re: Other than Vanderbilt, is Miss State the hardest place in the SEC to win at?

That is a fair observation. The last three years under Sherrill and the first three years under were really bad. Our record those six years was 17-52.
Really bad. I know you can’t eliminate those seasons but the other 25 seasons our overall record is
171-122. Not bad. Basically 7-5 each year with an occasional big season and an off year here and there.

We are certainly not a pushover for anybody anymore. Nobody outside Bama can circle the State game as an automatic win these days.