Mississippi State Sports Blog

Via MSU Media Relations
STARKVILLE, Miss. –- The natural byproduct of building construction currently underway near Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field and street alterations immediately south of the stadium have caused adjustments to the traffic flow and game-day parking lots on football weekends at Mississippi State University.
MSU reserved parking lots No. 3, 5 and 15 [...]

This time it is the Clarion Ledger profiling the MSU placekicker. They talk about his future plans to become a surgeon.
Off the field, the Mississippi State kicker has a 4.0 grade point average, is a biology major and won the athletic department’s overall male academic award for the 2004-05 school year.
He plans on becoming a [...]

Highlighted by one home meet during the season, the 2005 Mississippi State University cross country schedule includes trips to the Notre Dame Invitational and Pre-National Invitational meets. The Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs will also venture to conference rivals Alabama and Auburn during the campaign.
The Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs begin their season at the Belmont Opener [...]

For at least the third straight practice, Mississippi State head football coach Sylvester Croom spotted progress by his team during Wednesday’s workout.
With State’s season opener against Murray State lurking just 10 days ahead, Croom considered Wednesday’s practice an improvement over Tuesday’s storm-plagued session, one that was better than the day before.
“I thought our concentration level [...]

The Clarion Ledger broke this news as part of its Sports Briefs column yesterday.
MSU signee Goodridge cleared: It took more time than anyone anticipated, but Vernon Goodridge was finally cleared by the NCAA Clearinghouse on Wednesday afternoon, according to Mississippi State coordinator of compliance Bracky Brett.
The fifth member of the MSU basketball team’s signing class [...]

A preview of how our football season should shape up, published by, of all people, the Crimson White, the Alabama student newspaper.
“We’re really looking forward to the football season this year,” Croom said. “It’s a lot different for me and for our entire football team as we go into this season. We have a better [...]

One of the great things about school being back in session is that the Reflector is publishing again. I worked for the reflector for two years while I was at State, acting as the papers first webmaster, then known as the HTML Editor.
Anyway, they have an article published today looking at the expectations Tee Millons [...]

The Daily Journal has a nice write-up on placekicker Keith Andrews.
It’s a routine that’s obviously worked for the 6-foot, 200-pound Bastrop, La., native, who plans to attend medical school once his eligibility has expired.
Last year in his first season as a full-time kicker, Andrews nailed 6 of his 10 attempts and was perfect on all [...]

The mighty NCAA stepped back from one of its most recent decisions and declared that it would allow Florida State to continue using the “Seminoles” name and mascot.
“The staff review committee noted the unique relationship between the university and the Seminole Tribe of Florida as a significant factor,” the NCAA said Tuesday. “The decision of [...]

The Clarion Ledger has great profile on defensive tackle Deljuan Robinson, talking about his switch this year from defensive end to tackle.
For his switch, the Hernando native lost 15 pounds and came into camp in the best shape of his career.
He’s thriving on the inside, according to all parties. Rejuvenated by the weight loss, Robinson [...]

CollegeHoops.net has posted a review of the MSU Men’s Basketball team. They chose the team as #81 in their list of 144 teams in 144 days.
Inexperienced will be used many times to describe Rick Stansbury’s squad, but there are still plenty of quality athletes in Starkville. And not all of them will be playing football [...]

I have started a College Pick’em group at ESPN.com. It is a private group, so if you want to play along, just leave a comment and be sure to fill in your e-mail address. I will get an invite sent out to you.
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Mississippi State has released the schedule for the Lady Bulldogs 2005-06 season. You can download the schedule in PDF format.
Some highlights from this years schedule include tavelling to Cancun, Mexico over Thanksgiving, Nov. 25-26, to participate in the Caribbean Classic in a dual bracket concept with national champion Baylor, California and Marshall on one side [...]

Five walk-on players received scholarships to play for the Bulldogs.

Senior defensive lineman Jeremy Jack (Belzoni, Miss.), senior tight end/snapper Britt Cross (Ripley, Miss.), junior defensive back Marcus Evans (Starkville, Miss.), sophomore defensive back Jonathan Hill (Athens, Ala.), and redshirt freshman defensive lineman Mike Evans (Olive Branch, Miss.) were given first-time scholarship awards by the Bulldog [...]

The MSU Game Day website has gone live again for the 2005 football season.
They have already updated it with lots of great events planned for the weekend of the season opener against Murray State, including soccer games, a volleyball game, the Roy Ruby Residence Hall Dedication, and the Mississippi Education Appreciation Day.
Check out the Game [...]