Mississippi State Shocked By Toledo: What Went Wrong For the Bulldogs?

Bulldogs’ self-inflicted mistakes prove costly as Toledo dominates in Starkville.

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Many of the reasons why Mississippi State lost to Toledo on Saturday night were the same reasons why Arizona State won the previous week. Somehow, though, the Rockets

Toledo is a good team with an experienced roster, but not even Nick Saban could’ve predicted the Rockets winning by 24 points. Toledo’s offense gained 454 yards of total offense, averaging 6.2 yards per play, including 169 rushing yards and 285 passing yards.

"Being behind the chains, having issues on first and second down, putting us in bad third down situations," Mississippi State coach Jeff Lebby said after the game. "That's going to be a huge emphasis for us this week."One of the first things Bulldogs' coach Lebby talked about after last week’s loss to Arizona State was the 25 missed tackles and nearly 250 yards rushing yards after contact. Not much changed in the seven days since then.

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