Expect both teams to likely come out playing hard. Mississippi State is fresh off of a bye week, and the game remains extremely important to Croom. Even though Shula is gone, Alabama is still Croom's alma mater, and despite all he may say about maroon, the man bleeds crimson and white and wanted the Alabama job desperately. The mere fact that he did not get it, and apparently will never get it, must haunt him considering how close he was, and it would mean a lot to him, and by extension to his players, to knock off the Tide. Alabama, on the other hand, remains haunted by the embarrassing loss at home to the Bulldogs. The loss stung at the time, and still does. For better or for worse, that loss is what directly led to Shula's dismissal, and to be quite frank it was the defining moment of his career at Alabama. No other game summed up the underlying problems of the Shula regime than the 2006 MSU game. Alabama players would likely like little more than to remove that game from their psyche once and for all with a dominating win.
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