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Freshman Alec Murphy of Nixa, Missouri, and other members of the Mississippi State University football team play with a goat during the fifth annual Beefing Up the Bulldogs event at MSU on Aug. 16, 2015. Event sponsors included the Mississippi Cattlemen’s Association, the Mississippi Beef Council, First South Farm Credit and the MSU Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences. (Photo by MSU Ag Communications/Kat Lawrence)
Beefing Up the Bulldogs
Freshman Alec Murphy of Nixa, Missouri, and other members of the Mississippi State University football team play with a goat during the fifth annual Beefing Up the Bulldogs event at MSU on Aug. 16, 2015. Event sponsors included the Mississippi Cattlemen’s Association, the Mississippi Beef Council, First South Farm Credit and the MSU Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences. (Photo by MSU Ag Communications/Kat Lawrence)