what should be a win next week and then what could be a damn good game in Starkville in a couple of weeks.

Gabe,

always appreciated safe travels and looking forward to the festivities tonight.

I am looking forward to it.

Either way, hopefully, from this Missouri fan perspective, they are 2-0 setting the stage for what should be a win next week and then what could be a damn good game in Starkville in a couple of weeks.

Gabe, always appreciated safe travels and looking forward to the festivities tonight.

All right, guys.