Game Preview and Open Thread: Auburn @ Mississippi State Share this story The Montgomery Advertiser-USA TODAY Sports We waited an extra three weeks for SEC football to arrive this season, and that’s after not having postseason basketball or baseball to get us through the doldrums of a COVID summer. Now, the final game of the season has arrived just a couple weeks before Christmas, and it feels so bizarre. The condensed ten-game schedule went by extremely quickly, even with a bye week and a postponement. Auburn would have already been done if Mississippi State hadn’t had a ton of positive tests back in early November, but alas, here we are today.