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Hoyle Granger will be inducted in the Louisiana Sports Writers Hall of Fame:
Granger, a product of Oberlin, was an All-AFL fullback for the Houston Oilers in 1968 and played in the 1968 and 1969 AFL All-Star Games. He ranks as the Oilers No. 2 all-time rusher with 3,514 yards, trailing only Earl Campbell and ranking [...]

The Sun Herald:
Mississippi State (18-8, 6-6) faces a must-win game. It has lost two straight for the first time in nearly two seasons, and needs to start building some momentum to have any chance of postseason success.
State lost in what appeared to be a sure opportunity for victory against lowly Auburn earlier this month. A [...]

The Town Talk (Alexandria, La):
A win over State could help more than other remaining road wins since State has a 23 RPI, has been ranked this season and received votes for both polls this week. The Bulldogs are also tied with LSU for second in the SEC West behind Alabama. LSU beat State 69-62 in [...]

The Sun Herald’s Ross Reilly writes aboutLarry Eustachy’s call for an away-away-home series with State, Ole Miss:
Eustachy obviously needs the game with the “Big 2″ teams in the state more than they need to play him.
However, the point is still the same.
If MSU and and Ole Miss fail to even call back Eustachy, it will [...]

This comes from Bubba Burnham (a blogger’s dream):
Pegues needs to grow up. The recruiting of Batesville superstar Derrick Pegues was disgusting at best- and it had nothing to do with the schools that were after him.Pegues developed a case of the big head after an outstanding season that saw the senior quarterback almost single-handedly [...]

Seven footer, Marcus Campbell didn’t play versus AU the first meeting.
“In the Mississippi game, I looked out on the court one time, and we had a football player, we had a guy who was a team manager the first year, a walk-on and two freshmen,” Lebo said. “That is not a good feeling. I do [...]

Power points to the power of healing:
“I told my mom on my first dunk, I’d point up to the sky and thank the Lord for healing my knee,” he said. “That’s what that was for.”

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The Bulldogs are not one of the top teams in the SEC, as Roberts simply does not have enough help around him. Expect Walsh to have his first breakout game since returning from injury, leading his team to a strong road win.
“They are probably in the process of learning how to play without Frazier, just [...]