Mississippi State Sports Blog

The Daily Journal is reporting that quarterback Michael Henig could be back in uniform for the LSU game this weekend, although he will probably not play. “Mike’s throwing the ball,” Croom said. “If he is released, then he will go into the game as our third quarterback because I do not know how much work [...]

If you want to see the Bulldogs take on the highly-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers in two weeks at Scott Field, you better start making travel plans. The game will not be televised.

The 2006-07 men’s basketball schedule has been updated to reflect the games that have already been selected for television. Among them are the November 21 game at Clemson, December 11 at Miami and the SEC opener against Tennessee in Knoxville. You can see the full schedule on the athletic department website.

Omarr Conner jumped across the goal line for a touchdown in overtime and Mississippi State got its first win Saturday with a 16-10 victory over UAB. Conner – State’s third starting quarterback this season after Michael Henig was hurt in the opener – was swarmed by teammates after the 21-yard run. UAB challenged the TD [...]

With the first road game of the season approaching, the Bulldogs are taking the show to Birmingham to play the UAB Blazers at Legion Field. The game is scheduled to kick-off this Saturday, October 7, at 6pm. With a large alumni base in the Birmingham area, the Alumni Association is planning a few events to [...]

Mississippi State’s football game at LSU, Saturday, Sept. 30, has been chosen by Lincoln Financial Sports for regional telecast, the Southeastern Conference announced Monday. Kickoff is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. CT at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge. It will be the Bulldogs’ third televised game of the 2006 season, its second on the SEC’s regional [...]

Another weekend, another scoreless game for the Mississippi State offense. The Bulldogs fell to the #4-ranked Auburn Tigers 34-0 this past weekend. I don’t think any fans really had hopes of beating Auburn, but putting at least a field goal on the board would have been nice. Coach Croom seems to be just as ticked [...]

Yeah, the SEC sucks that bad. Anyway, here is the story. The SEC has released a statement after receiving special permission from the NCAA to continue its ban and penalties against artificial noisemakers. The NCAA has granted the Southeastern Conference’s request to retain the penalty structure for its artificial noisemaker rule during football games this [...]

More MSU goodness on YouTube. Someone uploaded a few clips of video that were taken in The Junction, the new tailgating area that occupies what was once “Malfunction Junction” on the campus of Mississippi State. The Junction 1 The Junction 2

Found this video of the Famous Maroon Band’s half-time performance from the season opener against South Carolina. It is making the rounds on many of the video game sites because they played video game theme songs: Halo, Mortal Kombat, Mario Bros. and Zelda. They also marched in the formation of the Halo symbol, a gooma, [...]

Freshman running back Anthony Dixon will have to sit out the game against Auburn this weekend after suffering an injury in practice. He broke the pinky finger on his left hand just below the knuckle. He is scheduled to have surgery to place pins in the finger this week. This moves sophomore Brandon Thornton back [...]

With Mike Henig suffering a broken collar bone against South Carolina, an injury that will sideline him for at least 6 weeks, Omarr Conner has been moved back to the quarterback position, taking snaps with the offense this week in practice. Mississippi State faces 4th-ranked Auburn this weekend in Starkville. In addition to Conner moving [...]

The Mississippi State Athletic Department received word Monday (Sept. 4) that Tulane transfer Christian Ducre was granted his appeal for eligibility by the NCAA. Ducre, a 6-0, 200 pound running back, transfered to Mississippi State late in the summer after Tulane dropped his computer science major. He was admitted to Mississippi State on August 5th [...]

Numerous news outlets are reporting that Antown Dixon, brother of MState freshman running back Anthony Dixon, has made a verbal commitment to play for the Bulldogs. Antwon is a 6-foot-1, 190 pound wide receiver for Terry High School and is also a member of this year’s Dandy Dozen, the Clarion Ledger’s collection of the twelve [...]

ADDOTSFORD, BC, Canada – All-SEC standouts Charles Rhodes and Jamont Gordon each posted double-doubles to help lead Mississippi State to a convincing 91-68 win over University College of the Fraser Valley Saturday afternoon to successfully tip off its Labor Day weekend of basketball competition in Canada.  A second-team all-conference performer a year ago as a [...]