After coming off of a 44-41 loss at Georgia, LSU had plenty of areas to improve heading into their road matchup at Mississippi State. The Tigers (5-1, 2-1 SEC) took care of business in Starkville beating the Bulldogs (2-3, 0-2 SEC) handily 59-26.
        The offense continued to click on all cylinders as Senior QB Zach Mettenberger completed 86.1% of his passes for 340 yards and 2 touchdowns. Both his touchdowns went to Junior WR Odell Beckham Jr., who had a career night hauling in 9 catches for 179 yards, as he currently leads the nation in all-purpose yards with 228.1 per game. On the ground, LSU’s stable of running backs dominated the line of scrimmage rushing for 223 yards and 6 touchdowns. Jeremy Hill led the way with 157 yards and 2 touchdowns, but Kenny Hilliard took advantage of his opportunities and scored a career-high 3 touchdowns. Senior RB Alfred Blue also added an 18-yard touchdown late in the 4^th quarter to give LSU a 52-26 lead. Defensively, LSU continued to struggle in the first half allowing 274 offensive yards to Mississippi State, but outscored the Bulldogs 31-3 in the second half to pick up their 2^nd conference win.
        The defense was without S Craig Loston, but Sophomore Corey Thompson took his place and co-lead the defense with 6 total tackles. True Freshman DB Tre’Davious White had the first interception of his career in the 4^th quarter and added a 40 yard return to the play to the Mississippi State 5 yard line to set up a Jeremy Hill touchdown. In order for LSU to beat #17 Florida this Saturday, Mettenberger and the offense will need to continue their play through the first 6 games, and the defense will have to look to create turnovers and put pressure on Florida QB Tyler Murphy, who will be making just his 3^rd career start.
Kickoff for Saturday’s game at Tiger Stadium will be at 2:30 CT.
By Campbell Robinson 
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