{"id":482003,"date":"2026-10-31T02:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T02:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/482003\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T02:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T02:54:08","slug":"bulldogs-on-the-road-at-no-11-texas-longhorns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/482003\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulldogs on the road at No. 11 Texas Longhorns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">AUSTIN, Texas (WDAM) &#8211; The Mississippi State Bulldogs (4-3, 2-3) travel to Austin to take on the No. 11 Texas Longhorns (5-2, 2-2 SEC) at 6:30 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Bulldogs quarterback Kamario Taylor was ruled out for the rest of the season with a toe injury that will require surgery. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Sophomore walk-on Billy Puckett started a 31-0 loss to LSU and replaced Taylor midgame against Oklahoma. He is 17 of 24 passing for 154 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Fifth-year transfer AJ Swann has 18 career starts at Vanderbilt and Appalachian State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Mississippi State coach Jeff Lebby suggested this week that Swann had not played because of an injury he did not disclose. Lebby said he would not announce a starter until Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Bulldogs are trying to hold things together, coming off three losses and without its star player. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The game can be seen on ESPN (both on television and the app) and heard on the MSU Sports Network. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"WDAM 7 On Your Side composer template image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793415248_544_PNCWZZZLGNEQJJNRWLTM7TF3DE.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"182\" \/>WDAM 7 On Your Side composer template image(WDAM7)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Want more WDAM 7 news in your inbox? Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdam.com\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to subscribe to our newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WDAM. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas (WDAM) &#8211; The Mississippi State Bulldogs (4-3, 2-3) travel to Austin to take on the No.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[29007,261,77546,3130,13573,9764,27,29,537,28,61664,61665,162437],"class_list":["post-482003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-bulldogs","tag-college-football","tag-kamario-taylor","tag-mississippi-state","tag-msu","tag-sec","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-texas-news","tag-wdam","tag-wdam-7","tag-wdam-7-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}