Mississippi State Sports Blog

Fox Sports on MSN is reporting that Mississippi State Defensive Coordinator Ellis Johnson has accepted a job on Bobby Petrino’s staff at Arkansas. Coach Croom said on Monday that Johnson informed him of his decision to leave. Arkansas has made no official announcement.
“We feel that we have done everything possible to keep Ellis here, but […]

Via Media Relations
Barry Stewart posted a career-high 24 points Sunday afternoon to help Mississippi State (8-5) to a physical 87-75 victory over the visiting Missouri Tigers at Humphrey Coliseum.
Stewart, who previously recorded a personal best 22 points against Auburn last season, shot 8-of-14 from the field and a perfect 5-of-5 from the charity stripe to […]

Mississippi State DB Derek Pegues was named the Liberty Bowl MVP for his performance during the game. Pegues had 2 picks in the second half. He now has five on the season and 10 in his career as a Bulldog.
He moves into a tie for fifth in the career category (passing Bill Kiser, 1965-67; Emile […]

Mississippi State fans traveled well to support their team for the 49th Annual Autozone Liberty Bowl in Memphis.
Along with fans from UCF, a new attendance record of 63,816 was set, beating the previous record of 61,000 which was set in 1991 during the Mississippi State vs. Air Force game.
I was there and can tell you […]

Here is video I shot from the endzone of Dixon’s touchdown in the Liberty Bowl. After the jump.
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MSU vs. Mizzou game moved to December 30th at 12:30 pm CT
As soon as the Bulldogs found out that they were going to the Liberty Bowl on December 29th, the athletic department began scrambling to get either the location or game time (or both) of the men’s basketball game against Mizzou changed.
It didn’t make sense […]

The MStateStore has announced the 2007 Liberty Bowl t-shirt commemorating the Bulldogs trip to the Liberty Bowl on December 29 to face Central Florida. You can order it online now for $17.99 + $4.99 flat-rate shipping.
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I don’t know if this is official or not, but the Liberty Bowl appears to be sold out. If you visit their website and look at the ticket information, all of the ticket levels have SOLD OUT next to them.
Mississippi State has processed orders for 30,000 tickets as of yesterday and I would think they […]

The MSU Ticket Office released an update on Liberty Bowl Ticket sales today. Apparently, the demand is so high that they are suspending general public ticket orders until after the priority deadline tomorrow (Friday) afternoon.
The Mississippi State University Athletic Ticket Office has announced it will continue to accept ticket orders for the 49th AutoZone Liberty […]

The Clarion-Ledger updated their website today with a pretty big update. One of the side-effects of that update is that all the beat writers that kept blogs had to migrate to a new blogging system and they aren’t the easiest pages to find on the new site.
One of the blogs I visit many times throughout […]

The SEC announced its 2007 SEC All-Freshman Team for football today. Mississippi State freshman QB Wesley Carroll was listed as the QB for this freshman team voted on by coaches.
Carroll stepped in during the Auburn game after Michael Henig broke his hand and led the Bulldogs to a 7-5 record, including wins over Alabama and […]

Mississippi State head coach Sylvester Croom has officially been named SEC Coach of the Year by the league office in Birmingham today. You can read the official release from the SEC office on their website.
This marks the first time a Mississippi State head coach has been honored with coach of the year since Wade Walker […]

Coach Croom seems to be racking up the coach of the year awards. First, he was put at the top of the first-round fan vote for the Liberty Mutual Coach Of The Year. Then, he was named the Rivals.com SEC Coach of the Year, followed by a nod from the American Football Coaches Association as […]

The Clarion-Ledger is reporting this morning that Mississippi State has already processed orders for 13,110 tickets for the Autozone Liberty Bowl. That does not include all of the orders that were taken, just the ones that were actually processed yesterday.
MSU received an allotment of 23,000 tickets, but can get more if needed. The Liberty Bowl […]

During today’s press conference announcing that Mississippi State is heading to the Liberty Bowl, there was a moment that confirmed what I am sure is a question on the minds of every Mississippi State fan that is planning on attending the Liberty Bowl on December 29th in Memphis.
Coach Croom encouraged the MSU fans to come […]