The Aggies will try to avenge a 26-22 loss to the Bulldogs last season at Kyle Field.
Texas A&M's Max Johnson quarterbacked a win over Mississippi State a year ago before he transferred from LSU.STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi State’s Mike Leach has the reputation as a brilliant offensive mind; Texas A&M’s Jimbo Fisher is considered a grinder on that side of the ball — albeit one with a national title while at Florida State nearly a decade ago.game against A&M — he was 7-3 vs.
In fact a year ago Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin said he appreciated Fisher’s slow approach to snaps because it helped Kiffin’s thin defense get set in the Rebels’ 29-19 victory in Oxford, Miss. Leach and Fisher are 1-1 against each other so both sides can make their arguments for offensive pace heading into the rubber match.The Aggies lost their offensive leader, senior receiver Ainias Smith, for the season to a lower leg injury in last week’s victory over Arkansas, and he will be missed.
Smith’s 291 receiving yards are more than twice as many as No. 2 on the list and the drop off from there is even more dramatic — no other Aggie is in triple digits in receiving yards. By comparison MSU’s fifth-leading receiver, Dillon Johnson, has only 18 yards less receiving than Stewart.
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