After an exciting weekend in Lexington defending our #1 ranking, your Mississippi State Football Bulldogs come back home unscathed to face off against a physical Arkansas Razorback team. For those who made the trek to Lexington, you felt a slight chill in the air throughout the game and prepared accordingly. This weekend, however, we’re going to have to really bundle up as we get a powerful cold snap rolling into Starkville. Now while the dress theme is for the lower sections to wear Maroon and upper sections to wear White, I have a feeling that the colors will be covered up by coats, sweaters, etc. Old Man Winter will be rearing his cold head as we prepare to watch the #1 team in the country play its first game back home as the top team in the land.

Now with kickoff being at 6:30 PM CDT and no nation/region-wide show being on campus, we’re going to go back to the basic layout of the forecasts. We’ll do a 4 hours prior (when roads close on campus), 2 hours prior (Dawg Walk), kickoff, halftime, and end of regulation forecast. One more reminder for all of you readers, Daylight Savings Time ends this Sunday at 2 AM. That means we “Fall back” an hour, which means another hour to bask in the glory of us being the #1 team in the land.

Numbers you want to know

Tailgating and roads close on campus (2:30 PM CDT): 58 °F, clear skies, winds NNW at 10-15 mph

Dawg Walk (4:30 PM CDT): 55 °F, clear skies, winds NNW at 10-15 mph

Kickoff as the #1 team in the nation again (6:30 PM CDT): 48 °F, 45 °F wind chill, clear skies, winds NNW around 10 mph

Halftime (8:00 PM CDT): 43 °F, 40 °F wind chill, clear skies, winds NNW around 10 mph.

Wrapping it in Maroon and White (9:45 PM CDT): 40 °F, 37 °F wind chill, clear skies, winds NNW around 10 mph.

Headed home with a win (10:30 PM CDT): 38 °F, 36 °F wind chill, clear skies, winds NNW at 5-10 mph.

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