Mississippi State Sports Blog

Presenting the 1st Annual Mississippi State Sports Blog Football awards:
Most Valuable Player - Jerious Norwood, RB - with Norwood’s emergance, so emerged MSU chances at competing in the SEC.
Offensive Player of the Year - Norwood - 3rd Leading rusher in the SEC in 2004 (1050 yds) and will most likely finish his career as the [...]

This comes from the Columbus (GA) Ledger-Enquirer:
Croom was the guest speaker at the Columbus Quarterback Club on Monday evening.
How did your first year meet the expectations that you set for yourself?
We got all we wanted to accomplish out of it — not in terms of the wins and losses, because I wanted to win them [...]

I emailed Tim Brando this question:
Tim,
What grade do you give Sly Croom’s first season at Mississippi State? State finished 3-8, and last in the SEC West for the fourth straight year. Also, the Bulldogs played poorly Saturday in the Egg Bowl versus Mississippi, losing 20-3. What reasons do State fans have to [...]

Next fall, not one person directly involved in Mississippi State football - players and field coaches - will have experienced a winning season in Starkville. Only two non-field staff - Jim Tompkins (LB coach during the Sherrill era), Coordinator of Player Relations and Rockey Felker (1986), Coordinator of Football Operations - have won at [...]

Another losing season. Another year in last place in the SEC West. Nothing’s really changed. I think we’re a Pro-style QB, a defensive and offensive line, 3 SEC-caliber WR’s, and solid linebacker corp away from being a bowl team. That’s probably another 2 years away.
Sadly, the loss tempers many of [...]

The SEC This Week:
Croom should be commended for his effort this season. The Bulldogs entered the season with the NCAA ready to level punishment for infractions that occurred during Jackie Sherrill’s last few years in Starkville. Croom’s greatest success has been to give his squad the ability to fight through adversity and remain competitive.
State, Ole [...]

From the SEC Sports.com stats page:
SCORING OFFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg9. Ole Miss 10 20 17 2 0 18 0 195 19.511. MSU 10 22 21 0 0 5 1 170 17.0
SCORING DEFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg10. MSU 10 33 30 1 0 10 0 260 26.011. Ole Miss 10 36 35 0 0 8 0 275 27.5
PASS OFFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G8. Ole Miss 10 324 165 10 50.9 1975 6.1 6 197.511. MSU 10 263 139 12 52.9 1441 5.5 9 144.1
PASS DEFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G5. MSU 10 246 146 9 59.3 1781 7.2 14 178.110. Ole Miss 10 285 140 7 49.1 2112 7.4 13 211.2
RUSHING OFFENSE G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G7. MSU 10 375 1674 4.5 11 167.411. Ole Miss 10 377 1469 3.9 12 146.9
RUSHING DEFENSE G Rushes Yards Avg. TD Yds/G9. MSU 10 416 1811 4.4 16 181.111. Ole Miss 10 423 1961 4.6 22 196.1
TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Yds/G8. Ole Miss 10 1469 1975 701 3444 4.9 18 344.411. MSU 10 1674 1441 638 3115 4.9 20 311.5
TOTAL DEFENSE G Rush Pass Plys Yards Avg TD Yds/G8. MSU 10 1811 1781 662 3592 5.4 30 359.211. Ole Miss 10 1961 2112 708 4073 5.8 35 407.3
PASS EFFICIENCY G Att Cmp Pct Int Yds TD Effic10. Ole Miss 10 324 165 .509 10 1975 6 102.111. MSU 10 263 139 .529 12 1441 9 101.0
PASS DEF EFFICIENCY G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Effic6. Ole Miss 10 285 140 7 49.1 2112 13 121.510. MSU 10 246 146 9 59.3 1781 14 131.6
FIRST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total9. Ole Miss 10 78 97 16 19111. MSU 10 89 66 6 161
OPPONENT 1ST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total8. MSU 10 99 77 13 18910. Ole [...]

Blessed to have such an exceptional beat writer as Ian Rappaport. I’m sure you’ve seen it, but if not, you’ve got read this article on scout teams. I love this quote:
Hey, I could’ve gotten kicked off the team,” Griffin said. “Instead, I get to play scout team. And their ain’t nothing wrong with [...]

Head Coach David Cutcliffe’s Weekly Press Conference::
Q: What can you tell about Mississippi State from watching their game films throughout the season?A: You obviously pay more attention to the recent games to see how they are playing and the types of things they are doing. Mississippi State has improved in many areas as the season [...]

This guy is taking State plus the points:
Sometimes how you end is how you start the following season. Some pride plus some points puts me on the Bulldogs.

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Timmy Brando is reporting there is a possibility that the SEC will bar South Carolina from playing in the post season. Couple that with an Arkansas loss to LSU and that leaves the SEC with only FIVE bowl eligible teams. I thought all the SEC cared about was money!
An announcement will be made [...]

The DREG Bowl isn’t being televised.

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Timmy B defended the Dogs, saying, “not all the precints are in on the Bulldogs.” You have to reserve judgement until Roberts is healthy.
Tim’s guest, Mike Decourcy, however said, “Marcus Campbell was not good, again.” “Stansbury has to be disappointed in another ‘empty’ game from Campbell,” he added.
They went on to say another [...]

Coach Croom made a big change at linebacker before the Florida game. It paid big dividends.
Croom said the switch was made to bring more speed to and generate more production from the linebacking corps, and to eventually slide Byrdsong to defensive end to take advantage of his pass-rushing abilities.
With athletes Culberson and Titus [...]

Holtz to retire; Spurrier to take over. Steve Spurrier versus Florida makes Croom versus Bama look like a church social.

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