Mississippi State Sports Blog

Via the AJC Faclons Blog:
The Falcons just went through some 11 vs. 11 drills, and they were pretty high tempo. Rookie RB Jerious Norwood made some smooth moves through the No. 2 defense, causing a radio type to coo:
“He’s a gliiiiiiiiider!”
And Norwood is. Very, very smooth. He looks terrific.
Great to see that J-Rock is doing [...]

The Atlanta Falcons and former Mississippi State player Jerious Norwood reached an agreement on the eve of the Falcons first training camp. Both parties worked late into the night to finalize the agreement, the terms of which have yet to be released.
Those details should be released soon.
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Former Mississippi State player Justin Jenkins signed with the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2004. Since then, he has been confined to the practice squad, thanks in some part to a torn ACL.
It was T.O.’s book that has helped put Justin in a little bit of a spotlight lately. In the [...]

The Clarion-Ledger posts a great interview with Jerious Norwood as he talks about his expectations as he begins his first camp with the Atlanta Falcons. Norwood is competing for the backup position to Warrick Dunn, which is currently held by T.J. Duckett. Duckett has been the subject of trade rumors recently and many analysts see [...]

After spending time playing pro basketball in Italy, Shane Power is heading back to Starkville to complete his master’s degree and join Rick Stansbury’s coaching staff. His thoughts on how our young squad will do next season?
“This year is going to be better,” Power said. “I spent a couple weeks with the guys. I really [...]

FoxSports has released their running back ranking for each team in the NFL, and they are looking for Jerious Norwood to become the main backup for Warrick Dunn this year.
31-year-old running backs don’t repeat career years. It’s as true now as it was four paragraphs ago. With 90 fewer carries in 2005 than Tiki Barber [...]

Several Mississippi State Alumni Chapters in Mississippi and across the Southeast will be holding Student Send-off Parties as the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year approaches.
Over a two-week period beginning July 27, Mississippi State alumni chapters in six states will sponsor a total of 37 “send-off” parties for freshmen and transfer students enrolling this fall [...]

Mississippi State University has launched a redesigned website. The new site is faster loading and more user friendly. Pardon me for a minute while I put on my web designer outfit.
This new site takes great strides in the right direction. Rather than using tables to layout the content, Bennet George and company have moved to [...]

Timmy Bowers has moved to a new team in Jerusalem, leaving Givat Shmuel after only one season, and signing with Hapoel Jerusalem. Former MSU teammate Mario Austin is also on that team. More info at http://www.safsal.co.il/earticle.aspx?id=6294.

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That is the message that Grizzlies president Jerry West seems to be trying to pass around. This article in The Commercial Appeal takes a look at Roberts and how he can help out a team that lacks strong rebounding.
“We know he can go after the ball and rebound for us. He rebounds and defends,” Griz [...]

This bit of text from the Falcons Blog at the AJC gives some interesting insight into what can be expected of Jerious Norwood when the Falcons take the field this fall.
From everything I’ve been told, he’s going to play more than just on special teams. In fact, he could push T.J. Duckett to be the [...]

With Will Clark’s recent induction into the College Baseball Hall of Fame as part of its inaugural class, many people are looking back at his career at Mississippi State and what made him one of 9 players out of tens of thousands to be selected for this inaugural induction class.
This Clarion-Ledger article features interviews with [...]

Former MSU Diamond Dawg and six-time Major League All-Star selection Will Clark was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame’s inaugural class in a ceremony last week. FoxSports has announced three July airtimes for the induction ceremony.
FOX Sports Net and FOX College Sports will show the induction ceremony July 15 (Noon, CDT), July 22 [...]

Via Sun Herald
Coyt Vance, a Conehatta High graduate, was a former all-Southeastern Conference basketball player at Mississippi State who coached 27 seasons at Pelahatchie, Florence, Rankin Academy, Brandon Academy, Newton Academy and University Christian with a career record of 1,041-333. He won two state titles with Brandon Academy and two more with Newton Academy.
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Mississipp Congressman and MSU Alumni G.V. Sonny Montgomery passed away the morning of May 12 at Jeff Anderson hospital in Meridian. He was 85.
More from the Meridian Star:

Memorial Service Tuesday
A Life Of Service
Montgomery Remembered During MSU Graduation
Everyone’s Friend Missing At Jean’s

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