Mississippi State Sports Blog

The folks over at DawgsBite have published a list of Mississippi State’s 2007 recruiting prospects. You can check out the list over at DawgsBite.com.
One name that immediately jumps out to me is Antwon Dixon, little brother of Anthony Dixon, who is attending State this fall. Antwon, who plays wide receiver, is a 5-star national rating [...]

MSU Diamond Dawg Jeffrey Rea has been spending the summer in Massachusetts in the Cape Cod League. He was drafted 33rd by the Boston Red Sox in the MLB Draft, but has yet to either of two offers from them.
“They gave me two good offers, but I didn’t accept,” Rea said via a telephone interview [...]

Several Mississippi State Alumni Chapters in Mississippi and across the Southeast will be holding Student Send-off Parties as the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year approaches.
Over a two-week period beginning July 27, Mississippi State alumni chapters in six states will sponsor a total of 37 “send-off” parties for freshmen and transfer students enrolling this fall [...]

Via today’s Templeton Talks
I am excited to announce today that the Mississippi State University athletic program has entered into an agreement with Comcast Sports to televise on a tape-delay basis all 12 Bulldog football games in 2006. The games will air each Sunday at 8:30 p.m. CT following every MSU game. We are excited about [...]

Mississippi State University has launched a redesigned website. The new site is faster loading and more user friendly. Pardon me for a minute while I put on my web designer outfit.
This new site takes great strides in the right direction. Rather than using tables to layout the content, Bennet George and company have moved to [...]

If you have a subscription to the M2M service (that includes video), you know that last year they released 10 of the top games from the last 25 years. They are getting ready to release the other 15 soon.
Over the course of the next month-and-a-half, M2M will release two games each week (every Wednesday and [...]

There is a new Fantasy Football service out there called FleaFlicker. It is free (ad supported) and I am wanting to start up a league to give it a try.
If anyone is interested in participating, leave a comment and be sure to fill out the e-mail field. I will send you an invite.
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David Climer of The Tennessean has published an article ranking the 12 SEC coaches and how hot their seats are coming into the 2006 football season. Coach Croom comes in at #4. The reason?
Sylvester Croom, Mississippi State. He was assured he’d have time to ride out NCAA sanctions before they kept score. But successive [...]

Timmy Bowers has moved to a new team in Jerusalem, leaving Givat Shmuel after only one season, and signing with Hapoel Jerusalem. Former MSU teammate Mario Austin is also on that team. More info at http://www.safsal.co.il/earticle.aspx?id=6294.

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That is the message that Grizzlies president Jerry West seems to be trying to pass around. This article in The Commercial Appeal takes a look at Roberts and how he can help out a team that lacks strong rebounding.
“We know he can go after the ball and rebound for us. He rebounds and defends,” Griz [...]

The 2006 Mississippi State Football Media Guide is now available from the athletic department website as a PDF download. Currently, it is divided into 13 sections, available as seperate downloads.
You can also order one by mail. Those details are available on the athletic department website as well.
Also available are the 2006 Preseason Depth Chart and [...]

This bit of text from the Falcons Blog at the AJC gives some interesting insight into what can be expected of Jerious Norwood when the Falcons take the field this fall.
From everything I’ve been told, he’s going to play more than just on special teams. In fact, he could push T.J. Duckett to be the [...]

With Will Clark’s recent induction into the College Baseball Hall of Fame as part of its inaugural class, many people are looking back at his career at Mississippi State and what made him one of 9 players out of tens of thousands to be selected for this inaugural induction class.
This Clarion-Ledger article features interviews with [...]

Former MSU Diamond Dawg and six-time Major League All-Star selection Will Clark was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame’s inaugural class in a ceremony last week. FoxSports has announced three July airtimes for the induction ceremony.
FOX Sports Net and FOX College Sports will show the induction ceremony July 15 (Noon, CDT), July 22 [...]

The Shelby County (Alabama) Reporter is reporting that Oak Mountain senior lineman D.J. Looney has verbally committed to Mississippi State University.
“I picked Mississippi State because I believe that it’s the best situation for me,” Looney said. “It’s close to home and my family.”
Oak Mountain head coach Jerry Hood said Looney has been an influential part [...]