TAMPA, Fla. -- Nick Fitzgerald stood with his hands on his hips near the midfield logo of Raymond James Stadium and stared at nothing. The Mississippi State senior quarterback's face was blank as bodies whizzed by him, some in jubilation and some in dejection, and he processed the end of his career as a Bulldog.
An incomplete pass on fourth down in the fourth quarter was No. 18 MSU's final missed opportunity in a 27-22 loss to Iowa in the Outback Bowl.
"We definitely beat ourselves the whole g
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