The Mississippi State Bulldogs will head to the home of the Wabash Cannonballs to face off with the Kansas State Wildcats in a Power Five showdown scheduled to transpire at Bill Synder Family Stadium on Saturday, September 8th, 2018. The game will be showcased on ESPN with a kick-off time of 12:00 PM ET. The two teams are 1-1 all-time against each other based on a series of two meetings that took place during the 1970’s.
Mississippi State at Kansas State Game Overview
Mississippi State Bulldogs
The Bulldogs come in off a 63-3 thumping of tune-up opponent Stephen A. Austin in their Week One opener in Starkville. The Bulldogs come in with a lot of promise in 2018 as a potential dark horse for the SEC West. Most notably, the talent on the defensive line for the Dogs is what many analysts and NFL scouts alike are drooling over.
Kansas State Wildcats
The Wildcats come into this contest off a nail-biter in Manhattan when they edged out their hosted opponent South Dakota by a field goal. Kansas State has been and remains to be a bit of an enigma. A team that is known for pulling shocking upsets when off the grid but also known to stub its toe when expectations are at their peak. Nevertheless, KSU is skippered by one of the most respected coaches in college football in Bill Snyder.
Reasons To Back Kansas State
The Cats have a penchant for playing up to the opposition that is heralded. Whether it be in the Big 12 or otherwise, Kansas State seems to enjoy the limelight when it has the opportunity to bask in it. Lest us also forget, Manhattan is a very hostile place to play for those that venture there. It is why the Cannonballs have pulled several shocking upsets there in recent years’ past.
Reasons To Avoid Mississippi State
Like Kansas State, Mississippi State is a team that relies heavily on home cooking to orchestrate many of its victories. This is also their first year without the architect of the program’s renaissance, Dan Mullen. Sure, the Bulldogs have a dynamic playmaker in Nick Fitzgerald, but this will be his first true test since returning from an injury that ended his season last year. The jury is out on how he will handle a much more physical and faster K-State defense.
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