It’s hard to believe, but yesterday was the last Saturday without SEC football for the next 3+ months. Thank God because if I have to sit through another Saturday of watching my nephew’s tee ball games I’m gonna lose it. How do you strike out in tee ball, young fella? I digress.

Anyway, in order to be as well prepared as possible for the 2018 season we continue our series “My 25 Biggest Questions” from around the SEC. In this installment we head to Stark-Vegas and take a look at the offseason’s trendiest bandwagon — Mississippi State.

So, here are my biggest questions for Joe Moorhead, Nick Fitzgerald, and every cowbell clanging fan in maroon & white ….

1. Who’s your No. 1 fan: Stingray or my SDS Podcast co-host, Connor O’Gara?

2. Will Joe Moorhead live up to the preseason hype and expectations Connor, and the national media, put on MSU?

3. Will Joe Moorhead make Mississippi State a contender in the SEC West?

4. Will Joe Moorhead make Mississippi State a contender for the Playoff?

5. Do people outside of Starkville even know who Joe Moorhead is yet?

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6. Which is a bigger trap game for State: Kentucky or Arkansas?

7. Will Mississippi State have a winning record vs the SEC, unlike 16 of the past 17 seasons?

8. Will Nick Fitzgerald be the same player he was after that horrific ankle injury in last year’s Egg Bowl?

9. Will Nick Fitzgerald break Tim Tebow’s SEC record for career rushing yards by a QB?

10. Will Fitzgerald finally develop into a better passer?

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11. Will the WRs be more productive this year after not having a single one reach 300 yards last season?

12. Will Aeris Williams lead the SEC in rushing?

13. Will Aeris Williams even lead his team in rushing?

14. Will the offense be more balanced than last years team that averaged 85 more rushing yards per game than passing ypg?

15. Can this offense be the best in the SEC with a new coach and 9 starters returning?

16. Am I the only one who thinks it’s weird that MSU’s biggest “tradition” was stolen from an SNL skit in the late 1990s?

17. How many comments/emails am I going to get that say, “You’re an idiot” because of that last question/joke?

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18. Will the defense be better or worse this year under new DC Bob Shoop?

19. Why did former DC Joe Lee Dunn always look like he was always hung over and forgot to wear socks on the sidelines?

20. Does Mississippi State have the best D-Line in the country besides Clemson?

21. Does Mississippi State have the best defense in the SEC?

22. Can Jeffery Simmons and Montez Sweat both make first-team All-SEC?

23. Can Montez Sweat post double-digit sacks again like he did in 2017?

24. Will State reclaim the Egg Bowl this year?

25. Will they let Leo Lewis carry the trophy off the field in Oxford if they do?