Mississippi State has not had a good start under first-year head coach Jeff Lebby. The Bulldogs entered Saturday’s game at Georgia with a 0-2 record in league play and just 1 win in 5 tries.

The Bulldogs went into the halftime break against Georgia trailing 27-10. Georgia needed just 72 seconds to add to its margin at the start of the third quarter. Carson Beck hit Arian Smith for a 42-yard strike, but Mississippi State may have been able to prevent it from turning into a touchdown.

Safety Brylan Lanier, for whatever reason, just chose not to tackle Smith.

Lanier may have thought the ball had fallen incomplete. That would be generous, though. It looked as though he started to tackle Smith and then just bailed.

On the surface, it’s a bad look. We see missed tackles every week in college football, but rarely do we see that kind of effort.

Fans were not happy about the effort on social media.

Mississippi State had lost 4 straight entering Saturday’s game against Georgia. The Bulldogs have not beaten an FBS opponent yet this season, and suffered a stunning loss to Toledo at home in Week 3.

It would seem Lebby has quite a bit of work to do in his rebuild.