Mississippi State Sports Blog

The video from Greg Byrne’s press confernence concerning the resignation of Sylvester Croom is now live for anyone to see. You can watch or listen to the press conference. According to the press conference: Mississippi State will honor the buyout terms of Croom’s contract Rocky Felker will take over the day-to-day operations of the team [...]

The MSU Athletic Department has posted the official press release announcing the resignation of Coach Croom: Croom Resigns As MSU Head Football Coach November 29, 2008 STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi State University’s Sylvester Croom announced Saturday his immediate resignation as the school’s head football coach. “Five years ago, Mississippi State gave me the unprecedented opportunity [...]

Reports have been confirmed that Coach Croom has indeed resigned as head coach of the Mississippi State Bulldogs. There were rumors early this morning and confirmation came via many media sources, including ESPN scrolling it across the ticker during the Virginia/Virginia Tech game. I would expect a press conference at some point today. There is [...]

UPDATE: CROOM RESIGNS I think this picture says it all. Mississippi State fans are tired. Tired of losing. Tired of having the worst offense in the SEC and one of the worst in the nation. Tired of having a stubborn head coach who is unwilling to change “his” offense when it is clear that it [...]

The folks over at Red Solo Cup, and Ole Miss blog, emailed me about doing a Q & A exchange leading up to tomorrows Egg Bowl. Here are my questions and their answers. 1. Ole Miss has been up and down this year with the big win over Florida only to turn around and lose [...]

Junior RB Anthony Dixon is only 148 yards away from having his second 1000-yard year in a row. Will he be able to get the needed yardage with 1 game left? It will be a tall order. Ole Miss has the #9 rushing defense in the country, allowing about 97 yards per game on average [...]

Junior RB Anthony Dixon was named the SEC’s Offensive Player of the Week today. Dixon rushed for a career-high 179 yards on 23 carries and a touchdown and also caught five passes for 32 yards and two touchdowns in Mississippi State’s 31-28 win against Arkansas. It was Dixon’s ninth career 100-yard rushing game and also [...]

Jarvis Varnado was named SEC Player of the Week by the SEC today. Averaged 10.7 points, 13.7 rebounds and 8.0 blocks in Mississippi State’s three games. Shot 60 percent from the field, including a 6-of-7 effort against North Alabama. Had 14 points, 16 rebounds and eight blocks in MSU’s win over Fairleigh Dickinson. Became Mississippi [...]

Mississippi State scored 24 unanswered points on their way to a 31-28 win over the Arkansas Razorbacks today. This win marks the end of a 9-game losing streak to the Hogs. A missed 46-yard field goal by Arkansas as the clock ran out secured the win for the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs generated 445 yards of [...]

This has been a pretty crazy week with an unplanned trip to Mississippi for a family funeral. As such, I missed out on the SEC Power Poll for the second week in a row and most of the coverage for the upcoming game against the Razorbacks. I received an email a few days ago from [...]

A few more links to check out. The official line on this weekend’s game has Alabama favored by 20.5 points. On to the links. Offensive Coordinator Woody McCorvey talks with Ray Melick of the Birmingham News about the speculation out there about his future at State. McCorvey knows there is talk that when this season [...]

Here are some links related to the upcoming MSU/Alabama game that rolled across my screen today. The Montgomery Advertiser tells us that RB Roy Upchurch and WR Earl Alexander are likely to miss the game this weekend. The Starkville Daily News tells us that the Bulldogs aren’t getting caught up in recent victories over the [...]

The last home game of the 2008 Mississippi State football season will not be televised. The SEC has announced TV selections for November 22. Only the Tennessee/Vanderbilt game and the Ole Miss/LSU game will be picked up. The only other game that weekend is The Citadel at Florida. All other teams have a bye. Find [...]

The SEC announced today that the Mississippi State – Alabama game scheduled for November 15 has been selected for the 7:45 PM (ET) ESPN game. CBS exercised an option for November 15, tying up 3 games in the process. South Carolina at Florida will be the 3:30 PM (ET) CBS game and Georgia at Auburn [...]

1. Alabama – A good practice game heading into this week’s game against LSU. They should still come out on top, but you never know. 2. Florida – They really put a whippin on Georgia. The SEC Championship game should be good a gone between the Gators and Tide. 3. Georgia – Even though they [...]