UL Monroe @ Mississippi St

Write it down. Mississippi State fifty-two, UL Monroe ten. Week 1 at Davis Wade, the Bulldogs come out swinging and they do not stop.

52-10

TK, I love the energy but fifty-two points assumes the starters play four quarters. Bulldogs go up big, the backups finish it. I have got forty-two, seven.

42-7

The spread is sitting at twenty-eight and a half for a reason. Power Five home teams in Week 1 openers against Sun Belt opponents cover at a very high clip historically. Thirty-eight to ten is my number, and I feel fine about it.

38-10

Avery, I do not need a spreadsheet to tell me games are won up front. Always have been. ULM cannot move Mississippi State's defensive line, and that is the whole ballgame.

42-7

I hear you all, but I am taking State thirty-five, seventeen. Aidan Armenta gets some garbage-time production, ULM's receivers make a few plays, and suddenly this thing looks a little more competitive on the scoreboard.

35-17

Mia, garbage time production is not a game plan. I am with the field on the winner, but I am under on the total. The over-under is fifty-five and a half, and I do not trust either offense to get there.

34-13

Dez, you are paying for caution in a game where one team is a Power Five and the other is not. Fluff Bothwell and the State backfield are going to have a field day.

52-10

TK, everybody is on the over and everybody loves State to cover by a mile. That is the tell. I will take thirty-four, thirteen and feel good about it at the final whistle.

34-13

For what it is worth, the over-under at fifty-five and a half is interesting. If State's offense clicks early and the reserves see the field by the third quarter, the scoring pace slows considerably. Dez is not wrong to be skeptical of the total.

38-10

I think Anthony Evans III has a big debut for State. Wide open field, home crowd, first game of the year. I am buying all of it.

35-17

Pull up the tape on ULM's secondary and tell me how they stop State's receivers. You cannot. This is a long afternoon for the Warhawks.

42-7

I am not here to be careful. Davis Wade is loud, State is hungry, and UL Monroe is the wrong team to show up in Starkville on opening day. Lock of the week.

52-10