Dan Mullen's awesome 5 years at Mississippi State..

Grind away..

In 5 years under Mullen, MSU has only finished 4-4 in the SEC 2x. The other 3 seasons were below .500

In 5 years vs SECW opponents, Mullen is a stout 7-20: Defeating Ole Miss 4x, Arkansas 2x and Auburn 1x.

In 5 years under Mullen, MSU is 7-13 on the road vs SEC opponents with wins vs Arkansas (2013), Tennessee (2012), Kentucky (2011), Florida (2010), Ole Miss (2010), Vandy (2009) and Kentucky (2009). Awesome.

In 5 years under Mullen, MSU has only beaten ~10 FBS teams that finished the season which they played with a winning record. Overall, MSU is 39-28 under Mullen, which means 76% of his wins at MSU have been vs teams with a losing EOY record (or an FCS team); only 25% have been vs FBS teams finishing with a winning record.

Those teams?

Middle Tennessee State, 2009
Kentucky, 2009
Ole Miss, 2009
Florida, 2010
Michigan, 2010 (bowl)
Louisiana Tech, 2011
Middle Tennessee State, 2012
Ole Miss, 2013
Bowling Green, 2013
Rice, 2013 (bowl)

Murderer's row right there.

Finally, Mullen is 2-21 in his 5 years vs ranked teams: wins vs Ole Miss in 2009 and UF in 2010. In fact, Mullen has an awesome streak of 0-15 vs ranked teams at the moment.

In summary, LSU has no chance on Saturday night.