<font face="georgia,palatino" size="2"><font face="georgia,palatino" size="2">Was beginning work on a story for tomorrow's Clarion-Ledger and ran across this statistical knowledge:
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<font face="georgia,palatino" size="2"><font face="georgia,palatino" size="2">The Bulldogs are 2-4 after open weeks under Sylvester Croom. Three of those losses came to Arkansas in late November games; another came to Houston, on homecoming, in 2005.</font></font></p>
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But MSU's two wins bear a striking resemblance to the opportunity it'll face next week. They came at home against Southeastern Conference teams in the lower portion of the top 25 - No. 20 Florida in 2004; No. 21 Alabama in 2007.</font></font></p>
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Vanderbilt (4-0, 2-0 SEC) is ranked No. 19 in both polls heading into its Saturday game against No. 13 Auburn (4-1, 2-1).</font></font></p>