ESPN Speaks Out on MSU

A little note from ESPN on the current state of the MSU football program. We are not far behind.

It's no secret that Mississippi State has had a rough go of it the last few years, but you might be surprised just how rough it's been.
There's bad. There's worse. And then there's being the first SEC team to do something since Tulane. That's right. Tulane!
For those who aren't college football historians, the Green Wave were a charter member of the SEC in 1933 but eventually became such a doormat in football that they opted for independent status in the mid '60s. Their final season in the conference was 1965, in which they were shut out five times, including the first two games of the year. That brings us to Mississippi State, which, after losing 15-0 to South Carolina and 34-0 to Auburn to open the 2006 campaign, became the first SEC team since that Tulane squad to be held without a point in its first two games of the season.
We're not aware of any discussion about giving the Bulldogs the boot from the conference, but their current level of futility is similar to what Tulane experienced in its final years. The MSU seniors have won just four of their 26 conference games and have been outscored 826-296 in SEC play. That's a scoring margin of -20.4 per game. Saturday's loss to Auburn was the seventh time they've been shut out in conference play and the fifth time they've failed to score in a home SEC game.
The Bulldogs will now step out of conference to attempt an end to this historical scoreless stretch. The team trying to keep Mississippi State off the scoreboard this Saturday? Naturally, it will be Tulane.