Mississippi State football: Five things Bulldogs must do to win Outback Bowl

By Ethan Lee | Dec 31, 2018

OXFORD, MS - NOVEMBER 26: Nick Fitzgerald #7 of the Mississippi State Bulldogs runs the ball for a touchdown during a game against the Mississippi Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on November 26, 2016 in Oxford, Mississippi. The Bulldogs defeated the Rebels 55-20. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images) /

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TUSCALOOSA, AL – NOVEMBER 10: Aeris Williams #26 of the Mississippi State Bulldogs rushes against Shyheim Carter #5 of the Alabama Crimson Tide at Bryant-Denny Stadium on November 10, 2018 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /

Properly utilize Aeris Williams and Kylin Hill

This Mississippi State football team’s strength on offense is undeniably its ability to run the ball. That’s the way that Dan Mullen built this team to go on offense and, well, Joe Moorhead hasn’t been able to make enough changes in the passing game to really shift away from that.

The Bulldogs run the ball well. They should do everything possible to not only get their quarterback comfortable on offense early in the game, but also do everything possible to get two of the offense’s best weapons utilized as often as possible.

That means that MSU should do what it can to get Aeris Williams and Kylin Hill the ball.

The Bulldogs’ running back duo has seen plenty of success this season, despite the fact that it could have easily had a better combined season than what it did.

Kylin Hill ran for 691 yards and 4 touchdowns on just 105 carries. Aeris Williams ran for 502 yards and 3 touchdowns on just 79 carries. That’s a total of 1193 rushing yards and 7 touchdowns together.

Oh, and the two caught 25 passes for 245 yards and 4 scores.

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