Junior quarterback Nick Fitzgerald said this year's team will play with a chip on their shoulder, saying "we're always kind of the picked last kind of team. I think we just embrace that. We use that to motivate us."

Mississippi State returns to the practice field 108 days since the Maroon and White Spring Game back in April.

While under the cloud of the NCAA investigation and the recent resignation from Hugh Freeze, attention has turned to the players with the wondering if the football program will see any transfers.