re: How worried should we be about Miss St?

Strengths:
1. Typical massive Bulldog O-line.
2. Experienced QB, Relf.
3. Excellent RB, Vic Ballard
4. Very good WR's: Arceto Clark, Chad Bumphis
5. Good size and experience everywhere on defense. This is not a team that will just lay down and let LSU run North/South.
6. Confidence. They'll be coming off a beat-down of AU. They'll be rocking the cowbell on Thurs. night in Starkville.

Weaknesses:
1. Loss of LT Sherrod to NFL draft. We'll see how the MSU OT's can handle a speed rush.
2. They have some top-notch athletes, but they don't have elite guys across the board. This is and will always be an MSU hallmark.
3. Their scheduler is ridiculously stupid. Giving them only 5 days after a road trip to Auburn to prepare for LSU is almost like conceding a loss.
4. I am fairly certain the MSU sold their soul to the devil for Rod Gibson's crawling TD in 1999 and will never again beat LSU.