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STARKVILLE — Mississippi State's injury report as it heads to Tulane Saturday night is pretty simple: Out - Backup kicker Eric Richards, backup defensive end Charles Burns.

In - everyone else.

"The best thing for us right now is we're as healthy as we've been since we started training camp," MSU coach Sylvester Croom said.

Among regular contributors, only tight end Derek Sherrod was limited during Wednesday's practice, meaning Thursday's 45-0 loss to LSU was as injury-free a game as Mississippi State has had in quite some time.

"We're actually healthier today coming out of the game than we were going into the game," Croom said.

DEFENSIVE CONCERNS

After watching last week's LSU game, Tulane coach Bob Toledo said he was very impressed with how Mississippi State's defense looked in the early going.

Notes: Croom's Bulldogs healthy