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3 Reasons Dan Mullen Will be the Mississippi State Coach in 2017

By John Richardson

Sep 10, 2016; Starkville, MS, USA; Mississippi State Bulldogs head coach Dan Mullen participates in Dawg Walk before the game against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Davis Wade Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 10, 2016; Starkville, MS, USA; Mississippi State Bulldogs head coach Dan Mullen participates in Dawg Walk before the game against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Davis Wade Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 28, 2015; Starkville, MS, USA; Mississippi State Bulldogs head coach Dan Mullen on the sidelines during the game against the Mississippi Rebels at Davis Wade Stadium. Mississippi won 38-27. Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 28, 2015; Starkville, MS, USA; Mississippi State Bulldogs head coach Dan Mullen on the sidelines during the game against the Mississippi Rebels at Davis Wade Stadium. Mississippi won 38-27. Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports /

Summary

Mississippi State is stuck with Dan Mullen for at least one season.  His aforementioned contract runs through 2018 and it would be easier to pay Mullen off after the 2017 season.  It may never come to that, though.

Leave out the money talk for a moment.  Dan Mullen has a winning regular season and bowl record, a #1 ranking to his credit and a winning record against Ole Miss.  Although 2016 has gotten off to a slow start for Mullen, he certainly deserves one more year.

No coach has ever been as good for as long for Mississippi State football.  If Mississippi State football can’t give such a legendary school figure slack for one bad season, who is going to want to replace him?  For the best interest of the program, Mississippi State SHOULD give Dan Mullen one more year.

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Don’t forget, Mississippi State football has been here before under Dan Mullen.  That 2012 season looked terrible and liked the team had quit on Mullen.  While many people are saying the same about the 2016 version, they are simultaneously forgetting 2013.  2017 could very well be a repeat of of the 2013 season as well.

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