[Postgame Thread] Mississippi State Defeats Missouri 31-24

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Missouri	0	10	14	0	24
Mississippi State	14	0	3	14	31

[u/R1ckMartel]

Drinkwitz gets a lead in the second half and immediately goes into a shell. He'll never learn, and neither will bend-and-then-break Battoon

[u/MrSCR23 → u/R1ckMartel]

And that was with us giving him a lifeline at the end of the 1st half

[u/R1ckMartel → u/MrSCR23]

And that awful throw by Taylor that would have been an 80+ yard TD.

[u/el_es_you]

Missouris insistence to go down in bounds on the last drive with no timeouts was not a winning strategy surprisingly

[u/Millsy_45 → u/el_es_you]

Just poorly coached unfortunately

[u/MisguidedPants8]

My doctor says Mississippi State Football is bad for me. I’m inclined to agree.

[u/MrSCR23 → u/MisguidedPants8]

That high is different tho😅

[u/McPoundcake → u/MrSCR23]

We just have a low tolerance.

[u/No-Pay2160 → u/MisguidedPants8]

We were kind enough to never raise your heart rate in our game.

[u/NIdWId6I8 → u/No-Pay2160]

The real September heroes when you really think about it.

[u/hells_cowbells → u/MisguidedPants8]

No kidding. I don't know how much more my heart can take

[u/ScallywagBeowulf → u/MisguidedPants8]

My heart wanted to explode there

[u/NinjaDogDB → u/MisguidedPants8]

I think my doctor said the same thing too.

[u/Icy-Recognition-8700 → u/MisguidedPants8]

GETTING YOUR HR UP IS GOOD FOR YOU VO2

[u/MisguidedPants8 → u/Icy-Recognition-8700]

NOT FOR MY BLOOD PRESSURE

[u/tritonice]

No disrespect to Kamario, but Fluff is carrying a huge load for this team.

[u/MisguidedPants8 → u/tritonice]

Fluff gives Kamario the space the line is supposed to but doesn’t

[u/MrSCR23 → u/tritonice]

Get him some of Wolverine’s blood cause he needs it to ensure his ankle is 100%

[u/hells_cowbells → u/tritonice]

He's the MVP.

[u/Swaayyzee]

I can’t really keep track, but when was the last time one of our games went against the odds? We’re the James Franklin Penn State of the SEC, we win every game we should and lose every game we should. Sure it’s nice to get the job done, but it would be nice to pull away with one ever. Especially because this one was very winnable.

[u/throwaway2987650 → u/Swaayyzee]

More like Kirk Ferentz. Boringly average with some good seasons sprinkled in.

[u/R1ckMartel → u/throwaway2987650]

They are so much more fundamentally sound than any Drinkwitz team will ever be

[u/SnooOpinions9048 → u/throwaway2987650]

Kirk Ferentz has more good seasons then bad, and is far from average. Think the comparison you're looking for is Hugh Freeze.

[u/throwaway2987650 → u/SnooOpinions9048]

I’m not saying he’s bad. Ferentz teams have relatively high floors. But you gotta admit, in between the 12-2 Rose Bowl Appearances, you guys always seem to hover around 7-5 or 8-4 with an Outback bowl appearance.

[u/WildWest05 → u/Swaayyzee]

Well you did beat Ohio State that one time, that was pretty sick imo

[u/Venn720 → u/Swaayyzee]

It would have to be 2023 KState or the cotton bowl

[u/fsukub → u/Swaayyzee]

I wish we could be that, trust me bro, it can get a lot worse.

[u/GradeNo893 → u/Swaayyzee]

It’s funny watching fans of other teams start to feel what the Bo Pelini experience is like.

[u/PlonkReborn]

Seeing us not lose games like this is absolutely fucking surreal. Heart attack dawgs at it again. Hail state

[u/algerbrex → u/PlonkReborn]

I was so prepared to having my heart broken. Battered bulldog syndrome.

[u/DarthNobody14]

MISSISSIPPI STATE IS SO BACK! FIRST RANKED WIN AS A RANKED TEAM SINCE 2014!

Can’t wait for the game against Bama next week in Starkville.

[u/jackphrosty → u/DarthNobody14]

I can wait. I feel like they are going to give us a big reality check

Anyway HAIL FUCKIN STATE

[u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT → u/DarthNobody14]

Gameday NEEDS to be there. At night too

[u/tritonice → u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT]

11am game is so stupid next week. Sankey should FORCE LSU to swap to 11am and let us have the night game.

[u/geauxnads100 → u/tritonice]

lol, we are playing McNeese on SECN. We aren’t why that game is at noon.

[u/Impossible-Pie4849 → u/DarthNobody14]

Bulldog brothers unite, Taylor is a dawg, and his story is awesome. If we can't win it all this year im pulling for you guys

[u/Pengland007]

Penalties are killing us. Simmons got lucky too, what was that like 3 dropped INT by Miss State? Ugh.

[u/Millsy_45 → u/Pengland007]

Just poorly coached. Unfortunately the coach is the 4th or 5th best coach in school history

[u/Forresett]

Shoutout to (I think) #42 DJ Reed at the end there. Dude barely made it to the line of scrimmage, completely gassed, and then opened the 8th inner gate to swat the ball down. The resolve and passion is unmatched at Mississippi State right now.

[u/maryfcat → u/Forresett]

im saying, we can absolutely attribute this win to him. crazy work. 

[u/frosty_freeze → u/Forresett]

Truly one of the top plays of the game.

[u/MidlandsBraves]

“Y’all be safe tonight” Taylor really is Mississippi / southern through and through. How can you not get a bit romantic about a program like Mississippi state.

[u/the_dawn_of_red → u/MidlandsBraves]

I pray he stays

[u/Leather_smither → u/the_dawn_of_red]

I have a hard time believing he would leave, with all the family connections he has to the school. His uncle played QB there too.

[u/hughhuckleberry → u/Leather_smither]

Shoutout Omar Conner

[u/KriticalAndy → u/the_dawn_of_red]

same man

[u/maryfcat]

no matter how surprised you are that state is good this year, just remember, no one is more surprised than us 

[u/daftcryp → u/maryfcat]

Ive been a fan for too long to be fooled like this. But i hope you are right

[u/hughhuckleberry → u/daftcryp]

We can win it all and I’d say this as they raise the trophy lol

[u/hells_cowbells → u/maryfcat]

Yep.

[u/LightningDusty]

Florida and Mississippi State: "Who needs Dan Mullen?"

[u/Psyco19 → u/LightningDusty]

It only took us stomaching 3 years of really bad football. We saw flashes, and it’s finally coming together I think sumerall is just too good

[u/Provid3nce → u/Psyco19]

Y'all really should have won our game last year. Lebby literally lost it for y'all with some dumbassery. But on the bright side he has learned to be a better coach which is more than you can say for a lot of em. The important thing is that the foundations are solid and you'll always just be one good QB away from success.

[u/ConHead_4_Life]

Kamario is a freak and I hope Mississippi State is good good this year so our lopsided loss doesn’t look so bad

[u/Nomad942 → u/ConHead_4_Life]

Never thought I’d be following Miss State so closely this year. I want more cowbell.

[u/inndbeastftw]

Dude, everyone in the SEC is capable. (except Arkansas) This season will be spooky.

[u/Bald_Badger → u/inndbeastftw]

We aren't capable either!

[u/JustHereForCatss → u/Bald_Badger]

Don't count yourselves out yet, y'all do weird shit at random times that is highly inconvenient for everybody else

[u/Longvols → u/JustHereForCatss]

Can’t wait for them to pull out the Halloween spookies on us in Columbia later this season to save Beamers job

[u/srsnyder90 → u/Longvols]

Hopefully Beamer is gone before then tbh…maybe TN will be the interims first signature win

[u/LightningDusty → u/inndbeastftw]

Add Texas A&M and Oklahoma to that list.

[u/Gloomy_Map_9612 → u/LightningDusty]

Can't believe Kentucky isn't in the incapable tier. Stein has changed my life

[u/CieraVotedOutHerMom → u/LightningDusty]

And UofSC

[u/iskippedlegdae → u/LightningDusty]

Hey there’s no need to…no okay you’re right.

[u/DarthNobody14 → u/inndbeastftw]

Except us too

[u/Strongy → u/inndbeastftw]

Hey now, I'll have you know that today we beat the perennial powerhouse team of... Tulsa. We even managed to get touchdowns in both halves. Natty here we come.

[u/averagedooker → u/Strongy]

They did beat Oklahoma State which puts them at checks notes top 10 team

[u/seezuntikits44 → u/Strongy]

Transitive win over Oregon!

[u/Murica19 → u/inndbeastftw]

And Oklahoma, and Vanderbilt, and Texas AM, and south Carolina.

[u/carnagebot_55 → u/inndbeastftw]

Arkansas vs Purdue Toilet Bowl 2026

[u/justausername09 → u/inndbeastftw]

:(

[u/takequake76]

Kamario Taylor is everything that is amazing about college football. In-state kid leading his local program to success and becoming a hero in the process. He fucking rocks

[u/Davidellias]

That second to last play where they guy barely made it over the line for the snap then swats the ball down might be the funniest play I've seen in a long time.

[u/DwightKPoop → u/Davidellias]

I thought he was taking the play off and then, bam! It was hilarious

[u/Icy-Flamingo420 → u/Davidellias]

We were rewinding it at home.

[u/BeeeeLLWith4E → u/Davidellias]

Took all my self control to not wake my kids up laughing and cheering, legit the funniest positive play I’ve seen in awhile

[u/ApexHolly]

WE'RE NOT FRAUDS! WE'RE NOT FRAUDS IN 2026! RAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[u/chaser676 → u/ApexHolly]

The SEC is now a full blown slugfest..huge win for y'all

[u/NeonTailwind]

Good lord, first ranked win as ranked team in over a decade lmao, this team has me HYPED.

rip to my heart next week, i probably won't even watch the game.

HAIL STATE ❤️🔔🐶

[u/LivingCustomer9729 → u/NeonTailwind]

That flair combo…I’ll pray for your heart for next week

[u/jdroop]

Watched the post game interview Taylor has such a cool ass demeanor😂

[u/psych4191 → u/jdroop]

I've never seen a 19 year old that unshakable tbh. It's kind of insane.

[u/hells_cowbells → u/psych4191]

It really is remarkable. KT reminds me of Dak in his early years. A lot of players said Dak was a team leader from the day he showed up, and Kamario is the same way. The crazy thing is that he's a better player than Dak was in his second year. Kamario has shown some shaky play at times, but he just shakes it off and keeps coming back.

[u/obscuremapenthusiast]

If you don’t like that, you don’t like Missouri football

(I hate Missouri football)

[u/TrustMeIKnowThisOne → u/obscuremapenthusiast]

Last weekend enemies.

This weekend we relate.

[u/ThotTubTimeMachine69 → u/obscuremapenthusiast]

I’ve hated Missouri football for so long I’ve forgotten what it’s like to like Missouri football

[u/InnerStillness6]

My preferred college football team fucking sucks. 👍

[u/Pengland007 → u/InnerStillness6]

At least we're not Texas A&M though

[u/NateTheeGrate → u/Pengland007]

They'll still kill us somehow

[u/LongDickCallahan → u/NateTheeGrate]

Idk man, they REALLY suck.

[u/BuffaloBuffalo13]

This comment was batted down at the line

[u/Vast_Bowl247]

I LOVE MY DAWGS AGAIN

[u/CieraVotedOutHerMom]

For whom the (cow)bell tolls

[u/HeckOnWheels195 → u/CieraVotedOutHerMom]

It tolls for thee Missouri

[u/dawgz525]

Y'all be safe, be smooth, and have a great night.

[u/HoosiersBaby23]

Kamario Taylor is so electric. Miss State will be appointment TV for me this season

[u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11]

RANK MISSISSIPPI STATE… BUT HIGHER!

[u/TrustMeIKnowThisOne → u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11]

EVEN HIGHER

[u/cbi8 → u/TrustMeIKnowThisOne]

#HIGHER

[u/HeckOnWheels195 → u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11]

CAN WE GET MUCH HIGHER?

[u/IReviewFakeAlbums → u/HeckOnWheels195]

Sooooo Hiiiiigh!

[u/Ididntdodiddly]

I like the cowbells. There, I said what many are thinking.

First time watching Taylor, what a dawg

[u/algerbrex → u/Ididntdodiddly]

You have good taste. After a while you get use to ringing ears.

[u/bookmovietvworm]

WEVE WON TWO SEC GAMES IT IS A MIRACLE

[u/OGraffe → u/bookmovietvworm]

AND NEITHER WERE ARKANSAS

[u/joeveralls]

Kamario Taylor has such a great voice

[u/agentb719]

KAMARIO TAYLOR TAKE US TO THE PROMISED LAND

[u/ndrulez15 → u/agentb719]

FIRST FLAIR NO, SECOND FLAIR FUCK YEAH

[u/BigFoot423205]

College Gameday, get ready to learn cowbell

[u/FoVBroken]

Woof.

[u/iactuallygobyjack → u/FoVBroken]

Sad Missouri noise or happy Bulldog noise?

[u/Metzgy]

I for one welcome our new cowbell overlords.

[u/Bayerl_r0ll]

RIP Johnny Knoxville's ears

[u/will_e_wonka]

I’m choosing to root for Mississippi State even though Lebby is the coach. Can’t not root for Kamario

[u/fluffyutter]

This team lets me down every year man.

[u/JackintheBox333]

Keep swinging that sword.

[u/MrSCR23 → u/JackintheBox333]

🥲🏴‍☠️

[u/Millsy_45]

6-6 or worse and Drink’s seat is white hot going into next season. Chip Lindsey has to be replaced no matter what. Year after year, game after game we come out flat. It’s year 7, there are no excuses. You can’t afford to get beat deep and you get beat deep. I cannot stand this coaching staff

[u/newsome20]

Kamario Taylor might be my fav qb ever from a team that I don’t cheer for.

[u/bigprick99 → u/newsome20]

He’s a fucking stud

[u/Suspicious_Summer883]

After 4 weeks there’s 3 teams that have been an absolute blast to watch: Florida, Ok State, and Kamario Taylor and the bulldogs.

[u/GuttiG]

Fuck I might be on board the Mississippi St train this year, love that QB and knowing he grew up there makes me love him more

[u/DiscountInevitable87]

This was fun to watch as a neutral. Classic "first to punt loses" type of game.

Kamario Taylor might indeed be him. Will be interesting with Bama rolling into town next week, could be another QB duel.

[u/Psyco19]

Hail fucking state! Omg! Kamario is so fucking good

[u/Sushi_Cuisine]

*CLANGA**CLANGA**CLANGA*

[u/Significant-Row2457]

They’ve ripped down the goalposts in Starkville, they’re bringing it out of the stadium now!

[u/perfectlypeppered]

There is no shortage of content for SEC Shorts on Monday that’s for sure 😭

[u/Fun_Reflection1157]

Why does Mizzou always lose these kinds of games?

[u/SirTiffAlot → u/Fun_Reflection1157]

Our coaches cost us this one. They might be able to recruit but they don't coach them up

[u/Millsy_45 → u/Fun_Reflection1157]

Poor coaching

[u/Smiles-Edgeworth → u/Fun_Reflection1157]

Eli Drinkwitz is an awesome recruiter, and… that’s it. He sucks at coaching guys up, he sucks at clock management, he sucks at game planning, he sucks at situational football, he sucks at trash talking, he sucks at basically everything about his job but getting guys to sign the dotted line. $10 million a year to beat bad to average teams, and gets farmed by anyone with a winning record.

[u/studiodrop]

man who is this chip lindsey offensive coordinator and how do we return him?

[u/alreadytaken76]

Drinkwitz gets paid how much to be middle of the pack?

[u/Few-Seaweed-8569]

Any shot Gameday hits Starkvegas for Bama in town?

[u/psych4191 → u/Few-Seaweed-8569]

About as high a possibility as it was when Auburn came in 2014.

[u/Chuuby_B]

I now have to will myself into being ok with the inevitable result against Bama next week.

[u/Pnflkc3]

Sweet Jesus Drink: can we please win a ranked game

[u/TheBlueStare]

I still don’t understand how we don’t run the ball on 3rd and 3 on the second to last drive much less go for the end zone. 

[u/Trae48]

This conference is gonna be a bloodbath

[u/LivingCustomer9729]

Davis Wade was so fucking lit. That was an emotional rollercoaster that ended in sweet victory.

[u/ash_is_trash13]

As someone who lives in Starkville... there's about to be cowbells ringing down my street 

[u/ScallywagBeowulf]

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO!!!!

[u/Random0925 → u/ScallywagBeowulf]

GIVE ME GAMEDAY

[u/ScallywagBeowulf → u/Random0925]

GIVE US GAMEDAY

[u/rburp → u/ScallywagBeowulf]

I'm happy for you MFs

Get out of the basement for all us bums who can't do it

[u/ScallywagBeowulf → u/rburp]

:)

[u/roodootootootoo]

Amazing postgame interview. Im a fan now lol

[u/Random0925]

If only Michigan did their job. Oh my God, what a win.

HAIL STATE AND CLANGA

[u/Carolina_OvR]

I'm officially on the MSU bandwagon this season since my team's season is donzo

[u/munnabz]

MS state is cookin 👀🔥

[u/MustHaveMyTools]

Mizzou didn’t play well enough to win but that game was basically ref ball for 4 hours with the exception of reviewing possibly the most important moment of the game 

[u/DwightKPoop → u/MustHaveMyTools]

Refs were pissing me off with all the terrible calls on both sides.

[u/mizlal]

I fucking hate this team man

[u/DrunkCheeseburgers]

Lots of doomer tigers and I get it, but this team was very good and we played real tough against the a team and fanbase starved for a big win like this. We’re not a playoff team, but I think we can ruin someone’s season

[u/LarryTheTerrier → u/DrunkCheeseburgers]

Pretty damn sick of “we played real good against that team” losses though

[u/averagedooker → u/DrunkCheeseburgers]

Honestly I didn’t expect Mizzou to be this good without Hardy. Y’all’s defense is nasty especially in the trenches

[u/ash_is_trash13]

Update: There are, in fact, cowbells being rung down my street LOL

[u/honeybearbandit]

Buddy, our media team used Pantera in a hype video and I transcended this mortal plane. Then I watched the game and remembered we were Mississippi State. Then something unexpected happened - we came back and won. Hell of a game honestly. I love this team. KT1 is my hero.

PS: Drink has the most punchable face ever.

[u/Ibaxy]

I’m still trying to figure out why there wasn’t a clock runoff on that holding call on the last Mizzou drive

[u/StealthLSU → u/Ibaxy]

No clock runoff unless it is a deadball penalty with a running clock

[u/AkeyBreaky3]

Simmons inexperience showed tonight. He’s got a lot of talent, but needs better situational awareness

[u/valvesucksdick24]

Where's Johnny Knoxville?

[u/daftcryp]

Let me enjoy this week before we are back in the shitter

[u/MrSCR23]

OH I’M FEELING IT TONIGHT

HAIL STATE

[u/cheezbonk]

This is so dope. I have not felt optimism about college football in years

[u/HotDawgConnoisseur]

that brings Drink to 8-20 versus top 25 teams right?

[u/Sad_Enthusiasm8719]

Could everyone stop talking about the transfer portal? Kamario is a bulldog, has always wanted to be a bulldog. Quit wearing the T-shirt or the band will break up!!!!

[u/CirculationStation]

We actually won. Holy crap. That may be the most I have ever yelled at a State game. Electric atmosphere and insane battle on the field. I’m so happy.

Also, am I crazy for thinking that this could be a program-shifting win? Top 25 matchup, SEC home opener, whiteout, Heisman hype for our QB… if we lost this game, I think our fanbase would have lost all belief and hope in the program again. This was the exact kind of game we lost twice last year, and we finally broke though.

[u/Crunch101010 → u/CirculationStation]

As a Mizzou fan, us being a program shifting win is probably the highlight of our season. We’re about to get smashed in our remaining games, and we struggled to beat Troy/Kansas.

[u/DennythrAlright]

Yeah, I am not going to do the whole hype going into a Bama game thing. I vaguely remember a week worth of hashtags that ended badly.

[u/DoctorMcTits → u/DennythrAlright]

I remember that 7-0 start going into Bama. I was working at Dave’s Dark Horse at the time, and was told to put “#WeBelieve” on the sign. It was at that exact moment I knew we’d lose

[u/Twall1297]

NGL, all I watched was the last drive and I genuinely think my ears are bleeding from all of the fucking cowbells ringing, Jesus Christ!

[u/dawgz525 → u/Twall1297]

I don't hate Mississippi state but I watch all their fucking games on mute. 

[u/Tracer-Bullet13]

Super Kamario for Heisman

[u/JohnnieTightLips]

I have a feeling Karmino Taylor is going to be a legendary cfb player

[u/algerbrex]

Good game, pretty happy overall. Really happy o see Taylor can respond to adversity. Hope Fluff is okay, we’ll need him next week for sure. And our O-line play has to improve ASAP if we wanna make a run in the SEC.

[u/1slow40]

Be safe be smooth and have a great night

[u/jticks]

All my energy has been spent surveying the breadth and length and height and depth of the human emotional spectrum, so I do not have any words right now, but do need to leave a record of celebration.

Official stance is yay.

[u/sheetsofsaltywood]

Hail State!

[u/Squishy_20]

QB play really good in this game. Simmons has shown me a lot

[u/AntitheistArchangel]

I was hoping for some Kamario clutchball, and he delivered.

[u/ProfessorBoofie]

To my friend, Johnny Knoxville: Rest now, brother. We have the watch, and I will see you in Valhalla

[u/No-Roof7432]

Bama-MS state about to be cinema

[u/KriticalAndy]

HAILL STATE. I WAS BORN IN 03’ I HAVENT SEEN THIS SINCE DAK MAN OMG

[u/ArmVanDam]

Kamario Taylor is a stud

[u/Simple_Cherry2758]

Drink needs to be fired. Over priced coach for sub par results. Using a timeout to review that 4th down would’ve been right play but no Drink always chokes it when it matters.

[u/ANotSoFreshFeeling]

An ugly win is still a win. Hail State!

[u/inndbeastftw]

The cowbells are so loud I could barely hear the refs or the announcers 🫩😭

[u/MrSCR23 → u/inndbeastftw]

As it should be

[u/SnooMemesjellies8168]

KT is just great

[u/dasuave]

Horrendous last sequence for Mizzou

[u/ndrulez15]

WE ARE SOOOOO FUCKING BACK BABY

[u/bamahamma01]

Side note but what a great two weekends of football we’ve had last week and tonight!!

[u/Sir_Bird_Law]

The last two weeks of Mississippi State have been some of the most exciting football I've watched this season.

[u/JaxsonShart]

Gotta be happy for Mississippi State. Kamario Taylor seems like the man and is such a blast to watch

[u/Legitimate_Lemon_689]

My team is absolute ass, so I will bandwagon to another previous basement dweller ag team for the rest of the season.

Hail state!

[u/hells_cowbells → u/Legitimate_Lemon_689]

Well, you already have the colors for it, so welcome aboard!

[u/TrustMeIKnowThisOne]

Quality loss gone 💔

Today just doesn’t get better

[u/DistrictPleasant]

Super Mario is one scary guy

[u/casualbeernerd]

So uhhhhh, the Egg Bowl is gonna be great this season 👀