November 4th, 2009 01:55am

Caption Planet: Mullen it over

by Adam West

Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen does his best impression of Rodin's The Thinker.

Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen does his best impression of Rodin's The Thinker. (The Associated Press)

Longtime Urban Meyer assistant Dan Mullen is off to a decent start in his first year as Mississippi State head coach.

Granted, the Bulldogs have a losing record (4-5) at this point, but decent is a subjective term when it comes to MSU football.

Mullen’s team has already matched last year’s win total with three games left to play. Throw in the fact that Mississippi State faces one of the toughest schedules in college football, and that’s progress. Four of MSU’s five losses came against teams that are in the top 15 of the BCS rankings (No. 1 Florida, No. 9 LSU, No. 10 Georgia Tech and No. 15 Houston).

Meyer has said that Mullen’s best attribute is his intelligence. So for this week’s Caption Planet, I decided on this photo of Dan Mullen trying to solve world hunger during the Bulldogs’ 31-24 victory against Kentucky in Lexington on Saturday.

On to this week’s winners.

If there’s one thing I’ve taken away from this season of college football, it’s that putting Lane Kiffin’s name in a headline exponentially increases Web traffic. I might actually just start using a photo of the new “Mouth of the South” here every week.

"Can you believe those refs?"

"Can you believe those refs?" (The Associated Press)

This week’s winning caption goes to willgetin. “Lane Kiffin giving Crompton a sobriety test after an interception”

Honorable mentions

“Keep your chin up, son. You’ve had lots of moral completions today.” Rob Alexander

“Wait… which way is our endzone…?  Over there?  Really?   DAD!!!!!!!” Scott

“Jonathan, would you stop picking your nose when I’m talking to you!!” Oliver Barry

“Trust me Crompton, If we draw a really big Superman “S” on your jersey, youll be as good as Tebow!” Frank W

“Coach, can you point out our wide receivers for me again?” TRG

Thanks to everybody that contributed last week. Send in your ideas this week for the Dan Mullen photo. Add your entries as comments below or e-mail them to adam.west@gvillesun.com. Also if you have any funny photos you would like to see appear in Caption Planet, send those my way as well.

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17 Comments

  1. November 4th, 2009 8:03 am

    Dan Mullen ponders growing a beard like Brandon Spikes so his Deffense will play better!

    by Frank W


  2. November 4th, 2009 8:42 am

    Can someone tell me why I left Florida to come to this cowtown again?

    by ag


  3. November 4th, 2009 9:09 am

    What was I thinking when I took this job???

    by Joe


  4. November 4th, 2009 9:51 am

    If I squeeze it just right, it looks like a tushee!

    by RSVGator


  5. November 4th, 2009 9:58 am

    “Hmm, are cowbells NOT artificial noisemakers?”

    by TRG


  6. November 4th, 2009 10:25 am

    damn, that play always worked at florida.

    by 76gator


  7. November 4th, 2009 10:34 am

    If this were in the Florida game, I’d have to say:

    “They called THAT play in the red zone? What are they thinking?”

    by willgetin


  8. November 4th, 2009 10:41 am

    Toto, I have the feeling we’re not in Gainesville anymore.

    by John B


  9. November 4th, 2009 10:56 am

    Since it was the Kentucky game:

    “Why didn’t Dixon run like this against the Gators?”

    by willgetin


  10. November 4th, 2009 12:47 pm

    “I wonder what the wife is making for dinner tonight…”

    by mrclean


  11. November 4th, 2009 1:24 pm

    I wonder what Urban would do.

    by Ron Baxley


  12. November 4th, 2009 3:31 pm

    Why am I wearing gloves?

    by Sam


  13. November 4th, 2009 8:07 pm

    Does he have his fingers in that helmet????

    by JIm A


  14. November 4th, 2009 11:04 pm

    Really? Dive play…again?

    by ccb223


  15. November 5th, 2009 7:15 am

    Why did Williams stop, look and mug Tebow three seconds after the play? Isn’t that a suspension? No that doesn’t consitute gauging…

    by Avi


  16. November 5th, 2009 3:27 pm

    Gee, Ref, can’t you flag Demps for breaking the speed limit?

    by Oliver Barry


  17. November 6th, 2009 3:19 pm

    I don’t care what that Lamaze instructor said, I bet this is exactly what it feels like.

    by John Vega


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