STARKVILLE -- After the Mississippi State football team fell inches shy of getting a chance to beat the defending national champions in the second week of the 2011 season, head coach Dan Mullen admitted he received a lot of "hate mail" from fans.
The reason that''s different than any other place in America is Mullen said it with a smile. The fact he received that feedback is a good thing to the Bulldogs'' third-year coach.
"There''s a lot of guys on our team, especially Chris (Relf), that are
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