Mississippi State Sports Blog

FLASHBACK: Coach Kirby passed up for UL-L job.
Last week, recent University of Louisiana - Lafayette hire, Glynn Cyprien, was fired as head basketball coach for lying on his resume. Apparently he never graduated from UT-San Antonio as he contended. Now the UL-L administration must scrabble for another head coach. I can only assume that [...]

It’s Sunday edition the NYT has another piece on Coach Croom. Because it’s the Old Grey Lady, it’s short on sports and long on politics and social issues. It travels very little new ground.

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So says Dennis Dodd.
Alabama’s whiff is Mississippi State’s gain. How can you not root for Croom? A preacher’s son. One of Bear’s favorites. An NFL veteran assistant. And he can coach. The State program took on a more organized look the moment he arrived. In case you need to be reminded, it can be argued [...]

This time in Vicksburg. Money quote:
“I don’t care how fast he can run, how high he can jump. If he hasn’t made it through four years of high school on his own, and have parents who have put him on the right path, I will not take them at Mississippi State.”

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Reports say that Big E has offers from Denver and Atlanta, but is still waiting on the New York Knicks to offer.

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Coach Sylvester Croom laid out his football philosophy at the almuni meeting in Greenwood. Here are his four strategies for winning:
“First of all, we have to be a team that does not beat itself,” Croom said.
“We will never lose a game because of lack of conditioning - I can promise you that.”
Next, the team [...]

Today’s Sun Herald states the obvious: MSU will continue to emphasize the ground game. Did anyone expect us to break out the Run-and-Shoot? Seriously, that’s a good thing. I’ve always thought Jackie Sherrill’s football philosophy was sound - control the line of scrimmage with a strong running attack, win the field [...]

You probably read yesterday’s The Clarion-Ledger article on new MSU strength coach Jim Nowell. It seems as if things have been corrected in the conditioning program - one of the main problems with the previous regime.
I, for one, don’t blame Mike Grant for the overall lack of strength and stamina over the past three [...]

Today’s Sun Herald says the offensive line is the key to State’s success. Gee, what an earth-shattering concept. Coach Croom’s quote isn’t very awe inspiring:
“We’ve got a lot of work to do there, a lot of it is technique and we’re a long way from getting that technique down.”

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We apparently have another walk-on at QB:
T.J. Swanson had plans for a college football career at Division I-AA or D-III schools, places where he could bet on seeing ample playing time.
Swanson is instead set to leave next week for Mississippi State University and hopes to play for the Bulldogs as a walk-on this fall [...]

Gregg Dewalt of Decatur (AL) Daily has an excellent piece on former MSU track phenom Tiffany McWilliams:
“She didn’t have any kind of formal training in high school,” said Schmidt, who will continue to train her even though she no longer competes for the Bulldogs.
“When she got here, she was a good runner, but [...]

There’s a great article on Fitzhugh at the Atlanta Journal and Constitution. It’s behind a subscription wall, but here’s an exert:
That’s the way it goes when you’re one of the South’s top defensive backs — 5 feet 11 (and still growing), 195 pounds, 3.6 grade-point average, 1150 SAT, Advance Placement courses in three subjects [...]

Bummed about DB’ teaming up with the limpwristed Genespage? Do you fear it will turn into the print version of Gene Swindoll’s website? Or that your subscription will go to reprints of Athletic Department news releases? Don’t worry, there are alternatives. Try the new Maroon & White Magazine. M&W Mag [...]

This is what Riddell is selling right now. It’s sad that we have to scrounge the internet for little clues rather than the Ath. Dept. announcing exactly what our new uniforms will look like.

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The Mississippi Press (Pascagoula, MS) has a profile of MSU TE Eric Bulter and former Moss Point teammate and current Ole Miss LB Marquis McBeath:

“Coach Croom is very business-like,” Butler said. “He’s up front and isn’t afraid to tell you what’s on his mind.
“He told me that he’s anxious to see what I can [...]