Mississippi State-Kansas State football: TV channel, game time, odds
By Andrew Olson
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No. 18 Mississippi State was without QB Nick Fitzgerald in Week 1, but had no trouble putting up 63 points against Stephen F. Austin. This week, the Bulldogs get their starting signal-caller back as they hit the road to play the Kansas State Wildcats. KSU is coming off a 27-24 Week 1 win over South Dakota. Below, find kickoff time and TV channel information for the Mississippi State-Kansas State football game.
Mississippi State-Kansas State football: TV channel, game time, odds
All times are ET. Odds via MyBookie.
TV channel: The Mississippi State-Kansas State game will air on ESPN.
Time: The Mississippi State-Kansas State game will kick off at Noon.
Location: The Mississippi State-Kansas State game will be played in Manhattan, Kan.
Odds: Mississippi State is favored by 10 points.
The lead up
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Mississippi State has already hit the field this season, coming away with a dominating 63-6 win over Stephen F. Austin last weekend in front of the friendly confines of Starkville’s Davis Wade Stadium, but the team did so without the services of starting quarterback Nick Fitzgerald.
The Hail State captain admitted, in some sense, this game feels like an opening weekend to him.
“Yeah, in a way, it does feel like Week 1 for me. In another way, I know it’s Week 2. We had a great win last week, and I just want to build off of that,” Fitzgerald said during his latest media availability.
As noted, Mississippi State’s defense was in midseason form Week 1 against Stephen F. Austin. There’s probably a good explanation for that, Bob Shoop’s defense faced Fitzgerald all week in practice. While he was out, Joe Moorhead put Fitzgerald on the scout team all week.
“It was rough. I take full responsibility for the reason why I was out,” Fitzgerald said. “I embraced my role as scout team quarterback and when I was in, just trying to give the defense the best look I possibly could. Make sure that hopefully I was doing it better than their quarterback was so they had a harder look in practice than they did in the game. Just kind of embraced that leadership role.”
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