Two victories apiece over outmatched opponents — LSU throttled BYU and Chattanooga, State walloped Charleston Southern and Louisiana Tech — really don’t shed much light on who will win.

State and Dak Prescott won 34-29 in Tiger Stadium in 2014, a lopsided game for the Bulldogs most of the night but one that had Brandon Harris winging a Hail Mary prayer into the end zone on the final play.

Of course, as the Prescott-led victory showed three years ago, a great quarterback is always a potential equalizer if he’s allowed time to operate, and the Bulldogs have a scary dual threat in Nick Fitzgerald, who led the SEC in total yards gained last season.

So do the Bulldogs and Fitzgerald, who was stuffed inside a discarded popcorn box last year in Tiger Stadium by an LSU defense that allowed him to net just 1 yard per carry on 13 rushing attempts.

One would like to imagine upon learning that his star pupil could come out to play, Aranda raced to his office, pulled down a portrait of Bill Arnsparger, spun the tumblers on the wall safe behind it and drew out a manila envelope with the code words “Turn Key Solution” stamped on it.