{"id":7073339,"date":"2026-10-02T20:35:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T20:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7073339"},"modified":"2026-10-02T20:35:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T20:35:22","slug":"alabama-football-at-mississippi-state-previews-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7073339","title":{"rendered":"Alabama football at Mississippi State previews and predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g79 _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">Ford wasn\u2019t going to miss playing in the championship game. Doctors told Ford and the coaching staff they weren\u2019t going to keep him from playing, even though he would need surgery. But no matter how badly he wanted to play, Ford wouldn\u2019t get many snaps. To stay ready for that moment, he kept biking on the sideline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g79 _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">Then with the game close, Ford entered like a closer in the ninth inning of the World Series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g79 _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">He stayed in for about six or eight plays, Barnard estimated. Over that stint, Ford made some key blocks to spring a few runs en route to the go-ahead touchdown and the 26-21 victory over Choctaw. Stillwater completed an undefeated season and the program\u2019s first state title in 55 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g79 _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">\u201cI was just so happy I got to contribute just a little bit,\u201d Ford said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g79 _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">The quarterback\u2019s dad saw it all. A guy named Mike Gundy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g79 _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">Then Oklahoma State\u2019s head coach called Barnard soon thereafter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g79 _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">The next day, Gundy offered Ford his first, and only, Power Four scholarship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford wasn\u2019t going to miss playing in the championship game. Doctors told Ford and the coaching staff they weren\u2019t going to keep him from playing, even though he would need surgery. But no matter how badly he wanted to play, Ford wouldn\u2019t get many snaps. 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