Unusual road date for Mississippi State
By David Ching
Published September 11, 2014, 10:00:03 AM
The average SEC football fan might have done a double take when reviewing this week’s conference schedule and noticing Mississippi State’s matchup.
The Bulldogs (2-0) will face South Alabama (1-0). Nothing strange there. The Jaguars are a Sun Belt Conference team that will also face South Carolina and Navy this season.
It’s the location of the game that might come as a surprise.
Mississippi State will play at South Alabama at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile on Saturday afternoon – the product of a two-for-one agreement between the schools that includes games in Starkville, Mississippi, in 2012 and 2016.
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