Mississippi State Sports Blog

Via Media Relations
STARKVILLE, Miss. - For the second consecutive year, Mississippi State University will be represented in the 106th United States Amateur Golf Championship. Rising senior Greg Huxman qualified for the event at the Don Shula Hotel and Golf Club near his hometown of Miami, Fla. He fired a two-day total of 139 to advance [...]

The Montgomery Advertiser has a feature article today on quarterback Mike Henig,
who played high school ball at Jefferson Davis High School in Montgomery.
“I think I’ve proven I’m tough enough,” Henig said. “I’ve heard that all my life, ‘everything that has happened to you has been given to you.’ I’ve been working at my dad’s office [...]

A great article in today’s Mobile Press-Register talks about how Coach Croom is leading most other SEC schools in early verbal commitments with 19. Since NCAA regulates that schools can only sign 25 players in a calendar year, Coach Croom can focus on preparing for our August 31st opener against South Carolina.
“These kids we’re recruiting [...]

Gregg Ellis of the Daily Journal sat down recently for a Q & A session with MSU Athletic Director Larry Templton. The covered lots of topics, including the new seating plans for football and basketball, the new Junction area, and the operating budget of the athletic department.
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A great article from yesterday’s AP pool. This one was posted on al.com’s “Sports Flash”. I had heard about Jerious taking a big hit from Crocker, and that he left because he wasn’t feeling well. Good to see that he learned from the hit on the next go round.
Norwood, listed at 5-foot-11 and 204 pounds, [...]

After an event like SEC Media Days, you can usually expect lots of coverage in regional papers. Here are some links to articles about the ‘Dogs that I found this morning.

Croom hopes experience will add bite to Bulldogs - Tennessean
Henig welcomes the challenge at Miss. State - SunHerald
Opener not worrying Croom - The State (South [...]

Via the AJC Faclons Blog:
The Falcons just went through some 11 vs. 11 drills, and they were pretty high tempo. Rookie RB Jerious Norwood made some smooth moves through the No. 2 defense, causing a radio type to coo:
“He’s a gliiiiiiiiider!”
And Norwood is. Very, very smooth. He looks terrific.
Great to see that J-Rock is doing [...]

Just finished watching the Coach Croom interview from SEC Media Days. Here are a few highlights:

Henig is doing well with his toe injury. Will not participate in conditioning tests, but will participate in practice when those start up next wednesday. Is THE quarterback going into the season.
Talked about his decision to bring Henig to Media [...]

Just watched the Michael Henig interview from SEC Media Days. A few highlights:

The toe is doing well. He was cleared by the doctor, and is back to working on it, just not as strenuous. Will be 100% by the start of the season.
Looking forward to being a leader for the team as starting QB.
The whole [...]

Just watched the Jeramie Johnson interview from SEC Media Days. A few of the highlights:

He commented that he thinks things are falling in place at MSU, and that they are becoming better as a team.
The win against Ole Miss last year will carry over to this season, and really lifted a burden off the team.
Talked [...]

The Birmingham News has a great article on Oak Mountain offensive lineman and Mississippi State commit D.J. Looney. Looney talks a lot about how Coach Croom won him over to come play for the Bulldogs. The article also details Looney as a player.
Looney, the No.10 football prospect on The Birmingham News’ countdown of Super Seniors [...]

Google Maps recently added hi-res imagery of Mississippi State and Starkville to their database. It looks to be an older image since the Palmeiro Center, Cullis Wade Depot and Roy Ruby Hall are all missing.
Still, its cool to have a hi-res satellite image of the campus out there.  If you want to have a look, [...]

The Atlanta Falcons and former Mississippi State player Jerious Norwood reached an agreement on the eve of the Falcons first training camp. Both parties worked late into the night to finalize the agreement, the terms of which have yet to be released.
Those details should be released soon.
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In today’s Daily Journal, Gregg Ellis lays out 5 points that Coach Croom will most likely be addressing when he takes center stage at Media Days this Friday. The main issues that need to be addressed are Quarterback, Running Back, Field Goal, Bowl Game, and Schedule, according to Gregg.
I think one of the major issues [...]

Former Mississippi State player Justin Jenkins signed with the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2004. Since then, he has been confined to the practice squad, thanks in some part to a torn ACL.
It was T.O.’s book that has helped put Justin in a little bit of a spotlight lately. In the [...]