welcome to Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville where a new era of Mississippi State football begins today the Bulldogs host Eastern Kentucky out of the United Athletic Conference to get things started in this week one showdown in Starkville largely run at they want to move it will be an accelerated Pace they want to snap it quick to the outside this time it's Jordan Mosley and that's the Junior third year in Starfield some high expectations for so first and 10 shapen floats one down the sideline Mosley's got it he's got a step and a touchdown third play of the season and Mississippi State finds the end zone Kevin if you look at it the ball is going to be thrown deep and that's a part of their package and they you just heard from our head referee today that's Wayne way coach they're just going to check to see if he didn't step out of bounds [Music] here very close yeah maybe yep and it's seven nothing but you look at the receiver at the top and there nothing but he just takes off and just runs past the corner the corner eyes were inside so it's bad eyes by a corner but do you have enough speed at wide receiver you should keep your eyes on your receiver the corner gets CAU out inside there safety doesn't get over the top and then there's a big play in the touchdown his coach touchdown of the third play of the [Applause] game morisy to Carter he's gobbled up after a gain of one short of the line to gain you know to think about Eastern Kentucky where he was their primary Return Man Jacob Baker with a line drive Coleman returnable Coleman with a whole lot of room in front of him and then the flags come flying in Kevin Coleman with an explosive Defender just like right there and he makes the cut and he never slows down he plants the foot and goes there's the personal foul 26 Blake shapen out for his second drive as the Mississippi State Bulldog quarterback he's got the aformentioned Coleman he is going to be a very Dynamic Addition to the off three they can get a first down without scoring Here Comes Coleman in motion again shaping looking that way a shap it improvising touchdown so Mississippi state has a two touchdown lead less than four minutes into the game [Music] but right well you're getting the motion across the field and then what happens is they get them wall to one side and shapen finds the open cap and goes in and score and look out a linean of block it this is a run play they climb to the linebacker and get the backer seal you said something about frenzied environment here as you would expect for the season opener in Starkville morisy finds his tight end that time that's Caleb Schlatter is filling in for the injured Hunter Brown who's unavailable today out of bounds is going to send this one away tough break for EKU is on that third down completion Schlatter step out just a half a yard before the marker Coleman return with 35 yds his last time and another positive punt return this will F next week company so here's Blake shapen he has engineered two very quick touchdown drives right out of the shoot here as Mississippi State's new starting quarterback Mario crra the Freshman brids free you got the edge they were able to collapse The Edge and and Lee was able to get outside Lee is the second-year bulldog who has done some great work in Camp Mosley with another catch Lee patient looking for the hole it'll be short so it sets up fourth down so the shaping quick drop back quick throw he's got Justin ball the ti and very close did he get there Morris a senior from Elmhurst Illinois his first season with the program looks to the outside catches made that's the first first down of the afternoon for Eastern Kentucky Jacob Dixon the sof that's the freshman cwise in motion on Third and six Here Comes pressure morisy escapes fires that one's caught by his big receiver Dixon but no gain on the play the Mississippi State Defense brought after playing just three games a year ago all right here's act three for Kevin Coleman returns of 15 and 35 yards bounces around a couple of tacklers cuts to the outside Kevin Coleman speed and quickness speed and quickness for the wi third and four with the rain coming down in stvil shaping flushed out shaping the dive he was right near the line to gain maybe a half a yard short Matt morresy the first year signal caller back on the ground leam puts his shoulder down nowhere to go and the defensive front forces the fourth down three punts he's total 80 yards Coleman he's got to the wide field trouble this time a short return and he's tackled they three to the far side of the field and mosle on this side shapen steps up he needs the 37 shapen has got the first down ball is free was was he down and who has it s trior was there it looked like to recover it so Blake shape and he's six of seven through the air coming this way it's CED wamore finds the edge wamore Cuts back inside CED wamore it's a touchdown from 41 yds out Jordan Mosley in the first quarter it's 21 zip early in the second quarter well if you look at it the receiver is a line in the back field and then he hands it off to the other receiver so he able to make the cut back he's able to make the come back and score originally a Mississippi State baseball commit early in high school on the ground leam squeezes through the hole and that's a first down run a carry of 11 for the sophomore from Knoxville Tennessee KY third and three in an early hole in Starkville down 21 zip man motion to the tail back incomplete the corner is just sitting there waiting he's just sitting out there waiting on him about them just you know just running and just running to the ball and it's what they doing a good job of doing boy Coleman that's a line drive to the prolific punt returner couple of hesis coming back the other way Coleman on the move again across the 50 and that's another very impressive return this one of 30 yards hey can we just punt the ball out of bounds yeah verticality where they're stretching you they covered the whole field Lee he finds the tail back it's going to be just short of the first down should set up about fourth and one hit EKU a little scrambled defensively Lee coming this way he's got a blocker heon Lee Cuts outside the numbers lost the ball oh he dropped the ball who's got it though couple of Colonels look like they were the first to jump on it trior for a first down trior and Craver coming in at the right time to swipe that one away they'll keep possession short yardage and he bounces the ball to the outside he ends up dropping it but then tayori comes in and he recovers the fumble that's the second time trior is so Blake shaping trying to settle everybody down after the rain was coming down pretty hard for about a good 15-minute stretch shape in locks it back corner he's got col it touchdown you watch him he makes that throw so easy he makes it look so easy the way he releases the ball and just lays it out there and let the wide receiver run underneath it and so it's another quick scoring drive for Mississippi State down this is money down money down pocket holding moris fires has a man open deep downfield that's Brian Johnson so this remember today Mississippi state is without what was likely going to be one of their starting safeties Cory Ellington he and wide receiver Kelly aari both out today for the opener Morris he slings that one over the middle and there's a completion of the Freshman Jaden comes to tight end Schlatter morisy to the tail back Carter de Boward in the back field it's a fourth down stop so you got you bring G pressure and you try to hand up football after he started growing too big and the only for sort of American football they played in England was N9 on N so he comes to the states only played one year of 11 on 11 oh look who's wide open have you seen somebody throw a better deep ball than this I mean he just lays it out there and Craver just runs by the corner again just runs right by it but it's a a really good throw by Chas he does a really good job of throwing that deep ball and the thing about Craver is a for one player that has certainly caught the and the dynamic athleticism but look at the corner eyes inside and you got a guy who's running past you safeties inside and there's no one there and but the quarterback lays it out just shap and lays it out there and he's able to able to tonight I tell you right now guys this can happen all day cuz these receivers are just running by these 230 to go until halftime Carter is Straight Ahead brought down after very short game he's right at the line to Gage should be enough our side judge [Music] line to G is the 44 for e kuu with a minute and a second to go the half short throw he's got a man catch is made that's cwise and he's slips free for the first down a gain of 10 EKU with one timeout left 51 seconds to go in the half morisy zips finds his man over the middle and it's in field goal range for their veteran kicker Patrick Nations but they'd love to inch a little further towards the end zone morisy guns it that's caught inside the 15 yd line it's a strike to [Applause] C where's he going here's pressure slings it into the end zone it's caught and look who it is van for the touchdown and so he would not be denied on quite nearly the final play of the half he finds him in the back of the end zone first TD as a colonel minutes and they scored just to the nick of time here with three ticks left on the first half clock the a sun and the whack merged to form the UAC 30 minutes in the books Blake shapen and Mississippi State thriving the end of the first half accelerated it didn't return a single starter and so a great start in Jeff lebby's head coaching debut now Eastern Kentucky second or better in the UAC the last couple of years they're looking for a a sharp start to the second half nice toss to the outside [Music] and morrisy to the flat this is Stanley once again ushered out Stanley in [Applause] motion he's looking this way it's Stanley with a couple of blocks Twirls pass the 35 should be just about a yard short Carter has it muscles ahead didn't gain much that's a strong stop by the Mississippi State front CU every time in a short yard situation they feel such a w 4 seconds on the play clock morrisy steps up throws knock down Isaac Smith forces to stop turnover on Downs Jeremiah Bailey that time Blake shape into the first half he was brilliant that's Mosley that's the first down now he's 11 of 13 through the air but 5 minutes gone in the third quarter third and four where are they going this is Devon Booth into a wall nowhere to go and Eastern Kentucky with the stop it was Sam Robertson that time and we need to go to first down here one for two on fourth down today and Kevin Coleman makes it two out of three he is so slippery and athletic and Mississippi stays down to the conversations it was he was in the the car on that Thursday that week leby calls him says hey I got a spot for you oh Bo nearly takes it all the way and Devon boo is down to the one yd line back on shaping's left hip there goes Coleman booth has it Booth breaks through it's a touchdown for Devon BR coach but you get eye candy so you see the eye candy receiver motions across and then they come back where the motion was and the ball to boot and for more than 800 yards 12 touchdowns and this his first motion you see the motion everybody com I candy then you HT get the ball to the outside the end tight end turns out and then the tackle tackle turns out he cuts the ball back up inside tucki EKU rushing them to the outside that pass is caught by Jacob horn that's enough for a first down Mississippi state with a 42-7 lead in their opener leam evades one sheds another Braden leam finally ran out of bounds by Smith after a gain of 16 so that's his largest run the dogs today trying to put that dep to work in the opener leam to the outside found the edge and to the short side of the field another productive run third and one Ball's at the 31 time man pressure game a lot of pressure this one is blown up in the back field off they do not we they did not seal the S same thing leam and same result Le them into a crowd turnover on Downs Brandon jenings leads the way here for Miss Mississippi State offensively they have moved the ball very swiftly they've held Eastern Kentucky solid program and the FCS level to just one score and there's another shapen shapen 14 of 16 through the air for better of the 200 yds today plus the three touchdowns he's ran one in improvising here floats it oh was the What A Catch Colman What A Catch snags it with one hand one hand one hand let's see how close he was to get his feet down they're trying to run the wheel route with he's wide open third down oh he's got the catch oh boy mean the toone comes down yes in bounds I think the signal immediately was out of bounds but see they ran they was up on the ball likely to be a much more exciting brand of offense this year we have seen it in the opener of course in a game where Mississippi state is heavily favored shaping on the Move now he's got a couple of blocks and then taken down inside the 10 going out of bounds with it you wonder how many more drives he's going to be out there he'd love to convert this one this is a Sidewinder that Twisted out of bounds there he just had to get rid of it so it sets up second and goal from West Texas and for his QB and his offense here Lee nowhere to go that time into a crowd maybe a gain of one Jeremiah are going now well look where Mississippi state is again knocking on the door start of the fourth quarter this new era of Bulldogs football shapen took a hit there at the end of the play he was looking for the tight end trior well you get a guy who's coming off the edge well here's Kyle Ferry and he's back to handle the kicking duties this year 16 out of 22 on his field goals a season ago and he shanked that one well it's a bad snap you look at the snap the holder never gets it down look at the snap [Applause] pressure pressure pressure from the outside morisy to the far side of the field that pass is caught [Applause] BR Mississippi State brings for Russell chasing down morrisy flings it to the outside got a question of whether or not did that one reach Mississippi State they've certainly got this one in hand of course came into this one of the heavy favorites against an FCS team a very fine program at that in Eastern Kentucky nice strong run for Johnny Daniels Mississippi State of course with the large lead shap it or rather uh Parson lost the handle on that one slips out of his hand championships of course on that Florida staff M the late 2000s so it just getss more robust pocket collapsing Mor as he fires that one's knocked down broken up on the play and that with those two teams this makes it stronger well Georgia with here's a who got it block are they going to recover touch touchdown sippy State craer countes on [Music] it jatavius Johnson blocked it rookie who came in with a whole lot of potential and upside games is Bulldogs Bulldogs yes you know and it's got to feel good this team coach you know there's it feels like with so many firste play so they've got the big lead here late in the fourth quarter and you knew it was going to be an uphill climb of course for Eastern Kentucky everyone to see what they were about we heard a lot of players in Camp and we heard it from oh here's an interception a flag though on the near the field pick six are we going to take this one back all the way Elijah Cannon to the end zone 50 yd interception return if the flag doesn't nfy things what do we all remember John Hancock signature sometimes just the first and the biggest I can see the me trying to run out cut he's sitting in the flat playing cover two sitting in the flat waiting on the ball but you know what I can just picture the team meeting tomorrow on the defensive meeting when and you you recognize the guys that really play good it's say all right pick six for a touchdown come on up here Canon you're going to give him something you know it's amazing the true freshman a lot of folks around this program and and the fan base largely as well I think they wanted to see something very exciting from this team in game one of the new era and they have certainly seeing that 56 point out for environments even like here we came here I won here and I got beat here but it it it's so much fun when you go into enemies territory and will win games oh what a big run here Hey listen you're on our side now we got you you were with s last year we got both of you on our Airwaves this year now Tommy how about Michael vanen by the way the fourstar rookie St Francis yep is under Center here for Mississippi State clock starting to run down it's a statement season opening win for the Bulldogs they were certainly heavily favored in this one but they displayed quite a bit in all three phases offensively defensively scored a special teams touchdown and it's a win in the books for Jeff Levy in his head coaching debut in starkfield and you know I think Kevin he got a chance to just see his team