Mississippi State Sports Blog

Walter Sharpe has a long way to go to become eligible this coming season. This begs the question: how freaking hard is to pass two freshman level classes? Can you spell N-B-D-L?

Vote at the MSU website for the Bulldogs’ top ten greatest moments of the past 25 years: October 18, 1980 – MSU 34, Miami, Fla. 31 (Miami, FL)November 1, 1980 – MSU 6, Alabama 3 (Jackson, MS)*October 24, 1981 – MSU 21, Auburn 17 (Auburn, AL)December 31, 1981 – MSU 10, Kansas 0 (Hall of [...]

This ranking comes from the Louisville (Ky) Courier-Journal. I suspect they do a better job of following national recruiting than, say, the Clarksdale (Ms) Press-Register, so this ranking is worth noting.

Lawrence Roberts goes to the Grizzlies, who traded some future draft picks for the former All-American. That shows more than a passing interest in Roberts. I don’t know much about the Grizzlies’ roster, so I leave it to someone else to breakdown his chances of sticking. But, obviously, Memphis GM Jerry West saw enough in [...]

I read earlier this month in an ESPN.com blurb that Croom “expects” MSU to reach bowl eligiblity this season. I wondered when he made such a bold statement. Well, I’ve found it. Oops. What are the expectations for next season? I expect a winning season and that’s the least of what I expect from us. [...]

Bucs: King grad Reid among five released by Bucs

According to Clemson’s Scout site, MSU will join a field of eight in Puerto Rico’s San Juan Shootout. Akron, Holy Cross, Liberty, Clemson, Mount St. Mary’s, Puerto Rico Mayaguez and Tennessee-Chattanooga are the other teams participating. CU and the Bulldogs look to be the early favorites.

According to the AP, former MSU QB Robinson is taking over the head position at East Oktibbeha County HS. I think that’s great, but two questions come to mind. 1) what kind of offense Sleepy will run? (2) There’s East Oktibbeha & West Oktibbeha high schools? Man, they must be small. Where the heck are [...]

You’ve probably seen this preview on CollegeFootballNews.com, but it’s now been posted under the MSN banner. Since I never posted it the first time, here goes: OFFENSE – Basically … The offense had one shocking explosion against Florida last year and that was about it. This was, and is, a very young offense with a [...]

Three MSU commitments are listed in ESPN.com’s top 50 position list:Courtney Jones, Kenny AshleyLaBrandon Glover

The Arizona Diamondbacks have called Brandon Medders back up to the major leagues to boost their bullpen. “I’m a little nervous,” Medders said before Saturday night’s game. “But it would be good to get out there and get into the game [tonight].” Medders has pitched one scoreless inning since joining the D-backs.

Don’t use Two-A-Days to get in shape. That’s the message DLine coach Brick Haley is telling his guys. It seems Coach Croom is determined that State not be out-worked this season.

Vote in Maroon & White Magazine’s poll of the MSU’s 50 greatest athletes in basketball, football and baseball (who are male).

MSU travels to Auburn for the SEC opener of both schools September 10. Jefferson Pilot will televise the 11:30am game. Yeah!

In ESPN.com’s Three things to watch for in the SEC: 3. Mississippi State coach Sylvester Croom says he “expects” his players to reach a bowl game this fall. Given the unsettled state of the West – two new coaches, Alabama and Arkansas continuing to rebuild – he might have a shot. When did Croom say [...]