Arizona State head coach Kenny Dillingham spoke for nearly 20 minutes after Saturday’s wire-to-wire 38–19 victory over Northern Arizona . Interestingly, he called Mississippi State head coach Jeff Lebby ’s place of business, Starkville, a “small town.” That’s where the Arizona State Sun Devils are headed in Week 2. And while the comment landed with a smirk, it also set the tone for what’s shaping up as one of the most fascinating matchups of the early season.

When pressed about the differences between traveling to big cities and small towns, Dillingham didn’t exactly sugarcoat it. “So interesting is now that we play in a lot smaller towns, we play further away from stadiums, our road game. So we stay about an hour and 20, hour and 15 minutes away from the stadium this week, bec

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