Mississippi State Football: 3 overreactions from Week 4 win over LSU

3. Bulldogs will compete in the SEC West

It may not be a shocker that the Bulldogs upset the Tigers for two reasons. The first is the great acceleration of the Bulldogs with their offense and their defense staying composed to hold back the Tigers’ offense. The second indication for why the game wasn’t a shocker was that the Tigers were not going to have the same type of productive season as they had this past season.

The loss of Burrow, pass game coordinator Joe Brady, defensive coordinator Dave Aranda and wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase was too much for the Tigers to be elite contenders.

The Bulldogs have already made a huge impact on the race for the SEC West in just one game. It will be difficult for them to compete with a difficult schedule at Florida, at Auburn and at Texas A&M.

The Bulldogs on the other hand has more than made themselves a competitor for the SEC West title. This is a program that only won one divisional title (1998) in the entire duration of the divisions in the SEC. Before that, the Bulldogs only had one major accomplishment as a team with their lone SEC title in 1941.

They are looking to use this season to compete in the SEC West as much as they can with them having to face at Texas A&M, at Alabama, Auburn, at Georgia and at Ole Miss.

They have a great chance to stay in the hunt for the SEC West as long as KJ Costello and the offense continue to create a high amount of success they could be in a better position than Auburn, who has a brutal schedule, or Texas A&M, who has yet to find major success in the division.