Game-day preview: Alabama vs. Mississippi State

Tennessee defensive linemen Kyle Phillips, left, and Alexis Johnson Jr. pressure Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa during the first half of the teams' Oct. 20 game in Knoxville. Tennessee defensive linemen Kyle Phillips, left, and Alexis Johnson Jr. pressure Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa during the first half of the teams' Oct. 20 game in Knoxville.

By David Paschall November 9, 2018 3 min read

NO. 1 ALABAMA (9-0, 6-0 SEC) vs. NO. 18 MISSISSIPPI STATE (6-3, 2-3)

3:30 p.m. at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

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David Paschall

David Paschall has covered sports at the Chattanooga Times Free Press since 1999 and wrote for the Chattanooga Free Press in the nine years before that. David has mostly covered college athletics, with a focus on the University of Georgia from 2000 to 2019 and the University of Tennessee since 2020. He grew up in Chattanooga and is a graduate of the Baylor School and Auburn University. David has received multiple writing awards and has served as a Heisman Trophy voter since 2003. He has also worked in radio in Chattanooga and has been on the SEC Network's "Classic Rewind" series since 2014. David and his wife, Kelly, have three children — Conner, Emily and Spencer.

Contact David Paschall at dpaschall@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6524.