Here & Now – Mullen’s time at Mississippi State (via hailstate.com)

• Bulldogs’ head coach since 2009

• Record at School: 47-31 (3-2 Bowl game record); 1-5 career vs LSU

• Awards: 2014 AP SEC Coach of the Year, 2014 Maxwell Football Club’s National Coach of the Year

X-tras and O’s – Bonus Facts about Mullen (via hailstate.com)

• His five consecutive bowl game appearances is a school record

• His 47 victories are the third most in school history

• The Bulldogs’ five-week ascent from unranked to No. 1 is the fastest in College Football history

• 18 Bulldogs have been selected in the NFL Draft since 2010

• Member of Urban Meyer’s coaching staff from 2001-2008

Heading Toward the Helm – Before the Head Coaching Days (via secsportsfan.com)

• Ursinus College (played tight end from 1992-1993)

• Wagner (Wide Receivers coach, 1994-1995)

• Columbia (Wide Receivers coach, 1996-1997)

• Syracuse (Gracduate Assistant, 1998)

• Notre Dame (Graduate Assistant, 1999-2000)

• Bowling Green (Quarterbacks Coach, 2001-2002)

• Utah (Quarterbacks Coach, 2003-2004)

• Florida (Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks coach, 2005-2008)

Mentoring Monsters– Notable players under Mullen’s Tutelage

Alex Smith (via pro-football-reference.com)

    -Starting quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs

    -Played at Utah from 2003-2004 when Mullen was the Quarterbacks Coach

    -Posted a 21-1 record as a starting quarterback

    -Finished fourth in the 2004 Heisman Trophy voting

    -Led Utah to in 2003 Liberty Bowl and 2005 Fiesta Bowl

    -Drafted No. 1 overall by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2005 NFL Draft

    -2013 Pro Bowl selection

Tim Tebow (via pro-football-reference.com)

    -SEC Network Analyst

    -Played at Florida from 2006-2008 when Mullen was both the Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks coach

    -Became the first sophomore to ever to win the Heisman Trophy (2007)

    -Set numerous personal, school and national records in 2007

    -Won two BCS National Championships (2006 and 2008)

    -Drafted No. 25 overall by the Denver Broncos in the 2010 NFL Draft

    -Led the Broncos to an overtime victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2011 NFL Playoffs

Talk on the Tigers – Mullen’s thoughts on LSU (quotes via NOLA.com)

On LSU not playing their first game due to weather:

“I don’t know that there is an advantage or a disadvantage. The advantage for us is that our guys played in a very tough road environment against, to me, what is an in-state rivalry. For our younger guys it is great to get a game under our belt. (LSU) also have the advantage that they are fresh. They didn’t have to play last week. Their players are all fresher and ready to go.”

On LSU running back Leonard Fournette:

“He is someone that is hard to prepare for because you don’t have a guy like him in practice. If I don’t have a guy like him, it is hard for us to see the actual speed, size and physicality that he plays with. You just have to go get ready. ”

On last year’s victory against the Tigers in Baton Rouge:

“I learned an awful lot. I don’t think, for me as a coach, that I put us in the best situation in the fourth quarter. There were a couple of things that I could have done…, “I really should not have done, especially on the road in that environment with an as talented and explosive team as LSU. We have to make sure we finish the game. I thought our guys competed the entire 60 minutes. It was much more me than our players. I put us in a poor situation.”
All facts and data gathered from from: Hailstate.com, SECSports.fan.com, Pro-Football-Reference.com, and NOLA.com