Mississippi State Sports Blog

Kyle Veazey is reporting that Anthony Dixon will probably start this Saturday against Georgia Tech. Dixon aggrivated a groin injury in last weeks loss to Auburn and has been on a day-to-day status throughout the week. “He looked OK,” Croom said. “He didn’t have any pads on, so that’s what I’m worried about, how he’ll [...]

Blogging was light the past day or two, so here is some linkage to wet your appetite for the upcoming game against Georgia Tech. Leading off the linkage, the Albany Herald has a piece on how this is a rare match up for Mississippi State and Georgia Tech – the first since 1929, despite the [...]

After a great defensive effort in the 3-2 loss to Auburn, Mississippi State travels to Atlanta this weekend to take on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Even though these two teams were in the same conference for 30 years (1933-1963), this will only be the third game ever between these two teams. In fact, the [...]

The ballots are in and here is the SEC Power Poll for Week 3. You can read the poll comments for each team over at Garnet and Black. Florida, 261 points (8 first-place votes) Georgia, 257 (14) LSU, 233 (1) Alabama, 205 Auburn, 174 Vanderbilt, 161 Tennessee, 122 Mississippi, 121 South Carolina, 96 Kentucky, 89 [...]

Or something like that. The folks over at EDSBS (required reading for any college football junky) have put together a highlight reel from the Mississippi State – Auburn Offensive Suck Fest this past Saturday. The music says it all. Watching this video, I just can’t stand the way that Auburn’s offense checks-off to the sideline [...]

Bulldog Maroon & White has the scoop on the latest Draft Express rankings, which place Mississippi State’s Jarvis Varnado as the 5th best NBA Draft prospect in the SEC. At 6’9” he [Jarvis Varnado] is maybe a tad undersized for a post player, but what really hinders him is his tremendously narrow frame. The reports [...]

Most teams in the SEC kicked off their conference play this past weekend. Those that didn’t won their non-conference matchups without a problem. I think it is still too early to truly rank the teams. This weekend should give us a glimpse into the future Power Poll rankings. Georgia Florida LSU Vanderbilt Auburn Alabama Ole [...]

You are probably wondering what ESPN has to do with a game being broadcast by Raycom, right? Georgia Tech is an ACC team (duh) and are signed to Raycom as part of their ACC coverage package, which is where the game will be televised this weekend. ESPN/ABC has denied a Raycom request to allow Mississippi [...]

Senior defensive tackle Jesse Bowman was selected as the SEC Defensive Linemane of the Week by the SEC for his performance against the Auburn Tigers. Here is what he did. Bowman posted a career-high eight total tackles with 3.5 for losses, in Mississippi State’s 3-2 loss to Auburn. Among his stops was a fourth-quarter forced [...]

The SEC office announced today that the Mississippi State – LSU game scheduled for September 27 in Baton Rouge has been selected for the ESPN2 broadcast. The game will kick-off at 6:45pm CDT. This will be the 4th televised game this season. Other games that weekend selected for tv: Ole Miss at Florida, 12:30 p.m. [...]

Looks like I was write. Next week’s game between Mississippi State and Georgia Tech in Atlanta has been selected for the Raycom ACC broadcast. The game will kick-off at Noon (11am Central) at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta. This will only be the third meeting between MSU and Tech and the first since 1929. Since [...]

Final Score: Auburn 3, Mississippi State 2 Wow. That was just a classic, SEC defensive game. Kudos to the defense on both teams. I am also glad to hear that Auburn RB Brad Lester is ok. Turns out his injury was just a sprained neck, which is much less serious than it looked when he [...]

Mississippi State and Auburn kick-off their SEC season this evening in Starkville at 6pm. You can catch the game on ESPN2 and on the MSU Radio Network. In today’s linkage: Mike Svetitz thinks that Mississippi State is no longer an easy win. There is an AP article out that talks about how our successful 2008 [...]

Jay G. Tate has written up a great scouting report on this weekend’s matchup between Mississippi State and Auburn. He compares the two teams on various positions like quarterback, running back, etc. He gives Mississippi State the nod in the quarterback and defensive back category, but I think it could be an even call on [...]

How about a little basketball news in the midst of all this college football? It looks like Jamont Gordon will be playing a little round-ball in Europe. He has joined Fortitude in Bologna, Italy of the Euroleague, along with former Miami Heat FC Earl Barron. Video of Jamont’s introduction is after the jump. Does anyone [...]