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The Birmingham News has a small piece on MSU signee Jeffery Farr. Jeffery gives us this pearl:
“Don’t be a procrastinator. Stay on top of all tasks and go the extra mile.”

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2004’s Players You Should Know … Mississippi State OT David Stewart:
It’s never, ever a positive when your coach is the team’s biggest star. All the focus will be on new head coach Sylvester Croom because of the historical nature of the hire, but part of the reason Mississippi State had to find someone to run [...]

That’s what Coach McCorvey said to a group of western Florida alumni yesterday. Here’s a little more:
‘How many games we`re going to win? I don`t know,’ he continued. ‘The thing we want to be able to do is change the attitude. We don`t want to beat ourselves. When we go on the field, we [...]

The Vicksburg Post:
“Our backs are against the wall”, MSU coach Ron Polk said. “We’ve been to the SEC Tournament 17 straight years. We’d like to make it 18, but it’s going to be difficult.
“We’re just going to have to play very, very good.”
Gee, Ron. Ya think?

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The Jackson Sun Sports - Big ‘Dawg:
”Whenever you have a new coach,” Felker said, ”you’re younger guys come out and work that much harder, trying to show the new coach what they can do.”That is what is happening for us. The team, we have been getting some very positive results.”

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Dawg lose all three to Georgia. When will the madness stop?? May 23, in Tuscaloosa, I’m afraid.

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An interview with the head Rebel::
ESPN decided to broadcast Pittsburgh-West Virginia on Thanksgiving night instead of the Egg Bowl, which now moves to Saturday. Your thoughts on the move?
I was sad to see it change. I thought it was great for the state of Mississippi to have that kind of national exposure. I’m sure [...]

The Sun Herald | 05/07/2004 | State counting on home field:
“Mississippi State is banking on the home-field advantage to get back in contention for the Southeastern Conference Tournament.‘We’ve got six of our last nine (SEC games) at home,’ State coach Ron Polk said.By the same token, Mississippi State has yet to win two games in [...]

The Town Talk:
“Nick Saban gave a speech heavy on abstract concepts such as honor and light on the nuts and bolts of his program, proving again that his brain is wired much different than your average football coach.
A Skip Bertman joke about Mississippi State drew raucous laughter, though it was delivered by Saban since [...]

Coach Kirby passed over for ULL head job
Glynn Cyprien, an assistant coach under Oklahoma State’s Eddie Sutton the last four years, has filled the open position at UL-Lafayette. LSU’s Butch Pierre was also a candidate.

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The Sun Herald | 05/06/2004 | Miss. State running out of time in SEC:
“‘When Rutledge and Kaeton went down,’ Polk said, ‘I almost said to myself, ‘If we lose another (infielder), we might as well shut it down.’”
Nice quote. Really positive attitude there, Ron. Have the positive police seen this?

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The New Orleans Chapter of the Mississippi State Alumni Association invites you to a Picnic in the Park with special guest Coach Amos Jones
MSU Linebackers and Special Teams coach on Coach Sylvester Croom’s new football staff.
Coach Jones appreciates the opportunity to meet our Greater NOLA Bulldogs. He will talk about his recruiting responsibilities in South [...]

MSU battling to keep streak - The Clarion-Ledger: “While Georgia has been on a roll, MSU has endured a rollercoaster ride in 2004 that has the maroon and white in danger of recording the program’s worst SEC record in Polk’s 25 seasons at the school.”
Sitting at 10th in the league with 9 games to go, [...]

PortlandTribune.com : “The first black head football coach in the Southeast Conference, Mississippi State’s Sylvester Croom, was a teammate of Oregon State coach Mike Riley during their years at the University of Alabama. Each was a member of the class of 1975. Croom was an all-SEC center, Riley a reserve defensive back. ‘We [...]

FOX23 — SPORTS: “Oakland’s best undrafted free agent: Tommy Kelly (DE, Mississippi State). The Raiders have a solid DL rotation that includes Warren Sapp, John Parrella, Ted Washington, Tyler Brayton and Chris Cooper. The 6- foot-5, 300-pound Kelly, who could make the team based on his ability to play both end and tackle, was projected [...]