STARKVILLE -- Giving relentless effort has been the main talking point for Dan Mullen in his eight-year tenure as Mississippi State football coach.
Mullen has seen his squads give everything they have on every play to help the program reach a school-record six-straight bowl games.
Things have gone differently through the first five games of the 2016 season.
Mullen has seen his young team give relentless effort, but he said the players don't understand how much they need to strain on every dow
Ben Wait reports on Mississippi State University sports for The Dispatch.
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