In his postgame news conference, Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen used words like "miraculous" and "divine intervention" after his team's 17-10 overtime victory against Ole Miss on Thursday night in the Battle for the Golden Egg.
Without the proper context, you might have assumed Mullen was applying those superlatives to a number of things that transpired in the fourth quarter of the Bulldogs' come-from-behind victory.
The fact that MSU twice drove the length of the field in the closing minu
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