Grading every Mississippi State football game of the 2018 season

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MANHATTAN, KS – SEPTEMBER 18: The Kansas State Wildcats mascot, Willie the Wildcat, leads the team onto the field ahead of the game against the Auburn Tigers at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium on September 18, 2014 in Manhattan, Kansas. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /

Kansas State: Bulldogs win 31-10 (Grade B)

This was the first real challenge of the season for the Mississippi State football team. They passed it with remarkable ease.

Again, the inefficiencies in the passing game are what kept this from being an A. It was Nick Fitzgerald’s first game back from his awful injury in the 2017 Egg Bowl, so rust was to be expected. Kylin Hill had a breakout game, and we thought he was going to compile amazing numbers in 2018 as a result, but it was not to be.

But it was an interception deep in Mississippi State territory that helped Kansas State get their only touchdown, one of just 12 surrendered by the Bulldogs defense all season. That keeps it from being an A.

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