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I had heard some talk of this from those attending the recent baseball camp at State. Steve Irvine of The Birmingham News is reporting that Ron Polk has joined UAB as a volunteer assistant coach.
Brian Shoop, the current UAB Headcoach is a former assistant of Polk’s at Mississippi State in the 80’s.
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The Miami Herald has a nice article about MSU sophomore QB Wes Carroll, who was a high school standout at St. Thomas Aquinas in Florida.
Carroll has only been in Starkville, Miss., for little more than a year and already he’s a team leader. Case in point: It’s unusual for a football team to be represented [...]

Its back again. Here is the 2008 SEC Football Helmet Schedule. I received an excel file with all of the Division I conference schedules in it and split them out to seperate PDF files. I will have the othe conferences uploaded soon, but since this is SEC country, I went ahead and expedited that schedule.
The [...]

Here is video of Coach Croom at SEC Media Days in Birmingham today.
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Here is video of LB Jamar Chaney at SEC Media Days today in Birmingham.
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Here is the video of Mississippi State QB Wes Carroll at SEC Media Days in Birmingham today.
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SEC Media Days kicks off today here in Birmingham. The Mississippi State slot is scheduled for this afternoon. If you are a Maroon To The Max subscriber or have ESPNNews on your cable/satellite package, you can watch Coach Croom’s press conference at 2:10pm.
In addition to Croom, QB Wes Carroll and LB Jamar Chaney are also [...]

The SEC has announced the Coaches’ All-SEC Teams for the 2008 Season and several Mississippi State Players make an appearance. The lone first-teamer is Derek Pegues who was placed on the First-Team Defense. Pegues is a repeat first-team selection from the 2007 season.
Here are the other players:

Running back Anthony Dixon - second-team offense
Linebacker Jamar Chaney [...]

The New York Times college sports blog, The Quad, recently featured Mississippi State in its countdown of the 120 Football Bowl Subdivision teams. It has ranked Mississippi State at number 49.
The article is your basic pre-season overview, talking about Croom’s first 4 seasons, his history as a player and coach, and who to watch on [...]

Tickets are now on sale for the 46th Annual BancorpSouth Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet Friday August 1, 2008 at the Hilton Convention Center in Jackson, MS. Proceeds benefit the private non-profit Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame & Museum.
For ticket information, contact the Museum at 800-280-FAME (3263) or 601-982-8264. A reception starting [...]

MSU commit (verbal) and Meridian High QB Tyler Russell has been announced as part of The Clarion-Ledger’s 2008 Dandy Dozen.
Russell (6 feet 4, 205 pounds) completed 146 of 274 passes for 2,481 yards and 26 touchdowns in 2007 despite missing 2 1/2 games with a bruised knee. He also rushed for seven scores.
Russell’s junior season [...]

Mississippi State senior defensive back Derek Pegues has been named to a 40-member initial watch list for the Jim Thorpe Award, the Association announced. The award is presented to the nation’s top defensive back at the ESPN College Football Awards Show in December.
Pegues enters his senior season with 10 career interceptions, tied for fifth all-time [...]

Mississippi State University Director of Athletics Greg Byrne announced Thursday that a new four-year contract with head men’s basketball coach Rick Stansbury had been executed and forwarded to MSU Interim President Dr. Vance Watson.
The contract requires approval by the Board of Trustees, Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning.
“We’re pleased that we’ve been able to finalize [...]

Work has begun at Mississippi State’s Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field on one of college football’s largest high definition video boards, MSU Director of Athletics Greg Byrne announced Wednesday.
The $6.1 million true HD board, will span the roof of the Leo Seal M-Club Centre in the south end zone at Scott Field, and will [...]