Mississippi State Sports Blog

MSU hired a search firm to hire Sylvester Croom.
Dean’s search firm, which helped Mississippi State hire Sylvester Croom from an assistant’s job with the Green Bay Packers last season, has had its own problems. It struggled mightily along with Ole Miss recently before hiring USC assistant Ed Orgeron. That hire came with baggage as Orgeron [...]

via the MSU Athletic Department website.

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Virginia Tech’s football and basketball teams to be showcased in New Orleans:
GOOD TIMING: Along with the Virginia Tech football team, the Hokies’ basketball team is playing here this week, meeting Mississippi State in the Sugar Bowl Classic on Thursday night.
“If we could schedule like that all the time, it would be a wonderful thing,” [...]

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Rankings.
2005 Preseason All-America Team.
Congrats to Brad.

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I’m very impressed with this year’s basketball schedule. It seems talyor made to help the Bulldogs go deeper in the tournament. There were two marquis games - Syracuse and Arizona, a couple neutral site games close to the coast - Va Tech, UNO, a game in Jackson, and some patsies at home.
I really [...]

MSU 14-0 on the road over the past two seasons.

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Here’s a good story from the Cincinnati Post. I focuses on Shane Power.
“I wouldn’t say Shane is our fourth or fifth option,” Stansbury said. “But you have to have guys on the team who are willing to accept those roles. Shane has a great ability to shoot it, but his greatest ability is his [...]

I’m suprised by the amount of attention this story has received. Maybe it has to do with the current state of college football in respect to coaching.
Athletic director Larry Templeton said that for every year the program is under sanctions, Croom will receive an extra year on top of the state-maximum four-year contract he [...]

The Cincinnati Post has a story about MSU basketball.
“At home, there are lots of family and friends around, and the distractions can be high,” Power said. “On the road, it’s just the 25 people that travel with our team against the whole gym. When we’re on the road, we become completely focused. We have tunnel-vision.”

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Matt Bowen of the Washington Redskins writes:
There are a couple of guys who claim to be the best bowlers on the team and rightfully so, but Fred Smoot is sold on the fact that he is the best in the Metro area. His major competition is Andre Lott. Andre’s recent trip to the [...]

2005 Arkansas football schedule.

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Tyler Morning Telegraph:
Hollis, a Kansas State commit, has 79 catches for 984 yards and 13 touchdowns while Mississippi State commit Bowser has recorded 43 receptions for 997 yards and 11 scores. Tennison has 540 yards and six touchdowns to his name on 40 catches.

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“I want parking garage. A new building for the band. Weights for the weight room. More endowment money. Oooh, ooh, ooh, and a decent football team!”

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MSU struggles early then runs past UNO in front of yours truely at UNO Lakefront Arena.
“Mississippi State is a good team, make no mistake about it,” New Orleans coach Monte Towe [who, by the way, is a midget] said. “They are going to beat a lot of basketball teams this year. It was kind of [...]

Tony Barnhart believes we were part of the problem.
Teams in transition: Several teams that have been consistent winners took a step back from their previous form in 2004. Florida dropped to 7-4, its fewest wins since 1989, the year before Steve Spurrier arrived. Mississippi did not handle the loss of Eli Manning well, [...]