SEC Football Preview: Mississippi State vs. Louisiana

Mississippi State meets Louisiana on Saturday in New Orleans, LA. 14Powers.com previews the game and predicts the final score of this contest.

Team Schedules/Results

ESPN FPI

Mississippi State: 16

Louisiana: 99

Key Stats (2018 Stats)

Players to Watch

Mississippi State

C Darryl Williams, RB Kylin Hill, DB Cameron Dantzler, LB Erroll Thompson, DL Chauncey Rivers.

Louisiana

OT Robert Hunt, RB Elijah Mitchell, TE Johnny Lumpkin, RB Trey Ragas, RB Raymond Calais, WR Jarrod Jackson, DT Zi’Yon Hill, CB Michael Jacquet, DE Chauncey Manac, LB Ferrod Gardner.

Injuries

Mississippi State

None reported.

Louisiana

None reported.

Source: Donbest.com

Comments

This is not one of those games you lay in bed at night looking forward to watching unless you happen to be a fan of one of these two teams. This is an important game. It counts toward bowl eligibility and if you lose to Louisiana you can say goodbye to any prospect of going to the CFB Playoff. In the early 90s the Citadel upset Arkansas in the Hogs season opener. Crazy things happen in openers but, don’t worry, it’ll probably be fine and the score below will be about right. One other thing that’ll be interesting in this game is to see how grad transfer (from Penn St.) quarterback Tommy Stevens does in this game.

Note: The Preseason game score prediction and the in-season prediction are all the same this week because the preseason predictions were only made about a week before the season started. In next week’s predictions, you’ll see some differences between the in-season and preseason predictions because we’ll know a lot more about teams after they have played a game.

Our Preseason Prediction

Mississippi State 38, Louisiana 7

In-Season 14Powers.com Prediction

Mississippi State 38, Louisiana 7

Saturday‘s game kicks off at 11:00 AM CT (12:00 PM ET). Watch on the ESPNU network.

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