Photos: Mississippi State celebrates Christmas in St. Petersburg
By Andrew Olson
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While many Mississippi State fans are fortunate enough to spend Christmas morning with their families, the football team is down in St. Petersburg, Fla. for Monday’s St. Petersburg Bowl game against Miami (Ohio).
While it’s not the same as opening presents with family, the Bulldogs did their best to have Christmas in St. Petersburg. The team’s Twitter account shared a few photos.
Thank you Santa! Merry Christmas to all! ??? #HailState #StPeteBowl pic.twitter.com/nuGCKIyUkv
— Mississippi State Football (@HailStateFB) December 25, 2016
Santa! I know him! #HailState ??? pic.twitter.com/wjrL7IFGkt
— Mississippi State Football (@HailStateFB) December 25, 2016
Every team that goes to a bowl game receives some gifts from the game, so MSU decided to have its strength coaches dress as Santa and distribute the bowl gifts as Christmas presents:
In St. Pete Christmas morning, MSU had its strength coaches dress up and give the bowl gifts as Christmas presents pic.twitter.com/h0p922twTF
— Bob Carskadon (@bobcarskadon) December 25, 2016
The St. Petersburg Bowl is set for a 10 a.m. CT kickoff Monday on ESPN.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
