Mississippi State Sports Blog

I’ll finally get to see State to play in person today. University of New Orleans to host MSU tonight.

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Prattville, Alabama has the fever!
On the Prattville side, several people rattled cowbells, borrowing from a practice made popular by fans of the Mississippi State University Bulldogs.
Gary Johnson, 62, who had four daughters graduate from Prattville High School, said cowbells are catching on among fans. Johnson had two cowbells, including a small one [...]

Hamlin Hall (the UN) will be demolished next week.

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MSU leads the way on the Freshman All-SEC team. Let’s be honest, however. This is more a function of playing time. It may bode well for the future, but we heard the same thing in ‘02 with Dockery and Williams.
FRESHMAN ALL-SEC — OFFENSE TE Eric Butler Mississippi State 6-2 236 Moss Point, [...]

[Behind a subscription wall]baltimoresun.com - N. Colorado said to land QB Swanson:
“T.J. likes Mississippi, and Coach Croom said he likes T.J. and wants to evaluate him more in the spring. But Northern Colorado has the money on the table, so T.J. will be there for the start of classes on Jan. 10.”

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Just try to do a Google search of “mississippi state” football without wading through stories about Ron Zook or Florida. It’s been that way for almost 2 months now.

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Jared Cook, 1st team.
Congrats, Jared and Jerious.

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State beat South Alabama 66-52 while surely looking ahead to Arizona’s match-up in the Wooden Classic.
Arizona head coach :Lute Olson talked about the Bulldogs
“I don’t know where Mississippi State is ranked, but they should be in the top 10,” head coach Lute Olson said. “We’ve got our hands full.”

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Pure class. I know that word gets thrown around by sports fans, but Sylvester Croom embodies its true meaning.

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I love it when people no where near Starkville think they now what will happen there. MSNBC.com has a story about the two remaining black coaches in college football:
In his debut season of 2004, Croom’s Bulldogs finished 3-8 overall, 2-6 in conference. That’s a mulligan for anybody. A first-year coach is busy assembling a [...]

Kyle York and Brandon Wright to transfer. That makes six players to leave since the beginning of the fall. Two years ago I would’ve said it was rats leaving a sinking ship. Today I believe it’s Sly Croom’s way of hastening the transition between Sherrill’s kids to his. Rather than let [...]