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an Mullen has all but been announced as the new head coach of Mississippi State. He is the current offensive coordinator at Florida and has been with Urban Meyer since his days at Bowling Green. Here is a look at Dan Mullen according to the Florida Gators website: Coaching Experience: 2005-Present: Florida (Offensive Coordinator; Quarterbacks) [...]

Out of what seems like nowhere, Florida Offensive Coordinator Dan Mullen has rocketed to the top of the MSU head coaching list. Kyle Veazey says that the Clarion Ledger has learned that Mullen is expected to be named Head Coach. If you are into tracking flights, a plane left Starkville this morning en route to [...]

Looks like the Ol’ Ball Coach is taking an interest in Meridian’s Tyler Russell. Spurrier had actually never showed any interest in him at all until he got a call from our old friend Woody McCorvey. GoGamecocks.com broke this story Monday. “Coach Spurrier called me last Monday,” Russell said. “He wanted me to come in [...]

Oklahoma’s offensive coordinator, Kevin Wilson, has been announced as the winner of the Broyles Award, given each year to the nation’s top assistant coach. Oklahoma racked up an NCAA record 702 points this past year on their way to a national championship game against Florida. This is really only relevant to MSU because Wilson is [...]

It is interesting to look at the differences between the search for a head coach at two SEC schools. Keep It On The Down Low On one side, you have Greg “The Ninja” Byrne who has not divulged any official information about who is on his list of candidates, who he has spoken to, where [...]

The OU blog at NewsOK.com reports that Greg Byrne and associate AD Scott Stricklin may have been in Kansas City this past weekend. Oklahoma was there too to play in the Big 12 Championship at Arrowhead Stadium. You can only assume that Byrne was there to meet with Oklahoma’s offensive coordinator, Kevin Wilson. While there [...]

It seems that Sylvester Croom has broken his media silence since he “resigned” as head coach of the Bulldogs. First, he appeared on CBS College Sports over the weekend talking about what went down at Mississippi State, how the Internet brings a lot more pressure to the position, coming into the program on probation and [...]

Ellis Johnson Update: Apparently Ellis Johnson is “interested” in the head coach vacancy at Mississippi State, but has not had any “formal” discussions with MSU. GoGamecocks.com is reporting that South Carolina defensive coorindator Ellis Johnson has talked with Mississippi State about its head coaching vacancy. Gamecock head coach Steve Spurrier has confirmed this. Johnson was [...]

Sylvester Croom has given his first post-MSU interview to the CBS College Sports crew. The video is available online and you can view it after the jump.

A story on ESPN.com reports that Mississippi State has spoken with Florida offensive coordinator Dan Mullen, according to head coach Urban Meyer. The story is basically talking about both of the Gator coordinators getting interest from schools with vacancies. Assistant head coach Dan McCarney has spoken with New Mexico. They are looking for a coach [...]

It looks like Auburn has asked for permission to speak with Buffalo head coach Turner Gill. He is certainly a hot commodity right now and Buffalo just doesn’t have the money to keep him around much longer. I think he will only make about $225,000 next year. Many State fans would like to see him [...]

With all the coaching talk going on, you almost forget that MSU Basketball is in full effect. The Bulldogs came away with a solid win today over Alabama State. Jarvis Varnado had a huge game setting serveral career records. Varnado recorded several career highs in the game, including 22 points on a career-most 10 made [...]

The Idaho Statesman is publishing a statement from Chris Petersen that he has not been offered anything and will not be coming to Mississippi State. “I have a lot of respect for director of athletics Greg Byrne and the Mississippi State athletic program, but I am not taking the head coaching position at Mississippi State. [...]

KIVI-TV in Idaho is reporting that Boise State head coach Chris Petersen has been offered $9 million over 4 years to become the next head coach at Mississippi State. A Mississippi television station’s citing sources inside Mississippi State’s Athletic department that BSU Head Football Coach Chris Petersen has been offered a four-year contract worth almost $9 [...]

The interweb rumor mills are buzzing today with “confirmation” that Boise State’s Chris Petersen is in serious negotiations to become the next head coach at Mississippi State. Some have even gone as far as to say it is a done deal. One of those sites pushing this out there is Sparty & Friends. This is [...]