Mississippi State is seemingly drawing dead in its College Football Playoff pursuit following a 31-0 road loss to LSU, but that trouncing occurred without star quarterback Kamario Taylor. The Bulldogs are a different team when the 19-year-old is on the field. Even with a humbling 56-23 home defeat versus Alabama, they proved they can hold their own with Power Four wins over Minnesota, South Carolina and ranked Missouri. Will “Super Kamario” be available to help them in Saturday's showdown with Oklahoma?
Taylor is considered questionable, per On3's Chris Low and Pete Nakos, but he is seemingly in better position to play this week than he was entering the LSU matchup. After watching their squad get thumped by SEC royalty in consecutive weeks, fans will take whatever positive news they can get. And so will No. 1.
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