Mississippi State Sports Blog

Via Media Relations
Mississippi State junior catcher Edward Easley added the biggest award of his career to an already impressive list late Wednesday night, being named the recipient of the 2007 Coleman Company Johnny Bench Award as the nation’s top collegiate catcher. He becomes the third Southeastern Conference player to win the award since it was […]

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Mississippi State University has signed catcher Logan Moro of Houston, Texas, to a national letter of intent, MSU head baseball coach Ron Polk announced Tuesday.
Moro is a 6-2, 197-pound right-handed hitting catcher and three-year starter at James E. Taylor High School in Katy, Texas. He earned 2007 Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association […]

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The school’s eighth advancement to the prestigious NCAA College World Series helped propell Mississippi State to a No. 8 finish in the final USA TODAY/ESPN college baseball coaches’ poll for 2007. It’s the highest season-ending national ranking for the Baseball Bulldogs since the 1997 and 1998 MSU clubs earned No. 6 national rankings […]

The AP is reporting that two-time all-SEC forward Charles Rhodes has withdrawn his name from the NBA Draft in order to return to Mississippi State University for his senior season of competition. Rhodes made his announcement Monday on the final day that early entrants could pull out of next week’s NBA Draft.
“I have officially withdrawn […]

SI.com has published is list of the top 25 toughest schedules in the nation for the 2007 football schedule, and Mississippi State ranks #10. Why you ask?
As if Mississippi State doesn’t have enough trouble dealing with the rigors of an SEC schedule, the Bulldogs also must travel to West Virginia in between games against Tennessee […]

Senior right-hander Josh Johnson of Caledonia, Miss. has signed with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Johnson was the first player selected in the 16th round of the MLB June draft and has already departed for his career-opening assignment with Hudson Valley Renegades of the New York-Penn League in Wappingers Falls, N.Y.
Johnson compiled a 3-3 record […]

Senior Jeffrey Rea of Nettleton, Miss. has signed with the Chicago Cubs in Major League Baseball’s First-Year Player Draft. He was taken in the 18th round. He will report on June 26th to Mesa, Arizona to begin his career with the Mesa Cubs of the Arizona League
Rea compiled a .343 batting average with 84 […]

Planning on heading to Omaha to cheer on the Diamond Dogs in the College World Series? The MSU Alumni Association has announced a travel package for Bulldog fans that are making the trip.
The package includes 4 nights hotel accommodations (including taxes) at either the Crown Plaza or Holiday Inn Express South, roundtrip private motorcoach transportation […]

Mississippi State beat Clemson 8-5 today to sweep the 2007 NCAA Starkville Super Regional and secure their spot at the College Baseball World Series in Omaha. The Dogs are undefeated in NCAA Tournament play after going 0-2 in the SEC tournament.
For the second time in the series Saturday, MSU and CU set a new Super […]

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Conner Powers and Mitch Moreland each hit two-run home runs as Mississippi State powered its way past Clemson 8-6 in the opening game of the Starkville Super Regional Friday afternoon.
A sun-drenched crowd of 12,620 packed Dudy Noble Field as the Bulldogs grabbed a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series. The crowd was the […]

The opening game of the 2007 NCAA Starkville Super Regional drew 12,620 fans to Dudy Noble Field. Although that is a far cry from the almost 15,000 fans that watched the MSU/Floriday game on April 22, 1989, it could be a new record for the Super Regional, since it is a fairly new addition to […]

It looks like the 2007 NCAA Starkville Super Regional is a hot ticket. The MSU Athletic Office posted an article today announcing that all general admission chairback seats are sold out for this weekend. If you are a season ticket holder in the chairback section, you have until 4:30pm CT today (Wednesday) to call and […]

Mississippi State will be hosting Clemson this weekend for the 2007 NCAA Super Regional. Here is some important information you might need if you are traveling to Starkville for the the series.
Super Regional Site Info

Dudy Noble Field/Polk-Dement Stadium
Seating Chart
Directions to Dudy-Noble

Ticket Information
Full tournament ticket booklets for the Super Regional are $22 for reserve chairbacks and […]

The 2007 NCAA Super Regional schedule has been released. Game 1 and Game 2 will both start at 11 am CT on Friday and Saturday. Game 3, if necessary, will start at 12 pm CT on Sunday, June 10.
Game 1 and Game 3 will both be broadcast by ESPN. Game 2 on Saturday will be […]

According to the Mississippi State Athletics site, the Diamond Dogs will be hosting Clemson in NCAA Super Regional action this weekend at Dudy-Noble. This will be the first Super Regional hosted by MSU since the NCAA began the current championship structure in 1999.
Full tournament ticket booklets for the Super Regional are $22 for reserve chairbacks […]