Name: Maroon and White Spring Game

Time: Saturday, noon ET

TV: ESPNU

Location: Davis Wade Stadium

It is Super Bulldog Weekend at Mississippi State. The No. 2 Bulldogs baseball team hosts No. 5 Texas A&M for three games, but Saturday morning across the street, all eyes are on football for the Maroon and White Spring Game.

Here are five things the Bulldogs need to see as the post-Dak Prescott era begins.

MOVE PAST DAK

That is easier said than done. Dak Prescott has been the national face for Mississippi State. Dak has moved on to NFL draft preparations, leaving four guys jockeying for his former job – junior Damian Williams, sophomores Nick Fitzgerald and Elijah Staley and redshirt freshman Nick Tiano.

Williams was a backup for two seasons before sitting last season while recovering from a torn labrum. Fitzgerald and Staley combined to throw a mere 19 passes last season, 14 of them Fitzgerald’s in eight games. Staley played in two games.

Staley has had the best numbers through a pair of scrimmages and the battle is set to go through the fall. But seeing good things in front a crowd Saturday could go a long way.

WHICH BIG BULLY WILL BENEFIT BRANDON HOLLOWAY?

Brandon Holloway was the Bulldogs lead running back – his 413 yards were behind Prescott’s 588. But Holloway did not have a rushing touchdown on any of his 92 attempts.

Holloway is listed at 5-foot-8, 165 pounds. Could he benefit from a bigger back in two-back sets? The Bulldogs have options, including senior Ashton Shumpert and sophomores Aeris Williams and Dontavian Lee.

Williams could further prove he’s the guy with a good showing Saturday. He averaged 5.2 yards per carry on 40 carries last season. He has added weight and maintained the speed that made him a four-star prospect in 2014. Shumpert, a senior, averaged 3.9 yards on 59 carries last season but his physical blocking is a plus.

Don’t count out Lee, who had a pair of red zone touchdowns in the first scrimmage and led the way with 65 yards in the second scrimmage.

WHO WILL WIN THE SCRIMMAGE RUBBER MATCH?

New defensive coordinator Peter Sirmon saw his defense rack up seven turnovers in the first scrimmage but none in the second.

A rubber match could tell the tale, as much of a tale can be told in April. Senior safety Kivon Coleman and sophomore safety Mark McLaurin had eight tackles each in the defensive decline.

Bulldogs coach Dan Mullen isn’t going to feel good no matter which side wins. Sirmon will feel better if the first scrimmage was the norm, not the second — in which the offense threw for more than 600 free-flowing yards against his squad.

YOUNG RECEIVERS CAN MAXIMIZE THEIR TIME

Without three of its top six pass catchers from 2015, young Bulldogs have made their presence felt. Sophomore Malik Dear (fifth on the team in catches as a freshman) had more than 100 yards and redshirt freshman Keith Mixon had seven catches in the second scrimmage.

With Fred Ross (1,007 yards last season), Donald Gray and Fred Brown all out (15.3 and 18.4 yards per catch respectively), Dear had a 34-yard touchdown catch against the first team and speedy redshirt freshman Jonnas Spivey had a 52-yard touchdown catch from Tiano.

GERRI GREEN CONTINUES TO EMERGE

As a freshman, the 6-foot-4, 243-pound linebacker made 49 tackles and a pair of interceptions. He was a bright spot in a lackluster second scrimmage for the defense with three pass breakups.

Green’s continued emergence is worth watching. He earned playing time by producing early on special teams and closed the season with an interception in the Belk Bowl.

A breakout Maroon and White Game would certify him as a staple in the middle of the 2016 defense.