10 Biggest What Ifs in Mississippi State Sports History

Here are the 10 biggest ‘what ifs’ in Mississippi State sports history.

Things happen the way they happen, but what if something different happened? What would the domino effect be? How would things be different today?

Mississippi State sports have featured a lot of moments during its history in which certain events that could have taken place ultimately did not. Those moments shaped the present and the future, and now make up our past.

There’s a good and bad side to ‘what ifs’.

“What if Dak Prescott went to LSU” would certainly be an example of a good ‘what if’. Can you imagine the ramifications of such a move back in December of 2010? Would MSU have vaulted to No. 1 in 2014 without Dak Prescott? Would Dak have vaulted to become a NFL starting quarterback after playing under Les Miles? I think the answer to both of those questions is ‘no’.

There are many good ‘what if’ moments in MSU sports history….and maybe we’ll tackle those one day. But for today, we are going to look at the other side of the coin. The bad ‘what ifs’.

These are the things you think about when you you ponder the past and what might have been. The following 10 events in Mississippi State history changed the outcome of certain games, seasons, eras and in some cases the trajectory of an entire program.

The events (and/or non-events) in this list could have produced SEC and national championships if they had or hadn’t happened. The way you feel about Mississippi State athletics could be drastically different had they gone the other direction.

Without further adieu, let’s get started with number 10…