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LSU’s best wins vs. Mississippi State: 2016 season

The LSU football program went through two coaches in 2016, but a close win in Starkville helped their record early on in the season.

The 2016 edition of the LSU-Mississippi State rivalry saw the Tigers pull out a close win in Starkville.

The win helped the Tigers earn one of their wins for their final 8-5 record in 2016. A 23-20 victory over the Bulldogs marked the Tigers’ second straight win after a season-opening loss to the Wisconsin Badgers.

Tigers quarterback Danny Etling finished the game 19-of-30 passing for 215 yards and a touchdown. Running back Leonard Fournette ran the ball 28 times for 147 yards and two touchdowns.

LSU jumped out to a commanding 14-0 lead after the first quarter, but Mississippi State got a field goal in the second quarter and trailed 23-3 at the half.

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Bulldogs quarterback Nick Fitzgerald was 12-of-24 passing for 120 yards and an average of five yards per completion. LSU’s defense held the Bulldogs to just 56 total rushing yards on 32 carries and an average of 1.8 yards per rush.

The Tigers would not score again after their nine points in the second quarter. State added a field goal in the third quarter and then 14 points in the final quarter of play to cut the deficit to just 23-20.

But by then, the Tigers already had the win sealed. Unknown by LSU fans at the time, but this would be the second to last game coached by Les Miles at LSU.  He was let go the week after this game as the Tigers would travel to Auburn and lose 18-13.

The SEC win for the Tigers would help cement their 8-5 record at season’s end. As Ed Orgeron became the interim coach, the Tigers finished the season with a 6-2 record to close out the 2016 season.

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Gators News: August 27, 2020

Creeping closer to the end of the month, we are amidst the chaos of the protests along with the destruction inflicted by Hurricane Laura.

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Creeping closer to the end of the month, we arrive on this Thursday amidst the chaos of the protests in Wisconsin along with the destruction inflicted by Hurricane Laura upon the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas. With a heavy heart, we bring you today’s news.

Looking ahead towards spring, the Big Ten’s plan to play college football in early 2021 includes using NFL domed stadiums as venues, according to The Columbus Dispatch. Playing in domes would eliminate one of the major issues for having a winter season, especially in northern-most Big Ten schools, including Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Over in Kansas, head coach Les Miles is skeptical of COVID-19 opt-out benefits, stating, “They opt into the pandemic.” There is also news that at least one Jayhawk player has elected to sit out.

Across the border up in Georgia, UGA loses key wide receiver Dominick Blaylock to a second knee injury. The sophomore sustained another torn ACL to his left knee and will miss the season.

In college basketball news, former Ole Miss star and incendiary personality Marshall Henderson is joining the staff of Rebels coach Kermit Davis. Henderson is returning to Mississippi as a graduate manager, the school announced on Tuesday.

Here is the rest of the news from around Gators Wire.

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Monday Big 12 morning rush: Headlines from around the conference

The biggest stories from the previous day from around the Big 12. Monday’s stories regard Kansas, Iowa State and West Virginia.

Each morning Longhorns Wire will share the top stories from around the Big 12 Conference. For this edition of the Big 12 morning rush 247Sports, Iowa State Daily and the AP provide the headlines.

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Notre Dame Almanac: Happy Anniversary Music City Bowl

LSU quarterback Anthony Jennings completed a then game-record 75 yard touchdown pass to wide receiver John Diarse.  Jennings other 13 pass attempts on the afternoon totaled just 76 more yards.  Joe Burrow was still a senior at Athens High School on this day.

I woke up this morning and began flipping channels only to come to ESPN-U.  I thought I was still in a haze when it said the 2014 Music City Bowl between Notre Dame and LSU was being shown.

If you’re a Notre Dame fan you remember the Irish pulling off the win to finish a 2014 season that began with so much positivity until one bad call in Tallahassee sent things spiraling out of control the second half of the season.

It did end on a high note however as the Irish earned their first win over an SEC team since beating Tennessee in 2005.

Do you remember how ridiculous that game was, though?

A young man named Leonard Fournette announcing his arrival by returning a kickoff 100 yards for a socre and setting the record for longest run in Music City Bowl history, an 89 yard touchdown run.  He’d finish with 264 total yards.

Notre Dame went back and forth between Everett Golson and Malik Zaire at quarterback as the two combined to throw for 186 yards and a touchdown while Zaire also helped play the ball-possession game in carrying 22 times for 96 yards.

Notre Dame ran the ball 51 times on the day, an almost exact 2:1 ratio as they attempted 26 passes.

CJ Prosise began his transformation to running back that afternoon as he had three carries (also had three carries all year coming in) for 75 yards, including a 50 yard scoring run.  A pretty nice first step for what wound up being a special 2015 for him.

LSU quarterback Anthony Jennings completed a then game-record 75 yard touchdown pass to wide receiver John Diarse.  Jennings other 13 pass attempts on the afternoon totaled just 76 more yards.  Joe Burrow was still a senior at Athens High School on this day.

And most importantly it all ended with Kyle Brindza hitting a 32 yard field goal as time expired to give Notre Dame (+8.5) the upset victory.

That was five years ago today, relive some of those fun memories by watching the highlights below:

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