Whenever a home team loses 41-17 and the stands are nearly empty before the clock struck zero, there’s usually not a lot of good that can be

Trailing by 25 in the closing seconds of the first half, Mississippi State was desperate for something to go its way.

In a season already brimming with upsets from smaller schools, add Mississippi State to the casualty list. Toledo came to Starkville and blitzed the homestanding SEC squad as the Rockets racked up 454 yards and five touchdowns enroute to a 41-17 beatdown.