The night in Starkville didn’t feel real. A crowd that had been starved of big-time wins suddenly had their wildest dream served on a silver platter, and the roar of those cowbells hit harder than any sack. Down goes No. 10 Arizona State, down goes the defending Big 12 champ, and Mississippi State flipped the script in a way nobody saw coming. But as the cheers faded and the goalposts came crashing down, a reality check was already waiting around the corner.

Because yes, the Bulldogs actually did it. Jeff Lebby’s squad, fresh off a 2-10 embarrassment of a season last year, shocked Kenny Dillingham’s ranked Sun Devils 24–20. For a program that’s been drowning since the death of Mike Leach, this was more than a win—it was CPR. Blake Shapen was the spark plug, dropping 279 yards and three to

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