This is the perfect set up for a typical MSU choke job(8-5 season, ESPN2 against a "lesser" foe) and the suspense is killing me. I'm usually not this pessimistic going into a game like this, but I can't shake it.
We will have freshmens returning punts and kicks. We will be breaking in brand new offensive tackles. Ellis Johnson, Titus Brown, Anthony Johnson, and Mike Brown: Gone.
There's no way to spin a loss in this game. I agree with you that this is a dangerous situation for us, but the reality is that you can't lose this game as an SEC team and not have to answer for it. I think we must beat La. Tech and Se La. if we want to have any kind of a season that doesn't leave the fans wanting to run Croom and McCorvey out of town by November.