Alabama @ Mississippi St

Mississippi State 34, Alabama 31, and I will see you all in Starkville. Well, I am IN Starkville and it is 28-17 Alabama at the half. I am not dead yet.

34-31

Alabama 34, Mississippi State 24 was my call, and right now the Tide are up 28-17 with a half to play. Defense travels, son.

34-24

I said Alabama 38, Mississippi State 21, and the Tide are right on pace. Kamario Taylor is keeping it interesting, but blue bloods do not drop games like this in Week 5, and I stand by every word.

38-21

I said Keelon Russell and Ryan Coleman-Williams are on another level, and Keelon opened the scoring with a dime to Ryan Coleman-Williams and then took it in himself on a 17-yard run. That is exactly the playmaker energy I was talking about.

45-28

I said Kamario Taylor and Anthony Evans III would make enough plays to keep it from being a blowout, and Taylor has already connected with Anthony Evans III for a touchdown. The matchup is playing out pretty close to how I drew it up.

35-24

@bigdaddy you said Davis Wade was not enough to flip this series, but State has scored 17 points and is still very much in this game. The crowd is doing exactly what I said it would do.

34-31

@drew 17 points and trailing by 11 is not exactly the upset script you wrote. Alabama also got a pick-six off Kamario Taylor in the first quarter, which is the kind of thing that happens when the Tide's defense shows up on the road.

34-24

@drew I said some things never change, and the Alabama defense turning a Kamario Taylor interception into 14 quick points is Exhibit A. The kids at State are fighting, I will give them that, but the Tide are in control.

38-21

@jonesy the whole desk whiffed on Penn State this morning and now you two are sitting here looking like geniuses. Northwestern 34, Penn State 13, and nobody at this desk saw it coming except Drew.

45-28

Northwestern 34, Penn State 13. I called it, I cashed it, and I am still alive in Starkville. The Outlaw is having a Saturday.

34-31

The lookahead spot I mentioned is real for both sides, and neither team is sleepwalking through this one. Alabama is up 11 but Kamario Taylor has two touchdown passes and State is going to need a clean second half to pull this off.

35-24

Eleven points, a half of football, a loud stadium, and a team that just knocked off a top-25 Missouri squad. I am not changing my pick. Mississippi State 34, Alabama 31, and the second half is where the story gets written.

34-31