Mississippi State Sports Blog

The State, a newspaper/website based in Columbia, South Carolina, published an article today giving Gamecock fans some tips on visiting Mississippi State and Starkville, including the best places to go for various things. Overall, it was a good piece, highlighting some of the best that Starkville has to offer (downtown, Harvey’s, etc). There were two [...]

Via Media Relations
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STARKVILLE, Miss. - For the second consecutive year, a school-record 16 regular-season home games highlight Mississippi State University’s 2006-07 men’s basketball schedule, as announced this week by MSU Director of Athletics Larry Templeton.
In addition, MSU’s competitive 2006-07 men’s basketball slate will feature 17 outings against opponents that participated [...]

I am beta testing a chat room that I am thinking of opening up during football games for fans to use to discuss the action if they can’t make it to the game.
Head on over to http://mstate.campfirenow.com/60f41 and see what you think. Right now, the chat room is limited to 4 simultaneous users. If it [...]

When the Atlanta Falcons face off against the Green Bay Packers this weekend, expect to see a lot more of Jerious Norwood. With the Falcons giving starting back Warrick Dunn the day off, they will start T.J. Duckett and then slowly transition to Jerious near the half, with him getting expensive playing time.
“We’re going [...]

The Clairon Ledger is reporting that Kemper County (MS) senior Marcus Green has verbally commited to Mississippi State. This is the 4th member of the Clarion Ledger’s “Dandy Dozen” list to commit.
The 6-foot-1, 200 pound Green will play quarterback and defensive back this season.
The other Dandy Dozen members that have already commited to state are [...]

ESPN is reporting that former Louisville forward Brian Johnson has transferred to State. While he is eligible to begin practicing with the squad this season, he will not be eligible to play until the 2007-2008 season. Johnson, a 6-9 245-pound junior, will redshirt this season and still have two seasons of eligibility.
Johnson, out of Oak [...]

Jerious Norwood had his NFL debut in a pre-season game Friday night against the New England Patriots. The third-round pick from Mississippi State rushed 7 times for 22 yards. He really shined on short passes for big gains, with 2 receptions for 71 yards and a touchdown. His frist reception came off a pass from [...]

According to Gregg Ellis’s latest article for the Daily Journal, Coach Croom isn’t too happy with the progress of backup QBs Tray Rutland and Ty Evans. He is apparently considering using Omarr Conner as an emergency quarterback in the event that Henig needs to come out.
Because the battle between Tray Rutland and Ty Evans for [...]

Via Media Relations
STARKVILLE, Miss. - Mississippi State completed its NCAA-mandated five acclimation days of football practice Monday, working in full gear during preseason camp for the first time.
The early morning practice and its rising temperatures, coupled with the first time in full pads, initially took a toll on the Bulldogs.
“I thought we started off poorly,” [...]

Rob Haralson of BulldogBlitz.com is reporting that Derek Sherrod, the top offensive lineman in Mississippi, has verbally committed to Mississippi State.
“I went up there and I vebally committed to Mississippi State,” he said. “When I first arrived there I immediately went and talked to coach Croom and told him I verbally commited and I wanted [...]

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STARKVILLE, Miss. – Mississippi State head football coach Sylvester Croom announced Friday that Christian Ducre (DOO-cree) had been admitted to the university and would begin practicing with the 2006 Bulldog football team.
Ducre, a 6-0, 200-pound native of Mandeville, La., signed a scholarship and redshirted his true freshman season at Tulane in 2005. He [...]

I thought this was already set, but apparently some people are just now getting around to reading the schedule. The MSU/Auburn game has been selected as the Lincoln Financial (formerly JeffersonPilot) game of the week. Kickoff will be at 11:30 am.
State’s season opener agains South Carolina will also be televised on ESPN. It will be [...]

Football has barely gotten started at State and CollegeHoops.net is already previewing our men’s basketball team as part of their 144 Teams in 144 Days. Their final thoughts on or team this year?
The Bulldogs are a little slim up front.  Dietric Slater and Jamont Gordon are solid wing players, but Gordon may need to move [...]

The Starkville Daily News has a great feature on MSU defensive back Quentin Culberson. This will actually be the first season that he keeps the same position that he previously had, starting at middle linebacker. He has certainly been a powerful player for the State defensive efforts, racking up 78 tackles in the 2005 season.
“I [...]

The AJC is reporting that the competition between rookie Jerious Norwood and T.J. Duckett for the backup running back spot remains tight.
Duckett, who is in the last year of his contract and has been mentioned in trade talks, has run with authority and consistency, but Norwood has breakaway speed and a running style that is [...]