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Mississippi State Football: Bulldogs’ offense flounders against Florida

By Ethan Lee

STARKVILLE, MS - SEPTEMBER 29: Farrod Green #82 of the Mississippi State Bulldogs is tackled by Chauncey Gardner-Johnson #23 of the Florida Gators during the first half at Davis Wade Stadium on September 29, 2018 in Starkville, Mississippi. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
STARKVILLE, MS - SEPTEMBER 29: Farrod Green #82 of the Mississippi State Bulldogs is tackled by Chauncey Gardner-Johnson #23 of the Florida Gators during the first half at Davis Wade Stadium on September 29, 2018 in Starkville, Mississippi. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) /
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The Mississippi State football team couldn’t generate any sort of offense against its former head coach and his new team

For the second week in a row, the Mississippi State football team’s offense completely failed the Bulldogs against a team from the SEC East. This time, the Bulldogs completely fell apart against the Florida Gators and Dan Mullen.

Nick Fitzgerald completed 11 of 26 passes. He ran the ball 20 times for 32 yards. That’s 1.6 yards per carry. All of Mississippi State’s points came thanks to the leg of Jace Christmann with two field goals.

The Mississippi State football team is now 3-2 and is 0-2 in the SEC. The Bulldogs fell on their faces when trying to take on their former coach as their current coach couldn’t get anything that even remotely resembled an offense on the field.

Kylin Hill ran the ball a grand total of 9 times for 41 yards. Aeris Williams had 3 carries for 31 yards. There was nothing going for MSU when it came to running the ball and, of course, the Bulldogs couldn’t stretch the field at all with any downfield passes.

The one truly great pass that Fitzgerald did throw tonight fell out of Osirus Mitchell’s hands as he was headed towards the end zone. The Bulldogs continue to drop pass after pass and opportunity after opportunity slips right on bye.

The Mississippi State football team will not compete for the Southeastern Conference in a year that was supposed to be a truly great one for the Bulldogs. MSU’s offense appears to have completely imploded and there’s seemingly no hope on the horizon as the schedule will only get tougher.

Next. Joe Moorhead is at a crossroads. dark

Joe Moorhead and this Mississippi State football coaching staff have very little time to bounce back from this. The Bulldogs play the Auburn Tigers next weekend. If the Mississippi State Bulldogs want to make a bowl this season, they’ve got to find a pulse and beat Auburn. Tonight was truly awful for the Bulldogs. Here’s to hoping that somehow, some way, Moorhead can get this fixed.

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