There is something special about sports in that, no matter how bad things seem to be, fans always seem to find a glimmer of hope. Without hope, there is no reason for fans to grab a hold of a team and have them affect the mental aspect of one’s daily lives. The emotional response all derives from that one word – hope. As things stand heading into Mississippi State’s bye week, hope is all that Bulldog fans can scrape from the current landscape of the football program. The program has been in an identity crisis for several years to this point with a short detour during the Mike Leach era. Jeff L…